The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-11-25

and he has fulfilled his contract almost 10 day
The Louisiana State Execctive Committee have issued
an address denouncing the President and calling upon
Congress 70 abolish the present system in
that State and establish military provisional one
with negro suffrage q basis Governor Wells is no
party to the address
the steamship Milwaukee and the propeller Lac la
Dele coded in the st. CLAIR river. Detroit M'chi-
san on Friday night, aud The propeller was sunk Two
Our Relations with iEagland and France-T'Ae
Mcxicaa Qsestien.
We hear from two widely different directions
vague stories of probable trouble between
Great Britain and the United States. The
Paris correspondent of the London Post says
that "the relations between England and the
United States will soon be critical" 1t is not
an uncommon circumstance for British cores
pondents to assume the prophetic style; but
it is little out of the ordinary run for that
style to be used in this peculiar way. We
hear constantly that diplomatic relations be-
tween this and that power are disturbed, uneasy,
critical, &C.; but it is great feat for cores
pendent to be able to say that such relations
twill soon be" this or that Is it not possible
that the above statement, appearing in the
London Post, the ministerial organ, is thrown
out to feel the British public, to draw the fire
of the press that her Majesty's ministry may
learn what the temper OF the country might
be in view Of such possibility Earl Derby
says that "a spirit of mutual forbearance and
kind Cancellation" will easily smooth away all
the unpleasantness that arose during the war
in the relations between the two countries
Would he like to intimate that all the forbear-
ance and Cancellation is on the side Of amiable
England, and not mutual, and that therefore
the ministry cannot possibly help it If surly
Uncle Sam insists upon quarrel? Would he
hint in advance what the trouble is if the dis
turbance occurs!
II is singular coincidence that while the
Atlantic telegraph gives us the Posts an
nouncement from Europe the lesser telegraph
gives us not dissimiiar one from Canada. We
are informed that the statement has been re-
ceived in the Province from the home govern
ment that "the possibility Of trouble with the
United States endersincreased vigilance neces-
sary on the part Of the Canadian authorities"
However odd may seem the nearly simulta-
neous appearance of the paragraph in places
so far apart as London and Montreal they
may be the most worthless rumors Yet they
follow strangely upon the recent agitation of
the Alabama question by the Times and other
London papers. We called attention on several
occasions to the notifications that had taken
place in the British argument, as seen in the
press, and 10 the evidence furnished in that
way that England was nearly ready to adopt
our views Of neutrality and piracy, now that
we no longer had war on our hands and were
strong enough to make those views respect
able. II is possible that those articles were the
superficial indication Of new and very urgent
discussion of the Alabama claims then in pro-
gress-a discussion that may have been based
on those positive ideas OF our rights rs a
people and of our foreign policy that the Presi-
dent is known to entertain. Must we accept
these later British paragraphs as an indication
that that discussion has failed in its object;
that the claims are no nearer settlement than
ever, and that therefore "critica" state Of
our relations il regarded as IMMINENT
Il is significant that we have a new rumor as
to the proposed course Of France in reference
to the withdrawal of her troops from Mexican
territory. We are told that the engagement to
remove portion of the troops this month will
not be kept While we are satisfied that the
Mexican question, as between France and our
selves, was recently placed on tolerably posi-
tive footing, we cannot but recognize that the
Emperor OF the French has q convenient way
Of excuslng to himself any dereliciion in the
matter of engagements that may seem necessary
for the furtherance of his schemes. The En-
pcror went into the Mexican scheme, counting
upon II that there would be no interference
from US because our hands were tied by great
war. He has since nominally given it up, but
has constantly fought for time in his with
drawal, always in the hope that something
might turn mp. IT. now, he should see the pos
sibilty Of war between the United States
and England, we cannot doubt that he would
take fresh breath in his imperial scheme and
seize the occasion to revive it, This last Next
can rumor, If il shall prove to be on good
authority, Is, therefore, an important indication
Of our relations with England.
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Mr.. COLLECTOR SxYIHE.-ln a recent Wash
ington despatch to this journal, in reference to
the affairs OF The Collectors Office Of this port
Y was said that Mr.. Smythe's subordinates had
been taxed for electioneering purposes, and