New-York tribune., 1869-06-07
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THE LONDON PRESS or TIE RELATIONS Del "EEN
ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
The Times Of May 24 says: We assert then,
,d Nbat is more. We do not believe any reaSonmS
euS eusn can DENY that the escape Of the Alabama
whether charseaDs @gS 5 M 't Inc "m,sdrecicd sym
nathes" which American opinion plsceS 10 ,,Iv .io he
held responsible for negligence, tardnes os otnvt "a
omission, but it was ceTLdny noL EI ~ erests OF the
Federal Government. In plain terms lt was not DoeausS
Lord Russell 6g or low wished IN to the Federas
or well To the COuiedrrates that the SOutheih CRUISER
s,cneeded i'm getting 10 sea That Is our position ine
o,tioU taken by the Americans rests entirely from rst
io last we Will not say upon opposite cohNcIons puC
upon convinced 10 the contrary, but they
DbnnSe 10 assume the contrary because IN no other
My en- As yprGsscd by one Of their best friends
in this country, Mr. BngAt himself Is that a most tS
inc time of their national fortunes, we treated them WIN
aa "iry coidness" Possibly. but Mr.. Bright himself
would be ready to declare That colness IS NOT oaI
for war; and ne would we are sure allow at suC W nr
ness did affect IN the slightest degree the acts 3 or
Government We ala endeayor |hetner success % oTonse
otherwise, 70 keep clear OF an lnteiauOuat the resut
Whatever may have been our speeuatOns on ~ ~ nv onr
Of the Civil Var We a never SHSG oTS TS s existence Of
the itself, and 90 the Neutrality tnngh much
necessarily SSe9 SSe ,om PG "r a by the Coniederass
and pressed upon us by our aii'o''t 4, that non
intervention which the Federals 50 q Sa nder tboSo
sired. Whatever wrong aetuIy t6rongh sheer ACCT
trespass as any incident OF he DloSkade
We assert therefore ana V9 w9 the Alabama dspredatons
are IDENTICAL In all but degree VIII .no ~ nno ter ~
any other possibly wrongful captures we cS9OC per G
@ t6e, 20 he taken out OF the category OF snGh ue
inands on the ground that an uhIIenGmS m sPltS Pt Ift
cJed the escape Of the depredato auu tnat suc Il'
Ces toned for That demand is OF another charac-
Ter altogether We resist IT, ana on this PA e ,ae
that whatever direction our sympathles may nave
we owe no account on such point 10 any
M by way Of putting the case in the light least
favorable to ourselves assume tnat the Americans gn1
have expected better things Of u.s. and are now eHPre
t 1etUral soreuess at the treatment they received
TSt ma suppose that either forgetting thelr own ue-
t91ti innocence they looked for active sympsthies
nm struggle for territorial integrity, Hee SOIL anu
6id nor Gnd and they now resent the disappointment
"a a wrong We are sometmes told, ana nos qut.to q.
10 IT so; We only reply that never before IN inc
history Of the world was such mater aaT I
menace. What would tho Americans nave salT
or what T0pq % lmsaS a WAR we had presented to the
Government Of Washington demand IoI @ VI
acknowledgment in consequence OF t4e %
pathies OF the American peopei AND yet the AheIcas
did sympathize with our enemies az least rs , S a.
we sympathized with theirs III tney repy tnSs sNv s
svmDatles not followed by any ONeLt INJURIES
answer-5epsrate one TING ed I bv nat reflection
and cool cOmmuuings with conselsdce on OOt Sues eC
The roper tribunals That course would open way OUT
OF ne dculty aud sincerely rejoice 70 ma 'neie arc
TgF PAIL MALL GAzETTR's REPLY TO Mr. sMALLEY.
The PGH Mai Gazette OF May "a says the NEW YORK YORK
TRBUNB has done the honor 70 reprint Jhs aIcls on
Mr. summers speech which appeared In me EGH A Aat ~
the 29th Of April We are tLe o1 tbi of
fairness our remarks would have been geaty lsnhueI
S4Ou { ~ ettsT from It's London correspondent G.W So
I'm which what have said on this s so ayested
as to be almost beyond recogauOn IL wiz Ds enough 70
give one instance Of this process NereeomMenueu En-
giishmen, after the evidence as TO American ISe1g
toward them Afforded by Mr. sumner 8 apoeUn, 10 y
abandon the hope Of bringing tho American people e
into more friendly alntu9e toWSS cs ss sr oT"y IN.
Immediately aterWard he gives what he supposes 10 be
the sense thus: "Ihat IL In so many words me ga
ses homes an Engsh1nen viii agree TO abandon the hope
OF being friends with America" II can hardly be neces'
sary 70 say that neither hoped nor sala We hoPe
ANYTHING Of the kind What did say was that English
men can do no than they have already done TO In
as anxious as &c. W. S." himself can be-if indeed, he
and those OF his cOuntymen who write IN similar strain
should Do good friends again, but we are sure that this
result can only be secured py onanze oI as1Ge On tns
the hope Of brnging tho American people into more
abandoned the hope that, upon calmer reflection the
American people viii see cause for bringing themselves
Tie rest Of the letter which has suggested this cor
recon is devoted TO fsnciful description OF pohcy
which this journal IS supposed have resolved on and
OF "partyS which it Is supposed 10 represent Journal
ism a42d frd so S ISo & w So the opportnHy Which
our observations have afforded him Tor an excursion no
however he tells Englshmen generally some disagree
able but useful truths England he says mas sung M LIo
least as Continental affairs are concerned bismarck "a
o, alJ en in repy TO some English criticism on
poljcv he said: "If were AbyssniaD, or Hlndoo,
or even Focsnd an AHiIsan tRns But q beng European
/ do not" A Power that does not fight is no
longer Power She may still be summoned 10
European Congresses-sois Turkey Her ENJOYS may be
listened to with aectaOn Of respec-sO was the en-
WOW of Greece. But the moment will come When each
country Of Europe has TO support It's counsel WITH the
sword France viii throw hers o one scale Prussia heTs
I'm another and on one side the other Russia WILL nng
hers and probably Austria hers, and even italy Lers
But Englandl England knows, and Europe knows that
i'm that supreme moment the Power WMCh used 70 SUP
sdize oneha the Continent and fight the other must
abandon the place which she has ceased to be able 10
Ilaiufain by force. She must reuOunce her pOhu.
cal authority. and shelter herself behind an mpotent
neutrality. There are iu both parties, Ike MT
Rrgbt ana Lord stanley who look forward contentedy
10 such an hour but the OF Englishmcn do not;
They do not want to resume the old system OF perpetual
interference bat they want to be Tree 70 declare war
when interest or honor bid them.