Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-03-29
THE EVENING NEWS.
SUPPLEMENT
Why Great Britain is the Enemy Of
the United States.

That there has been permanent hos
tility of sentiment in the United Kingdom
against the success of our Union cause,
permeating the British Islands throughout
their length and breadth, is amply sub
stantiated by the past and present tone Of
the leading journals in that country, and
| by orr foreign correspondence. One
American writer abroad affirmed that
Henry Ward Becchcr's pilgrimage and
enthusiastic reception in Exeter Hall and
elsewhere was more apparent than real,
and his presence did not change the pres
ent British anlipathy against the triumph
of the Union cause.
To the mass Of our people it seems I'M
accountable that nation with whom we
are at pcace-whosc Prince was cnthusi-
astically greeted North, and Hospitality
received South-a nation that joined Us
in the Atlantic telegraph, and made an
eXtradition treaty with us. besides hume
rous exchanges of International cOurtcsies
with our commercial emporiums Of the
North : | say it seems surprisingly strange
that such friendly neighbors should, i'll
spite of the Queens proclamation of neil
trality, make quasi or rather covert war
upon us by building and arming piratical
ships and filling them with buccaneers 10
plumber and burn our merchant vessels
anywhere and everywhere throughout the
navigable globe; and should also display
through the press-in Parliament-and
in society, a more unrelcnting hatred
against the American Union, than was at
any time exhibited by Englishmen against
Russia during the Crimcan war.
In conversing with many natives of the
British Isles, l distinctly gather the fol-
lowing data as some of the causes Of di--
like: lst. When Britain and France en-
tered upon her war against Russia, the
United States newspaper press, North,
applauded the plan of expclling the En-
peror Nicholas from Turkey. The United
States was very friendly to and sympa-
thized with Turkey. Lord Clarendon,
in the House of Lords, about as soon As
the war was begun, advised the Peers tfat
when England had adjusted affairs in the
East she would proceed to adjust affairs
in the Wcst-in palmer language, She
would give the United States, like Russia,
a pretty sound drubbing. So Secretary
Cass, and so the publicpress of the United
States, North, interpreted Lord Clarendon.
An immense newspaper and diplomatic
storm and correspondence cnsued, which
changed public sentiment completely
against England and in favor Of Russia.
Lord Clarendon made this rupture. and
Secretary Cas- and the New York HcraM
famed the flame. Here is cause No.
for England's hatred to our Union.
ID. The tonnage of the merchant ma
rine of the United States equalled. or
nearly so-or may, indeed, have surpassed
English tonnage on the ocean. .Amcr-
can ships made quicker passages. and thus
monopolized the carrying trade of the
world. This was an alarming state Of
affairs for nation of shopkecpcrs and
shippers 10 contemplate. 1t was CONNER
cial rivalry that built, equipped, manned.
and sent the buccanecring ship Alabama
to sea, in spite Of the Queens prOclama
ton. The United States will never hear
the last of the gross neglect, if not disgrace,
of emitting TO send out armed ships i'll
pursuit and capture this rover long befor"
she had cruised two years unintcTuptedly.
Sd. The foremost interest of England
when our war broke out was her cotton
manufacture. Her supply was drawn
from the South. II was represented to
operatives that the Northern States had
made war which had impoverished them.
This created personal dislike to us.
4th. The United States became the asy-
lum of Ireland, and Irish wrongs Were a
creed in our country. Our free notions
and propaganda were contrary to Euro
pcan discipline, and had already. by reac-
ton, made England far too free 20 please
the aristoc~acy of that country. Hence
they dislike us.
5th. The tariff of Mr.. Morrill, excluded
very much of the free trade EI,hcrto en-
istcnt III England with the United State,
thus touching the poke; nerve Of the
commercial classes of the most commercial
country OH earth.
ResHme.-What then with the combined
hostility of the nobility of England. her
manufacturers, her operatives, hcr large
and small traders, it lay not within the
powers of Secretary Seward, Henry Ward
Beecher, Thurlow Weed, and the late
Archbishop Hughes united, to win over
the good opinion of Engli>hmcn 10 She
United States. Had the United States in
the year 1887 given 1.-THE of that aid and
comfort to the canadian Patriots, which
England has disguisedly afforded TO the
Southern rebellion, Canada would now
have been an independent republic, or II
part of the American Union. British
bavonets could not overcome that uprising
until General Scott suppressed co-opcra-
ton along our western and northern
boundaries. If England pays for every
ship her Alabama has burned, she never
thclcss has made for herself commerce
far more valuable than the actual dc-truc-
ton caused. She has substantially driven
our immense commercial feet from the
high seas to make room for her own. Size
has levied an embargo upon American
shipping ten-fold more disastrous TO us
than was President Jefferson, embargo of
1907. International law is thrown 10 III"
winds by this new method on the part Of
non-combatants, of interfering i'll oar INA
tonal affairs. Complications may yet
arise which will in time cOnvoke Worlds
Congress to reasscrt those International
sanctions now trampled i'll the dust by the
aristocracy and people Of Great Britain.
BRIrIsH AND AMERICAN COPPER MINES.
From the Lake Superior copper mines Of
Michigan. there were in 1862 sent To mar
ket, according TO the United States Mn
ing Register, more than threc-tfth> the
number of tons of copper that were yielded
by the ores raised from the British mines.
In these days of the infancy of the copper
trade of Michigan, the native copper pro-
duct of her Lake Superior mines is but
little less in tons than the eliminated and
declining products of the copper mines of
Great Britain. And after this present
year, the copper mines of Michigan will
surpass the joint yield of the British cop
per mines, for the Michigan product de-
crcases, whereas the British product de-
clines, In 1862 the copper mines of
Great Britain produced jointly of copper
l4,S43 tons. In 1862 from the copper