New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-18

ENGLAND and America, no one has 4 fright to-
| take ANYTHING as a criterion but the acts OF
| the government. The people Of America
| had done great injustice to the brain, bone
| and muscle of England. Dress and title
only were against them. Lord PalmerstOn
apparently desired the dismemberment Of
the Union, but he had no encouragement to
assist in carrying it out.
The Queens proclamation of May Is
| 1861, Mr.. Hughes admitted was little pre-
| mature, and seemed like an act of dis
courtesy as Minister Adams arrived from
America on that very day, but the Presi
dents procla nation Of the third of May had
been received, and there were fears of a
| collision, which the English government was
anxious to avert. The irst seizure, that of
General Pankhill, had already been made
by the American navy, and Mr. Foster
pressed the Queens proclamation, as he
supposed, in favor of America. He wanted
to legalize captures made by them under
the circumstances. Mr.. Seward, as early
as the fourth of May, intimated that war
existed. Had England recognized the indie
pendence of the Confederacy, as urged to
do by Parliament, and the Emperor of the
French, the case would have been different.
The rebels, in consequence OF this refusal,
Ousted the representatives Of England from
their soil. The debates in Parliament were
acrimonious for and against recognition,
and on the seventh of June, 1861, the friends
of America felt nervous, but Lord John
Russell put them upon their feet again by
recommending the withdrawal OF the prOpO-
sitiOn, as the government would do nothing
with it, Mason's Index spurred the rebel
sympathizers Oh again LII 1867, when they
were holder, and did not ask the spinion OF
the Commons.
Lindsey, the blockade runner, averred
that the rebels had shown the ability to
maintain themselves, and that the House
asked the,government's attention to media
ton. t.f-
On the question of the Alabama Mr..
Hughes said he had too frequently ventil-
ated his views in favor of arbitration
through Parliament and the press to need
to reiterate them here. He had no cause to
be ashamed Of the action of his country in
that matter, and two successive administra-
tions, liberal and tory, had admitted that
comprehensive arbitration was the true
sentiment, and that England was willing to
pay all damage assessed without murmur.
She was also ready to discuss the changes
needed IN the public law with the United
States for satisfaction to other nations
What more could be asked fore The Ala
bama was the only war vessel the govern
ment had knowledge of before departure.
The Shenandoah went as a merchant YES
sell; the Georgia was fitted out at Cher
bourg; the Florida at Neville. The
Alexandria and Pampero. The Laird's
ram was seized, and Osborne's Chinese
flotilla was wrongfully detained at an
expense to the government of El00, 900. He
was deeply grieved that the base love Of
gain on the part Of British merchants
should lead them to violate the Queens
proclamation. Could England and America
agree upon the subjects before them, there
would be no more naval warfare in the
world. The attempt of the French Emperor
to thrust his view upon England, through
Roebuck and Lindsey, to advance his Mex
lean scheme, Mr. Hughes claimed was one Of
the worst features the friends of America
had to contend against After the battle of
Gettysburg John Bright stood in the House
Of Commons and quoted ROebuck, to the
latter's discontinue, and upbraided him
with his mission to France, and when Vicks-
burg surrendered no more was heard Of
recognition.
In his statements the speaker said he had
only quoted from the public record, and he
asserted that if they were carefully searched
they would bear out his views even clearer
than he could state it. He loved America
through good and evil report. and trusted
that the two nations would walk in future
arm in arm to lead tie world. Englishmen,
he admitted, were far from being what they
ought to be. but they had set manfully to
work to solve the problem of their failings;
they had to face them on stand not larger
than one large American State, while
America had a vast territory in which to ex
pand for the benefit of their people.
In the future there would be nothing
but love between the two countries.
If England had had the casting vote the
victory of America would have strengthened
the principle that would eventually result
in government of the people by the people
throughout the world.
During the peroration the speakers emo
ton checked his utterance.
Three cheers were given at the sugges-
ton of the President. Mr.. Hughes bowed
his head in acknowledgement, and the meet
ing dissolved