New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-28
The Daily News on Nr. scward's Letter


From Tie Iaay heS., Asg Is
Lord RnsselI in his reply to Mr. Seward, assumes
an air Of very coD,cious superiority IN referring 10
the rolicv 81 the Cabinet Oh the American war. lie
direc after iion in tone Of rather lofty sef-grsiu
laiiop TO the ulagnanimons conduct oi The Brush
Cover men, in having maintained strict and ini-
tartj / MENTALITY, notwithstanding 1.-THE intultr
con,tan,lv heaI,d upon the Brirsh name in speeches
spo nc u sJaI err III the United Sinte- We eabbot
well APPRECIATE lhe magnanimity VI such proceed
IN, nor do think IL very dgnihed TO claim credit
for gu, error virtue on any such ground.
In the fret place. there hus really been very little
s.Iiously 10 conn lain Of in the general tone OF f'el-
ing toward this country on the other eide OF the
Atlsutic. Violent and Incorporate things have no
ooubt been mid and written III the Excitement OF
the contest; but after ALL these hostile demons'ra-
tons are few compared with the spe~chse and writ
ipps Of a better ind more friendly character. But
had they been far more numerous 1t 10 surely hardly
consistent with dignity and sef-respect TO make any
efrrece such temporary ebulliions Of feeling IN
an Off nal die, aich The formal intercourse OF re-
stopsiDle Governments Ia regulated by the maxiIns
aud usages OF inter- aional law by recognized prin'
cpes OF public right, not by the fluctuations VI pop
uIaf feeling.
These maxims Of public law remain as the guides
Of rublic action amidst u the various changes oI
opinion and it is but poor boast for any Govern
mrnt to say il has rot been deferred by unhiendly
criticsm from doing it, obvious duty toward a
friendly Power. Besides, IN this particular Gaze
Mr. Seward might we'll reply in the words Of the
Foreign Secrelarys own dispatch: " A 10 The
cour Of opinion in shis country, the Prerident the
Foreign Secretary is aware that perfect freedom oi
comment upon all public events is In this country
the invsri.blo practice 'RDctioocd by law, ana az
| proved by the universal sense Of the nation
| Recent events have, however, furnished Mr. Sew
ard with another retort more POINTED and direct II
not more conclusive. Whatever insults may have
been " beaped on the British name" IN America, "o
Dvb &c wan If character and position o" ne Other
sde IF the Atlantic has yet that ne kn0n o. rfc@ea
be vloIe British nation ~ the presence 81 the fedd-
,.p ,eDrtsentottre of the American Government,
and run Me hearty suppoyt If he fend'hg organs
of hat GOrernnenf. An English member Oh faiiin'
meut however, has recently called the people vi the
Northern States A" the tcum aud refuse oi EuroIe,
N I, presence of the Prime Minister OF England
ana nj u public banquet gwen IN LIS honor; alo the
ionrnaI that sic ially represents the Prime hi'
I,ter appl,.uds The speaker md the speech 70 tbe
very echo.
Ills journal, indeed, goes ont OF its way 10 eur
| nLa,iz. The iusult by endeavorins u magnify 'te
im,ortnnce Of the s,s aker: "Mr. Roebuek, say'
IN. Ninis,eral organ, docs not, indeed, speak WIN
/ the authority OF II minister, or with 'hc Prae''e
re. on.ibilites OF political Office; but he IL Al ou
ana disiing uisbeo poll Tenn, the representative VI
an important community, ana f.ho~beu 'oi
| 4 arlrssuess aud Independence. ~ 10 'nis ui'
uuVui-hed politician" whom the ministerial oteai
uenyhlr 10 honor, who calls the Aniericilns .no
scum aud refuse OF Europe Alter TINS we
rnall hardly, perhaps, venture on any iup'te' oeia
cou,plats vi the insults heapcd on the Dftisp na'e
IN speeches and writings on Vie other s'ae :" 'N'
Il 4.