The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-12-03
Thn Alabama Claims.

claims agreei upon by Lord Stanley and
Mr.. Reveriy Johnson is-as We predict
ed anything done by the latter gentle
man would be-the grfssest absurdity
10 which any American diplomat has
ever been a party The Alahama claims,
considered as matter of dollars aud
cents. are an affair Of small moment.-
The importance of the whole case lies in
the alleged breach of faith and of neu-
trail obligations by Great Britain. The
! American people are not disposed to 20
to war about the small sum of fifteen
millions of dollars, because when the
collections of that small sum shall be
deemed essential to the national peace
and honor, the field for reprisais Is ut
our door But the United States have
All interest in having the obligations OF
neutrals authoritatively determined be-
; fore another war takes place.
! Our government, upon the refusal OF
Great Britain to pay the claims, had at
its option one of several courses to pur-
/ sue: 1t might refer the claim to arbitra-
I ton, resort to war, or submit to the re-
/ fusal with a protest. Great Britain has
hitherto refused to submit to the decis-
/ ion of a third power the question OF bad
/ faith, and on that point has held the
most insulting language. The affairs OF
/ the United States have never justified
/ our resorting to war upon this matter,
! and consequently the policy Of the gov
eminent should have been, SO long rs
i Great Britain refused to submit to arhi-
| tration the vital point in dispute, to let
! the case stand. If Great Britain could
afford to have the laws Of neutrality
abrogated in time of war, the United
! States could afford it fully as well.
j Mr.. Andrew Johnson has had All in
sane idea that he could redeem his adj
minstration from historical infamy If
he could manage to settle these Alabama
claims before he left Office. and has
therefore logged the British Minister to
agree to something or anything. The
result il Mr. Reverdy Jolnson's protocol
I for a Joint commission to examine into
the claims of British rebels residing in
the South for compensation for losses
sustained by them during the rebellion,
of which they were supporters.
The present attitude of the negotiation
is ,liSgraceful to all the aetoTs-ro the
British Government. to Reverdy John
SON. and if it has his sanction. to Mr..
Seward There is no use for them to
ATTEMPT TO amend matters. The Ameri
can reoplo have voted Mr.. Seward and
Andrew Johnson ont Of office, and those
officers should not attempt to defeat the
popular will by attempting to dispose of
this case, in anticiuation of the admins
tration selected by the people for that
purpose Mr.. Seward shoull now per
nit the Johnson-Stanly protocol to drop
and should give notice to Great Britain
that all further correspondence shou ld
be post poned until the new admini-'ra-
ton under General Grant enters office
For six years he has had the Alabama
question under discussion, and positions
taken by Mr.. Adams, and sustained by
him, have been clearly defined. To de-
part from them now is toplace his gov
eminent in most ridiculous position
The wisest thing he can do now, both
for his own fame and the character Of
the government. is tn insist that the
matter he dropped just where it is, and
left to the next administration. Any
other course may have very serious con-
sequences.-C Chicago Tribune.
THE LADY OF THE WHITE HOUSE,
In connection with the election of Cen
eral Grant To the Presidency, aud only
second to it in point of interest, Is the
promotion of Mrs. Grant to the post of
Lady of the White House. 1t j. graf
flying 10 think that the position is Que
which Mrs. Grant will fill with the true
simplicity of an American woman.-
There will be no attempt to ape the
grandeur of regal court. and no vulgar
striving after mere sensation. Mrs.
Grant is lady who has maintained,
| through every event which has marked
the yicissitudes of her husbands life. a
marked propriety Of demeanor. Sh.
has been a help meet in days Of adversi-
ty. and has shared his honors without
being dazzled by the position or contain
! mated by the foolish adulation of those
who worShiped at the shrine of success
/ -Boston journal.
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