Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-06-24
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.napolis journal, have made the Al
ALBANIA claims the text of an almost
continued dissertation from the de-
livery of Summers speech TIL now,
and have by no means exhausted or
abandoned it. They come back to
II each day as fresh and eager. as
il the Leader Of the day before had
only opened new way to further ar
gument. In one OF the last articles
OF the London Times which has
reached this country by mail, the
difference between the two countries
is stated thus:
1--WE assert, then, and. what Ii more
We do not believe any reasoning American
can deny, that the escape of the Alabama,
whether chargeable against US or not, was
at any rate, absolutely unconnected with
the 'misdirected sympathies' which the
American opinion places to the wrong side
ofour account. Our Government may
possiblybe held responsible for negligence,
hardness, or other sins of omission, but
or malice, or any wilful design against the
interests OF the Federal Government. In
plain terms, it was not because Lord
RUSSELL himself or any Of his colleagues,
or any OF their subordinates, high o. low,
wished i'll to the Federals or well 20 The
Confrderates that the Southern cruiser
succeeded i- getting to sea- That is our
position. The position taken by the
Americans rests entirely, from first to last,
We viii not say upon opposite convictions
but upon opposite pretensions- The
Americans are not, We firmly believe,
convinced to the contrary, but they
choose to assume the contrary because
IN no other way can they brirs thei'
real grievance to the front. That
grievance, as expressed by one OF
their best friends in this country, Mr..
BRIdHT himself. 10 that at q most trying
time of their national fortunes, we treated
them vita an Icy eeldness." Possibly,
but Mr.. BRisHT himself would be ready
to declare that "coldness- is not q cause
for war, and he would, we are sure, allow
that such GOODNESS did not affect In the
slightest degree the acts of Enforcement.
We did sndeavor, whether successfully or
otherwise, to keep clear ofall information
al ofense."
We may care very little for the
opinions OF the Times, but it cannot
be without interest to intelligent
Americans to know what is believed
by many, if not most Englishmen,
to be the real secret of our dissatis-
fastion. England did not sympa.
thize with MS during the war. Many
Of her people laughed at US. A ma
jority OF them disparaged u.s. Nine
tenths of them felt sure of our ruin.
and less than one-twentieth either
believed in our success or cared to
see reason to hope for il. And this,
they now believe, is the cause Of our
ill-will. There never was o more
absurd mistake made by rational
men, and possibly, if q certain
amount Of self graduation were not
excited by its suggestion that their
opinion efus was so important to Us
as to mould our national policy,
even Englishmen would not wander
into it. 1t is true that at the begin.
ming of the war, the almost univer
sal derision or disparagemeat with
which our efforts met in England
gave Us shock, but it was q whole
some ore, which jostled rs back up
on our own feet, to maintain oul
own balance, and not an irritating
one that affected only DER temper
Long before the war had reached it,
turning point, We had become mere