, 1869-06-07
TIE EALABAMACLAIMS


and If7sh la1d questions, On which lc promised el-
rear In the Inst place ne tazncd 10 the Alaha:ns
cl8tuA Ar. Forster said: Nov let It be clearly
9 I'm sels fSs SST s5S ~
regard to th,s question, l did not consult any Of
ny colleagues, and no one Is responsible for snJ-
snox hox desio4s Hs to ana.a|p WITH t1e
hare .ungg!ed for y, and ,ou know this because
wien tacrr xss danscs % pesce 6ssweea Eastsad
and America rrom what might hare been dope ID
s1a eh1 a1Tsy se Eeu 1or aa; help!
~ to renevs that dsnser, 50 thai LII
England .na seoal4 no. b g. resRonsl1's
America luear, near.l And now, II there be
danger It al, 1t Is danger IN America do not
w1lh 70 e1aREefate that d1nger-1 believe It "a
exaggerated already: but there be danger at ali
/, Is danger ,he7c- wcll, II il : curious w.sa-I
almost desire that son were al Americans.
btsdIo nsa ae.s o. % M
American friends, fos 1 believe have friends Ia
Anertca-1 wish Wete taking to them md, PET
reach eoIoe Of them 1hear, hear]. ard they msy
fee! that an taking, not - Say, a. member
Of The B1ttish GoyeIn@ea,, eu. q man whose
lsssins ss = aud fhfal eaa.ha os.weea this conn:
II and the United Suites fChsesal 4 chief
evening Is on account Of speech which has eI.
cited great deal Of attention. made BY personal
friend OF kn5 oNn-Af. Sumner. [tiear. heas.] He
IN England had persuaded cur government to
offer to suhmlt to arbitration o1f dHpnta With
America With reEard 70 the Injury Indicted By the
persuade Englisnmen to do thl5 bat We dtd par
suade them. :. 1t Wa only right that We ahoold
s.a seos done IT, oss ssfa to 5ses
done It long ago. tHearl. III. suuney, tu his
speech. appears to reject this proposal Of arbra-
tton, and 70 demand, Instead Of i, an apology
untold FUN Of money beadcs- Why does he
make this demand: Chiefly upon two grounds,
oh q nss III te snf IL he i
II because the proclamation OF neutrality thAs
Was Issued In tho Quccns name at the beginning
and hostile 10 the United states: and becanse,
secondly, having proclaimed neutrality, England
.roAe II, and, to use his OWL Worda, threw her
here Is m sGe sr 81 oas
o. that England has done You Know very we'll
that an not, for Was most earnest In deprecz-
10th these respects I xeuInEe TO think that Mt.
proclamation, that appears 10 be the grest cause
Sumner and Of many influential aud moks excel
lent Americans Ut this time. 1want Joa 10 look
| Rack to what was the position Of England when
North, and the whole Of INC South
z ssa io 49, hsss wy reSe Vas ~sss e.
tuty to declare that, however much sho might Ia
| nent the war she would hnTe nothing to do With
aiding either side. 1t was the proclamation Of our
determination ~ have nothing to do with aiding
either side that Nj. Sumner complains against.
He says Il Was pEscipitate, premAture, uncalesi
Il nay have been i.saei two Or three dsys earlier
than 1t should have been Issued NJ excellent
and my leas friend, Iii, Adams, had only jost ar.
| hare let him get thoroughly At home IN the Ell.
hassy House. In London, beioso It was Issued.
u aat Is NEE oIessn q equs;s,
| rcason for disagreement between TWO great ua.
! sloas. That II Hoc!d hare been necessary w;tnE
what was the ataie Of th!nga There was ihe
great war raging between .thcsc two portions ol
Thc q s r.
bss Of AMercans-Southetn AmcHcaus-tn The
Southern States md in England, trying al the,
eoald, usins every e1e1ttoa toEhy some means q
prevent .oem doing 20 II posslhlo. now coul
nsI u d9ns' sPy ~ solely p tne
Eosttae e ac4 0 s VEL den4 i ,aint saa any - on'
IL IN quite sure, Nj. Sumner, won1
win being hostile % the SoT1a- Ii there Taa on
Thing thai hare longet for In the eourse Of n,
life vas that the North. representing the prucl
represented tue principle of slavery. (Cnee1Ai
nope + i not an unpatrtotic thing 70 "a tnas
could hardly conceive Of any struggle tn hlch m
it,l mo1e earnestly i5an did lei In .hs4 s.TuSgl
In which cur Nasmeu-who1u look upon As Al
most o1r oHn eountEJmen-were *Ae1nF WAT 10
p:anis1 % WeL having ,nat fceiins: IS sdoasly I i
pan msss sSs.a7a 9 saraas IT, IS: sSs$; +
1t Ea,en-1 most @ es1aestiy ~ dss,scd ,n.: r:osl.n:
ron. aud Old N Il could 70 obtain r II fAet,
Commons, TINT Ut that moment had ool5 1u!
