The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-09-14

Pray God to harden Pharaoh's heart yet more,
and the whole work will be done. The instru-
ment of God is blindly doing His will, and all
that is left undOne to completely radicalize
this nation will, or we are no prophets,
shortly be revealed. God is in this man, bad
as he is, Just as he was in Judas, in Davis,
and in the chosen men who do the will of
Satan on earth. Thank God for the madness
of Mr.. Johnson May he get no better very
fast.
THE Claims of the United States Against
Great Britain
From the ". Y Times.
The interval between the summary closing
of the correspondence on the Alabama claims
by Lord Clarendon and the revival of the sub
ject by Mr.. Seward year ago, was long
enough to admit of careful and unimpas-
stoned revision of the International situation.
In England they had entered upon domestic
struggle which partook to some degree of the
nature of a revolution. The traditional pre-
tensions of the Wings to take the lead in Con-
stitutional Reform were disputed so stoutly as
to cause party upheaval such as had not
been Witnessed from the time of Canning aud
the minds OF British statesmen were so alb
sorbed in the pending conflict that nearly
every outside question was held subordinate
to the rival interests in home politics.
The situation here was not essentially diff
ferent. For fifteen months we had been ira
versing the path where military achievement
diverged into that of civil reconstruction. We
had enough on hand, for the time, to engage
the thoughts, the loyal energies, and the
craftsmanship of the country. The question
of prime account was to see that, after the
war, the supreme authority of the Gov srnment
should everywhere be established and recog
nized throughout the Union. That assurance
which had the power of the Government to
maintain its credit, and uphold its honor
abroad, could not and would not be called in
question. The State Department, it is true,
held the same ground as to the obligations of
friendly powers from the moment belligerent
rights Were accorded to the belligerents that it
regard to the Mexican tripartite treaty which
ended so abruptly at Soledad and which led
so speedily to the tragedy at Queretaro,
as it holds now, when Mexico is rid of the
invaders Mr.. Stewards protests against the
practical alliance of the powers of Western
Europe on the question of according belligerent
rights to the Rebels, and of dispossessipg the
Government of Juarez, were the same from
1862 to 1866 and 1867. There is not shadow
of turning in the whole line of his reasoning.
His argument was the same from the retreat
at Bull Run to the surrender at AppomattoX.
Whatever defect it may have shown, it was
consistent; and those who are to faithfully
trace from historic point the events of the
present revolutionary epoch, will at least be
compelled to admit that the foreign policy of
the United States, covering the whole of that
period, exhibited a unity of purpose, con-
sistency of effort, regard to ultimate results
and disregard OF passing appearances, such
as will compare favorably with the highest
diplomatic achievements of this or of any age.
Were there proof in detail wanted to sup
port this assumption-and we do not think
that Mr.. Stewards bitterest party enemies
among us demand such profit might be
readily found in as many opposite quarters of
the globe as there are civilized Governments
in existence. Leaving out of account the
disastrous failure OF the Napoleonic policy in
Mexico, and the retraction from its declared
policy by the Government OF Great Britain,
there is enough to sustain the selfrespect of
every true American in the positive force of
our diplomacy during the last five years. To
the resolution and the moral force of Mr..
Stewards policy, it is mainly due that San
Domingo has not been reconverted into a
colony of Spain; that Peru has not been
compelled to sacrifice her independence to a
superior invading force; that the lombard
1nent OF Valparaiso did not result in the esta-
blishment of a mixed European proteoto-
rate over Chilli; that the United States have
gained commercial ascendancy in Japanese
ana CnlneSe WatefS-WlJnln less bndu TWO
years of the time when we had fair reason to
suppose that our commerce was swept from
the ocean, that we have got control Of the
North Pacific division of the continent-with
more than a reversiOnary interest in the inter-
mediate section; and that we enjoy the cordial
friendship of the strongest military powers Oi
Central and Eastern Europe. We may make
slow progress with reconstruction. We may
have difficulties to overcome in the way OF
civil rehabilitation as formidable as those which
weighed upon the nation before Antietam and
Vicksburg were fought but when reunion is
once aceomplished--as most surely twill be-
we shall have North and South alike) com
mon triumph in this fact alone, that we stand
before the world as community strong in iti
purpose and integrity-the name of American
citizens raised higher than it ever was before
n1 TSd the strength of republican system based
stes epsn intelligence, industry, and freedom
M where recognized.
thasa Lp1i19gress made towards settlement o
, Of Great setinlserent claims with the Government
isfaetorSs DfsSain cannot be regarded as unsat
causes .; y; Soms of the natural and necessary
has boo1,Iel VI uelay have been already noticed. /
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! onr s;Sa On ~ our side. n has oiaor1,y besn ~
inc 9lue "s mus mus faras NAV he ',t..st
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