, 1870-12-24


ua1oA Atc running between LeavenNofth &ud
Camefoo. MO. distance Of hfty miles, aud that
tne Wosfs being pushed rapidly northeasswArd
toward the force On the 1ows distttou.
ENGLAND AND AMERICA,
Er,tome OF Opinions OF the EnRra>h
pr1Ah on the PEostdeut's messayc.
TIE London Times deeply regrets thu: GEN.
ernl Grant rhonla hsve arsuuea the attitude
h1H message appears to reveal. It Eeems to
be Thought IN rdpublica as wall ~ empires that
the tnost rromt=irg 6 means Of connteIac.ins q
Isehtg Of diesAtisTaction Ut home Ii 10 to
1eund IN dtvelting the attention of tue people
Dy oi8cusstoos With foreign puweEg- 1t his
BEEN fer come time past confessed that the
domestic administrstion or the Preaidsnt haa
not cotre=pondod to ths hooes entertaiasd
wben he entered upon his ofi.e. He
would fsin es reelected for Anoths1
Term when the time comes. aud his
the position OF General Nutie1, and hitting
fot domestic support by MANAGING foreign
poxe1s; His language with regard to tha La
Dana claims does not &aEIzut any hopeof their
settlement, He proposes that the Uni:::
States should a:certaiu sn4 se:tls -'s,urt
OF individual claimants. and eh1T..: r.. S,-.-5
IN seeouns open until Tho Bntis Il. .aramsut
ment" Ct theu-until. in othEr words. VIC
ehonld bo inclined 10 pay IN full of Ill de-
mauds. II Congress should accept this pro2o-
sl,ion, we cannot resent strictly doLasti:
act. but 1t Is impossible not to t,e How th sr-
o,,yhly unpromtsing It is Of auS f;...aly aettlu-
nent. TIE Canadian d illcaltes arc. happily,
aud, il the Ptes;dont' IL disposed
to make any fcrmsl renonatfance,
il will BE- considered with tho kecneat desire
20 s7tisfv @very complaint. Toe President
NJ .. the "urneishbe.!y acts Of tho cau ,ai-
81 Eu harities hS Espr.s,is-thAt ts, by rs,s-
pentinG tho passage Of Rocds In bond from
Per land 10 Canada Snd. il Eeceasn1r, By for
eiddipG Canadian vees+ls from scouss to Amer
I an wzters- W. shall be much surprised, the
1i"les FAYE, II Congress complles with the4e
staGScztinns, end wo sh.sk it possihlA that
GeLsral GIant himself never intsnded ths,n
to te accepted TIE document IL, most I'M
Ionans Us marking 1ro,hce sssK. In ths de-
time Of the rresidcs.t's career; but 1t shows
~ to what length. thosc higtest i1 authority
arc d;6pt rcd to 60 wien tbs bAlance OF parties
ts ttnst ahle, Ard, though We have ceuttdenc-
in tho result. " cannet neglscs tho lessons il
teaches ua.
Tho Daily -Slt trs. speaking Of the Alabama
tlairEs, Bays the matter /. one OF ba-iceAs. aud
liza United States having. by their Plenipoleu-
l.s,y, made III An offer which wn accepted, nah
tatn atttr its ncctpt4Gca having REJECTED
II. ought at last tell ts why the zsjec.i n took
Place: General Grant aui1ateatlr wautA us to
eerd him An EckpoAltd ds ment cf Indebtedness
ht,sorc We ECO what tho claim asainst us III 10
give premise tn pay. AMI let :na American
Government I'LL ID the eu1i. II this il his
meaItng, he will have to lcave ihs question
TO bis succeEscr. or tie f=he.iea question.
The 4Nt1rs e1ys. wo can hsrd1y e1ptess IN opln-
iun till tue full details are before us. Ths
Canadian faAhcrr laws may 60 BctnE~h1t be-
you'd the terms of lie convention Of 1873, and
theta mag be souO rcsson for an.t-in5 in
Negotiations respecting them. Isus the
Se hes, WY to .,o hndss sn:h
Eesis- He actually admits that one Csnadiau
statute las newt seen rut IN force, and sug-
6esta tlat, II It should 10 enforced, he should
be empowered to re.tss i. Would It not have
bfen moro dtsni6ed, more worthy OF the chief
Of great nalion, To have waited Tor tho overt
sst before making protest aEssns: 7. Thus
locks like The dictate Of Al unfriend'y spirit.
