The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-01-26
senator Chambers Resolution or,
Our War Claims ASaf INST EnnIar,sI

In the Senate, on, Monday, Mr..
Chandler, of Michigan, offered q re-
solution to the effect that, MS the
diplomatic correspondence with the
Government of Great Britain in rela-
tion to the demands of our Govern
ment for damages committed on Ame-
rican commerce through the agency
of British subjects, or, in plain words,
the maraudlng career of the Anglo
rebel pirates, has resulted in the re-
fr,sal of the British Government to
satisfy our demands, the President be
requested to Withdraw our Minister
from the Court of st. James and
make Il proclamation of national non
intercourse with Great Britain. We
dare say that the introduction of this
resolution was intended to give some
definite expression, through the
mouth-piece of Congress, to the OPT
Mon which Is known to exist univer-
sally with the American people upon
this question. 1t 'yill no doubt be
received III England as another evil
dence that we do not intend to be
trif1ed with.
We think that we already observe
some signs of disposition on the
part of the British Government not
to permit any causes of quarrel to
exist. The London Times takes some
trouble to show that France would be
seriously perplexed to preserve her
stability and her institutions in case
of war with this country on the
Mexican question. If France is in
danger from such a collision, how
much more SO is England? Her COM
merce is larger and more exposed
upon the seas. We could do more
damage to England in three months
war than we ever could to France.
Her merchant marine is, in a mea-
sure, at our mercy, and if we were
disposed to quarrel with her, her
boasted supremacy on the ocean
would be of short duration. France
has less to lose in this respect; and,
all things considered, England has
more to fear from war with the
United States than France. France,
for example, has no Canadian pro-
vinces. France has no Fenians; no
Ireland on her border in q condition
of perpetual discomfort and periodi-
cal instruction. The warming, there
fore, which the London Times pre-
sents to France is quite as applicable
to England herself.
The manner in which the Times
speaks of this country, in connection
with the Presidents message, would
Intimate that a more friendly feeling
toward this country prevails under
the influence OF the new ministry,
and we are not probably much at
fault i'll assuming that Lord Claren-
don has inspired that sentiment in
great degree. His amiable feelings
toward the United States are we'll
known. He has always manifested
the klndliest sentiments toward this
country. Unlike his predecessor in
the Foreign Ofiice--Earl Russell
is statesman endowed
with broad and generous ideas.
we are disposed to attri-
butte his part in the controversy with
Mr.. Adams to a conviction that he
had n cause to defend in which neither
his head, his heart nor judgment was
enlisted, and he was glad to abandon
it, leaving the subject to stand upon
the grounds upon which his prede-
ccssor had placed it.
There is an incident in connection
with the change of the tone of the
leading British newspaper toward this
country which is not without signifi-
canoe, and, us Il natter of historical
interest, is worth dwelling upon. It
has been stated Ill some of the English |
the Manchester Guar
aian among them, that MI Delane,
the leading editor of the London
Times, had resigned his position in
of a certain new policy
adopted by the proprietors of that
journal; and, us Mr.. Delane was
known to be bitterly hostile to the
United States, and an ardent friend |
Of the rebellious Confederacy, it |
may be assumed, perhaps, that the
new policy of the Times, representing
that of the British Ministry, has a
friendly tendency toward this country.
We are the more disposed to regard
such condition of things with salts
faction, from the conviction that there
is no disposition on the part of our
Government to surrender one jot of
our Just claims in the matter of the |
Alabama and Shenandoah;
and the indications that the British
Government is inclined to settle all
questions amicably, if we read the
signs Alright, are, therefore, worthy to
be regarded as of some importance.
Ne,C York Herald.
The Lancaster IS. C.) Ledger men
tions that the business of making
contracts between the whites and
freedmen has been very brisk for the |