The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-07-31
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,arstanding and friendship between Great
u.;,,;n and the United States. Nothing could
,,o more laudable, and we have no doubt that
The series Of lettels he is writing to the New
Y ork Tribune owes its origin to precisely tue
.ame motives that make him so active work
er 10 the society We have mentioned.s For
nothing could he better calculated TO cultivate
peasant relations between the two nations
than tho extreme generosity with when ne
spoke of all that pertains to this country and |
its people. Nov il some equally prominent
American-say George William Cuttis-couid
perform the saeta sort OF service by writing
good natured letters to the London Times,
there might soon be toierabls good under
standing between the Enslsh people and our
own. As Tor the English aristoci acy, they APP
pr ecate the fact that their interests are antag-
onistic to those Of the people of both England
and America, and harmony with them IS of
course impossible. Luckily they are fast be-
coming obsolete.
The following are the important parts of
Mr. Hughes last letter. and they illustrate very
well his method. 1t is unnecessary to say that
the letter was written while the bill for the
abolition of the purchase system was still
aooiie'oA -
pendjng in Parliament, and before the pur-
nose of that measure had been accomplished
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ny ioS"i "'''"n' ~ 10 u"'o' i''n'on' guy
18th: ....
There can be no question but most salutary
change has come over our International rela-
lions in the course of the last few months.
The last proof OF it occurred three days ago,
when it was unanimously received by the
Council OF the Literary Fund to ask Longfel-
low tn preside at their festival next yeat |
believe that Reniamio Franklin nresi3ed' Int
| then that was when he was still an Engiish-
man when he was over here NEGOTIATING. a
| nnar or too hafnre tba Declarati3n Of hide
| go nresidaJ hefora Indeed with the eycen-
| ~, r. tha 6nc 4, Anm,ia and Cbateanhriand
s,on ' y, III ~, 81 t III nra,t s,.eIis
inu ,hinS onv foreonar has illeS TINT an.
w ',., ob'ir Rn ms time M Jnnht Lord Stan.
6na's Latter az ra;tation is an its wav tn Cam
hrip.,e Mass. fear il will scarcely be a VEL
come ouest in that most charming of New En-
land houses. Washingtop's old headauareurs.
which has the honor of calling your great poet
lord His habits are so quiet and ito Judge
from his last visit here) his horror OF the stump
80 intense, that can scarcely hone for an ac-
ceptauce. However. the intention was Good
and hone will result in something like an al
teuation IN the future of your best authors and
ours as Presidents. Whatever else NAV be spe-
cial as between the two nations our ltera-
| lures. at apy rate. are common property: and
| even if Won see your wiz asI bona Won NAV
soon. to altering yonr cony right laws. our stan
| dard works will always belong TO The whole
| race. and the great literary gathering should
| he before all others Anglo American Then
| ayain on the 4tb ,f Univ there were three or
| fenr Cabinet Ministers and Xmas rot how
many other DISTINGUISHED English of both sex
| 90 at Cen. Scbenck's recention. Last wear
/ onIv two Eooli.bman ,vara ash cd IN the A mar
inan isoat;on md onlw ona nnt IN an onnasr-
80 Hfhara ,ras on;;yo - ,.,tia arn,nsE;pr in
certain salact circles of the notion nj orr Cab.
| met attending the ceiebration nf The calimitv
of n hundred wears 400 at The invit ,tion of the
| ran,esantat;ve of onrhrevoltad cojon;as Tbare
| was even taIk IF a mot;on On ibe snb;.ct in
| tbs Honsa Of Commons. bnt os Won nav am
nnse common sense nrevaiIeS The saiect cir.
cIes who still regard The event of M; as a ca
l,mitv are OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES -
The. ss ass np and the Tondnn season ora dro
| ing ranidlv to a close. and the former tear
| ia orove n GREAT failura in many wavs ~ ali
| the impo,tapt measures announced for the
wear in the speech from the Throne only one
| and bacoma t9w IT, A. p ssH onE III,
shor,, - ~ ta;w nra,,nnt;nnn S aaoa IN,
aasrua Co. tha paha,;,; 20 o,.ou. 10 g. a
vaSt;na Tho con. roI Of tho n,;IP;a ;0 AZ. S III
80 $3.50 .uS .Ii ~ IL Sn1 C .,,. :" ..o o.o"u
| dia,nni,u nnS Las ~, hnn,, Ja,.aa -; .t,u
IorJs co. go n;oht, Sayara, ot t%n Ia VIZ.
