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ExPLANATIONs.-Whe we contracted for the
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LORD NAPIER viii be succeeded by Lord
Dunfermlihe, (late Sir Ralph Abercrombie,) who
is the grandson of the heroic Sir Ralph Aber-
crombie. the conqueror of Alexandria and the
delivererof Egypt.
We have received from the publishers, H.
Greeley & Co, New York, the Tribune AID,a-
nae for 1889 1t contains a valuable compila-
ton Of political events, election returns, sc.
THE RECALL OXFORD NAPIER.
The reader will find in another column an
interesting and important stateo.eAt of the
causes which led to the recall of the British
Minister to this Government, The grave and
respectable Boston 4dcertjser speaks of the
writer as not only reliable, but in a position to
be well informed upon the subject and we
may remark, that statements of a similar tenor,
originating on this side of the Atlantic, had
gained currency before the appearance of this
letter from London. If the facts be such as
they are represented to be, the British Govern
ment could not have pursued different course
III the premises without suffering the moral in
fuence Of the English people to be grossly per
verified and misdirected. All classes of the PEG
pie of the United Kingdom are intensely Anti
Slavery; and il were criminal dereliction on
the part Of the Government to send as its rep
resQutative TO Washington, a man with senti-
ments such as Lord Napier is reported to
cherish. We confess that we have been 10th to
believe the reports which have gained currency
in reference to the views and sympathies OF
Lord Napier We take it for granted that
an educated English gentleman, with no mo-
tives Of interest or long-cherished prejudices
to bias his Judgment, Will take the side of hui
mainly, justice, and honor and it would be
uncharitable to prcsuppose state of moral OBJ
lquity which can fnd anything just and well or
;,Gred in the system of Slavery, or honorable in
:. &c Kansas policy Of the Administration.
But the London correspondent of the 1drer-
Gser makes another statement even more i'm
portant and startling than the one to which we
have referred. lie distincty cha,yes That the
Southern diSunionists hare sent more than or
mission TO London ,chose object ,cas to enlist the
British Government IN az enterprise for the
dissolution Of the Union.
We have often seen in the Southern news
papers boasts of what the South could do, out
Of the Union, with the aid of England; and
more than once it has been said that the Brit
ish Government would be ready to foster a
Southern Confederacy; but we were not pre-
pared to believe that the disunionists had act
aalky committed the overt treason of conspirine
with a foreign Government against our own
We still are willing to give them the benefit OF
a doubt and we will not assume an ANONYMOUS
statement TO be true, however consistent with
what we know of the facts But the allegation
Is too important to go unnoticed. If we have
ffaitors among US, who are secretly plotting with
England, for the overthrow of the Government
and Constitution, the fact ought to be known
aud they should be brought to condign punish
ment We believe that there is a law on the
statute book which forbids and Furnishes the
attempt of private individuals to institute ne
gotiations with foreign Governments, even with
patriotic ends in view. What, then, must be
the punishment of traitors?
AN UNFORTUNATE ENTERPRIsE.-We fear
that our neighbor of the Southern Citizen has
'aunched his bark in "the traffic in human
ssh at an unproptious hour When the or.
gan of the fre-eaters of Alabama, to say moth
ing of the official organ of Mr.. Buchanan and
the organ of Hunter and Douglas, all conspire
to denounce his favorite branch Of our foreign
commerce as murderous piracy, we confess thai
his prospects look gloomy. WeIsee nothing but
quicksands and shoals ahead, unless he should
turn about, redeem his pledge, and steer fol
the haven of Freedom.
SENATOR DoUGLAs.-Mr. Douglas was sere
naded on Friday, the 3lst ult, in New York, al
his hotel, VII: IN he came out, and addressed the
people unon tho CLAYTON Rnl,var treaty and