The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-11-30

cd any decline In prices Of imported goods Cotton was
hrmer Groceries were dull and nominal. Petroleum
was excited and 20 &C. higher On Change -four was
lower Wheat inactive. Corn was active and hrmer
PORK was irregular and lower Lard was also lower
whiskey was . shade frmer.
Our Claims Against England-Earl RUS
sells Closing Explanation-A Cali for
Andrew Jackson's Diplomacy.
BY the last steamer from England we have
another nstalment of The Adams-RusseI cor
respondence, the substance of which may be
briefly stated. Earl Russell October l4) first
explains that his proposed commission con-
templated the consideration Of "all claims
arising during the late civil war which the
two Powers (aot either Of them, but which the
two Powers) shall agree to refer" He takes
occasion to say, however, in regard to such
cases as the Alabama and Shenandoah rebel
cruisers, that "for any acts of her Majesty's
subjects committed out Of their jurisdiction
and beyond their control the government Of
her Majesty ere not responsible" Mr.. Adams
October lT asks .the favor Of his lordship to
distinguish as well what among the claims It
Che British government is willing and what 1t
would not be willing to refer to the proposed
commission"
To this point blank proposition for fair
understanding Earl Russell October l9) an
swers that the Information requested will take
some time, but that "her Majesty's government
will furnish it rs soon as they can consistently
with the Importance Of the question" This is
the corner into which his lordship Is driven at
last, and from which he asks his own time to
make his escape. 1t is to be hoped, however,
that our government will put an end, without
further parley, TO this quibbling proposition
for a commission. Upon its face it Is nothing
more than shallow trick to gain time and
fritter away this important business in still
beginning and never ending pettifogging cor
respondence.
On the Sd Of November, in answer to letter
of Mr.. Adams of the 18th of October, which does
not appear, Earl Russell proceeds to another
rehash Of the 'patient neutrality Of Great
Britain, Notwithstanding the interruption of her
commerce and the immense losses suffered by
her people during the four years" Of our late
war, and Of the honest and laboriOus efforts of
her Majesty's government to prevent the
equipment in and escape from British ports of
rebel cruisers, and oil that; and he closes with
a recapitulation of the various fragrant cases
of such cruisers, showing that England, in
regard to these Anglo-rebel depredations on
our commerce, must be exempted from all
damages. He pleads to this end, also, the ex-
ample of the United States in reference to
certain Portuguese claims, and the laws Of our
Congress and of England In reference to
neutral obligations and belligerent rights.
Thus ends this correspondence for the present,
for Lord Russell announces that this is his last
letter on the subject
The result, asst stands, with all the bubbles
and special pleadings, apologies and excuses
Of Earl Russell, simply amounts TO this:-that
the British government fatty denies any. liza
bility to damages, and fatty refuses any In
demnity for the depredations Of such Anglo
rebel cruisers as the Alabama and Shenan-
doah and others of that stripe.
Now, then, what Is to be donel The alter
native of reprisals, which was strongly sug-
gested by General Jackson in his day In rela-
ton to certain maritime claims against France
an alternative which enabled the French
government to see and TO recognize the justice
Of those claims-is precisely the alternative
which this Adams-Russell correspondence sug-
gests a. the next step for President johnson.
sob, no." the shrinking peace worms will say;
.thcre is the entente cord;o'e between England
and France. They would like nothing better
than quarrel with us now in our
present crippled financial and our de-
moralized internal condition" But we
have no apprehensions Of anything Of
The kind. A war at this juncturc between
the United States on the one side, and England
and France on the other. would procipitate
European convulsion, in which the existing
governments and governing classes of England
and France would 60 down, and they know it
Only look at il for moment. The Fenans
ing classes of England, the Orlcanists and red
republicans of France and the Continent, are all
ripe for combustion. A war Of the Western
Powers of Europe with the United States would
light up all these combustiblcs in the flames Of
The first French revolution. General European
dcstitution, resulting from the suspension of
the worlds commerce, would do this, with such
an opportunity for strike for popular rights
and institutions. This, we think, is the right
view Of the subject. We can exact justice
from England and France without war. Hence
we regard this as the proper time for the Mon
roe doctrine aud for settlement with England
according 10 the diplomacy OF General Jack
son, that of Mr. Seward and Dir. Adams having
ended in smoke.
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