The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-15

reproduce the more interesting portions Of the
letter in question. s--r
An Explosion OF Anger.
rCorrespondence + the Mex York rribune.l
LONDON, April 30.-The response to Mr.
Summers speech, delayed for three days, has
come at last with such an explo ,lon Of anger
as has not been heard for nj my month. 1t
has stirred that kind OF rage which rises In
the breast of a man who finds himself suldeu-
ly summoned to make complete reparation
for acts of the guilt Vt which he Is conscious,
but TIE consequences OF which, he had hoped
| to esca oe. In private, there ls no limit to the
gross eplthets bestowed on Mr.. Sumner. In
public he is the object Of Wind ctIye deHuncia-
! tion almost without limits. shall not think
il worth while to paw much attention to the
attacks Of journals which we have. long known
as enemies. Indeed, they are comparatively
! mod, rate. The most vehement abuse comes
too, must wait till have given an account Of q
| demonstration from another quarter.
Among all the replies elected by Mr. Sum.
| neTs speech. that OF the Pail Mail Gazette is
by far the most remarkable and most import
ant. 1t is, indeed. one OF the most reWarka-
BILE articles ever printed in any newspaper. l
have said IN former letter that there are
| three daily journals III London 80 con plcuous
| for ability as to form q c.ass by themselves.
| They are the Times. the Daily News and the
| Pail Mail Ga zette. It happens also that each
| o. the three represents distinct class. The
Times speaking for that great section which
possesses acquired wealth-the Putocracy, as
Mr. Goodwin Smith has named 1t; the Daily
News representing modern Liberalism, aud the
Pail Nal Gazette being distinctly the organ OF
the English Oiigarchy, by which mean the
ruling class. composed mainly Of what is call
ed the aristocracy, aud for tn, most part pos
sessng pi opcrty in land. 1t IS the class
l;.t.,, oIN,,, II,
politics, which grv.s the toue to the cubs, aud
from which officers OF the army aud the ayy
are mostly recruited. Polite lily, and for CON-
venleuce sake, it divides itself into Liberal and
ConseI vative. like that welt-known New Eng
land family which invested, ss theodore Par
ker said ono son IN cac1 political party. Spite
of all political reforms, spite Of the startling
growth OF the mJre purely comm .rcial class,
It IL still the landed aristocracy OF Great Brl-
tam which rules Great Britain, and it Is this
great power of which the Pail Mall Gazette,
more than any other one journal, Is the repre-
sentative. explain This al some length be-
cause want to impress upon American read
ers the importance OF the declaration which 1t
has made on the Alabama question.
What is this declaration2 In the irss place
the Pail Mall Gaz.tte says. frankly, 1t ls glad
the 3D. ,ech has been made, and for Two reasons
because, first, it will bring home to English
men what the American demand really amounts
to-aud this demand is estimated at f500 600, 600
In money; which seems to be the only Engnsh
speech, secondly, because 1t will strengthen
the hands Of the government in declining to
negotiate any further. vt has held all along
| that Lord Stanley and Lord Clarendon ought
| to have made it clear to Mr.. Reverdy john
son "that in arguing the question OF recog-
| milton he was simply wasting his breath"
MIR. Sumner has now shown what will be the
consequences OF discussing tho question
| Of neeotiation-a bill for five hundred mil
| lions sterling damages. Hence. says the Ga
zet:e, ''either We must acknowledge that the
| civil war was as much our work as the South's
and meekly accept the consequences. or we
must abandon the hope OF bringing the Amerl,
this country. As even the EXTREMIST Northern
sympathizer will hardly 60 the lengths de-
manded by Mr.. Sumner, We may hope that the
opinion OF Englishmen will be practically
unanimous in favor Of the latter course That
lie, in 30 many words, the Gazette hopes all
Englishmen will agree to- abandon the hope OF
being friends with America.
The can be but enc logical conclusion to
such premise. and the Psll Mail Gazette does
not shrink from drawing it. The plth and
purpose Of its whole article, and OF what is 10
be henceforth its policy, are condensed into
one cogent statement:
"rhe paramount considerations which should
ward tie Uuted States, are the fruitlessness
Of further negotiations, and the necessity OF
being prepared Tor war;"
II aould be total mistake to suppose that
this is said hastily, or ia the effect OF irritation
on reading MIR. Summers speech.
thnk it beyond doubt that the very able
and remarkably sagaclous conductors OF this
journal long since resolved on this policy, and
have waited only tor a suitable OCCASION to de-
clare It, Mr. Summers speech furnishes the
occasion. BY this declaration the Pail Mall
Gazette has put Itself at the head OF move
| ment destined, believe, to 20 far and do
much before it's end is reached. This ls, IN
fact, the revival Of that old party which longed
for the destruction Of the Republic by the re-
belhon. Had the Pail Mall Gazette been in
existence al that time, 1t would have been the
rival of the Times for the leadership Of that
party. Now, by SINGLE article, 1t has achieved
the distinction which then it might have
strong, resolute and clear-sighted party which
| wants war with America.
The reasons why such party should exist
| are numerous, and, to an English mind, OF
great weight. Commerce aud letters have, IN
these days, 80 turned the minds OF men away
from strife, that the majority OF this as OF
other civilized nations, Is clearly opposed TO
powerful minority VIII ch tinds itself abe to re-
gard war as thing desracle TOR its own sake.
| A standing army ID such a mantle st nuisance
tiat it mot but be impatient for an opp T.
tunity to justify and protraet its exlstence
The Amy wants war, therefore, and the navy
as well. The officers of both services belong
to the ru!lng aristoracy, and influence 1t
strongly. The military tone is always perceptl-
bic in society. Now. the army has not done
any very brilliant things for long time. I'D
it feels the necessity OF restoring it's cid pres.
uge. It must regain It's lost ground, or IL Can
not m ch longer be kept up as 4 nursery and
rs 8 convenient method of penslonilg upon
the public the younger members OF the land.
owning class. MIR. Bright long sgo describe. :!
the foreign policy of Misunderstanding as it
did in frequent msrs, which made the army
seem necessity-as "a gigantic system VI
outdoor relief for tho aristocracy." Tue sung
of that tremendous sarcasm lay in its truthful
| ness.
Still stronger, perhaps, is the second reason:
the desire OF the ruling class tor war az q
means of postponing che agitation OF the su j.
Joct-classes tor reform and or o share OF pOlti-
cal power. Tho numerous inroais already
made upon their old monopoly nave filled with
alarm US they well may, the minds OF tie real
leaders of this ruling class. rhey despair OF
resisting the tendency of the age and the fore
o: publlc opinion, if only ordlnar, obs acles
can be interposed. But let war break out
above all, war against tle Power which both
sid regard as the symbol and embodiment OF