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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY :. 1870.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY {. 1870.
AMERICA A6D ENGLAND.
The forthcoming number Of The West
,afnstr7 Rt>riuc will contain an nrticle--of |
which the advance sheets lie before ua-}
upon "Amezican Claims on England" |
from the pen Of NJ ". F. Rae, who h1ings
to The discussion a mind unusually we'll
disposed toward America and Americans, ~
well as information unusually accurate,
which he acquired during a recent tour
from Maine to Virgins, and from New
York to Ban Fsancisco.
Nj. 1:as thinks that both nations are the
victims Of "u,utual misunderstanding,
the English being bewildsred as to what
tbs Americans desire, and the Americans
installing this bewildermeut for a
reluctance to do them Justice;
and he protests against the disposition Of
many persons in Great Britain to let the
question "lapse into the limbo Of exhaust
cd controversies" Al being an ostrich pol
icy, likely to lead to an oetrieh's fate.
In the historical review Of the relations
between the two nations which follows, it
ia kaid that Isosd Russell's peretnpto1iness
was matched by Mr. Sewards pertinacity
and Losd Stanley's s6ability by that Of
Mr, Raverdy johnson, '.the least aristo-
cratic American Minister who ever mixed
In English society,"" and who obtained
ere1J thing he claimed, 60 that ''the con-
vent1on was simply despatch from MI.
Seward IN another form" The rejection Of
the tr7aty by the Senate Is ascribsd to ths
feeling against tho administration Of
Andrew johnson, to generua unHin-
iuereas to have his name lire IN
history as that Of the Chief Msgis-
trate who bad successfully closed
difficult question, to the influence Of the in
coming President, aud to tho failure to
perceive that much e Rfsererdy Iohnson's
nattesy Of England xas suffered as d.
ploma,ist rather ihxa IN American-"
Mr.. Rae attributes undue importance, in
our Judgment, to Mr. 6nrnner's speech on
The Alabama question, whether as m ex-
preston Of the popular feeling or as an iza-
fuence upon it. We need not follow, at
" sn,onar,s ,ror,oent mr. IN. a1,m;,,.
fion of tbe ,..nse. uhich turned that fans
Tors idolatry Of England into hatred
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