The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-28

Old dome Of st. Paul's seem bright
and cheerful. The Alabama claims
are the skeleton In the royal house Of Guelph.
They must be laid at rest-buried in grave
dug by fair and honest hands-before the
future monarch Of England can hope to reign
In peace. The government of the United
States has done its part towards removing this
threatening danger out of the path of Eng
lands future King. The American people.
who have sympathized in the sorrow and
rejoiced in the happiness of their English
cousins during the peril and in the restora-
ton of their Prince, have yielded their
own wishes and agreed to suffer the
differences between the two nations to be
settled by foreign arbitration. Yet England,
after ratfying treaty she herself sought aud
solicited, has suddenly displayed captious.
unfair and wrathfnl spirit, and desires to undo
the work done at her own desire and in her
own interest. To the American people the
tearing up of the Treaty of Washington
would give no concern. In England conn
mercial custom Of long credit prevails. Bills
are permitted to run for years by creditors
who have suficiency of capital; but after six
months, during which period payment is con-
sidered as cash, interest is charged upon the
unpaid amount. This custom the American
nation Is willing to adopt in the matter Of the
Alabama claims It has capital enough to
afford to suffer Its little bill to run, and it has
confidence in the solvency of its debtor; but
interest it will insist upon, and final payment
must sooner or later be made in full. Eng
land is a responsible party and cannot beat us
on judgment. Even the expedient Of an
assignment of such property as may be within
our reach would not avail; for by a plain prin-
ciple of law an assignee must be clear of debt
before he puts his property out of his hands.
To England, however, the destruction Of the
Treaty of Washington would be fruitful OF
danger in the present, of disaster In the
future.
Now, let England at once crown the recov-
cry of her Prince and her grand national
thanksgiving by averting such calamity az
war from the reign of her future King. Let
her withdraw her inadmissible objections to
our Case and go like good child before the
Geneva schoolmasters, or let her pay down q
round sum of money in satisfaction of her past
misdeeds and secure for herself in future the
safeguard of the Treaty of Washington.
Then will the life of her Prince, so merci-
fully spared, be peaceful and a happy
one, and in the prospect of peace and
good will that will open before all the
Englishspeaking nations of the earth
will be found the occasion of q
yet grander thanksgiving and glorifcation 10
which both countries can unite. Then the
services in st. Paurs can be re-echoed by
praises in Trinity and in all the churches and
cathedrals in our land. Then, the people on
both sides of the Atlantic, of the same blood
and kindred, can be glad together, and can
look forward to the time when, hand In hand,
they can spread civilization throughout the
earth. Let us hear the response of the Eng
lsh Crown and the English Commons. Shall
we respect the Treaty of Washington, abide
by the decision of the Geneva Tribunal, settle
the differences that have so long divided the
two nations, and have an Anglo-Saxon thanks
giving whose shouts OF joy shall reach across
three thousand miles OF ocean,
Wilcox,s Little BiII-A Modest Bohemian
Fixes His Price-AnOther Chance for
Erie.
Mr.. George Wilcox, the celebrated Bo-
hemian Spy, whose confession in reference to
his Erie transactions we printed on Monday,
has honored US with this communication -
NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 1877;
JAMES GORDON BENNETT Esq.:-
IlEA ID ATD- nj noan Ind n
published In the HERALD OF this day, headed zine
beg leave to notify you that unless the bill be
settled BY the evening OF Wednesday the 2sth
instant, that 1 shall take legal means for the re-
yours, u '' "-''"A' u &c GEORGE WILCOX.
Grand Central Hotel.
JAMES Proprietor Pe Of the NEW YORK HERALD
To GEORGE WILCOX, DIR.
To sensation article published IN the
HERALD OF this day, headed "The Erie
Ring". $4,000 %
NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 1872.
We are afraid that Mr.. Wilcox is too modest
in his demands. Our experience with Bo-
hemans led us to expect that he would have
made charge of one hundred and twenty
thousand dollars, instead of the beggarly sum
here demanded. Since he is about to enter
legal proceedings he might as well 60 into
Court with claim worth collecting, for if he
has any relations with the Erie lawyers they
will make away with his twelve thousand dol
lars long before the case goes to jury. Nor
should we think OF interfering with his
suit and his desire to have an audience
of the courts by thrusting the amount of this
little bill upon him. His suit will involve
most interesting proceeding, and the evidence
of Mr. Lane and Mr.. Gould and the Erie mag.
mates, who will, no doubt, be summoned to tes-
tify in the behalf of this anxious and modest
Bohemian, will throw a great deal of light