Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-04-30
INDIRECT DAMAGES.
Letter From Elihu Rurrltt.
NEw BRITAIN, CONN, April l9, 1872

Ha.. NJ. Pcters, w. C.. ..=",
DEAR As one of the many thousands Of
unpoliical but thoughtful men in this country,
who feel that the honor and dignity of our great
uhion are seriously compromised by the attitude
IA which certain features of our "Case" present
~ before the world, l feel copstrsiAed to thank
YOU most heartily for the resolutions you have
submitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
| thnk do not attribute to others only what
irsl myself when express the belef that thou
sands oi intelligent and patriotic Americans arc
AT tia, moment deeply afflicted by the sentiment
thlt rir immediate Jewel of our honor a nation
La, been imparilled by the presentation OF those
Consequential CLAIMS which your resolutions
proposed to withdraw. l do not think it is going
too fn 10 say that the whole thinking mind Of
thjs country regard them as fictitious groundless,
a4d hopeless. They present, both ut home and
atioad, no aspect Of fairness or sincerity.
No Intelligent mind could believe, II our Own
>uIn.,ne Court at Washington were subsututsd
iur the Geneva Tribunal, it would award . dollar
ua trcse unfathomable, fanciful caims. No one
cx,rcs a dollar OF award by the Court OF Arbitra-
tipn at Geneva, if they 90 to its bar As you have
pat It most clearly in your resolutions, no country
In,the world could have greater reasons for ab-
staining from raising the question Of the conse-
luentiai responsibilities Of neutral nations thAA
ours; Tor our past history shows that no people
ON earth more susceptible Of active sympathy
with foreign struggles, and more tempted to clam
des,ae and illestmAte enterprises OF this very
kind, by the very romance as well - the proht
OIL contraband commerce. ] think It IL not too
much to say that these consequential claims are
costing the two nations $4,000, OO0 weekly, in
their effect upon trade, stooks and all thoss sensi.
tive interests that draw their life from permanent
public confidence.
HE erection OF the High Court Of Arbitration
Al Geneva Is to my mind the grandest act thai
consummated by two great Nations. AN
the circumstances or the timo enhanced it sab
hmily. IN sense, the whole civilized world
must have fet this court OF reason, humanity, and
Justice was created in sight OF million OF frsah
graves that bloody war had just liled with ata
victims III France and Germany II Was Q hobls
and lofty remonstrance lifted up In the view o1
the whole world against the insensate ArbitrAment
OF the sword. u was grand and towering Pharos
lighted like a very sun, OF reasop, sreiigion, and
equity, TO guide all the war-wasted nations into q
new and everlasting departure from the old blool-
way OF brute force. -.lt.,.t.r Il
For one. iecl that it were we'll worth 70 tn
world that England and America become tsoo thai
they might become in this great Joint work
ior mankind Then why sacrifice eternity fol
three days. Having erected this great Whit
ftIone OF impartial justice. why should We bring
TO Its bar a soied with confessed rottennsas
ouims that know and confess to be worthless
and which the Tribunal itself known that Ws ID
not expect it win admit or treat ~ sincere and
serious: - IA .tI r
can find iio simile adequate to represent ~
sense OF this sharp practice aad its evsrrsachin0
Jolly. Tosay that it is the dead fly that taintl
the Hpothecaiy's ointment is 10 use small figure
hut il is the most expressive that can apply to I
Io,es which L most deeply feel touches our ns
rtona dignity to the quick. With these visws,
look to the rsult OF your resolutions with intanss
interest and anxiety.
Very respectfully, yours, - J.
.... 80 ELIHu BuR2lrT.
The practice OF planting shade trees along thl
Glt .tr nm mr. n fha 0af n nYnH
OF the Eastern towns is one that, If properly man
aged, would add greatly TO the beauty Of our own
city. Such planting would also serYn two othel
purposes, afordl9g a grateful protection tron the
scorclins fcat a SUMMER, ana aho hsti&gx In.
'tary effect, Tor we believe that it ia nov = coy
ceed fact that the influence Of trees upon the q.
mo~pLere OF large cities is -eininsnty hsalth.
tai one, The mistake We have hitherto made il
hat we have planted he wrong species Of trees,
IN our eagerness for rapid growth, the silan-
lhs and the silver poplar. have been chosen in
stead es the maple, the tulip poplar or the Ian
den The Linden is the queen OF trese tor city
purI oses 1t tlourishes in any sol, and 10 easily
transplsted.i II is cool, clean, sweet and umbr.-
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