The New York herald., 1869-05-25
The Alabama Claims and the British
Press.

Press.
In another place in this days HERALD we
publish special cable dispatches which show
how intense is the excitement which still
occupies the public mind in Great Britain on
the revived question of the Alabama claims.
The Times the Star and the Stand
ard had each, as will be seen,
editorials on the subject yesterday. The
Times, though Independent, generally
contrives to be on the side of the government;
it may, therefore, in the present instance, be
justly regarded as more or less the mouth
piece of the Cabinet. The Times makes no
fresh point of any consequence. Its one great
concern is about the instructions which Mr..
Motley may receive as our new Minister at the
| Court of st. James. Naturally enough It
| comes to the conclusion that Mr.. Motley will
receive no fresh instructions, and that bis ar
rival in London and the presentation of bis cre-
dentials will throw little fresh light on the SUBJ
ject. The 7ymesregrets the failure ofthe treaty,
trusts somewhat to the power Of conscience,
and hopes great things from some future tri
buual. The Star, which Is notoriously In the
interest of John Bright, assails Sumner bitterly,
and calls attention to the speech of Mr.. Forster
as a fair expression of the liberal sentiment Of
the county. II England has committed any
offence AZ all the offence is to be charged to
the upper ten thousand, and not to the masses
Of the people. The Standard, q tory
organ, Is as offensive as 1t well can be-
A torv ;ournaI bnwovar can AGO rcaIv ho opv
| thing else than offensive. The soft-speaking
party now in power have deceived the Ameri-
can government and people, and the wonder
is not great that Brother Jonathan should turn
on Brother John and express himself with q
certain amount of impertinent boldness. Ac-
cording to the Standard, the gentry rule Eng
land, the masses being only followers-a hint
which 1t will be well for the masses of Eng
land to strive fully to understand.
With the exception Of the Standard,
which is slightly bellicose, it will be seen that
the war spirit is not so emphatically pro-
nounced as It was on Saturday last. Our
English cousins seem to be coming to their
senses. For this change we cannot say we
are sorry. This intelligence, taken in con
nection with that which we have been giving
from day to day, shows us that the speech OF
Senator Sumner has acted on the English
people very much as the first shot fred a,
Fort Sumter acted on the people Of the North
II has made England unit. The
people of all ranks and classes, the tory and
the whig, the radical and the royalist, the
high, the low, the rich, the poor, are all of on,
mind. If there has been wrong they want |,
proved. If there is guilt they are no
| unwilling to pay the penalty. But insult OF
'ojustice-to neither will they submit. It /
a. 7ifest that IL sorely pressed England woul,
'n"" war and 1t Is not to be doubted tha
70 stry, which, In the present crisis, woul
'n' n,u' itself with the national dignity
iuenu' little difficulty in enlisting tn
Woa.1 , .rmr, Nthy and commanding the entir
na''o"a. - ~. eople. We have thus learnet
s're"s.. 80 Ths peech Of Senator Sumner
..ro, in connection with the action OF tn
9ri,ish press and th. aVOwed sentiments
aI .A,. p,itisb statesmen, has taught us th'
n,l, "a lust as stubborn and full Of hgf
e, aurbt no was but * has not taugl
ohm. must retrace our sseps or aba
.s we til y demand.
"a that we iust TO say-and we say
one title oil y. ' that IL may have SCOT
II is, howeve',, somewhat the interes
n " the more readi, 'V.ls" ';.h peoDle have 2
al al, ,S ssc. and subserv. 'n poUp' oOps over q
ing oo~,ha. enss' the Eng, once o,e, ,e. ~ ~
Of peace,, -,,v excited all d 'ached 'ne co
Unnecessarily they seem to havo., :. ady s fond I'd
;:'s s.s ';s ;s., '; VA -: :s s nj:
.ossaor wrong NJ, mS .irsa irSs Of war. but