The New York herald., 1869-06-07

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selves are deserving q place IN that journal.
They are significant in their several WAYS The Mdr.
which speaks for VT Bright and the more advanced
liberals In the Gladstone administration, takes the
opportunity afforded bv Forsters speech to dec are
that the mower OF the English arstOcracy Is broken
forever; that while they hate the Irish Church bill
they will have 10 swallow 1t, and that the dose VIII
be followed by one vet more nauseous on the irish
iand question The tory. on the other hand, inso
lenty declres that the arisOcracv Is the real ruler
OF the country and the masses OF the people merely
the rabbe that follow them. The liberal endeavors
to conclliate America, because he believes
that the cause OF radical reform. now
breach with the great republic OF the West The tory
is all insolence and defiance towards the United
states government: some interpret the unyeldins
the part of the British aristocracy to invite war as
means OF stopplng the progress OF radlcasm at
| home. This Is an error. No ono knows better than
the educated Englishman that the time for war has
passed for Enoland, but It Is essentially necessary
that there should ne no yielding or apparent Weld
ing TO Americas demands. The British government
| as at present constituted cannot afford that the
great rover OF the American republic should be
brought home TO the British 'masses," who are az
present only the blind followers OF ariStocratlc
| rulers.
A Terrible Tory Onslaught Upon MIR. Forster,
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| From the London Standard ttorv 0rgan) NAV 24]
II seems as II nothing could bring home to the
| radical mind the mpolicy-not to use a stronger
word-of addressing the American people at this
| crisis IN language or aftectonate admiration. We
| fancied 1t must have been growing clear to all men
that much OF the difficulty In which had become
involved was due to the fact that for years past
large numbsr OF public speakers and writers in this
country had conveyed to the United States the
Impression that we regarded them with mixed
feelings OF fear and love Most assuredly the
present menacng attitude or the American govern
ment n and reople has been taken up in consequence
at large IL mainly the author While no immediate
danger seemed to arise from the rattery with which
the americans were so abundantlv besmeared by
their British adorers. the bnk OF the nation looked
on quietly enough at these worshippers OF the great
sneeled as they PRAYED with their faces to the
west. But now state OF things has arisen which
the Of OF ns s wsst Says
brought US o to the brink OF war with the OBJ
,Sf eeIs or OF their dolatry receivei into the b.
them 30 intensely would meekly endure Insult ami
humoy accept chastisement at ther hands, the gov
eminent OF the United States has all hut committed
itset 10 message which. addressed TO nation like
Great Britain, could only be answered 10y chal-
lenge. The spirit OF che English people has, we
trust been awakened in time to swarn that madn
ere 1t grew too later but thn risk OF a rupture has
been so imminent that we are hardly disposed ns
yet TO accept with patience the renewal OF that
maudlin tone which trouTht near to very dis.
1ressng ,Sat necessity For this reason it seems to
ford Is an exceedingly iladvised contribution
TO the discussion OF the American dnicuIty
with English blood in his veins cin dea! with Mr
summers speech and the American claims generally
IN such feeble and unmanly strain. This spirited
nemocr OF the Gladstone government does not
agree with Mr.. Sumner altogether In thinking that
Great brilan ought to roll in the dust at the b'ddng
OF the Washington Senate. No, Mr. Sumner is a rer
sonal friend OF his own-what time to choose fOT
putting this fact 70 ward--he is man whom It is
dicut 10 praise, love and admire sufficiently: br,
Mr. Forster 'ventures To think he Is Inisakenn
In his view OF the Alabama claims II Mr..
Forster must roar. he Will ut any rate roar as
gently any sucking dove He ''yentures to
lnlnk" that !his m0rstrous inpertinence OF Mr.
summers Is a mistake ana he crawis towards his
personal friend with amorous gestures and as .snn
bic" as urah Heap, tosreason with him affection
aey and Try to prove that he Is TOO hard upon u.s.
