THE MISUNDERSTANDING WITH THE UNITED STATES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 343, 13 February 1856, Page 6

THE MISUNDERSTANDING WITH THE UNITED STATES.

The Times says, in reference to the relations between England ami America—" It is because we see mi hope of finding in che United States a Government capable of preventing its citizens froin^.va^iiiir puvaie war on their account against the besi friends and truest allies of the preat republic, thai we are most un\vi]iiny Iv ci»mj>eHed. even in the midst of the great European strti<rsrle' in which we are engaged, to assume a defensive attitude, in order to trample oui the first sparks of this fire, and prevent a conflagration, which if once allowed to spread, may cause incalculable niispry lv the human race. We cannot wait patiently till th-se iauless emissaries of insurrection and^ plunder have set their feel within her Majesty's limnini-'ris. and encountered there the resistance which is sure to overwhelm their wild and desperate schemes. We cannot wait nil we are placed i/i the horrihie dilemma of either sparing men to whom clemency is cruelly tothe human race, of which ihev are the enemies, or vi ii ; flic-i!..<r a jti-t punishment, which may he the means of infiiiinin-r a-ainst us the ]'asMo;is i>f the American people a.»<i !eadi:;;r to a disastrous and fratricidal war. We •-•.ill, ff it be p!jss:!)le. i.reves.t the crime ihat otherwise it vr<:-uui he our duty stvcreiv to jmnisii, and this we !iu i-i use nau;e ;in ,; ;,,. ile j 1( , !)e o ;-p e . icet \ Vg cainn.i n t ;i!«ve fmu iho^e wi,o iue now eu.ra-t'l »i ei,n,;] n - iu.!:,j,;.y m,n f,, r (i,^ e a^pe^tcana cmm !!;t l euu-n.^es cntemplate the success of ;t , ie: . ce , u „,,„„ it . c ,.,,.,;_ filV i|lst . ul ils Pioha;,.,-. yy e , e!! , ; ,,. M :,:,. A][ .;, „y „.,., j lt)| , e i!-; tiiut iiifj Li.sevaine fatf.- siav u> atiemi sucii wretch -..-a uuveiui.i-ers .nay i,e the mp.n; of i,,. il^m.i,- tlse pMhlic mind a^ai-t Ea-1.-md and svjmii}; upthep^si.n.ofihepcj.le.oa puint wlwc.i tv:,.,: ,-end.M- war iueMiahie. This i-on-Ruminaum it is ih« d.ny ..f the A.nerican .vcnnneriL if U cmm. i,, |.i>v* ; iil, .-inrl, ;l s it ca;!!!'!- '"■ lu'i :. i .- i ,i n .n nnicii h iicli ; u; c.";-" 1- ■■"« "';■";•■* t<' -^t. ii w* UMI pi(; . ' ■■' '."'-^' f/-i^'l!ii., ;i s i,v,!u >ai.r..:, or iiu.jrcc-ot l"elH :i "'«;i;'«t.iw we shi.il li^e «1.. !1; . , fj;li ;.i, tow.ir<i.s ;i v-jriii,<_r [] je , 1: ,i,,^. ; . lir , t (Vj I _, j, sbuitl.i .h.-y !,, cain,,! uui'i, .ii,.,V i.-ixj'wi'u^ a«|.jjlt.-,i i- -.ohJ, iwi; !,„■ ,;,..., ; , „ ; ||lV( . „.„ son_ kj b-ii/.ve it t., he iM-iue;.: ; ,,id Sli -/ U :,, (lo'le .{ !ii) V<; a]; i]ji. ■• .- ;ii ■• M |!!■jt• i■. --- blit if it \.i; ti, C; , {•; f!-:l' j ,-,;'.,• ',' . .'■■'., " .'"' " '' tioii ( .r ti ;! - !;!:.;,;•• .!r" l 'i ; -'r/■';■'■• s'r.-v^ '-1"I!'' v/ar unoi; us v.7- -1.-,,: ...... ■ ''"'' gi«ut uf i:ui li.juii.. "" "'"' '' - L' ;:il'-

As regards Havti and Cuba, the Post is inclined to think that Brother Jonathan, with •ill his bluster, is far too wise seriously to embroil himself with the greatest maritime powers in the world merely to bolster up v really unpopular and falling administration, whose wish is to pander to the m«»st vicious element in the Ameiicau spirit of lawless aggression, and though the insulting and menacing tone of the Washington cabinet may be accounted lor by iho probable acquisition id" the Russian North American territories, a great maritime «;ir is a course of policy from which the Post would fain hope the good sense of the reflecting and honest portion of the American people will save their country. What good results could spring fiom such ail itulndv contest? The commerce of England and Frai.ee might temporarily be cut up, but every American ship would be swept from the seas, or the ports of America would be blockaded ; the whole sea board of America from .Maine to Florida wmiM be exposed to attack; and all this is to tie encountered for the acquisition of a Haytian Sebastopol, from which Cuba can be more conveniently threatened. The Post concludes the ieader and its remarks on the enlistment question by trusting that the presence of the formidable British fleet which is remaining at Bermudi will tend to cool the aiTog:iuce and over-sensitiveness of the American Government.