The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28
RXGEIsH IGEORANCE.
A budget OF Foreign Newspaper Blum
deFs on america.

~ NAAk SS1I Z
asks how much their prophecies and opln-
ions upon American affairs are good Tor.
give a few samples;
When Professor Webster murdered Or.
Psrkman, the London Times was grleVod
20 that HDaniel Webster, the
great American statesman, and the author
the Unabridged Diction sry,' had taken
the life of a Boston physician"
When Fort Donelson Wss stormed Oy
our forces, the representative journal locs-
ted il on the "COnstantine RIveri alter
ward described the fall OF shy as
that of Che very seat Of TIC Confederate
Congress; proted that the struggle IN len,
nessee was for a "border" State; sscfioed
the occupation of New Orleans 10 Gene
raj Grant and placed Stonewsll jackson
in command ain the Valley of the Mlssls-
sippl," because q Richmond paper had To-
Gated him Gin the Valley" Later 1t In
formed its readers that "by 8 singular Co
inciience the fall of Atlanta andthe DEM
ocratic National Convention occurred the
same dav," and added, In the same leader,
aThe Democratic Convention, meeting at
Chicago ia the last week of September,
elected General Mcclellan as the cRndi-
date of the party And this is the great
journal which, in 1861, fastened to an
noupce the downfall of the United States,
now argues that We cannot restore
peace and harmony unless Andrew john
ION resigns and another President is chosen.
EEIn the spring of 1861, smother Tory
sheet contained the following announce
meDtI maryland has declared for the
Uaion by the election Of a member TOR the
Federal Congress. On the other side, the
Virgins Convention sitting at Wheeling,
has declared for the other part" We
were Informed soon after by another, that
ex- President Buchanan had fled to Canada
to escape the vengeance of the Federals
and by vet another, later in the year, that
HMsior General Grant had suddenly eX-
pired, in his eighty-second year"
After The disaster at Big Bethel, She
London Chronicle stated to the public that
Hthe attack was led in person by President
Pierce, who did 50 for want of an educated
military man. 4 Glasgow journal blum
dered as badly over the first Bull Run bat
tie, in supposing that the Virginia Black
Horse troop, of which so much WAS ssid at
the time, were q mounted negroes"
A distinguished correspondent" of an
English Government organ, suggested, in
1862, as q plan of compromise between the
North and South, that a Mr.. Seward resign
the Wee PresidencyShip and be succeeded
BY Nj. Davis" Another correspondent
doubtless none the less eminent, enumer-
ated " Cincinnati among tho slave States,
and located Mobile at the mouth Of the
Mississippi.
When Gen. Mansfield arrived at For
tress Monroe, en- route from Washington,
TO take command Of the troops at Newport
News. the London Illustrated NsWs of the
World announced the fact in the following
stirring language: "Gen. Mansfield has
surprised Gen. Wool at Fortress Monroe
and captured his whole force" Another
prominent Tendon journal, equally enter
prising in obtaining news favorable TO the
| rebels, gave the following version Of the
! same affsir: "Tbe Federal troops were to-
tally defeated with q loss of 1900. The
| Washington authorities have taken steps
TO suppress the news of the reverse, which
has, nevertheless, reached q highly respect
| able party in Liverpool through a private
channel" When the mine explosion oc-
CURED the Illustrated Net0s said: "Gen.
Grant has been repulsed with heavy loss in
his attack on So. Petersburg" The British
Quarterly ReUielO, in q lsbOred paper, some
three years since, on the impossibiity oil
~conouering the South, said: 'It is remem-
bered that Fort Pickens, which commands
the entrance Of the Gulf Of Msr1eo, is in
possession of the Southern Confederation.
which possesses Fortress Monroe, in Viz.
ginia, Fort McHenry, in Maryland, a large
fortress in Delaware and the arsenal a
NelO Albany kentucky"
When Gen. Burnside, in tho spring o.
1862, set EaH Win ME TUruIruaViv " rIaas
for the coast of North Carolins, the Satar
Gay ReUieo0, which has prided itself on it
knowledge of American affairs, announced
that ne would Gland in Western Virgins
with 80, 900 men," A few dsyslster another
equally hostile journal stated that he haC
continued his march through Western
Virginia, and captured NeWbern, the eapl
tsl of the State.
The Paris GGligHGni some time sine
stated, On the authority Of the Londol
Standard, (whose proprietor, report says
has been bitten TO the tune of eight and
bali millions OF dollars by the cotton loan,
that the Secretary of the great American
Navy had been shot dead In a duel with
mere Alderman"
Again, when il was stated in our HON
Journals some months since as q joke, tina
an old lady had refused TO touch q news
paper containing the P~reridents message
because she had heard that ne had III
small pox, GdLigndni took up the stor
and declared in earnest, $50 stupid sre tn
lower orders of the United States the
they hesitate to take the journals contain
ing the Presidents message from the Pos
Office, fearing that they might c4tch tn
small box, under which the writer of tn
message was reported TO be suffering"
The EOpizione, the hostile organ print
ed st Turin, contained the following an
nouncement last year: "The telegraph &c
day brings us q piece of news from Me-
York of the highest Importance. Tn
House of Representatives at Washingto
has deereed the final abolition of slavery
having altered the Constitution to confOrr
TO the idea" THIS was long prior to tn
adoption of the present amendment b
both Houses of Congress.
The London Economist, only three week
since, said TO It's readers: ain order to So
cure the Constitutional prohibition of 81
very lin the Uuited Ststes) it is absOlutel
essential that some fOrty-eight sepGrai
representative bodies, differing in..modes {
election, in geographical interests, in edit
cation, in prejudices, should barmoniousl
and strongly cooperate"
The assassination of the President, as wa
expected, furnished an opportunity for
fresh display of their prophetic power, an
there is no endto the exaggerated prognol
tications which they dispense TO the Eurt
pean public, sIl Of which will, of cours
have TO be 'reefed" on the arrival ofsut
cessive steamers from this country. TT
Londen Herald informs its readers that b
Mr.. LIncol0s death this country IS lett
toss upon the sea O dismsl anarchy" Th
Post Gcannot avoid feeling that q new 81
is about to commence on the America
continent, the horrors of which will excee
even those of the last four years." Th
Times is of the opinion that the preseI
condition Of affairs "must fill every Anne.
lean with the gloomiest forbodings," an
joins zeslously with its Tory cotemporariC
in the cry against MI. johnson.
Ben. Wood.
A New York correspondent thus d.
scribas the Copperhead owner Of the Ne,
York Ne'OS;
Ben, BY the way, is more of q chRrscte
than most persons imagine. Doubtless b
Ia unscrupulnus in nOlnins and his mOrS