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The British Press on President Grants
Message.

The British Press on President Grants
Message.
Iae L.alea Tina, on the 6'4 Instant .gs-ks
As follows
Toe rulers fine world are meeting ti4i- psI-
iismelfs, sni Precedent Grant may. us.h47s,
boast ,ha- the lircumsttncas under which te ss.-
dresses the Legisla-ure of the United Stst,- src
the lsppiss- q sII Ibe Emperor Of Germany
congratulated tie Representative of h.s suces-sl
kingdom. est wees, OF the position Prussia asi
z'fsiuei. hlt oue-uat Of bis speech s occupied
with ga argument upon the necessity of being
iorewsruct s-sils; future dangers. Victor En-
msuue. etj gel : higher aui rarer felicity 81 len
be TOLD ihs Senators sad Deputies Of Irsi, s.-
seme.sl together iu tleir Ees ball 0u the T. azrt
10 Monte C.rorio tha; tle work 90 vl.,a he su.
they had c1usscreteI their lives was accomplish
ei, yet ue could u0t but remember thlt taera
were irTccluc..aalt enemies in Rome irssif. aul
that still more tsuaficsl sdheeuts g the Hoy
Father were 70 he iluni sHr5si cltd1E 1-,rG.e
their governments would uot tske Steps 90 r.o-
hib.t 10, l-s.iau occupation 81 Rome. II Foa.I BE-
cruel % c1mpare tte uuofons auticp.tous %.
lliers must entertain OF the fliure with The &C.
cure pr speuty OF ssaingtou. General Grsnt
rlsy look tt nome sui ab-oal. and fad ao gsouuI
foe apprehension. Peace is wiiain the uor iers
A7
pros 9erity, Sud reconciliation o. she last
differences which disturbed the rcllii1us Of
the Republic Six years have served 90
eEtiagu.sh the passions Of civil dis,ori, Sni
there does not exist Ia the States az this hour
suJ thing more serious than the Constitutional
rivalry of political parties The rres-y OF W.sh-
ington has provided for freudly settleucat 0f
The l1ng-stsuding dispute With ourselves. and
President Grant ezpresses hope-peIh-Ps more
easily formed 81 Wssh ngton thsa in cur nearer
proximity TO the Coltiuent-thst the example
thus ser OF referring 20 arbitration M interim
uolal difference m De i0lloEed, 20 as 20 restore
TO productive Industry millions Of men roy si-
gagged in training and preparations for war
Lastly, the trade of the Union is prosperous
is revenue is abundant agi suplrabuniant, and /
the President Is able to.uggest that the azli msy
be simpiifei and reduced and large uumber OF I
internal taxes abolished, sui leaving q surplus
70 be spp.ed n relu,ng the debt q the na,ioa.
Tie LONDON 7tlcgrrpl comments in this
manner .-
With this moral Regeneration Of the country
We may distinctly connect the stern suppression /
Of polygamy and its s5tendsnt humzu indiguities .
at Utah. the measures promised against meri- I
can slsvebolters IN foreign lands and se.eral
other welcome eEemphtiGsti0ns Of righteous pur-
pose in the Message Of the trausarlaptic Pres
ideut. At the heal Of foTeigu politics General
Grant has Justly written that happy triumph
OF reason, the settlement Of the AIEbsna dis-
pute There is no local OF partisan elstion and
there was room for none, ID the language
when the Message here employs. 1t is
spoken Of 10 the way 10 which it should
be--as noble. natural and prooer apoeSl 10
equity insesd Of srms, made BY two great
peoples whose history is Sufficient eusr-
antee that, in thus referring these -rences to
arbitration, hey bad no need 10 fear any impeach
meut OF their pride anu manhood. Toe sen
fences IN which the President speaks OF this
great act OF political aad international Christi
anity have been already anticipated here, aud
viii be endorsed oy the world. lie says: e. An
example has thus been set whicn, if successful
IN It's issue, may be followed by other CIVILIZED
nations, aud possibly become the means of re-
storing to productive industry millions of men
now engaged in military sud naval employ .
uente.'' In other words General Grsnt-him- !
self soldier Of the highest reputation and ,
shreEd American looks forward to tie time
when the beneficial clntsgon Of this precedent q
viii soolish large standing armies and establish
a Code ana Court Of international Law. Bold
as this aspiration may sound, it Is rendered
more rational by the tendency Of the late eveuts
in Europe. The German victories were the
desth-oo~ OF the military system of the Na- :
poeons though We need not forget tbs, the idea
now echoed by President Grant, and partially a
adopted in the Washington Treaty, first a
promulgated with practical view by the Third $
Napoleon. ltis whole nations whi;n must fsht a
future campaigns. If they hght At all snd ns- I
tons, uni ke hifeiings in uniform and their lead
ers, Will think twice before they to war when z
Arbitration has been proved sufficient and mu- C
tually honorable even IN such qnxrre as that Z
about the Alabama The President speaks with