The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-05-12

The Pendlng Treaty..
The following extrasts from the leading pa
pers of New York city probably represent the
feeling of large part Of the American people
On tho freatx Of Washirnton


pers of New York city probably represent the
feeling of large part Of the American people
on the treaty of Washington. 80
The Commercial Advertiser says:
The parchment which bears the signatures
Of the CotnrnisscDsrs 10 no idle document.
Its acceptance insufes peaco, prosperity. ma-
van of civilization. Its rejection means war
not necessarily at Once-o it means the aban-
donment of the eixims We have made, which il
another term for humiliation. Already one
Treaty has been made and repudiated. Al
ready have acres Of paper been written over.
Already have interviews and conversations
without number taken place. For these sixty
years, indeed, even for ninety, the questions
now brought to 6nality have pervadsd the
diplomatic intercourse of the two countries.
If the Joint High Commits
sion cannot reach conclusion satisfactory to
Great Britain and the United States, no other
conference Of sages and statesmen can. To
disavow thoir conclusion Is to open the way to
tho arbitramont Of these questions by war-a
war in which two great nations would suffer
the direct calamities and losses. --
GEL. Grant, the soldier, desires peace, and
he would regard it a. the most splendid tri-
umph of his Administration, to mako procla-
mation to the people that this comprehensive
Treaty is satisfied. That ratification will es-
tablsh new point of departure in the history
epoch in the records OF time. HI y.
We are informed that Mr..
Sumner has special copy of this Treaty
Perhaps he will declaim against it. II he has
the power and the will to interfere against
peace and the interests of these two nations,
he will hang milestone around his neck,
and sink to the depths of tho sea of oblivion
and disbonor. m irE " ...
The World says: = cess.
'Not regarding it as . party question we
perused it without any conscious bias, and
succeeded in satisfying ourselves as to the real
merits of the dispute. The persistency with
which, for period OF eighteen or twenty
months, we kept pressing the same ideas, at
tests our earnestDess, and the fact that our
conclusions have been adopted in the treaty
permits us to think that we did not fail in
Judgment as we are sure we did not in indus-
try. OF course, We feel bound to support .
treaty whose leading provisions might have
been compiled and condensed from our own
recommendation"
The Post in the course of long article
says: Arr
But enough is already known of the treaty
to show that the Commissioners of both coun-
tries have honestly endesvored to secure just
and friendly settlement Of the differences be-
tween them, and that on all the important
questions at issue such settlement Is practi-
cable without any sacrifice of national honor
on either side.
The Standard says: ~. .54.s -.
''The Joint High Commission, which has
completed its labors, appears not only to have
earned universal respecs for the manner in
which its deliberations have been conducted,
but the gratitude of two great nations for the
results which it has achieved. Without sacri-
ticing the personal dignity of either country,
without being brought by allurements or brow
beaten by menaces, j. has made the settlement
n vv,sar .1ou
possible and easy, while at the same time all
private rights are protected. Its diplomacy
has been conducted in the spirit of an enligbt-
ened public opinion, and in accordance with
the demands OF progressed civilization"
The Washington National Republican
speaks in the same tenor. 1t says: +. g.
II 1t be for tho interest or honor either of
the United States or of Great Britain to nurse
and aggravate current subjects of difference
whom auspicious opportunity occurs to termi-
nato international controversy by stipulations
honorable to both nations, 1t be statesmanlike
and wise to throw away the golden hour of
concord and drift off on tho sea Of adventure,
We know not whittier, or leave adjustment to
the precarious chances of other times and to
men OF moro courageous virtue than ourselves
then opposition to this treaty NAV arise on
the part of one or the other of the respective
governments But if general professions Of
the love OF peace are made sincerely-if peace
in sentiment as veil as in fact, hearty and
real good understanding between the two SOW
ereign branches of the British race in Europe
and America, be, As it il confidently believed.
most conducive to the well-being and the true
fame of both nations, then both will accept
with satisfaction this treaty-the well.consid-
cred work of statesmen of the highest moral
authority, each Jealous for the honor Of his
own country, but also mindful of the rights Of
the other-snd those among them who repre-
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their labors to their countrymen In the full
faith and assurance that it constitutes lust
and honorable settlement Of all our difierelcss
with Great Britain,