The New York herald., 1869-05-11
It's action. ana the steps taken by seward and the

its action. and the steps taken by Seward and the
two Johnsons were only preliminary 70 tne suomls,
the American may rest assured that the
bluster OF the English journals Is OF very little &C.
count and that the English government VIII nnd
question: but to consider 1t In ITS fullest scope from
the insoleni dispatches OF Lord Russell to MI.
Adams down to the latest admissions made by Glad
stone TO Reverdy Johnson. II will then be shown that
Lord RUSSELL in his assertion that 1t was "the policy"
of England TO recognize the South, conceded
that It was not only the object OF the English Min
istry to proong the war, but 10 insure its ultimate
success and the destruction Of the United States
"A nation, and hence the justice or the American
claim advanced by Senator Sumner, large as 1t Is in
money will be fully established.
Nor will 1t be difficult TO prove that England was
prepared in the hour OF Americas peril to take ad-
vantage OF her IN every direction, even to the re-
establishment OF the abominable British doctrine
virtually destroyed by the war OF 1919 and recently
repudiated by royal commission. The insolent
note OF Lord Russell in which he demands that be-
fore the American government asks England To de-.
tain the pirate vessels, the former had better dis
charge every Bntish-born soldier and sailor
sTa enlisted ,b in the United States shows that
been disputed by England in the event
Of the disruption OF the Union. 1t is for acts nos
acts that gave aid strength and vitality to her ene-
mics, with the object OF destroying the Union-that
England must now answer to Mr.. Motley, not In
after-dnner speeches, but in sober and serious
manner.
There is general impression here that General
Grant VIII strive TO inaugurate a truly American
policy and to carry IL out to practical result before
the close of his administration. IL has been thought
that Cuba would be the starting point OF this new
departure, and every day news OF movement upon
Havana has peen looked for with view to a de-
mand for apology and redress from Spain for
the outrages committed upon American citizens.
Whatever foundation there may be for these expecta-
tons, IL Is certain that never was the time for an
American policy more ripe than at the present mo.
ment The anxiety OF the French government in
regard to the Antilles has been met coldly on
the part of England There is good authority for the
statement that on Monday last Lord Lyons Informed
the French Emperor in Semi-Oiicia manner that
public opinion IN England was decidedly opposed to
war, and especially to any chance OF war with the
United States, and that her Majestys Ministers
could not for moment entertain the question Of
foreign alliance ior the defence of the Antilles So
far as England was concerned Spain must make the
best OF the situation i'll which she had placed her.
self by her own foolish and impolitic action
1t is rumored that the Prince OF Wales has received
instructions from the Queen to abandon his conten
plated visit to the Hoy Land and to return home by
way Of Berlin Brussels and Paris, in order that he
may use his personal influence towards the reconcile
alton OF all difficulties between those countries 1t
is said also that Lord Stanley is to meet the Prince
at Berlin, and to act as his unofficial adviser