The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-04-11

Great as seemed to be the desire Of
English Whig, and Tory stateemeu to
avoid what 10 called AmeEicAnxing the
institutions or governmental policy Of
England, the foreign policy Of the Min
istry. no matter which party may Be in
power. 10 purely Of American origin, be-
ing, in short. noa-intervention- when
ever . difficult question now arises in
European politics, VIC ind England care
fully avoiding all entanglements, and re-
fusing TO be committed In any way to
any new wars. Her statesmen appear
to have seen by their experience In the
Crimean struggle that England could
not possibly gain in these continental
complications, and that, however they
might result, they would benefit other
nations without helping her. conse.
quently she let Italy nnd . solution of
not induce the EnRlish Government to
Duchies; aud Austria found no aid from
her within reach In her struggle with
Prussia, and she even allowed Hanover
to be blotted out without a struggle.
Gambia and Thessaly and Greece and
Servia present fresh problems In the
East, but the London press congratu-
lates the English Government ON its
refusal to take part in the troubles
Turkey is to be abandoned to her fate.
Greece need fear no moro Intervention
from England or France. The English
Foreign Department is prolific OF advice.
Oh! how wise are the counsels given in
such emergencies! But never . chance
of an alliance with England is there now
for any continental Power, great or small.
British statesmen appear to have learn
ed the wholesome lesson that non-inter-
vention in matters not essentially their
own is the true policy. They have seen
how wondrously the great American Re-
public has thriven by uniformly pursuing
that policy, and they have found by long
experience that England never gaiEs
anything by her continental efforts.
Had this policy been adopted long ago
by the British Government, how differ
ent would have been the condition OF
the civilized world. Her perverse for
eign policy kept Germany . political
chaos. rendered it hopeless for Italy TO
struggle for nationality, prevented the
republican aspirations OF France from
obtaining their desires, kept the ambition
of Austria directed in . false channel,
kept the Christians of Turkey in hope
less subsection to the Moslems, and fos-
tered the unhealthy and exaggerated am
bition Of Russia until she was herself,
obliged to go to war to stop it. Since =.
she adopted . pacific policy; and gave
up intermeddling, her finances have been
her taxes have been reduced,
and her internal development has made
wonderful progress. s tg as
II her statesmen will adhere firmly to
this policy and let the genius Of her peo.
pie be directed to their own affairs moro
closely, we cannot doubt that Anericani-
zatton will go on there in all her insti-
tutions. She cannot resist the influence
of our freedom and progress, - her peo-
pie become more convinced that what
we do is well done. and that justice and
human rights are the substantial founda-
tions of our institutions. Our civiliza-
ton and political system act upon the
British nation with irresistible power,
and all the efforts Of her writer's and
politicians cannot possibly arrest the
progress Of Americanization that 10 ever
going on there. The inevitable tenden-
cy of things is to make England gradu-
ally sort Of republic. At present the
nation is governed by an oligarchy, but
there is ever going on a struggle for rid
dance Of this, and the reformers steadily
gain point after point, 90 that in the end
complete success 10 inevitable. Phila-
delphia North American.