Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-04-29
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Mr. Motley the new United States minister, ~
though he comes as the representative Of the hos
tile portion IF our people q In their comments up
on the appointment, they express qualification that
Mr. Motley t50a' represent the ruling sentiment of
his country. What they desire is TO have some
one TO deal with, whom they can rely upon as'the
exponent of1Anericau policy Mr. johnson, the
retiring minister, did not, they tKi6k strictly rep;
resent the prevailing opinion Of hisa countiyme6;|
and while they appreciate his kindly feeling %.
wards England and liis efforts for peace, they pc.
fer, in the language Of the Fines, gsnt5smaH
who will be understood On both sides Of the6eeaii
to say only what the great mass Of his iseountrynsn
really mean. 49, - 80 &f'ho's, .h' ." ''',a 70
But this is not to be- understood assindicatins
any desire to back down, On the part Of fEnghnd
In the same article tie 1smes says: '"sW WD III
i@ssIt isa great thing, however, to FEEL ourselves
demohstrabay in the right This county has gone
to the extreme of fconoessiohiin the matter of G9tha
Alabama caims II has agreed TO- trefer everything
except its OVID honor to arbitration, and to the
Judgment Of a mixed commission. 1t has agreed
to give Americans who profess to have been wrong.
led every OPPORTUNITY to assert their claims by pro:
viding that the Commission shan hold 4its attings
at Washington. Except absolute submission to
every demand the, Americans may choose to make,
there, Is nothing further that could have been con-
:ceded The Convention, n%hioh a1 this Is Hipu:
lated las BEEN the work Of their own Minister and
their own Secretary Of State, and has 'receisedshe
assent of their own President If they now set it
from further oveftdrss, aid ietauy proposal for
renewal of negotiations proceed from the.Americau
Government AS for that downright demand for
payment which our American correspondent de-
scribes as being advocated in the United States,
this country would, Of course, know How to treat
It; but we have not the smallest belief that Pres
dent Grants Government contemplates . course
of action 80 unfriendly and ofenave.,, Il is more
likely that, assuming the present conxention to be
set aside, Mr. Motley will be Instructed to. open
negotiations FOR another, differing somewhat, Id
machinery but enlbodying similar principles:
Should this be the case our Government will be
readyto give the proposals. q fair consideration,
Should it, on the other hand, be thsdesire of the
Americans to keep the question still unsettled the
British nation, having fully manifested its good
Disposition will not feel bound, however, to initiate
fresh negotiation" /" - =; ''S f'a;ia' III
Lord Stanley, one Of the British nninisters,in a
late speech in Scotland, uttered the same senti.
n1ents, as follows: @spt - h2!2aiba ~ - 's1.'
'Thsre has never been any question upon our
side, of offering reparation forwilfuf
wrong because ace do not admit, and zoe have no
right to admit that any such soag acas eyer cam
nnitted By as. But what we have all along ip sub;
stance said is this, that international hw being
vague, and many new points Of international law
having arisen in connection with the events Of the
late war, it was quite possible thatupon either side
or upon both sides, in the absence ofpreeedens 70
guide US, acts of unintentional wrong might have
Been done, and that the question whether they had
been or not, was one which we were perfectly vii
ling to refer to the Judgment ofimpartial atbitrs-
tor. - ..-e ," .st!.l,.'2 gc5iJ ..:GV .Eg!r'E:z