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mation already issued forbids all interference of Englishmen in the war now being waged between the North and the South, though, indeed, that was scarcely needed, seeing that both parties appear to be fighting so quietly, and have such vaunted success on both sides. But we surely have a right to take every means whereby to hold our own, to prevent the possibility of an attempt to annex us, or the success of any appeal to Washington by discontented men among ourselves. And the fact is, as Blackwood suggests, it is high time for the Americans to moderate their pretensions, and in their intercourse with other nations adopt a courtesy to which they have hitherto been strangers; we are glad to have them as friends; but they must not presume upon friendship by arrogating the authority of masters. Their impertinence is inherent in their nature, and must therefore be tolerated because they cannot get rid of it. But when they begin to bully or menace, it is as well to let them know by actio