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O N the whole , there is a slightly improved tone touching the . dispute with America . It is indeed to be regretted , that some writing which has been published this week , and some , perhaps , l which , has not been published , should not Live gone out by the boat on Saturday last ; for it might have tended to soften the feeling of indignation -which will be aroused by the intelligence that the mail actually did carry forth . There appears to be some difficulty ^ for the public to understand why the simple statement that the fleet had been strengthened , and that , privateers and buccaneers would be controlled , should oiFend the American Government and nation , sinco they cannot have any desire to encourage buccaneering and privateering . The reason why offence is calculated to be given by all the demonstrations that have been made , is to be found in the whole of the public facts taken acumulatively . In the first place , the British fleet on the West Indian and North American station has been strengthened very much—in itself a proceeding which naturally suggests the necessity for some explanation calculated to soothe the jealousy of any state contiguous to the strengthened station . In the second phici > , there is the intimation that force may bo employed against American citizens . In the third place , the announcement in ofensive , bocuu o the American Government has restrained buccaneering expeditions down to the very hist which attempted to set out for Nicaragua ; and the announcement , therefore , implies that thu Americana do not do their duty in the very thing for accomplishing which they claim no small credit . In the fourth place , a charge of privateering is implied , when there is no evidence to establish the charge . Every vessul that ks building , or getting ready for sea in the port of New York , is known ; and the whole nuiu ' jor could bo accounted for , thoir ownership , nud their destination . If , indeed , llusdinn documents have been seized , proving that ships preparing ostensibly for aomo voyage which iced .- * strength of crow and fighting power , say China , or tho Indian Archipelago , are in fact destined ultimately for ^ Russian service , Information of that fact , and copies of the documents nuifil , of
course , have been furnished to the American Government ; but there is no statement that any such evidence has been advanced . The charge , therefore , looks like a wanton imputation . In the fifth place , if the force cannot be used against buccaneers or privateers tliab do not exist , there is a shrewd suspicion , difficult -to combat , that it is intended for use rgainst some other persons ; and who are they ? In the sixth place , the manner in which the proceedings against the infringers of the American Foreign Enlistment Act have been received in this country , implies a partial condemnation of proceedings that have been perfectly regular , and a defence of English public officers whose proceedings haye been the very , reverse of regular . In the seventh " place , this resort to a curious accumulation of force for some unknown purpose ; and these baseless insinuations , made at a time when very difficult questions between the two . countries have been subjected to anxious negociation without result , all look very like the arrogant resort of a party th . it knows itself to bo in the wrong . And in the eighth place , the Americans naturally feel that the whole bearing towards them , the harsh construction of their motives , the very little attention paid to any of their repre , sentatives who may casually visit this country imply unfriendliness ; and they nro certainly calculated to exasperate the irritation produced by the other causes . The attentions pui < l to Mr . IMim ^ aiiw Fhxmobk , when he came over to this country , wero received by the Americans as evidence of an improved fe ling ; but the very contrary demeanour , at present , will do away with the good effect . Xet we niity observe , en jiassaut , that the very fact of : i good iufliiCiUuo being created in America , by the uncostly means of showing n courteous and friendly bearing towards the American citizens , is evidence how easily the British Government iniyht work it . s way to an amicable settlement , instend of riHking the hideous and costly path of warfare . Tiiuso are tho reasons why lvennpri . 'hcud / in indignant burdt that limy lead to repritiiilri in kind . Both countries would then bo committed to u competition in animosities of manner , that it might be difficult or impossible to hi op , and tliut might end in calamities too hideous t <> anticipate , without pain and di . sgua . " We have . said the tone of tho language is improved . Tlio Times , which made the
declaration of war last week , speaks in greater moderation this week . The Globe asks for the real views of the American public ; it snys , " no menace to ' the United States' is intended , and no ' fear' could well be expected to be excited in the people of tho ; c States , by any such increase as it has been thought prudent to make in our U 3 ual naval force in American waters . '' The , same Ministerial writer quotes a paragraph from a letter by the citizen of the United States , picturing the absurd character of a fratricidal war , in which English and Americans should bo showing their gallantry against each other , while neither , of course , could yield to the threats on the other side . " Great Britain , ^ I am sure , would not yield its convictions to any ; threat ; and the United States , I am equally sure , will regard with indignation , rather than fear , the menace in its seas of a hostile fleet . " In this portion of tho letter , says the Globe , " we may express our unqualified and entire concurrence ; " and the Tinies performed a public service in publishing the letter , which is ill itself an . explanation calculated to enlighten the . British public . The war in the East scarcely gets on so promisingly as the w : ir in the West . We have no movements to record , except ia retreat rather than otherwise ; at all events the allies appear to be stationary . The Czaii , indeed , is u .-. ing great exertions—viwitiiig the- . soldiers , displaying hid sympathies in tho \\< spilaln ; raying a good word for the raw levies tlwiL urn min ^ li < l with the army in tho East , and br ^ pe . d ; ng the forbearance of older soldiers wli' ) might otherwi-e turn them into ridicule ; and promising , through hid Minister of the Interior , coiilirincil privileges of tho nobles . Gortsehakoff hIiowm no m ^ mh of advancing ; neither do the Allies . The period in fact Iia-i arrived for carrying en the war in anollirr quarter , and attempts arc made to renew iu »< roeinU'Mirt ; at lonst such is the report . The Otnmtitutioiinul refers to a titruu ^ o meeting at Uerliu , ut wliieh Austria is said to havo assisted , for get'ing up noiue now intervention . A Russian officer has m . mi ! s < Wiir mjutlnvanls an Belgium ; thy l \ i . i .: o l "; ivty in Itwwin wsni . l to hfive become predominant ; and Lovi * Nai > om : on is accused of sho . in , , now »» " » " I ]> 'i «»<* ^ ' Austrian importun e . H , h hmvuvor t ! . o very » 0 : iBon for report * . Tl ., ' . mule U-wCMunly cc , ^
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Mem !; of me Week- paoe . Knrnlrmd Viiifarr News 1051 How to Make Bread Cheap 105 : 5 Oivnl Slopes of History 10 ( 32 WeWS Ot tne wee * s " Contiii-utal Notes ' 1051 Simpson at Home 10 . V ! Kniost Jon , . ., lOtii The W . n- 1022 Miscellaneous 1051 Louis Napoleon 1057 Th 3 A . rt 3 _ Our Quarrel with the United States 1048 Public Affa * rs— Literature— Trade r . arliai-Nm in Art 1 O < M - Sr ^ rWarKl ^ Draii ^ e ' ^ Tho Conduces of War with life of Goethe 10 * j Thu ll ,, y , narl : ei . Melodrama 1085 T ^^ rs 7 ro - MaS-::::::::: iSSI x ^ Ti ^ cs v ::.::: ; : ; ::: ; .::::: ! 3 f , ^ . ^ LaY ^ ::::::::::::::::::::: \ $ commerce i £ * ir—ThP filP 1049 Sch . 'in : 's hi Itily 10 il Fostediluvian History l ! l ( 50 Cily Int , lii ^ cnoc , Markots , Adver- 10 . 53 Our Civilization "'!! . ' . ' . " . " !!! . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' !! . ' . "' ... 1049 Tlie JJasisofaii Army 1 C / J > Life and Mind 1 < 551 tis .-im-nt :-, * e 1065
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A POLITICAL AND LITERARY REVIEW .
• 'The one Idea which History exhi '« its as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—tho ml > le endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided views ; and by setting aside the'Mistiactions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the -whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object —the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Humboldt ' s Cosmos .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 3, 1855, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2113/page/1/
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