The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-04-17
Our Difficulties with England Shall thoy DO
Amieably Settled

Saturday Evening, April II, 1853
Our Difficulties with Englsnd-shAA tn'y
Amieably Settled
The auanimity with which the Johnso
Clarendon treaty for the settlement of OF
claims against England, has been rejected
together with the indecent bullying spirit j
which some public men have dealt with tn
question, may lead thoughtful and pruder
people to fear that We may yet be preciI
itated into a conflict at arms with Great Bri
ain. A greater calamity than this cou
hardly befal either government, and e.
tsinly every interest of morality, reliriO
peace aud civilization forbids it. We cot
mend, most cordially, the temper Of the 70
lowing article on this subject from the Oh
cago Past, and hope that the administrator
journals throughout the country viii mn.
with it in counsenp moderation on La' L it',
of the government in dealing "''
great international difference =.
One who has had the seftttI1'". ,,,ar
Of claims against @saHF'''S', Ia -
relsone man, among Ea'oH % -
arcnnpt the disputed d'Sco'"' y" ''"''
,o,,i,. ~ stump tai currency VetOA'
f1aHtiV ,a,. and q demand for damages
oaik". a +, jflIfnent Of contract mislaid, all
i9r III IN with like set offs on the other side,
,-.glsd a long time ago, will have some
E,,gt idea of the difficulties in the way of au |
adjustment Of our claims against Great Brit.
ain, on account Of the Alabama, and her
claims against US on account of the looses OF
her citizens by our martial law and block
AIDES. Mix with att these, certain trouble
some considerations, touching the honor OF
one of the parties, and the uula"iuIness OF
certain transactions, for which the other par
~ claims exemplary damages without refer
euce 10 actual loss and the case becomes
more complicated still. Throw into the cal.
dron the Efforts Of five and forty poor rela.
tl3as, each one determined to establish the
fact that his principal is clearly right IN oil q,
that he asserts, and that the opposing party /
is Just as clearly wrong, and the affair be.
comes desperate indeed The comparison !
that We institute does not convey an errone- :
Gus impression Of what we shall encounter !
before we get this Alabama difficulty Off our !
hands
1t may be assumed that with this view Of a
Britain, we have little sympathy with the d
men who are making q bad matter worse by I
the blood -aud.thunder talk with which it is v
becoming the fashion to discuss this danger. &
GUS question. Mr. Zachariah Chandler, and 0
al If his hrainles5 and blathering tribe, who
would be but too glad to make the otfense of "
the citizens Of rival power the occasion for e
at once p!unglng the country into great b
ioraign war aud who with "a little con o
ceptlou Of International law, as Of iuterna. L
t.oual deccuCy, rant by the hour in the Sen. 4
ale OF the nlted otRteS,as if harrauguing a Z
crowd OF drunken loafcrs at n bar-rnom ward G.
meeting demonstrate in every word they u
SAY. every gesture they use, and every bad {
passion they Arouse, the imperative necessI- r
81 u bringing this controversy to al end. f
Reject the 'Teaty aud let the matter remain d
VIII r. 1t rs, cries Mr.. Warner, Of Alabama v
! .s, that men Of Mr.. Chandler comprehcu c
s.ge views and reflective habits Of thought II
may dig into il whenever it suits their in h
sanity TO DO so, and keep the vast interests t
ct the country, Foreign and domestic, in "a r
state OF chrome alarm that II may become
the pIay,hlng Of ambitious local politicians,
who viii split the ears of their hearers with
threats of what the Republic will do when
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lr1'.r oxasraration. and. Gnally. mat what
,I.., NOV he MANAGED and controlled NAV
i,,,rrnnt the ,oace If the world
II the treaty was not sati.fartorv il yyas
right to reject if with dpcpnrv and d;rpi,y
but the steamer that took the dispatch M |
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to be no reason why this controversy should |
not ne amIcahy hnshed' instead OF ending
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resenta,iye Of either Of the two leading corn.