Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-07-08
FROM NEW YORK.
The International Society in Amer
ica-Engiish Capital Seeking the
West-KarI Blind ON Earl Russell,


The International Society in Amer
ica-Engiish Capital Seeking the
West-KarI Blind on Earl Russell,
etc., etc.
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.
New YORK, July 6.-The following
has been obtained about the International
Association: "While the American In
ternationals are indeed off-shoots of the
European association, they have few OBJ
jects in common with them. The Amer
lean Communist has none of the political
sympsthies of the European Interna-
tional, because here he is denied none of
the prestiges of citizenship and self-goV-
eminent, while there they demand con-
spire and fight for them. The American
Communist is furthermore neither q re-
ligious enthusiast nor social fanatic. The
associations which he has organized in
this country have for their preliminary
purpose the advancement of labor inter-
ests. 1t is the old fight of labor against
capital. The International associations
in this country at least are simply trades
unions on general basis, and the move
ment Is popular. The increase of
these associations is very, rapid. About
four years ago the International Society
was first introduced into the United
States, and section formed, that was
merely nominal in its working, doing lit
tie besides corresponding with the central
organization in London. In the summer
of 1869, preliminaries having been ar
ranged, the first section of the Interna-
tionsl was formed, and during the last
year ten societies have been organized.
The sections now composing the Interna.
tional in the United States are twelve in
number. Several sections are said to be on
the point of forming in St. Louis and Ssn
Francisco. 1t is IN contemplation to stalt
a weekly newspaper in this city, to be
printed in German and devoted to the ins
terests of the Internationals. A rule of
the association foIbids any mem Der OBJ
tanning personal prominence by reason of
his connection with it. For this and oths
er reasons the Office of President has been
abolished, and at every meeting tempo
rary chairman is elected. This rule was
made to prevent designing and ambitious
men using the association for their selfish
ends"
A letter from London, June "a, says
"the stock exchange shows signs of great
activity in western investments, to judge
by half dozen schemes for working
Nevada mines ard Missouri and other
land grants. do hope that these new
enterprises may be honestly managed, for
if they only answer reasonably well there
will be an outflow of English capital TO
your Western States which will benefit
you as well as US, and multiply the links
which bind the two nations together in
directions which the joint high commits
sion cannot reach"
The independence Beige, of June %,
says ''there is fresh 'Bonapartist congress
in Belgium. Our OSteDd correspondent
announced the arrival of Baron Jerome
David and Clement Duvernois, day before
yesterday. Rouher arrived at Brussels,
furnished, we are assured, with full pow
ers from Napoleon Ill"
The Madrid correspondent of the Lon
don Standard writes on June 10: eyes
terday long line of clergy, preceded by
a band of music and triumphal car,
containing a child dressed as Christ lead
ing live lamb, with the ringing of bells,
etc., went through the streets. Where
ever the procession appeared, the people
uncovered and bent the knee. A young
American who failed TO do this was, at
the instance of the priest who led the pro-
cessiOn, attacked by four men, and would
have been killed but for the interference
of some women who rushed in between
him and his ASSISTANTS, and got him
away into his hotel. He is a brother of
the secretary of Gen. Sickles. The latter
intends to take il up, and it is hoped he
will be able to obtain from the Govern
ment assurances that foreigners who do
not believe in their popish abaurdities
may be absolved from the humiliation of
bowling down to them or losing their
lives"
The Empress Eugene is said to be ne
gotiating TO sell her diamonds, valued at
two million dollars.
Earl Russell's motion on the treaty
with the United States has been extern
sively criticised in letters by Karl Blind,
which have gone the rounds of the Ger
man press. The statesman, says the
writer, who showed his sympathy with
the shareholders league, by declsIing the
'.North fought fought for empire, the
South for independence, and who fur
ther pretended that "Eo9hing worse could
happen to the progress of mankind,
nothing worse for the North, " that states
man might surely have refrained, after so
Tremendous an overthrow of his policy
and his predictions, from laying down
the law on a question of international re-
lations. Earl Russell's argument that the
settlement of the Alabama claims might
be quoted as precedent by Germany, in
the matter of the export of arms, Karl
Blind regards as utterly impracticable.
The escape of the Alabama winked at
by the Government OF which Earl Rus
sell was member, can not bui5 be con-
sidered as an infringement of the law of
nations. The export OF arms was no
such Infringement, but simply q
want of consideration for so old
and good an ally as Germany has
always been for England. The
United States did the same as England
until the mass meetings of the Germans
in America induced President Grant to
issue decree forbidding the export.
England might have issued similar
order, even as she did some time ago in
favor of Denmark. She chose another
line of conduct, and the Germans were
indignant at it, but England, neverthe-
less, committed thereby no breach of the
law of nations. Earl Russell had better
not paint the devil of new compiled;
ton on the wall. In conclusion, Karl
Blind shows that the tresty with America
is in the interest of England herself.
That if the recent doubts on the mari
time law had continued England would
have keen in danger of suffering herself
from The confusion of the principles Of
naval warfare and of the practices O.
piracy, to which confusion the unsettled
state of the Alabama question naturally