Weekly Trinity journal., 1867-11-30
NUMBER AZ.
England and Amerfca-Admiral Farragut
Welcomed to Great Britain.

england and Amerfca-AdmiraI Farragut
Welcomed to Great Britain.
The visit of Admiral Farragut to this country
presents valuable opportunity for the inter-
change of those international courtesies which
have so material an influence on the policy Of
nations Although the Admiral and the officers
of the squadron under his command have ar
rived at time when the ordinary gaieties OF So
ciety are suspended and nearly everybody is
away from home, they have, OF course been made
The object of such attention our officials are
able to pay to friendly and distinguished visitors
AS the head of the navy of the United States,
with a reputation second to that of no naval
commander now living, Admiral Farragut has
peculiar right to the attentions he is now receiy-
ing. The American navy is the youngest but
the most vigorous child of Anglo-Saxon love for
the sea- 1t inherits with the traditions of
Blake and Arson, and represents an empire of
the sea which has itself sprung from our own.
Young as it necessarily is it can already point to
a glorious past, and we may with certainty an
tcipate for it worthy future. The English
people feel no jealousy whatever at the vast ma
val development and progress which Admiral
Farragut represents. So long as American riv-
airy with us at sea is limited to peaceful mani
festations, we shall all rejoice at the luster
which attends the American flag That the ma
val services of the two countries should frater-
Mise, that the readiest and heartiest recognition
accOrQeu
the other is what on either side of the water all
honest men desire. 1t is, indeed, to be partic-
ularly desired, at the present time, that all pos
sible hospitality should be shown to our Amerl-
can visitors. We owe something to the Ameri-
can navy, and to Admiral Farragut as its repre-
sentative, for the injustice that was done both to
it and him by large portion of our press and q
small but influential portion of people dur
| ing their civil war.
| There can be no improprety in reminding our
selves of this injustice, and in confessing our
mis- take, now that an opportunity for making
amends for it seems to be offered u.s. 1t arose
| from not being sufficiently known to each
other. Englshmen knew how little the
| slaveholding class really represented the AmerI-
| can people, and Americans did not know how
little the classes which sympathized with rebel
lion here represented the great mass of the Eng
lish people. But Admiral Farragut will not
need to be assured Of the universal frendliness
with which America and the Americans are re-
garded by the people Of this country. Wherever
he may choose to go he will find welcome.
! He needs introduction to Englishmen. They
will welcome him for his own sake aud for the
sake of his country. In Admiral Farragut the
American navy has given evidence of the posses
sion of those sailor-lke qualities which have
made naval service popular at home
and so powerful on the sea. His pluck and en-
terprise and thoroughness were abundantly de-
monstrated in the naval actions of the civil war.
his DOlu ana successful IOTCe Tue ell-
trance of the Mississippi in April, 1862, recalled
some of the best naval enterprises of
history. The passage and re-passage of his
whole fleet past the formidable batteries of
Vicksburg demonstrated not merely his personal
courage, but his wonderful skill, and showed
that he had not only the will to attempt great
exploits, but the power to execute them. But
perhaps the event which has most possessed the
popular imagination was the bold dash past the
impregnable batteries which commanded the en-
trance to the harbor of Mobile. The Admiral,
tied amongst the rigging of his own vessel, so
that not wound should cause hn to lose his
hold, and that the whole scene should be beneath
his eye, leading the way through the storm of
cannon shot, and running the gauntlet of prob
| able destruction with dashing courage and brill
liant success. is picture which is as ndeliby
impressed the minds of Englishmen as on
those of Americans. From that time one has
ever desired to dispute the possession by the
American navy of the highest qualities OF sea-
manship. The name of Farragut, associated
with that bold and splendid enterprise, is held
in that esteem which Englishmen always give to
the courage of people whose qualities reflect
their own. Admiral Farragut may represent
American rivalry on the element which we have
learned to consider own, but it is rivalry
in qualities which Englishmen respect wherever
they are found and which, far from leading
to misunderstanding and conflicts, ought to
lead to mutual admiration and esteem. 1t is
greatly to the interests Of both nations that they
should more and more learn this mutual respect.
They will learn it on nearer acquaintance with
each other, and everything which promotes that
acquaintance will promote their friendship and
alliance. In the new times which are at hand
we on side shall shake oursely nore and
more free from entanglements be East,
and cultivate relations with est. The
continent of Europe may not, per be less to
US @ than it has been, but s the We continent ad
raj Farragut and his staff are therefore doubly
welcome now The era Of misunderstanding is
over, and that of enlarged friendly intercourse
has begun, and every occasion of becoming bet
ter acquainted with each other, every exchange
of international courtesies, and every opportu-
nifty for the expression of mutual good will and
esteem will serve to strengthen the personal ties
and multiply the personal friendships which,
even more, perhaps, than the policy Of govern
ments, tie kindred nations to each other.-LoH-
don Daily Neus, October oh.