The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-14
AN OLD ONE.

then called Missouri Gazette. and was printed at "st. Louis. Louisiana" as Missouri was part of what was known as The Louisiana Purchase. and had not at that time become a State. The copy before us is a four-page 3heet. 7xi2 inches. three columns to the page price three dollars a year. which would now be considered pretty steep price for only twelve columns of printed matter a week.
 The paper is printed in the e,.aint old type and phraseology of n century ago. has nearly one column of local matter, but not a line of editorial. and only some four inches of advertls- ing. What appears strange, airnost unreasonable, to us of today, is the date of its news service. It has Lat est News" from London, Paris and one or two other European cities the dates running from April E to April
 2e, the latest being three months old. Even it's latest dispatches from Bos- ton and other eastern cities were five or six weeks old. What would news paper readers of this day think if they could not get later news each day than that? It would almost be ancient history to them.
 The paper gives an account of what was evidently an enthusiastic 4th Of July celebration in St. Louis. A num- Der of regular toasts were drunk, evincing the patriotism and gallantry of the time. Then there were half a-dozen voIunteef toasts. which we re- print, to show the spirit of the ceie- orators:
 By s. Bond. jun. Esq. The American none but freemen, and spurn from their embraces the followers of vice
 By Thomas Todd. Esq. The Liberty of the Press-May 1t never be violated
 By samuel Hammond, jun The Elm bargo.--''It has taken from violence the lure of interest: 1t has dashed the pnlAA1f oa bhA0Se AAOhA eiiS A@eS
 By MT. Boyse,-success to those who speed the plough and flail.
 By Col. Atcheson-May American bravery. ever be opposed to British
 By Col. Atcheson-Success to those who follow the plough, and earn their living by the sweat of their brow
 But what is really Of most sisnifi- cant interest to us is contained in ex- tracts from a letter from London. of April ss, written by an officer of the English fleet commanded by Sir John Duck worth, which had been cruising in American waters. The ships, 1t seems, had paid a visit to Chesapeake Bay and the writer complains in very strong and bitter terms of the want of courtesy shown the British by the government and people of the United States. It should be kept In mind that the feeling of arrangement and ill., feeling which terminated in the war of 1872 was already growing serious, and there was little of good feeling or amity between the two countries.
 The writer or correspondent tells of the way the visitors were regarded and says that "No article whatever of supply could be obtained by our Ad- miral from the inhospitable and hostile Americans" Then follows a tirade of threatening comments and predictions which We think we'll worth copying Ut some length, as showing what the British thought of us before giving our soldiers a second trial It says:
 Such conduct argues so hostile . de de. United states. that the general opinion expressed by the officers of our squad ron, that war with America Is in- evitable." cannot be considered as Erounds. grounds We should have expected that Mir. Roses mission would at least have procured for our squadron the rights of hospitality. 1T It aid not ea at the former good understanding between the two countries; but we rear the Frenchified government of the Unlteo the balefuI Influence of the cabinet of the Thuilleries. that nothing put salutary chastisement will bring it to a due sense of the pernicious error into nermitted it to be led. If America will have war with Great Britain, she will have herself only to blame for the con sequences. It is our sincere wish 10 remain at peace with her. and our ministers, it is well known. have adop- ted every expedient short of compris- ing the honor, the dignity of the na- ton to avoid the extremity or war arto pared to lay the honor and the essen tial interests of the empire at the rect of any junto upon earth. The DIus- tering American demagogues may per haps have founded some portion or their confidence upon the support Of a certain party in this country: some of them. as we lately took occasion 10 remark. may derive hopes rom the of property and the non payment of debts: they may conceal from themselves their comparative inn potence, by throwing their weight into the aggregate or the enemies or Sress would convince these politicians of the folly of measuring their puny strength with the colossal power of the British empire. We do not ourselves wish to be understood. as stating positively that war with the United States is become inevitable: tn" door for anic- able adjustment still remains open. and while it continues so, hopes of adjust ment may not irrationally be indulged But in whatever manner the negotia- tion may terminate. we shall have the consolation to reflect that everything which moderation could require. or com ciliation effect, has on our part been done to avert the catastrophe. which. however to be lamentel cannot ulti- mately prove injurious to our interests. while 1t may effect the ruin of the power by whom, from present appear ances, 1t seems likely to be provoked.
 If Ia really amusing to note the al-