The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-24
GREAT BRITAIN.
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jeff. Davis.

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Joff. Davis.
Che London Morning Herald OF Aug. IL says:-
The arrival of MIR. Davis at Liverpool has
naturally excited n good deal OF interest and
attention Nor is there any reason to wonder
at the warm reception he has met with; though
there is much cause TO rejoice at the quiet aud
uuostentativus charac ter which the demonstra-
tions of respect and sympathy have assumed,
Indeed, wherever he may sho himself among
Enelishmep, Mr.. Davis is sure to be welcomed
with every mark OF esteem and admiration. Toe
heroes OF an unfortunate cause are always
popular with us, especially when they have
shrugged and suffered on behalt OF peoDle
struggling for national ndtpendence. nos
suth, fresh from n TurSlsh detention and
from the Hungarian rebellion, greeted
with enthusiastic applause by every class of
the community; even Mazz ms name was
popular until the recoliecuons OF the gallaut
defense OF Rome was e1aced by other and less
honorable associations. Political eXIles al ways
find us predsposed in their favor, whatever
their arty, and whatever the cause Tor which
they have suffered. But no man could appeal
more s1onglv to English sSmpathies than Mr..
Jefferson Davis. In the hrst place, he represents
kindred people, nation OF English blood aud
English speech, whose assertion OF tnelr
independence was based on principles tho
roughly coDgenial to our own, and who,e
gallantIy IN the field and tortitude 10 endurance
awakened in the heats of Englshmen the
strongest feelings of affection and admiration
that were ever excited in this country by auy
foreign people or party. Again, the Southern
cause had peculiar hold on our sympathle5
because 1t was 10 begin with, the cause Of
constitutional. right ana established law against
the domination of a mere numerical majority;
and because it was the cause OF the weak against
the strong, of eight millions against twenty.
That hoId was constantly deepened by the
heroic courage and brill mt chiValry of the
southerners, and by the splendid achievements
and admirable qualities OF their leaders.
Moreover, Mr. Davis commands our sympa-
thies on his own account. Little known to us
when he first took his place at the head of the
Confederate Government, his character as it was
al Q IT,
ties Of that high position under the vicissitudes
OF war, and in the darkness OF the final catas-
trophe-hs craftsmanship, his administrative
skill, his unbending courage, lis uus werylhg
rectiJude, hls untalling resoution-w for HIM
individually regard only second to that felt
for his country, and made him appear worthy
representative, in his wn per,on, OF the cause
for which he labored, and the gallant people
who had entrusted their fol tunes to his hand.
His subsequent sutferings, and the cruel
wrongs he has endured with such unbroken
spirit and such uudauuted fortitude, have at.
tracted towards him Il still deeper sympathy aud
respect; and outside of a small sect OF fanatics
whose sympa,hles and wishes are al ways on
the opposite side to thoNe OF Their couutrSmen,
there is no Englishnan who would not pay to
Jefferson DAVIS the tribute Of reverence due TO a
great nalure and great calamity.
1t would be un Ortuuale, and 1t would be un-
worthy, were the American people to take
otfense at the welcome gwen to the chiet of the
fallen Con'ederacv. We may request them to
remember that we have nothing TO do with their
present feuds and merely political SQUAD Oe3-
with the abl ogation OF Southern state rights
and the prescription of Southern citizens. To
us South and North are now parts of one Ame-
rican Union, aud Mr. Davis is a man honored
and esteemed throughout oue-half of that
Union, as few unsuccessful leaders nave ever
been honored by those whom they con-
Quoted 10 defeat and ruin. We welcome not
the enemy OF the United states, but the chief
OF the southern people. we honor not SO
much the living as the dead we eX
press our sympathy with no present party
strife, no pc sibe aspirations for tie, future,
but with past that, however glorious, however
honorable, however iuli OF lofty deed, and great
pathlzed with the South, that we believed its
cause to be good, that we desired its triumph
and lamented its fall, is known to every citizen
OF America. What should We gain by affecting
to ignore our former sympathles, or TO repent
our past conduct? Were we to pretend now to
condemn what we then admired, to believe the
South in the wrong because she vas conquered,
and to abase ourselves at the feet OF the con-
querors what should we gain, aud what should
we deserve, but the hearty contemOt and utter
loahing of every man, North NortheTner I;,r or or
cause he believed to be Just, and fought
honestly to the last for his State or for the
Union? Something OF this feeling has heeD pro-
Voked already, owing to the dlsingenuous man
ner in which certain organs which, during the
war, were notOriousy at variance with the
public feeling of their countrymen have since
assumed 10 apologize for the symuathies they
did not share, and to taunt the public with
penitence it has never protessed. Any coldness
or Indifference in the present reception of the
eX-Presldent OF the Confederate States would
only suggest to the Americans how warmly ht
would have been welcomed had he triumDned
and induce them to believe that the favor auC
esteem of Ehglishmen depends not on the merit
but on the fortune OF a statesman or a cause.
The Irish Church Question q PressnLed
by the Radicals.
The London Times of Aug. IL says:-
The speech OF MIR. Forster TO his constituents
at Bradford Is worth notice as plain and Wig
orous exposition OF the real issue TO be decided
by the nation in November. Mr.. Forster dix
not, indeed, cOndne himself to the great suOjec
now before the people, for his address wa
delivered III accordance with an annual custom
and contained review of al the chief matters
discussed in the past session, ana he had more
over something To say on his alliance with Mr.
Mail in the coming contest az Bradford. But Il
is OF the question of the Hish Church that Mr.
FORSTER best deserves attention. Mr.
FOIs'er, though trained, as ne contesses II
another school, is jealous in defense 0
the ENGLISH Church. II is, he urges,
great engine Of good. 1t brings home 10 th
people il every part OF the country, to peoplt
ready and wiling toreeelve them, the lesson
aud COnsOlatiops OF religion. The alien esta
biishment in Ireland has failed entirely to re
commend itself to the Irish nation, and to bint
the English and Irish Churches together is L
biz d the living to the dead. IN the same way
is impossible for any one VINO VIII eanddl
consider the facts OF the case TO deny that tn
IRISH Church is hindrance 10 Professionalism
Ireland is the only Catholic country in EuroOe
except Spain, where the ulramontane part
is supreme. The establishment Of the Pro
teslant Church in Ireland makes conversion
10 1t appear deserton from the weake
which is especially strong in the Ir sh peop
against any disposition 10 admit Protestau
ideas, II we turn 10 America we ind constan
Complaint iICn sAe pT.ests that ;he li7shnan Il