1he Post observes lhz'. IL tho government
Of the Erited Statea uet:.4i. war Hith Great
Bats.u, either directly or Though Cansda, the
Tcr1s Of the Precedent aro Just those which
ore might expect to find usca II q similar
the p1ussiau kiEE, IL would unQusstionabIy
Lave Deant mischief. But American Prcsl-
dents arc lot to be measured BY the sAraa
STANDARD. aud We know from experiences that,
en- tie other tids Ct the Atlantic, such lan-
gusgo must be largely discounted in order to
| arrive 1T its resi meaning.
Tho Telegraph thinks that the desire ex-
rreased in the message to obtain clear eeti-
mate Of tho pirate claims aarauced By Amer.
lcan citizens, In cr4ior tha. "ttle government
| may have tho owuarshlp Of ,hoso claims, ~
well as the control OF al demands agtinst
tAf+r Hfr.1S 49, Ir-k H. l.
| corts osGIsy to close; AID on oIr eile We
must most heartily reoiproca.e that wish. The
Telegraph eaye thar my csuse OF quarrel can
a1iso from the matters in Dispute. With re-
| gail TO the Intricate farery question, while
net regardless Ct the treaty rights c.ained By
our Canadian fe1low-subJecte, ws IRE not i1i'
tent on hastily enforcing the stucs latter oi
! those rights. VIC desire I. '''itg more than &c
entertain tho fnendliest r r'.xlons With oul
TfarEat!antic kinsmsn: sud It President
Giant expresses the wishes Of bis fellow
country men we can assure him thAi any pro
| potal for settlement "co2sistont With thu
nonor and dignity CT botE patoas' vii. mce
with most fIie:la!y reception, not onlS frou
| the government, but from the people Of Eng
| Land.
Tbs Standard ccusidsra that the mes.asa il
| hardly likely to give satisfaction to anyone
much less to raiBe tbs credit Of man Tht
s4tus destined to lose In politics the fupats.
ton whicn-Partlr by skill, partly by obatl
macy, patty, perhsp~, BY steer good fortune
tel,icose; aud 60 fat it Ia reassu1ipK. Dat II
is not copciiatorJ: It dea1a with questions o.
| foreign relations in m1uner calculated to IN
fame rather thai TO calm popular excitement
and reeommends measures which. though
probably probably intended to to gd2 tbs atvantsse
war, would tend to proveka = Ioutnal irrita,io.
that would readez the preservation of peacs
| BY no MEANS easy.
Tho Pnu Hall uazetse rem2rks: ait woult
Be foolish to deny that the message OF rresi
ce1t Grant to C-nG1ess, a. repartod hy tsle
this country and the United Sthtes. Tie firs
and The most uncomfortable reflection Bug
sceted BY tho greet space gwen IN the messag,
10 grievances asaiEst Great Britain, ia thA
tlsrro is trnth In tho Suu,or which attributes
to the President some eurt Of uuder.taudln:
significance OF tho deliberate attemp. to ex
sgeerato the Csaajikn nnh.v molchill into
mountain woal3 hardly bo understood withou
Mr. Butlert recent speeches. It is
however, rather from the novelties rh'el
the Americans attempt to iu:roduc
into INT tae'nateni 1"1ir,, ia"' ,.a's, te,
pretension- thai We arc likely to have trouble
= The weak sido OF the English poeitio
il ore which II is not opsn TO the President @
Ito United States to urge upon Us. It hoeorne
mere and more rnahifttt inst ia estahlishin
! ...s .s ncmipion Of C.raaa Ns hRyo takea sso
Of which We have nut .es fully comorehende
the serious conscqueuces. lae idxstts the
expretles regret that the British empi1
should be responsible for the effects Of th
political and public action Of the Don.nio1
aud docs net consider the tender policy OF th
E. g1ish Foreign Office toward the co:nol&iui
ard rretensicne OF the United States as wis.
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