, 1865-11-28
CUR RELATIONSHIP ENG,
-; =; -. - LAND.
Views Of the British Press on the
Situation. u
Hon. Caleb CushAs>n. MiAsgen.
From tha1ordno TIMES, Nor Ii
TIE ALABAMA ctA1M9-NE. cUsuISGt5 MIS-

TIE ALABAMA ctA1Ms-ME. cUsu1SG'5 MIS-
-, SION.
Amid all the e4eisemeut which attends the;
reconstruction OF the United States, and tho;
settlement Of sone OF the most dfffcalsI
: questions which have ever pressed upon q.
people, the, Americans stlll ind leisure to
taik and 70 write angHly ahou: the soyages
ol the Alabama and their consequent claims
on the British Government, Thcre Is no use:
10 eoncealtng that, IS far as the utternnces
OF their press md the tone Of their private
conversation CO Indicate their temper, there Is
as m1cn determtnattonA On their, part 70
npnold these claims a. there h On onr part to
relect tnem. The Atlantic cities lead opfn-
ion, and 10 foresgnera they entirely REPRESENT
It. These Atlantic cities hare been tie chicr
losers BY thc exploits Of the Confederate
other ways, but thelr shipplsr la bsen NO -
fully crippled. Indeed, t6e cxpreysim com
monty used, that the American maTrh,n.
marine was swept from the scos, bar1lly cy-
negcrates the loss suffered by The shippers of
New fotk ana boston. The actual destruc-
tion caused by the Alabsma rcpresents bus a
small part OF the real damage. American
Ehipa could get no tfcishts, while .hoae al
kDglshvessels rose unpEecedeutetI1y. Numbers
ut their vessels were transferred to forefrn
owners and sailed under foreign fass. N
tional lcss, and in some degree national h,..
initiation, have made the american public
p<opls in Ns trorld .ehich seouId Be iacilatd 10
bear sxeh things patienAy- This feeling has
been 50 strong that 4Ir. Seward has been M
able to give US any deIay in the matter.
While the war listed the claims might remain
IN allegiance, but no sooner was ii over than
public opinion forced tho Secretary Of State
TO send In his bill. He did SO, md Alr. Adams
urged the den1and with all the energy and
ability Of which he Is master. These SeutIe-
men, however, found equal ability and knowl-
edge Of International law arrayed on the side
Of England, and the result Was the late cor
respon9eIce. which, while 1t does credit to
the political talents Of the two nations, can
not be said to have brought the matters In
debate between them nearer to settlement.
The publication OF the correspondence has, Of
course, been followed by much comment In
America
u is in,pos,iole for he american Gop-
e4.ament' to abandon these cz7in,s.
services oI Afr. Seward and demand his dis
missal Il he were to confess to England that
his countrymen, had no right to compensa-
ton; But It IS quite possible for q govern
ment to yield nothing, md yet to do moth
ibe United States viii abate no jot Of their heir
| demands, and VIII reserve for themselves the
right Of enforcing them. But still, when the
I temper OF the people ~is calned, when COM
mcrce has had time to renew the links which
Find the two nations together, anu when the
memories Of the war fade into the past, there
| will be little disposition to dwell On unfortu-
thot, MI. Cushine wnnid shnrt1v ia,re rep1ss ~
Eurland nm "a n5issfon fo essist l. tSa ss+t;s ~
mer1t Of these claims st;it continued InG shanh,
the United States think tit thus 10 reinforce,
Mr. Adams, NC have no doubt that our own
Government Will be glad to consider any sub
1seI which Nj Cushing. may lay before 1t,
Iscnes;on u ~, rs.. 1es ~ nat ssopG aaeIe lof
- - 5tsnrta 4S, h.t ~ tna ps.nclP. Ina. mat
s:Ha, isas - T. I; LIZ DEL scmoSer o. these
4eai 44nneIlea = -, s4me, anu We tfnst that the'
{ ame1leans Val pc niongat .hy t!me and re-
ncet.on t9 !esame tasE gooq' Wlu lot both
tne great European powers, oet"een Wnich,
ana tne1n taelc u nov . temporary coolhess-:
Engfana mas neen me means o. taelr losingg
!of !lma large portion o1 thsF carrying
established foreign occupation on thelr very
tburtiers. The tendency OF both people and
GoFernment Is to compintn OF European.
Treatment, nnt there arc not WHntlng sou1e,
who believe that serious events may grow cut
THE CLAIMS psoua1r PoEwAnp-rHE SAN
,uAS AyrA1R-uoprs ruar I'M. ,nuvsos,
e.-.s-.s.- - 80 .a''| o1A4'ao'
WILL NOT Posh MATTERS TOO FAE'
lFrom the London Herald, Nov, TO- Il
Relations between this country and the
QSQEEE
II We need not call it threatening, Is certainly
unsatisfactory. There arc 4 multitude II
unsettled Questions open which mnst rcrsfTe
gene solution, and which 1t viii apuarentiy
be Impossible to solve In any MANNER sntis-
factory or even tolerable to both parties.
And, what Is worse still thera eItsts in l
America feeling Of III will toward this coua- [
try which may exercise considerable lnftu- \
ence on the course of the federal govern
ment, and which, Irrational and uufust /
as 1t Is, must Eot be left out or tho |
account II we would correctly estimats
tho difficulties In the way Of q continua.
tlon Of friendly relations between The two
powers. Tho claims Of the United States tn |
the Island of San Juan arc still asserted on
their side and denied On ours The HIaod !
itself Is Of little yal1e.. But, In tho Asst
p1cce. Its possession by the United States
would be tie standing menace to onr depend
encles in that quarter; and In the ucxt, the
IN which the federal government has
conducted the dispute makes concession On
our part scarcely possible. Tho claitn wan In
lsself pteposteI ons; mere g'a0cc at the map !
the most Unfair Interpretation ii the treat5
could Iatse doubt about our rights The
Americans attempted to geizc IL b. main force,
and only an extraordinary exercise OF 1
iofbearance on our part enabled us to avoid j,
conlsion. He cannot yicid to demand
founded on fraud and enforced by violence.
We cancct hntTemcmbcr former boundary dis
pntes. In which We we're frightened or cheat
cd out 81 orr unquestioned rights In tho
case OF the frontier OF Maine the map which
proved Inc justice OF the British and the IN
tqaity OF the Yankee claim was in tho ar-
chieves OF the Federal Government; aud
when the representative man Of New ENGLAND
the fasorite st0tesm0n Of Massachusetts,
rr$r YfuT r$4r% $zxr S-f4 (