East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-03-10
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Three cheers for the George Grisj
woidY' Yesterday afterhoon, after a
4 rrosperous voyage c'fr6mI New York This
] good siipIw asit0 we'd into the a htersvy
hand TO- dsy she will begin nnloadipgthe
stores With, which she is frcighled, for
fthe Lancashire operatives. Her recep
tion at tLivespool' wasih Keeping With
\ her rmcreifull errandgolAs lshe passed
the fort the British 4 flag ,Yasulowered,
of shs y sseF, Ahepss % 1 nj Ss% Bsttsry si has
been built to defend iusI agaia inst. VISION
ary, dangers, ,the big gins.yolleysd forth
a laundering salus, The little steam
lfug, which had been on the lookout all
day, was attrcd ia an international hy.
4 cry of gayest colors, and asishe pulled
the precious argosy up the 0streaIn.
many square yard Of bunting. run up
to. the masthcads, seened 10 say: We
are glad to see YOU But this was only
suchga welcone an, could bc'extempor;
lized at the moment, and the peopleiof
Liverpool will take other means Of show,
| ing their appreciation Of the motives
which ledte' te'theeffering Of this splendid
gift. 7sTo,day or Tomorrow there is TO
be a public reception of the, captain and
officers Of the crew OF the George Girls
4 void, at ST. Georges II sll, on which
occasion eloqnent taddresses andspeecbes
| will do justice to the sentiments cher
ished by this country towards the Uni
ted States. The Mayor Of Liverpool
will entertain the captain aud his friends
at public dinner in the Town Hall,
and private hospitality will mo doubt
ell up the measure of becoming welcome
I Estimated by its value in rnoney,, the
freight ofothet George Griswold is;a
p,ost acceptable addition to- the means
svailable for tho relief of these districts
and thousands viii read il over many
times. Those barrels Of flour have "a
ring ofplemy,y and the pork, we doubt
not, will be found relishing food. =, JTt,o
George Griswold is only the, torerunner
tof'other vesSeiss which,S we trust, will
reach our ports in safety. ol0nei has al
ready left Boston aud anp,ler will pres.
emily be dispatched from New, York.
II Is too soon to estimate the total value
of the gifts we are likely 10 receive, biit
fifty thousand pounds sterling will prob.
ably be, under the mark 1t is, not, ia
this light, however, that we discern tbs
fnli'val,ic Of these proofs of Amcricap
generosity. owe are thankful for Them
as the, means, Of helEings to- feed our
needy populatlOp;, but they possess, 10
our eyes, an immeasurably higher sig
nIticancc rs DEMONSTRATIONS of rationh
friendship, friendship which has stood
the stress Of -perilous evsnts, which has
had to weather many a storm of sus.
ricioh and Imagined wrong, and winch
now shows oitself to- be untimrned, an.
diminished, and ulpbanged0 The weak.
est point 10 the. copduct OF tho British
government since the war began was
undoubtedly its defcrring e till II was
too late, toytake measures for stopping
the q abama, Re tssI'a odj Zoo 3of dsi
Why do We recall these facts, which
seem to have no relation 10 the George
Griswold, and only jarHth harmony
whlch, she ipspires?y IN Q do so because
this vessel comes to US from New York,
because the money which ,!reighted her
was raised in New York, and because
tire first movement towards sraisingfh
was made by, the, New York Chamber
of Commerce. We do moi, wish 10 be
sentimental, but il is merely just to rec
ognize'the nebleness Of this Conduct -
The delays of the rBritiShl government
in reference to the, Alabama might have
been expected to raise such a''howl'ro of
Indignation as would have been fatal. to
any intended emonstratiorio OF SYMPATHY
With lancashire odistressss But it hap.
pens that the very body of merehsnts
Which felt itself specially charged with
tic duty of dcno,incing an outrage per
rnitted, ,nif not epcrmitted, perpeiaated, {,
Ivy our government,oo on American com.l
merce, was also the first "a. establish
the International Relief Fund Cor the
aid of our suffering workpeoplc.i t..;,
! From this noble fact weS are justified
in drawing some, most important and
acccptable inferene Aynxtion which
can show itself capable Of this generos.
ity at a time when events inevitably
,end to produce so much irritation and
ill.will, canD6t ia it's heart be hostile 10
England. We have never for . mo.
menl believed the, contrary, but since
national sentiment acts a good deal on
aasystem of rdtaIiatiop, and as to believe
oneself hated s the surest] provocative
to hate, we are bound to. do ail.wc,can,|
to spread the conviction far and wide
that our Kindred on the other side of the
Atlantis are neither eager to Nitsicss 6df |
downfall. nor thirs,iBg .jor our ,bno,L--l
They feel towards usas hroihers should
feel. They recognize the family tie
The smaigraut ilippaicy of wicked
tongues hasonot been able to displhee
or disturb the deep seated, at ohipept
which binds them To the birthplace of
their ancestors. Violent Leading arti
ccsaaud ang,y speeches may be quotes
In coniute a-.l but they no more repre-
sent thesenliWepts of, the nation, than
the NAL speech of Sir Robert Peel, the
other day, represented the convictions
and scntinents of the Enghsh people.
The Americans have never Net 'lost am |