The Portland daily press., 1870-10-13

anu when they found this out, the Confederate
government, as you remember. cut off all in
tercourse with England and expelled our Con
suls So one side blamed us for doing too
much and the other for doing too little-the
frequent fate Of neutrals. Applause. MI.
Hugnes then dwelt upon the efforts Of Mr..
Gregory as Parliamentary lobbyist, in june,
1861, in making motion to call the at IGNITION
OF the House to the expediency of prom OF
recognition of the Southern Confederacy, The
motion was taken off the table without debate
and thereby lost. Then came the unlrlcky
Trent affair; and another motion was made by
Mr.. Lindsay, the great ship owner, that in the
opinion of the House the Southern States had
maintained themselves SO long and gave such
evidence of ability to continue the struggle,
tnat mediation with view to ending hostili-
TIES was worthy Of the immediate cODsidera-
tlon OF the English government. But the gov
eminent 9in came out with square refusal on the
18th OF uly ,sand the motion shared the fate Of
itS : predecessor. Then came the escape of the
Alabama. Upon this, said Mr.. Hughes. have
no word to say. My private opinion has been
oppressed over and over again in Parliament,
! say that at this moment have no cause to
i",a Io asned at the attitude of my country. Eng
;anu ia Is ready to have the case in ali its beaf
,mss nay rs,erred to impartial arbitration, and to
Icy Icy M;naeever damages may be assessed against
also a w,,noat aeread a murmur. [Applause She has
in the rnies " 20 uiscuss the important changes
" men mas been demonstrated in the inciJsnts
Vi the last rev years, aud which in u;ow ~ az
mari1lme prominence of Great Britain and tho
United States, it would be fit for thon, ~ sno
ture and propose to the other States of G,.;s ns
tendon. She has left her old posit;on LITE. 0n.s
tenable and agreed to the terms of your a.1r uu
government. What more can Won ash oe AZ
nation of your own blood, as proud and sens;e Ie
i've as yourselves on all points where national
honor is in question. The Alabama was the onlv
me of the rebel cruisers of whose character our
government had notice when they escaped from
ur border. The Shenandoah was merchant
essel employed in the India trade, and her
Inversion into a rebel was not heard of
ntil she had left. The Florida was fitted out
n Mobile and was actually detained at Mas |
au on suspicion and only discharged by the |
admiralty Court there on the failure of evi- |
ence On the other hand our Government |
topped the Rappahanock, the Alexander, and |
thers. such Is our case as to the cruisers /
"a ,nich dld you SO much damage. YoI will
~ ~ such damages for each of these other yes
s,s a as arDltrators may designate. Mr.. Hughes
% uoW brought down to the memorable
peecn ~ m OF John Bright OIL June 30, 1868, which
AZ o,ectrlhed the country. In concluding he
~, nave only spoken of matters within nv
"n personal knowledge and have only quoted
ON public records which are as open to apy
le OF you as they arO to me. Search them |
seech you, and see whether I am right or |
1t. believe that the more thoroughly they
e searched the more clear the case as have
1t 1t before you tonight. We know that we |
we got great social problems to work out,