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A US newspaper reports on a letter in the London Star criticizing Lord Palmerston's policy toward the United States amid a diplomatic dispute involving the dismissal of British minister Mr. Crampton. It quotes various London papers expressing aggressive, conciliatory, or critical stances on the issue.
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'Those who endeavor to persuade themselves that we will learn the dismissal of Mr. Crampton, without enforcing the retirement of Mr. Dallas, are calculating upon an amount of endurance totally inconsistent with the character of Englishmen.'
One from the Chronicle, of the 'dare 'em to do it' order, for instance:--
'The English people have paid for a very magnificent fleet, which they would be very glad to have an opportunity of using, and the French are by no means indisposed to try a pull with the Americans.'
One from the Post, of the 'make up' kind, as follows: 'Irritating as the policy of the administration unquestionably is, we shall, we doubt not, continue to maintain that conciliatory conduct, and at the same time firm and dignified attitude which we have throughout this untoward affair exhibited, in the hope that we may yet be able to prevent a further development of the apparently hostile disposition of the government of the U. States.'
One from the Standard, of the 'gettin' mad' sort, cite:--'Mr. Crampton will be dismissed, if he already has not, and the Republic will be deprived of the presence of one man of truth and honor, a loss which apparently it cannot well spare.'
One from the Liverpool Mercury, of the 'lack-a-daisical' phase: 'It is a great pity that the United States cannot carry out their "manifest destiny" in a less offensive, dishonest and dishonorable manner.' There are one or two more extracts we might give, slightly billingsgated, but we deem these sufficient to show the temper of the Press towards us.
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diplomatic tensions over dismissal of mr. crampton; british press shows varied reactions from aggressive to conciliatory.
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A letter in the London Star criticizes Lord Palmerston's policy toward the US in a dispute involving Mr. Crampton's dismissal. The report quotes London papers: Times growls about enforcing Mr. Dallas's retirement; Chronicle dares confrontation with fleets; Post advocates conciliatory firmness; Standard laments loss of Crampton; Mercury criticizes US manifest destiny.