The New York herald., 1869-04-15

ss aoth November 1859, We nnd our MiHAsr in LoH
don, Mr.. Adams calling for redress froSjhe british
the mid beginning a On i the sad ocso6& 1898. IN
another communication the same MnfsteHnggested
ns Of
aumDered in the Brlrsh Foreign once Of reariy
TWO years. during which the Alabama wasp0sulng
herpIratica career when on the 30th August, 1865,
WIS awakened by Lord Russell, only to be haocked
down In these words:- N
In y.sr letter OF October p 1883 you were I!easede 81,
any forrof, ,arbration. Her Majesty's govcrnaet
pensation or the captures made by the Alabama rei
the qnessioIto any foreign STATE.
least the merit OF frankness II nothing else. On
october u, lsS our Minister informed Lord Russell
make no effort for ~ arDstraton. Again the wnele
question slumnered uatll August ~, ls1S,
when when, Mr., Seward presented q list OF & m
dlvldual claims on account or the pirate
Alabama. From that time negotiation has con-
tinued with ups and downs, until last the pending
government been promptly accepted, or had here
been at any time Just recognition Of the wrong
have been Settled: but the rejecilon Of our very
moderate propositions and the protracted delay,
which Afforded an opportunity TO review the case IN
the magnitude OF the interests involved. II our de-
mands are larger now than at our first call 1t IL not
the only time IN history where sucn rise mas 0c-
Cured The story OF the SIbyl is repeated andEng-
land Is the Roman king.
Shall these claims be liquidated and cancelled
promptly or allowed to slumber until called into ac
tiyity by some future exgencyY There are many
among us who taking counsel of q sense Of national
wrong would leave them TO rest without setsie-
ment 80 as TO furnish precedent for retaliation IN
kind, should England dnd herself at war. fnere are
many In England woo, taking counsel OF per-
verse political Digotry, have spnrned them aoso-
lutely; and there are others who, invoking the
point Of honor, assert that England cannot en-
tertain them without compromising her honor.
Thus there Is peru from both SIDES IL Is not
Scu TO Jew e our s any
teach me will execute, and it shall go hard but
VIII better the instruction.; nor s 1t dl1cut to I'M
agine an Englishman firm in his conceit, that NO
apology can be made and nothing paid. l cannot
sympafhize with either side. Be the claims more or
ton that they are just ana they should be consld-
cred candidy, so that they snail no longer lower like
a cloud ready to burst upon two natlons which,
according to their incnations. can do each other
such Infinite injury or such infinite good. know IS
Is sometimes SAID tnat war between @ Us must come
come, let 1t be later, and then am sure II VIII never
come. Meanwhile good men must unite TO make 1t i'm
1t Is not tempting, for 1t cOmpelS criticism OF o
foreign Power with which would have more than
avoided The truth must pe told; not in anger but
in Sadness England has done to the United states
an injury most & deqlt % t 70 measure Consaerng ia @
unaccountable At great epoch Of history not
less m0mentous than Jnat OF the French revotu-
tion that OF the hefOrInatlon when clvillZa-
tion was fighting last battle with slavery, Eng
land gave her name her influence her material
resources to the wicked cause, ana fiung a
sword into the scale with slavery. Here por-
tentous mistake. strange that the land of wilDer-
force after spending millions FOR emancipation,
after prociaiming everywhere the truths OF liberty.
and ascending 10 glorious prfnlac III the sublime
movement for the universal abolition OF slavery.
could do this thing Like everv departure from the
rule Of justice and good neghborhood, her cOnauct
pernicious in proportion to The scale of opera
ti0ns, affecting individuals, corporations, 'communt-
ties and the nation ITSELF And yet down to this day
there IS no acknowledgment OF this wrong-not o
single word Sucn generous expression would DO
the beginning OF just settlement, and the best
surance OF that harmony between two great and
kindred nations which all must desire.
Tho Discussion In the Senate on the Alabama
Claims Treaty.
washington (Apri 14 correspondence Of the Boston
Adyertser.l
All who heard the speech loi Mr.. Sumner are warm
In praise OF Its can10r clearnc35 and judicousues
ana several Senators speak OF 1t as one of the
wsest ever delivered In that body. Brief remarks
were made by Senators Fessenden, Warner, Chand-
Ter, Scott, Davis Thurman, Stockton and two or
three Others, nearly all Of whom were quito CONF
plimentary to Mr.. Sumner. The few words said by
Mr.. Chandler were In the STRAIN common to him
when speaking OF England. but with this excep-
ton the whole discussion notable for an entire
absence hotneadedness and for the calm and dig
nified manner in which the great question was
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