Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-11-23

but shall simply ask Thereafter to perusc il for
himself
There are, however, one or two points In |
II outside It's dry and mere technical detail,
TO which we desire to call particular atten- !
ton. "A tho whole oasc paspes Into the calm
and mellow light Of history Il cannot but be
= cause Of qualification to ne as nation that
the men whom We sent to Geneva to repre-
cent us in the great arbitration already begin
to loom up into proportions that throw their
shadows across the country. The praise that
contemporary history, speaking through the
columns Df the ThaCs, bestows upon Mr.
Eyarts and Mr.. Gushing Ia part Of our
national glory. and will increase a. the years
glide on, and remove W. further and fur
lhcr from the passions and the prcjudiccs
that agitatc aud influence the present The
Geneva conference will bo adjudged by poe
tc,lty as the greatest Lnd grandest event Of
the decade, as the browning triumph Of the
generation in which we live. Born amid
storm Of OblOquy, nurturod amid the strongest
and Gerccst opposition, II has outliyed and
survived the sucors, tho malice and the vitu-
peration that were cast upon H.
| nc htlllNlUGHl VI NNN aAAAANhN NlhlAAs AAAl
upon what may truly be called evil days.
Tho United states, which had the groateft
stake In the matter, were torn and rent by q
Presidential campaign That tho vcxatlous
question had not been settled was made a
charge against the Administration. That 1t
had not been settled on a fanciod basis, on
cxtrdvagaut and uutenablc grounds, was ad-
duccd rs an argument againstlt. Tho speech
which Mr.. Sumner some years ago made in
the Senate was taken Us the toNt, from the
letters Of which there could DO no deviation.
But Mr.. Summers speech was impossible and
impruCtIcablc II created false impression.
From beginning to end It was utoplan in the
highest degree. II We had adhered 10 the
cxtrayagaut doctrines Il Cnunciatcd, there
could have been no settlement at all, and the
bloody chasm between the twogreat branches
Of the English-speakiug people would to-day
10 wider and more impossible than ever.
We have not gained all that We expected Ia
gain from Great Britain, but we have gained,
as the article which VIZ have quoted plainly
indicates, more than England was at any
time willing that we should gain. The organ
| OF nCr Administration tuuCCuts ntI ueIeAl
and our victory. II acknowledges that our
lawyers have excelled her ablest juIlsts; that
In the field Of diplomacy we have beaten the
greatest diplomatists Of q country that has
made study Of stRtocrAft As tho Time
says, 1.-THE United States meant to gain, ant
have gained something by It, and to get thi
they provided something which we shall loOl
to them TO perform towards us In the future.
So far as that Is concerned we have not un
dertaken to perform anything In the futur
which we have not performed In the past, $,
that that seeming triumph Is barren and
hollow one.
The point In the settlement Of the Alabam
4 claims is that we have won all that we wer
fairly entitled to win that we have laid dow
0 a new code to regulate the intercourse OF ma
) tons, and In doing 50 come up to a bighe
/ standard Of civilization than the world ha
yet witnessed. II was victory in the Inter
est of peace victory that marks new de
parture in diplomacy and International di,
putation. The fame that already begins /
! encirclc Mr. Cushing and Mr.. Evarts is onl
J the shadow of that which shall crown a
! who have been part of tbs memorable Intel
national controversy.