Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-07

of character all merited this mark of confidence,
and the general esteem in which he is held in
all the states, and the special favor with which
the organized societies of working men justly re-
gard him, conspire to make his nomination poll
tic as well as otherwise worthy to be made The
resolutions adopted by the convention will bear
close scrutiny. They contain as little bum
combe as is admissible according to the pre-
yailing taste in such documents, and express in
clear and we'll chosen language the position of
the republican party on the issues of the day.
The labor and woman suffrage causes are now
for the first time recognized in a national party
platform.
The English and the Treaty.
The English newspapers and other periodicals,
which discuss the questions pending between
England and the United States, show plainly
that the discussion takes the form OF relent-
less warfare between tories and liberals and is
regulated by very unworthy aims. The tories
believe a failure of the treaty will overthrow the
Gladstone ministry; therefore, they desire to
have it fail. The liberals believe its success
with a suitable show of concession on our part,
win make them invincible against tory attacks;
therefore, they peIsistently seek concessions by
means of which they can save the treaty with
a flourish Of trumpets. One method used by
the liberals, in this warfare, is shown in
dispatch sent from London, Monday morn
ing, which tells that the Marquis of Landes-
down had said in a speech, at Bath, that "fhe
speech of DiSrael at Manchester and the motion
of Earl Russell in the house Of lords for with
drawal from arbitration, were two distractions
to an amicable settlement with the United
States" This aims TO make capital against the
tories by describing them to the English people
as INSTRUCTORS of all attempts to secure an ami
cable settlement. Mr.. Gladstone has raised the
trouble about Consequential damages" solely
as maneuyer against tory attacks; and for the
same reason he hesitates to accept the amended
supplemental article.
The spirit, policy, and aim of the tories are
shown in the last number of the London Quar-
terly Review. A long article in this review, en-
titled Concession to the United States, is de
voted to the subject. The aim is to reconcile
public opinion to failure of the treaty The
writer reviews the disputes and treaties between
the United States and Great Britain, since 1912
and desires to show that the Americans have al.
ways bullied or cheated British negotiatOrs into
making important concessions, and maintains
that the Gladstone ministry allowed itself to be
cheated terribly, in the matter of the Washing
ton treaty. What is really meant in all this is
partizan warfare against the liberals. The tories
are willing and eager to beat the liberals, even
at the cost OF leaving the dispute with the United
States unsettled. Therefore, they seek to per
suade the people that the treaty itself is bad
thing. Here is a passage from the Quarterly
Review:
Recent criticisms on the Washington treaty
have been chiefly directed TO passages which
bear on the vast indirect claims now advanced
by the American government. But the truth is
that even if the indirect claims had never beer
heard of, the treaty, regarded merely as q settle
ment OF the Alabama claims pure aud simple
would still have involved an ignoble surrende
on our part 10 unwarrantable pretensions on tn
part Of America. This will be seen clearll
enough if we cast back glance at the long ne
gotiatons which the treaty OF Washington was
designed to close"
The writer proceeds to trace the changes OF
tone and manner, in the English government,
from 1862, when the Alabama claims were first
presented, down to the time of the Joint High
Commission" During the war, while they
hoped the rebellion would succeed, the British
government assumed the tone of lordly AFRO
sance which required strong effort to keep it
within the bounds Of ciyility. This tone was
lowered somewhat, when, in 1866, the English
showed disposition TO consider the Alabama
question, and proposed to submit this question
to arbitration, provided the parties could agree
he p,,f,r fsa4 g,-
bltration." The change of tone went on
until the Washington treaty was negotiated.
The Quarterly describes all these changes
from offensive arrogance to partial reason, as
Concessions to the United States" and pro-
poses TO have Great britain repudiate the treaty
and resume the old arrogance. In all this, the
purpose is to have it believed that the Gladstone
ministry dishonored England by yielding every
thing to the United States Low and base
partizan motives regulate all the tory talk on
the subject Mr.. Gladstone, says the Quarterly,
was guilty Of folly" he was weak, he was ready
to Go anything short Of selling up the British
empire" he bowed servely to "the encroaching
spirit OF the United States; and "Lord Gran
vile stood behind the commissioners, ordering
them by telegraph to cOncede and submit"
Meanwhile, there are indications that public
sentiment in Great Britain is in favor of saving
The treaty This appears to be assumed by such
tory talk as that in the London Quarterly Re
view, and by the evident desire of Mr.. Glad.
stone and his associates to bring the matter to
an amicable conclusion, although they try SC
earnestly to get something from our government
that will enable them to "sound the loud trum
pet Of triumph over the camp of the unscrupu
lous tories, That this is the condition of public
sentiment in Great Britain appears, also, in tb,
failure of an attempt to get popular
favor for proposition to let tn,
treaty tail. a" Why save the treaty p
said the Pail Mall Gazette; and i
proceeded to discourse in favor o.
throwing it aside. The London Times mad
flai Of the public pulse by quoting what
salu; but the result was SO discouraging tina
'ne Zines dismissed its inclination to favor thi
Pohcy, 1t IS notorious that Mr.. Gladstone
moi Dod man. II he were bold and resolut,
hls mol Improbable that the triumph over III
Iorles' "hch he seeks, could be secured mo,
readily by accepting the supplemental artic
as II stands and concluding the coutrover.
with a show Of frank and DOWNRIGHT co,ra,,
which public sentiment would Inc snrc - y,
tain.
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