N cnIfa apf ttu NO.
ell disclaimer OF all responsibility Will be listened TO
abroad as the exponent OF the views entertained by
the Erltish government.
We do not care to travel with Mr.. Forster along |
the beaten path which he follows through the
II is irrelevant at the present stage OF the subject
70 be hammerng afresh at the old story concerning
the manner in which that proclamation was issued
directly in the interest OF the lrtern States That
Sumner, the stanch adherent OF the federal party
during the war; the gushing enthusiast who stands
among his constituents at Bradford longing that
| they were Americans, should himself have been the
| first independent member who az the outbreak OF
the war called for the ssne OF the neutrality procla
nation Is an amusing little fact the publication or
which E wen timed, but over and over again |
ior years past our objection to recognize |
might be enabled to accept the blockade has been /
explained just as clearly, to say the least. Mr.
Forster can put the matter The time for inter-
national discussion on the point has long since gone
by. Mr.. forster's excellent and dear friend Mr. /
Adams" discussed the matter dry with Lord Russell
ago. and to try and repeat the well worn argu-
ments now. when argument has given place |
a sort Of ratiepce which might ao bg n,a seversl
less complimentary names. Some points in the |
speech however do call for notice. MIR. Forster. |
II Il true NAV have right TO put any complexion |
upon the civil war in America when harmonlzes |
with his view OF contemporary history. Pursuing |
American audience which he addre ises over the |
heads OF his Bradford constituents by representing
the war as purehearted crusade against slavery.
Ultimate success often gilds the motive with which
an enterprise Is undertaken and many people who |
would have laughed at Mr. Forster's assertion wnen
the civil war began may listen gravely now to the
same bold theory but the savage onslaught against
certain public men who are conspicuous for having
taken verv different view Of the great struggle
outrages good taste altogether.
In saying that Mr.. Roebuck "dlsgraced his name
his life" because he 5ympathizei with the cause OF
Southern independence Mr Forster descends 20 the
use Of such coarse invectivo as is happily unusual
Ong the public men OF this country. n his abuse
o! Mr.. Roehuck and Sir John Ramsden Is designed
70 appesse the wrath which Is stu cherished IN the
patbzed WITH the South during the war, the attempt
Is as llJudged as the whole speech. The Americans
DO not forget the pam Jac;s OF he war and cannot
tiOns Of radical speaker into the belief
tnat the bulk OF the English people ap
the war was going on. Such assertions simply
have the effect OF making them believe that are
now AFRAID OF the consequences which may cnsne
rom the things said az the Time and are telling
hes on the subject 20 escape a thrashing There has
opinion IN TINS country concerning the rights OF the
American ciyil war Hauv persons who were enthu
slasc parsans OF the SOUTH when they thought the
south was going 10 win Its Independence, became
convinced that Jefferson Davis ana General Lee
were the leaders OF a tGrannical slavehodIn2 OIL
garchy when the supremacy OF the North estab-
shed; but IA far as the history OF the past s con-
cerned u u absurd for Mr. Forster 10 msrepresent
facts as he does grossly In declaring that speeches
IN favor OF Southern independence were always re-
buked by the opinions OF the majority.
The struggle Is long since past; the voices OF those
who sympatnized with the Southern ca use have long
been silent. but we AZ all events viii never be guilty
OF the meanness OF denying the sympathies enter
"A no IN ha agupca
fu party we may endeavor 70 avert its displeasure.
We wil never attempt the extraordinary mannuyre
which Mr. Forster adopts when be tries to screen the
upper and middle classes OF this country from
American anger by begging that they may be par
| doned for the sake OF the crowds which were
gathered together in the manufacturing districts to
cheer the utterancrs OF Northern zealots. "Do not
| jndge OF England hy her fashionable clubs and
| drawing roOms,n Mr. Forster says: 'tgo TO the
| workahops OF the pennle ~ Has Mr. Fnrafer