The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-05-06
The Alabama Gains,

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upon the subject Of tho Alabama
Claims, arriigning tho English Gov
ernment for the damages done this
Nation by her during tho war Of the
rebellion, and showing conclusively
that the treaty arranged by Reverdy
johnson should not bc ratified. Tn,
speech had its desired effect and th,
treaty was rejected without further
debate.
The Bucyrus Jownai-whosc cdi-
tor is an Euglishman--thus sums up
the points made in the speech
/. She FASTENED to recognize the
rebels rs belligercnts and gave thom,
under tho gdiso Of neutrality, much
important aid and comfort.
2 Sho permitted armed vessels to
be Cited out In her ports to prey up
on the commerce Of this nation.
3. After those armed vessels had
escaped from her ports, by her own
neglect, she still further neglected TO
arrest them, but gave them aid, nnd
comfort, and shelter 10 her ports.
4. As consequence, our commerce
has been seriously injured, aud
American vessels representing a total
Of millions Of tons have become
transferred TO England to escapo the
pirates fitted out in her own ports TO
prey upon our commerce.
D. She bas thus reaped an immense
advantage from her own wrong, aud
upon her rests, with irresistible
weight, tho implication that as she
has been the most benefited by her
own wrong that the wrong was inton.
tionally permitted by herself for her
own advantage
Further, aside from these positive
wrongs, England is responsible for
moral injustice. Her course gave
comfort Ond aid to the rebels, and in
that wny prolonged tho war rebels
wtro always received in that country
with marks Of approval by tho poo
pie, simply from tho fact that tha
Government by its course encouraged
it our victories were bclittlcd aud
our defeats enlarged upon in fact
every effort aside from actually Gt.
ting out armies to help brc1k up the
Union was made 10 ensure the sue
cess Of tho robels, These wrongs
cannot bo computed in dollars aud
cents, but they are nevertheless
grievous. But these are wrongs that
Jan be arranged on that basis and
this Government will do injury to
itself aud lose its high standing
among the nations Of tho world If il
does not Insist upon their just settle.
mont.
AS was expected, tho speech in
England did no. meet with n fayora.
bic reception and is denounced by the
papers as passionate, demonstrativu
and partisan" We can give an idea
of the tone Of these remarks in no
better way than by publishing few
oNiraots. IL must be understood,
however, that these papers have only
partially published Mr.. Summers
speech;
LONDON, April 30.-Thc Star,
John Brights organ says; "Thc
claims of Mr.. Summer arc so new
and startling, and so vaguely-swI
that they must be regarlaAm1 Tut,
-. tAnnd, Withal, unexpected ;
land " ttcy convey merely tho shad
ow OF his instructions, Minister Mot
ley will como to tho English mctrop.
oils in u very different official gulsc
from that under which Minister John
son, the genial diner.out. now about
to bid adieu to tho Court aud people,
arrived"
The Star dcplores the rejection by
England OF the early ovorturos made
by ex.Ministor Adams for tho settle
ment of this question, president
Grants not, it says "a whole soucd
lover Of peace, as was President Lin
coin. lie has an intense dotermina-
ton Of character. but as Western
man, without that natural gonius
which characterized Mr., Lincoln, who
instead Of reading, had au actual ex.
perienoo of tho world. President
Grant has no training, either as
lawyer or pollution. lIo is intcns
ly American, and the world is ac,
quainted with his resolutoness of pur.
pose" After defending England
from the chrrges Of a general sympa
thy with the Conledoratos, the writer
coniesses that the escape of tue Al,
ALBANIA from England was both dcplor,
able and disgraceMl, forming the
worst precedent Great Britain could
establish for tho future in such like
contingency.
The Times desiguntos the estimate
Of the American damages, put forth
| by Mr.. Sumner. as "portuntous. a,
it has already &l22, 900, 900, aud may
in future embrace the possible earn
ings Of all the soldiers drawn from
the fields Of productive labor by Tho
war" "The speooh,' it adds, ri,
worthy Of Mr.. summer, and deserve,
an impartial considerations, II,
wants, however, something more than
national reparation from England
asking for eontrition aud public hui
initiation The Times asserts thai
in this England is cruelty wronged
aud America has no useful object tc
serve. "Expressions of regret and
penitenee are required by treaty
| Treaties of peac0. howevor dict,teA