| iodn.s 1870 Is sa pHm y. III o1 w n's
have ynna nver 70 Tho Onons;t;on A od 10y,
tha, Soat u't tho UpPosriop, ana aehe
a i ~ ~ INV Uue VII out; Dut on Tue
~ oi1e, manu- .n1 Ooii ei hoy
o. 90 10 10 pieianeiy Ialeomhas Ne
70 do hi. haSt ~ " ~, ~, aau MS wisness
ort o,i I " -. ene syS'en vi selectiop
forms Inyali. ona III n.h o ;4i ~ 10
ba,d common sonso hos 80 49, T u,s
On Soaitn,t Inot,,, n"o Eau .ueIt Horusnips
what tbev cannotdn in ,basa ,;,,sy oSa auu
tharetore 90 The Io.dars ~" ~ 49, ~ "a,
that the decision of the Inner Housa woui HI he
nrndent and notriotic. hnt we are toid tbat The
ph;n. ~, ho,b s;aos III H wy a,I ooiu sn"S WIG
ali On snch na;nt Sao,o,a H.. ,h .o., Hi's.
larse maior;tw aa.inst the hi Thai, NJ, 20
| Sims are playing a hazardous came and Da-
| mocracy laue lis in its sleeve and hides tie fine
| Meanwhile. the Government have introduced
| their other big measure in the Commons. and
| have met with kind of onnosition which il
| quite upprecedented. After q weary debate of
| four nights ON the nripcinle If the hill and, !
| repetition dd nauseal,n of arpuments for and
| against open voting. a large majority of the
| House affirmed The princinIe and voted the
| bill into Committee. ID is Generally snnnosed
! that the discussion ia tbeh Closed and tbat tbe
attanI in Committee should be confined 10 de-
| tails But in the present case the marty Of
precedent have thrown ali nrecedant To tho
| winds, and have raised the main i.sne over
and over again in Committee. using every
trick for DELAYING propre.s which the rules ri
! the House admit. To meet these tactics the
| Cabinet gathered their supporters in solemn
| Gladstone SupUeStQd
| the oupositiou shou,d he met nv siienca The
| Cabinet were to leave the Minister ,sbo has
| CHARGE of the measure. Mr. Forster to do ali
| the official talking He wonlo he rasdu 10 die
| cuss the hundred and odd Amendments which
4 were on the naner In the names of I,harai
| members. with those who summarized them. On
| hat such AS conld he accen.ed miobt he ;ncor'
| oorated in the Goyernment measnre witbont
| loss of time. The proposal was received most
loyalty by the party, and a selfdenving ordi.
| nance was accordingly carried mem, con The
next day when the House went into Commit.
tee the Liberal members left their seats hv
hundreds, leaving the case in Mr.. Forsters
hands, but remaining in the library and the.
Hobbies and on the terrace so as to be within
hearing of the division bell. The opposition
were however, by no means abashed or
brought to reason, The rallied at the nolicv nj
abstention, and rose one after another 70
speak against time: and the consequences is
that the middle of July is here and we are
only on the third clause of the bill.
Even if the self-denying ordinance holds. it
is very doubtful whether the clauses can be
put through before the end of the month; and
IN that case, there is very small likelihood of
getting the Lords to take up the bill this year.
they may fairly plead that they have no time
10 consider so important measure properly;
ana, IN that case, it, too, will share the fate of
many another good measure, and be thrown
over to the session of 1872 IF So this vear
will only be marked with US by one white
stODe-tte Washington Treaty. but that is
snch big bowlder, and so white that WE ma
| well be content with the net resnlt '--"'
The great Tichborne case stands ad;o,rnod
till November to the oreat scandal Of ~ H
fiop Tho Io,p ta;rI st.i VI ,ho mi Id
| Iyh;at I,.i;oo loois.aaIS S.i IN woih' 1he
IA ie ~, uo'. 's lie shouid Dreak down,
and inirinoement of tba;r sta.,, n,ah against
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