Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-02-07

ages, direct or indirect, was not settled.
Now we present our bill to the Commits
sion, as we have right to do, not having
yielded the right, and knowing this to be
the proper authority before which to
place it for adjudication and settlement,
and hence comes this buster in England.
1t is said that the treaty will be repu-
dated by the British Government if the
claim for indirect damages is allowed.
and that hostilities will necessarily follow
between the two countries Let us be
sure before adopting any Of these conclu-
slons, that there is good ground to antici-
pate them. What we have at present is
only the illumination of the newspapers
There is nothing to show that the govern
ment takes this view of it, We have
nothing from that source except what ru-
NOR attributes to it, The outcrv appears
to be raised principally upon the Gladstone
ministry, as if the real object were to
make them odious on account of the treaty
and hasten change. When we know
that Gladstone and the government take
the view OF this matter which the English
press does, we shall have some ground TO
believe that the treaty is in danger, and
our relations with England more I'M
friendly and serious than at any time since
negotiation commenced.
Besides the pledge which we have in
the acceptance of the treaty by the British
government that it will be faithfully main
tanned, even against the fiercest popular
clamor and newspaper animadversion,
| we have an assurance that it will be kept
because OF the grave consequences that
might result from the refusal of England
to abide by It, Though Gladstone may
dislike to face and oppose the popular
| storm raised against him on account of the
| treaty, he will dread still more to take the
responsibility which he would have to as
sumo by breaking faith with us. of plunp.
ing the two nations into war He cannot
| upon slight grounds recede if he would,
War between England and America now
would be heavy calamity After our
various jublees over the peace supposed
to be established, and the good times conf
ing with the restoration of friendship be-
tween the people of the two countries, the
prospect of war is not pleasing. If it
were to come it would only end with the
expulsion of British influence from North
America, and the removal of the bounda-
RES OF The United States towards the North
fole, all of which we do not object to if
1t must be SO. but even for this we have
no disposition to engage in hostilities.
But we believe there is no fear of rup-
ture. This furry of dissatisfaction will be
over in a few days. Accounts from Wash
ington indicate no anxiety. England will
weigh well the consequences before a step
backward is taken. The treaty will be
kept and peace preserved
a natural curiosity exists in Decatur, in the
shape OF dog that never barked in his life,
but instead Of indulging in the vocal exercise
common to the canine family each morning
initiates the Growing of rooster. His owner
accounts for this strange popularity by stating
that the dog was born and bred in the country,
and from his earliest pup hood was separated
from other ours, enjoying only the compan.
ionship of barnyard fowls. Hearing no other
sounds so frequently as the Growing Of the
cocks, and doubtless never knowing that his
species enjoyed the sole ownership of another
and different sort of music, he began to imi-
tate the matutinal exercises Of his feathered
companions, in which he has at last acquired
a potency which surprises and charms every
one who has had the felicity of listening to
his performances.