The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-05-03

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arbitration by the court declaring
England not liable to pay damages,
/ would her apology be taken backT
The views taken by Sumuer's argu-
ments on these points is puerlle, un-
reasonable aad unstatesmanlike.
The Times argues that the couces-
sion of belligerents to the South was
a simple act. and ia fact not depend
ent on the Union blockade, for had
| there not been blockade it would not
haue altered the case to any appreeiable
| degree. The prevailing tone of Sum
ner's speech is characterized as pas
| sionate and demOnstrative, and his
menace betrays one sided partisan
ship, which is lamentable as coming
from representative OF great coun-
| try. Sumner makes no complaint
against France, although Napoleon
was desirous of Recognizing the In
dependence of the Southern Confed-
eracy. It is alleged that, though Eng
land is held forth as the only foreign
power implacibly hostile to America,
it is not too much to say, that at one
moment during the war, the fate of
the American Union depended on the
voice of En- gland whose swori
thrown into the scale would have
altered the result. She declined the
contest, and it evinces degree of un-
fairness, bordering on infatuatiOn, to
j ave this consideration out of the
account; butit is a common practice
with American journals and poll
ticians to villify England. and the
protective tariff plan is popular with
chem merely as likely to inflict injury
on Great Britain. Let atonement be
made for the use of insulting Ian
guage by individuals, and it will be
seen whether England aud America,
| by a Retrospective verdict of public
opinion. will continue the cultivation
of mutual respect, which is as neces-
sary as IN private relations, to the life
of nations as such. Only deal in
overt tactics, and these constitute
possible subjects for pecuniary COM
pensation. s-.-
The Stadard, Tory organ, says
that America has done more than re
ject the treaty 1t has given the
world reason to believe, by Summers
speech, which is endorsed by that su-
preme body that covers all questions
of foreign diplomacy, that she does
not desire a settlement at present
The English people now know what
/ Motley will have to aim at in his eff
forts to arrange the Alabama claims
7 on the basis dictated to him. In
some respects good will ensue from
the candor which the American Sen
ate displays. Formerly the danger
was that England would step beyond
a due regard for national honor and
dignity, and allow the claims But
now, when the demand has assumed
its present proportions, they viii feel
assured that even with John Bright
in the Cabinet. they are safe from she
chance of a disgraceful capitulation.
The American claims can hardly be
described in serious language, and its
terms excite Indignation.
They might as well argue against a
| proposal for American troops to hold
the tower of London as material
guarantee, or that the Prince of
Wales should be sent to Washington
aud placed in the hands of the Fed
eral authorities as a hostage for Eng
lands good behavior. The policy of
England en- this subject is no longer
an opeo question. America has for
mally recorded her resolution that
there shall be no settlement of the
| Alabama Claims; In short, that Eng-
land shall surrender at the discretion
of, and submit to any punishment
which the u S. Senate, In it's suprem-
acy over the affairs of the world, may
choose to inhict In other words,
she has decided that the Alabama
Claims shall not be amicably settled.
Whatever may ensue, the interval at
the present day is long between ma
tional hatred and bOmbardment. 1t
is useless to ignore dangers, and
forget that the feeling In Amer
lea is one OF intense and unmiti-
gated hatred toward Great Britain,
! aud that war with England would be
regarded as a national luxury, but ex-
pensive England has not only ad-
mitted that such war would be ex-
pensive, but deplorable, under the
circumstances. 1t is probable that
Americans will elect to keep the Ala
bama claims In reserve, and await
their opportunity for revenge more
cheaply. War is not an agreeable
solution. though involving danger
rather than dishonor, aud it may be
better to accept any settlement which
the present administration in London
may nave made, if the attitude of the
American Senats was less ridiculous.
Summers speech creates an Intense
excitement in political circles.
At the Cabinet meeting yesterday,
the subject of the speech was iafor-
mally discussed. Bright declared that
the embarrassments which the publ.
cation produced served England very
:. properly, but agreed not to consent
to entertain the terms of settlement
foreshadowed by Sumner. Clarendon
expressed the belief that the actual
negotiations going on between the two
countries on the subject, were of far
less extreme character than the speech
4 of the American Senator, or articl es
in the public press. He hoped to find
Mr. Motley as courteous as Mr.. Ohm
son. The present administration was
eager for a lasting continuance of
friendly relations with the United
States.
Gladstone professed to have good
assurance from reliable quarters that
the recent rejection of the treaty on
this subject by the American Legisla-
turc was purely political movement.
The present Administration will en-
deavor to settle the Alabama question
on liberal and honorable terms. The
tone of the English people is anti
; American, and more so since having
; read Summers argument.
New YoRK, May 1.-The following
dispatch was received by the Indian
l Peace Commissioner in this city to-
day:
IN CAMP NEAR WACHITA MOUNTAINS,
indian TERRITORY, april l3. 1869,
Via Kansas city, April %, 1869
To Ed0ard CrOnao0etl, Esq, Aeac
! York.
W. started for Bacon. New Mexi-