The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-12 00:00:00

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MIL GOLDWIN SMITH AND THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.

Some of the American journals have attempted to throw
ridicule upon Professor Goldwin Smith, and, indeed, upon
Englishmen in general, for attaching too much importance
to Mr. Sumner's famous philippic. Mr. Smith writes
to the Beehive justifying the serious apprehensions
which he, in common with LIU countrymen, entertained
when the senator's speech was made public :
" Mr. Sumner did not speak merely for himself ; being
Chairman of the Committee pn Foreign Relations, he
spoke as the organ of the Senate, which, instead of reject-
ing the treaty in Secret Session, according to its custom,
threw open its doors that he might denounce and menace
England before the world. All his colleagues except one
voted with him ; alt who spoke supported and commended
him. His speech was received with acclamation, as a
faithful expression of the feelings and intentions of the
country, by the great organs of public opinion, especially by
those cwnwcted with the party in power. The antipathy
to England had for some time been assiduously cultivated
by the press ; and the President himself, if the circum-
stantial statement of the great journal of his own party
was to be believed, had expressed sentiments similar to
those of Mr. Sumner on the question at issue. The pro-
pensities of the Annexationist Party had been excited by
the insurrection in Cuba ; and the annexation of Canada
had been propounded in a quarter so influential as to cause
alarm to the Canadians themselves. If this state of
things was not serious, I do not know what state of
things is,'
The Professor is quite right. Mr. Sumner's speech was,
indeed, extravagant, but it was for some time accepted as
a just exposition of American demands. It is true that it

has since been generally discarded, true that the Ircred
alone remains faithful to it ; and to this change cf senti-
ment every credit is due. But it is unfair to tax English-
men with undue alarm, when Mr. Sumner's bellicose
speech was at first met with such acclaim. As Mr.
Goldwin Smith justly observes, "Nations very seldom
wish for war. They drift through diplomatic complies.
tions, and under the influence of excited feelings, into
situations in which war becomes inevitable."

The correspondent cf the Telegraph adds his testimony
to the general opinion that the President has refused to
adopt Mr. Sumner's suggestion. A period of rest is
deemed the best for both countries. Mr. Motley is to go
to work on the naturalisatim protocol, and the settlement
of the rights and duties of consuls, especially with refe-
rence to offences committed by seamen in the ports of the
other country. The writer is told that the idea of the
American Government is to turn over the offenders to tiie
Consul of their own nation for punishment.

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