St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1866-05-17
BANCROFT VS.. RussnLL.

Is Tho sdiplomatio. eerreep dsnos, excited
,by Nj. Bansroft's eulogy u Abr.kam Ia
coin had bettsr, for ne present British
premier At least, not have bssn written
Earl RUSSELL in asls,tsr u Nc. Adams.
puts in q fat denial Of the truth sf,Mr.
Banoroft's allegations. contained in the fol-
lowing passage Of his eulogy:
"The British Secretary Of State for For-
eign Affairs made haste to send word
through the palaces Of Europe that the
Republic was no more that q headstone
s' was all that remained aUe W the law Of
nations to ',he late Union. = s.. ss.l,
Citing this paragraphs Earl Russell pro-
Deeds to refer, Mr.. Bancroft 70 'Sfacts Of q
totally opposite oharaoter,''' These facts
were simply. the language used in parlia-
mentary speech by the noble earl. when he
replied TO a member Of the Commons that
''the bubble Of republicanism had not
burst. ," r& ~s"&,. sti{1z}95 t0 Ht, y:
Mr.. Bancroft. in reply to Earl Russell.
completely "uses up the. noble earl to
employ vulgar phrase--as follows: "
The passage which he .scites contains
these three allegations: That. as British
Secretary Of State for Foreign affairs, he
viewed This Republic as .sthe late Union; -
that he sent this view Of our country
through the palaces Of Europe, and that he
made haste to do SO. When Lord Russell
calls to mind the authority for these state
paents,, he must acknoWl ledge them to be
perfectly just and true. 5SsSstf !f'ssl s.. ,sg
On the 9Th Of May, 1861, Lord John
Russell, then Secretary Of State for For
eign Affairs, wrote 8 despatch to Lord
Lyons, In which ho decided the condition
Of America as 'sthe disruption Of Com
federacy," ard he further used these words:
''Civil war has broken out between the
several States Of the late Union The
government Of the southern portion has
duly constituted ITSELF Her Majesty 8
government do not wish yeu to make any
mystery Of that view Here is irrefraga-
BILE proof of my first allegation. aS<A#7 =
On the day on which the Minister Of the
Queen TINS wrote, he addressed despatch
TO Lord Cowlv, her Majesty's ambassador
at Paris, designating our Republic as ..the
States which lately composed the American
Union;'' ''the late Union;"' and he in
closed in that despatch, Tor Lord Cowley's
instruction, a copy Of the above cited letter
to Lord Lyons. Having thus osten, atious-
ly communicated his views Of our couatry
as; :'the late Uhion," he asks in return,
ito be made acquainted With the views Of
the Imperial Government" My second
allegation is therefore true ID letter and in
spirit. 'S.'7'7' <.'*-'' y ~
That Lord John Russell, as Secretary Of
State. was. in haste to do this, appears
from his not having awaited the arrival Of
the American Minister Of Mr.: Lincoln's ap-
pointment, and from those very letters Of
the 9Th of May, 1862, TO Lord Cowley and
to Lord Lyons, for in those letters he con-
fesses that he had not as yet '.received
from Lord Lyons any report Of the state Of
affairs and Of the prospects Of the several
parties" but that on coming to the decis.
ion which was so .momentous and unpre.
cedented. he acted on the repsrts Of ''some
consuls," and ':of the public prints. w..