The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-03-15
A Blast From John Bull.


servative leader, made speech in
the House Of Commons on the
9th, in which, the London Tele-
graph says, "he Sinned most deep
ly when he came to the subject OF
American diplomacy. Mr.. Disraeli
calls npon us to make known, once
for all, that we will not endure
such treatment. But again we
must point out that if his words
mean anything they mean war"
Mr.. Disraeli, in the course OF
his remarks on the address in re-
ply to the speech from the throne,
said: There is onepoint connected
with America which | cannot re-
frain from bringing before the
consideration of this House, and
that is, it seems to me the time
has come when some notice should
be taken by this country OF the
extraordinary manner in which
the authorities Of America COM
municate with our government
and with the people Of this coun-
try or with persons OF influence
with whom they are placed in
communication. The tone Of the
American government towards the
government of England is differ
ent from that used towards the
government of any other country.
Hear, hear.] 1t is not as l
once thought it was, the rude
simplicity of republican manners.
[Laugbter.] Nothing can be
more courteous than the govern
ment of the United States to the
Russian government, and, l have
no doubt, to the German govern
mcnt; but if they have any COM
munication to make to tho gov
crnmcnt Of this country, or any
cause to give their opinion as to
the conduct Of the English people,
tone is adopted and language
used which it may be forbearing
not to notice for i time, but which,
if continued, may lead to consc-
quences not intended, and which
all will dcplore. Now, I am not
going to dwell upon the wild
words Of dcmagogucs. who, l sup
pose, in the United States, as in
all other countries, are reckless of
their expressions. l am talking
of persons Of authority-of the
House of the Representatives OF
the nation. l will take, for in
stance, the chief senator-l think
the chairman of the committee for
foreign affairs is the chief man in
the Senate, and only second tothc
President: for lie exercises the
functions Of royalty to a certain
degree. No treaty with the Uni
ted States can, l believe, be con-
cluded without bis concurrence
Well, having to deal with us in
this very matter Of the fisheries
treaty, he commenced his parlla-
mcntary career last year by vio-
lent invective against the English
Government and the English ma
ton, calculated to excite the pas
sions Of the people Of America
Then the President Of the United
States, the sovereign Of America,
has recently produced one Of the
gravest state papers which a per:
son of his exalted position could
have produced. Hear, hear. +
When the English Government or
people are referred to, instead of
being spoken of with kindness and
respect, l might use much harsh
er expressions to describe the
manner in which our conduct and
interests are treated. What is the
cause? 1t is, l think, very fortu-
nate that only recently the Fen
ian prisoners were sent to Amer
lea. 1t is a questionable thing to
me whether they oughv to have
been amnesticd. [Chcers.] But
as | have said on a former occa-
sion, an amnesty should always
be complete and if they were to
te freed, | think they ought to
have been allowed to so to Ire
land, instead Of being put on a
boat with s5 in their pocket. y
laugh, and "hear, heart The
people Of America received them,
in pursuance Of the system Of al,
ways insulting this country, with
all honor, and by large majority
in the House Of Representatives
decided to treat them with every
possible respect. l want to know
what is the reason why the gov
ernment and people of England
are treated by the Government OF
the United States in q different
manner from that in which other
countries are treated. The time
has come when we ought to know
that. At the first blush one would
think it would be impossible for
two nations to be on terms of
more thorough and complete un-
derStanding. Notwithstanding the
emigration which the honorable
gentlemen who seconded the adj
dress has noticed, the English
character and origin Of the set
tiers in these colonies are always
and constantly predominant
They have perhaps improved our
language -[laughtcr] but they
hova tn O cartoin aYtpOt he same