Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-02-28
ENGLAND AND AMERICA
Tee BlmouItss 10 be Adjusted by the IOIHi
High Commission.
What scms tf tie English Presses Have {.
say About q.


the address Of the AuglO-A
Association DO Is said that the Ia
mentab.e ignorance Of cOtempOrary
American history which exists in
Erufar1. even among otherwise we'll
Instructed politicians, is too notorious; ;
and tha case is much the same in the
United states with reference to Great
Britsin.' This allegation is founded
on facts with which all who attentive
lv study c8tempOrary history must be
Derfectiv familiar. Nearly all the Ill
feeling which now exists in the United
states toward this country has its
origin and excuse in the attitude of
what is called society in England,
and the acts Of q few Englishmen dur
inc the late war. That England not
only svmpathiZed with the rebels,
but actively aided and aOetted
them, is an article of faith which
Americans cling TO with extraordinary
fenacitv. Having made up their
miuds that they are entirely in the
right. they CanuOt easily be induced
10 admit that the case has two sides,
and admits of an explanation differ
inc from that they have too hastily
accented When Mr.. Thomas Hughes,
NJ. P, who is the President Of this
Association. visited the United States
last autumn, he endeavOred to eX-
plain the exact position which Eng
land occupied when the North and
South faced each other in battle ar
ray. His lecture, entitled "JOhn TO
Jonathan. !" which has been reprinted
fu this country, is an unvarnlshed,
zt-7fghtfGrWard statement OF facts
which &c is impossible to controvert
or pyrIain away. Mr.. Hughes makes
fF uI7fn that the American people ar
rived at au Unfair conclusion by taking
The nsrt for the whole, and by giving
a mistaken Interpretation 70 some
matters which were traught with sus-
Uicfor. but were not absolutely dam
nerrrv. Their main error consisted
ia ss-rfling % malice that which was
.Fua cd ignorance, and Of accepting
Fr- rnufstakable tokens Of individual
prejudice ar she formal demOnsTa-
5iou and execution Of national policy.
What gives promise that the future
vrT he bright and more enjoyable
rba0 tl.e past is the fact such a body
,-r Gentlemen as those who form the
Argla-Amarican Association should
mine together. not only with view
r1 rrTfv6len opinion with regard to
America. and 10 foster amity between
Gra4t Britain and the United States,
bv- with the expressed design OF at
tanning these objects in concert with
AM American citizens who are ami
mated with 8 like purpose, and ready
90 cooperate for Its accomplishment.
This IS something not less novel than
.rr.tf=-frv. It's one of the products
.5F rba war which shareholders began,
and which killed slavery. Before
ema-eiHaLioG had become a TACT one
section aE EnElislmen might have
united for a common object with one
section of Americans; but no appeal
would have been issued resembling
that OF the Anglo American AssOcla-
Ei1u-n0 8ppeaI which cOntemplates
The sz=emblug of citizens Of both
countries, Irrespective of party poll
tics. and O. personal opinions. La
such a ap2therinE the points of differ
euce bgtweeu the Eug. .ishman and the
American vanish, and the points OF
res mblauce and uniformity become
more clearly apparent. That Ene
AHgT1-Amaricau Association SHOULD
achieve an the aims of its promoters
is WHIST every right-minded citizen Of
bat- Great Britain and the United
States must desire"
The Manchester Guardian thus
comments: "Au AuglO-American As
sraariuu has been formed, under the
presidency oi Lr. Thomas Hughes,
Mp. % obtain securities for the
maintenance of q friendly understand
inc ana the cultivation of more cordial
-eI eIfti1us between the United States
aut Great Britain. A large number
1f Erzlisnmen, well known in htera-
1ura and politics, participate IN the
undertaking, the scope Of which Is for
rbs- present 20 be confined to 'the
rubsl. '4Ji0u of carefully prepared state
114rrs 1-UOu the questions az issue
Harw-au tNa tEO countries, with a
view q, rr--aetiag the lamentable
F-rr-7rra of contemporary American
history which exists in England even
among otherwise well INSTRUCTED poll
tlcIaus.' Heartily approving OF the
movement, we beg TO suggest 70 t9e
association a theme 10 begin WIN:
Let them explain the pecullarltleS VI
American institutions OP Of Anerl-
can character which permit the
House Of Representatives at WASH
i1gt0u 90 vote, by an enormous ma
i8ritv, a cordial welcome TO the eX-
p8triated Irish rebels, while at the
same time, As we are assured, and Is /
the A lci8 lion viii maintain, there
is no popular desire either openly to I
quarrel with the mother country or To /
subject her 10 W3ntOn afirOnt. This Is |
p state of things of which Englishmen 1
are rightly described as 'lamentaDIy /
ignorant" We are accustomed to |
regard a National Representative As
semtIy ss having a grave purpose in |
It's formal acts, and to attach the nat |
ur8l obvious meaning to a straightfor- |
ward declaration of its feelings. a /
treatise showing that the habits Of /
thought on public matters are 50 wide |
ly different in America, that the Par !
lament of shat country can express
uEtenfatioUs sympathy with the DO !
nestle enemies of an independent /
nation, and yet not have the slightest /
idea of officially supporting q war /
policy, would be a valuable cOBtribU- /
ton go the prospects Of peace, Wheth- !
sr it would also tend to raise demo /
cratic Institutions in the estimation Of /
LugIishmea, IS different question.
Ehe following article is from the 1
d yuauu .YgudQrd Of February Z: |
20. eueFaI achenck is, itsmay be sup /
~. ii. ROW 0E his way across the At /
'.--tfo,, sltbough he has made SO many /
- ans that his arrival must not I
-. ,l,I-J. ur1 upUn until tt is Jtu fat dc- I
-1-5g,55 sS.gu, are not wanting that {
- d., 49, a, rive here be Wiz pro- I
80 ID 1,[,. TO rat pen the question OF /
~. A. heraa claims. In reference TO /
No. claims there arr Two questions. /
yTiT FrgIand pay the little bin that /
.he United States is going 20 present
and. assuming her readiness 20 pays 4
how 81 the amount OF the Dlll 10 De
fxed9 That we are ready 70 pay any
reasonable compensation i0f auy Lh'
Jury that can legally be laId az our
door is an indubitable fact, but tl2t
we are not going TO pay either &p un-
amount or anything az al
except as compensation for direct IN
iuries, Is equally certain.
We have the best reason TO believe
Fbat General Schenck viii urge his
souutTymen'5 claims La q true spirit Of
But the practical diff
Guilty Is this-hOW is the amount Of
compensation which England is vii
ling 10 pay 20 be Gscertainedy The
United States appear TO Oe taking this
matter into their own hands with q
vengeance. The President, In his
message, having suggested the ap-
of a commission TO ascer-
tain amounts and ownership of indi-
vidual claims ia the matter, a bin has
been brought into the House Of Repre-
sentatives by a Republican member
to carry out the suggestion. Accord {
ing to the bill, three commissioners