Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-12-23

The CAPITAL REMOVAL MOVEMENT. -
"Zeta," OF the Baltimore San, ays:-" The
Western movement to remove the Capital is
likely to fall through. The demonstration on
Congress has been postponed till after the
recess; but its projectors now admit that they
have no strength in either House. Senators
Drake and Schurz, of Missouri, are both opposed
to the plan to place the Capital at st. Louis.
The former Senator declared yesterday tn at
there were not ten members of the Missouri
Legislature who would vote to cede to the
Federal Government the jurisdiction over terri
tory within the State sufficient for the location
of the Capital Other Western members say
that they would like to have the Capital go
West, but they do not favor any change just
so long as the public debt remains a national
burden"
ALABAMA CLAIMS CoRREsPoNDENCE-W
yesterday published an abstract Of the corre-
spondence called for by the Senate on the Ala
bama claims matter, comprising an important
letter from Secretary Fish, in which he takes
strong ground against England. Lord Claren-
don's reply to this letter is directed to Mr..
Thornton, the British Minister here, dated No.
vember 9Th, acknowledging the letter from Mr..
Fish, reciting at length the statements set forth
by the latter. Lord Clarendon's letter concludes
Her Majesty's Government had hoped that. by
the conventions which, under the instructions
of her Government, and with their full and de-
nberate concurrence, MIR. Reverdy johnson
elSueu WIN me, on the lftn OF january OF the
present year, all the correspondence between
the two Governments had been brought to an
end, and that all matters in dispute would be
referred for a settlement to dispassionate tri-
bunal. With q view to that result her Majesty's
Government had, in some degree, departed from
their deliberate convictions and declared re-
solves. They agreed to the mode of settlement
proposed by the United States Government,
which was more than once in the course OF that
negotiation modified to meet the wishes Of that
Government; but they did so willingly, because
they thought the restoration of q good under
standing between Great Britain and the United
States might well be purchased by concessions,
kept within bounds, and not inconsistent with
the honor of this country.
Her Majesty's government learned with deep
concern that the Senate of the United States, in
the exercise Of the powers unquestiOnably con-
ferred upon it by the Constitution, repudiated
the acts Of the government under whose author
ity the convention was concluded, and by re-
jecting it had left open the wh0'e controversy
between the two countries, ana had indefinitely
prolonged the uncertainty attendant upon such
q state of things.
Her MajestySs government regret no less sim
csrely that the PRESIDENT 9f the HaiSsd @ Statsss ats
treaty, but their regret would in some degree be
diminished If Mr.. Fish had been authorized to
indicate some other means of adjusting the
questions between the two countries, which, as
long as they remain open, cannot be favorable
to cordial good understanding between them
This, however, MIR. Fish has not been empow-
cred to 90; but he expresses the readiness OF the
PRESIDENT to consider any proposal emanating
from this country. 1t is obvious, however, and
Mr.. Fish will probably on reflection admit, that
her Majestys Government cannot make any
new proposition or run the risk Of another un-
successful negotiation until they have informa-
tiOn more clear than that which is contained in
Mr.: Fish's dispatch respecting the basis upon
which the Government of the United States
would be disposed to negotiate.
But her Majestys Government fully agree
with Mr.. Fish in considering that II would be
desirable to turn the difficulties which have
arisen between the two Governments to good
account by making the solution of them sub
servient to the adoption, as between them
selves, in the first instance, of such changes in
the rules Of public law as may prevent the re-
currence between nations that may concur in
them OF similar flculties hereafter.