Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-02-05

10 the French treaty, and the
great advantages we had derived
from the approaches made BY
France in the direction Of free
trade, he referred to the United
States and asked, "What would
they do If the United States put
on q duty of least three times as
heavy on our goods as France
does Z The firm with which / am
connected sends goods to Ameri-
ca which pay a duty Of 70. per
cent--that is TO say, every 1901
worth of goods leaving Liverpool
pays, on arriving at New York, IS
per cent before 1t can 90 into the
city TO be sold. Well, the Amer
lean people will put all that right
by.and. bye They are going
through the process of instruc-
ton, such as we went through
thirty years ago, and they will
put It right by-and-bye. But is it
proposed to put a tax upon Amer
lean cotton and American corn
because the Americans put q
heavy tax upon our goods? Why,
the thing is monstrous. II is only
TO make one evil double, and to
make u trade which you carry on
under certain dillcaltles, a trade
which shall be absolutely impos-
sibble.
THE PEABODY ESTATES IN Eng
LANDAU inquiry was held on
January 10, before two commits
sioners specially appointed, and a
special jury respecting certain
lands and premises at Stockwell,
which had been purchased on be
half of the late John Peabody,
Esq, and were now sought to be
transferred to the crown Mr..
Peabody being an alien aud not
being legally entitled to purchase
or hold real estate), prior to be.
ing handed over to the trustees
Of the Peabody fund.
SIR CHARLES DIX ON THE
"ANERIcAN DIFFICULTY" - Sir
Chas. Dixie delivered an address
on January 8, in which he refer.
red ut some length to foreign and
colonial politics. In the course
Of the address Sir Charles said
"The difficulty with America had
been, he throught, exaggerated
by our misunderstanding Mr..
Summers speech. The instruc.
tons to Mr.. Motley and Mr.. Sum
ner's speech should be read as
one. Lord Clarendon had made
out a strong case of law in his
recent correspondence with Mr..
Fish, who had made out one on
the side of sentiment, but the
writing Of dispatches would not
help to convince either the Amer
leans or us. Sir Charles thought
that the appointment oian English
Commission would be preferable
to arbitration. If.it we're decided
10 send a special envoy, and Mr..
Bright refused to go, then there
we're the Duke of Argyll and Sir
Henry BulWer. Washington in
any case must be the place for
negotiation, and it would be bet.
ter to. make our mission there one
of the first class, and let our Am.
bassador treat, for in that case
temporary failure would leave
matters as they are.
The activity of the American
Navy Yards during the past year
says the Broad ArrOT, affords
conclusive proof Of the intention:
Of the Government. The policy
Z Of the department is not one o.
mere words, but of deeds. There
seems TO be no doubt, from thC
perpetual reference to the nayies
Of England and France in the last
report, that the intention of thu
American Government is to riya
: the fleets of ourselves and ouI
powerful neighbor in European
waters; and this, we repeat, with
out the least political necessity fol
so doing. The adoption of sucl
policy is much to be regretted
y in the interests Of peace. Wha
interests America can have in Eu
! ropean waters that demand {
strong force of ironclad ships O
war for their protection, and wha
principles could suddenly cal
for vindication, it would be dill.
cult to say. So far as VIC judge
from the evidence of the report
rhe Republic has become innamcC
with the "mad ambition of kings,
and is gratuitously adopting n lin,
Of policy in Europe, from which
after the bitter experience of cen
turies, we would Ourselves gladly
be liberated, and in which we arr
involved by no fault of our own
We have commented on this sub.
ject much more in sorrow than in
anger. We would gladly have
seen the example set by America
in her days of comparative weak
ness enlarged on q magnificent
scale, and held up to the world
admiration, in the present and tic
coming time, when her strength is
incontestable, and no one dreams,
or Is likely to dream, Of disputing
it.