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Fhe Alabama CIafms-Speecho of Lord
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The Alabama Clafms-Speech of Lord
Al Stanley.
On Friday evening, April I'd, Lord Stan
ley, the newly-installed rector, of the Uni
versity Of Glasgow, was rendered banquet
at the City Hall in that city. From the
speech made on this occasion by Lord Stan
ley we make the following extract in refer
ence to the failure Of the negotiations for
the settlement of the Alabama claims:
Well, passing from that and turning to
another matter which was adverted to by
the LORD Provost-I mean our relations
with the United States Ihear, hear1-I sup
pose you will expect me to say word on
that. Well, ownt that notwithstanding the
failure of the late negotistions-for failure
there is, no denying tit is q failure,
think, which was not caused either by any
thing done or by ything left undone upon
our side of the water. Hear, hear, and
cheers Notwithstanding that, l say l
don't think I can bring myself to take a
gloomy view of these relations, Hear,
hesr.J Certainly if we were to Judge by
the utterances Of some American Journals
and by those which, have been ascribed
justly or unjustlys to some transatlantic
politicians, it would seem that our friends
on the other siGe cf the ocean were not very
easy to please. Hear, hear. But, in the
first place, do not know that any ono has
spoken of late in their behalf who is au-
thorlzed to speak authoritatively on the
part Gf the nation; and, in the second
place, think we should recollect and al
l1w for the very peculiar position in which
| they stand. They have had great mill
tary success, unexampled in its way, and
they are finding out now practically what
We had an opportunity Of finding out just
half q century ago-that military glory,
even when acquired in the best of all pos
sible causes, is very expensive luxury.
They used to pride themselves, and they
did it quite justly, upon their freedom from
debt, upon their comparative immunity
from taxation, hear, hear,l and upon the
peaceable manner in which oil internal
disputes among themselves were settled.
Hear, hear.l Now, it has 80 turned
out that they have debt which,
measured by the interest paid upon it, is
heavier than that of the United Kingdom
that they have taxation which, although
nothing in comparison with the resources
which in the long run they con command,
is still probably very burdensome, and
they have had to deal with great military
insurrection, and to put it down. do not
blame them for doing 50 precisely in the
same manner in which it would have been
put down by any Government in the Old
World. [Cheers.l Now, there is good deal,
l have no doubt, Notwithstanding the mill
tary and great glory they have acquired,
which may be annoying, and when people
are annoyed they are more than usually
apt to be sensitive. But for my part have
very great faith in the good sense Of the
American people. [Cheers do not think
that they can wish to increase their diff
culties by getting into any fresh quarrcls.
AS for our part, it seemed to me plain and
clear from the first, and it seems to me
plain and clear now, that there never has
been a question upon our side of Offering
repsration for wilful and intentional
wrong [hear, hear]-because we don't ad
mit-and we have no right to admit-that
any such wrong was ever committed by u.s..
[Cheers.l But what We have all along in
substance said is this, that international
law being vague, and many new points of in-
ternational law having arisen in connec-
tion with the events of the lete war, it was
quite possible that upon either side, or upon
Doth aides, in the absence of precedents to
guide, acts of unintentional wrong might
have been done [hear, hear]-and that
the question whether they had happened or
not was one we were perfectly ready to re-
fer to the judgment of an impartial arbitcr.
Hear, hear, and cheers. That is the sub
stance Of the language We have held
throughout, and whether it leads to an i'm
mediate settlement of the matters in dis
pute or not, it seems to mccullough I may
startle some persons By saying it-a matter
Of very secondary Importance. Whatever
happens in this respect, we have secured the
main point we shall have satisfied our own
oonsciences, and We shall have put our
country unmistakably in the right.
[Cheers.l Well, gentlemen, l suppose l
ought to ask pardon for trespassing on this
ground-certainly it is political ground !;
but my best excuse is that, allowing for in
dividual diversities of temperament upon
this question, I believe that Liberals and
Conservatives substantially think alike.
[Cheers.] I will only add that to my mind
questions affecting the external relations Of
the country questions, that is, which, in
their ultimate result, may involve the
issues of war or peace-are incomparably
greater than any others with which the
politicians in our day can have to deal.
Hear, hear. 5sfg -aa!9 h..a .s-es2.A .san.st