been returned b son, and although | ras the
an rn1ntuent1sl member, felt It my dus4-poss
other members, a. nad watchedit It bcforc-to pt
myself forward more than otherwise could hay
n2s Sn1 e % IN M P1S1.nS SaeSS1s, Se,n
them Andthe rea1 TACT is snat the trst stateo1e1
that there should he u proclamation Issued NJ
Hsae T. answer to question tSSn o. nfns io1[
Ssese.s'S; ~, ~ -. u ! ss1ed ~ !sss @ sss
ton. VIZ ~ nj. ,s..oS aa5ious r., 1or n, g;
lcttcrs d ma1qse, and ! waa aiEsd tnai, nnle
ihcre were ort,eIs issued preventing It. PRIV
ror;s xttsoat de7sy. IHe.l. nen:1 "welI b
, shen," NJ. Sumner would ssy, III rss 20
business g hare declared tnsss men r!5a.es, q
my DIST feeling. ana I Remember Eey ven.
. | whether should not come Go1wnrd IN the Hon.
q pe Bas III fet W tast .a Toud H pe { @ st1o'
measure 10 take, and that should Be sure Of Z
ground sfIS5s maf'9s r. t9s %,u aGphsatto G2Ss
IL sas best s''t aa&!asy s'' sn,So5.'es ito 's II
II could consult, and, not oeu
l content With thai, searching through the Libra
opinions Of writer's On intern attonai lA1 one At
Of shc e1szi aateTnas1on1 isVyes. Wnesion. .
nox 81 csasd
TnNea stases, hat Taea saere 1as = ~ Il
neutza1 country xas bound to consider thas to
!, parry - p!rates, and that 4 could not e
!. Psfr :, ps,ses s!thoesa it rs 81
ssose suneeta train .idtna them. !asa
and j must stase, 4 b *m allow Nc TO ) say VI |
and would ~ II 70 him u be we're here, that
wNareelJ that Was not made 1t thk, time
g deny M'lnea.: hea.l-aad i think II would
+ dimcuit for them 70 deny II. considering the i
3 nense AMOUNT q eouIase, q tesoufecA aad
10 coaSuer IL ,hAs VA. "7nere vas wsr
land:"hs ss.d! -out there ras no NJ. b ga. a
mads "a " y psoc1sns asn; =
tueaI:l Well but really TINT u NOT The case. It
tine that the South had her pors locked up, a:
that Sefy lew TcsSeS Eot out: although II Is II
n which opr American friends do not seem - l
member that the four nsss vcssels thai caue 0
With the Gag oI the South 70 prey On Sorthe
commerce came cut 81 Southern portA, and tt
they car1e out = year before AoJ vessel wAa bu
10 England. And believe that enc Of then-
any rstc, vcssel-was sdtndgel By the Nor
!, no! 70 be pirate. nut . pe belligeteni lae.
+ there was wat upon water, or else what Tas |
meaning OF oloe1de: tHesr, hear.] The hoe
a,e ~ N scs e. q Kss5zseans slss the seaposts 81
stder INC word .hlockade,' We might have e1oa
shc poy.s instead But really this Is plartns "
tns % ons s sTes, m 1ads q Filth Win he soe,n9 .. q
which w1s the Ile aud bztad Of = large portion
cur population That trade was suddenly Esopp
+ act Of the North-tle forclblc act uI the Mort
t and sat II Is vain md foolish not 10 Allow Il
r 70 have been the act Of bellAerrent powt. VI
i The nrst speech made II the House Of Conmo
r was Ii the Interest OF the North against tie Soc
!. 10 prtTeri, Dot The recognition of Ehat Re1ua
III a!en It oessfsnsq. Wn,en Ts ~ n & r.
. | to prevent the recognition Of wh2t Nas not IL
i and his not become a fact au thankful
ss,he naensnacnes q ne Seata e
d blockade. which Fas the act Of nelnSe.cas 10
4 blockaae- There Is anosntr complaint ,ha;
. | Sumner nA1es-shAt, hartrR proclaimed n
.an!y. we htoke our proclamation. and he ?.
!, rtgret, no one regrets mors than Do, that
did not hall thAt struggle u nation, as gore
= nenf. II The sane way ~ Jpu and woald ha
. h1Ged It, and, ~ III - We could have done vi
q out insulting them wish actual AID, which Il
= would hayc felt an !osolt. hare done our b
dung oar sxora tn;o ne sca:e vi 0stnsafe,t. III ,e
heAr.I There mas have. been tpdl1hluss7
: England Mhe d!sgraced Eneaand By taking thek
9 CoEnuaons-thcre vas Nj. Ra~ebuck, who dts1yaf
his name lhcas. hea1L hts lie, II which he /
!. = 9ss1 @ h9nti1z h.1d fos tseedom: there xaa
= | f!are he brought on thH E7rat Rtsitn1 BY xu
se ne sPoke; DIT did tnosa words cyc1 fsal Ht,ht