New-York tribune., 1872-02-22

atbc question: IL. ~, pui,,,. o,,,,ro,os +bo
Of tle Government in the controversy.
,,r SENTIMENT IN ENGLAND AFTER MR..
GIADSTONE'S SPEECHES.
~,xE OF THE SPEECHES ALMOST UNIvER-
!" ally CONDEMN NED-NIR. GLADSTONES PRE-
v,pICiTION RESPECTING THE TIME OF RE
GIVING THE AMERICAN CASE-THE TINE
wuEN IT WAS ACTUALLY RECEIVED.
-.,p TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIBUNBl
1oypov. Feb. S.-That the situation has become
-. much more grave since Tuesday, and that the
$50 of lis gravity is due mainly to MT Olad-
- spcocheS are two facts worry unpleasant pu'
NECESSARY to be stated The imprudence' touse
.-o,ccr term. of Mr.. Gladstones passionate de-
G..i,,s il felt so strongly that we are waiting
ttls anxiety TO hear what effect they pro-
In America My dispatch last night about
,..-i,;csuls on those speeches might have been
,ven stronger than it was l said 1t had been
H.I.,, ,o,sured as mischevOus, offensive and need
- iritatirg and that some Of his colleagues IN
". n.c,venment we're believed to disapprove, not
-, n,,oEcy he announced, but the passionate tone in
Vbich he announced IT,
nm 10 this afternoon. I have not met single
rc,isbran who does not depOre the faults of those
.osrles Few people here want rupture, and there
sf, who do not see that Mr.. Gladstone is doing all
4. can 10 bsiug about rupture. do not say he is
s,ire II consciously, but he is doing it. cannot
i,,,ny palmer proof of that than the fact that L
-, le,ye to telegraph you brief but accurate de-
g-iption Of the character of Earl Granvilles dis
..eh # last Saturday. Some information about
hrlispatch had before been given me conhden-
ally. After Mr.. Gladstone had spoken, 1t was felt
h5tif the Official dispatch were supposed IN Amer
"a 10 be OF similar tenor, the worst consequences
,-rbt be expected. Hence the PERMISSION given me
tplegraph what did; that the dispatch made no
a-,at. no demand, not even proposal. but SIMPLY
..rted out that the meaning attached by this Gov
,-ment to the Treaty excluded the presentation Of
hims for indirect damages. One that may be OF
rpe a. set-of 10 Mr.. Gladstones speeches, but not
tmuch otherwise. The resolve not to go on with
he arbitration unless the American case be with
tsvn or modified makes questions OF polite rimpo-
s,phraseoogy Of slight intrinsic importance. STILL
Twas desirable it should be understood in America
st among all the members Of the Cabinet, Mr..
Esstone alone has thought it fit occasion to use
u,.nt words, and utter offensive insinuations
.r.iast the good faith of the American Government.
You will have his speeches IN full by this post 1t
boe Of the misfoTtunes of cable monopoly and
rohibitve rates, that extracts only should go by
x,sraph and those extracts naturally would in
.5de the most unfriendly and ill-judged things he
h said. trust that you heard also that most of
bslading journals have condemned Mr.. Gladstone's
reuage. The Times rebuked him yesterday; so did
n FaU Mai Gazette at greater length, so do The
Srdard ard MOrnipg Post to-day, while q second
ride in The Tines the spirit of which deserves all
vl,e. points ont the reckless extravaganza Of his
ssnons aud the possible i'll effect of them when
e.v are read in America. Even TIE Daily Ne,cS de-
,B,s 10 ollow Mr.. Gladstone his full length and of
l1ne London journals think The Daily Telegraph
kAeonly one which gives him an unshrinldng sup
port 70 any one who knows the existing relations
tt,vn that paper and the Prime Minister, there is
poinc s,rprisip in that. Mr.. Gladstone has eaten
.r rraucs and the teeth of The Daily Telegraph are
am modec. 1t is in the order Of things But every
fgnl with the least pIetension to an independent
dEaeYt ether censures Mr.. Gladstone openly, OF
issincs 10 approve bis EXTREMIST statements
Ri. enc the House Of Commons cheered the most
i-beneut passages chcered when he declared that
G,re ia but one grammatical or rational con-
ruciou of the Treaty, and that is bis own cheeTed
vhcn ne affirmed that the nation would he insane to
~ our present claims, even at the point OF death
tbeer.d when he pronounced the payment of a gross
Em a fatal COMPROMISE Of the honor Of the nation !;
al crccrcd other rrutesta.ons almost equally un-
ueit.ncut in tic House, and some OF The same men
vhochee!,d inside lamentcd outside. Under the III
asuce of the cagorncss which undoubtedly prevailed
slear positive statement, they failed to distin-
ush between a firm resolution and an angry assev-
ration Of it, It is pity. but the House always will
brch thIugs 1t gets carried away almost as
s.ly.- g. popular assembly and in its hot moods 1t
VII lcle.r NJ GlaGstOne's most eccentric flight or
t-A m 81 BtInal O.bOrne's snccTs with equal
ia,.-. The next day il remembers that Mr..
I-al Osborne is a licensed bufiOon whose Guips no
s.s.le ameIican would think Of regarding, but
tlo ,r. Gladstone is speaking in the name of En-
urd and in thc ear of the world which rightly
tt. England responsible for what lie says.
Without laying too much stress on the manifesto
toas Of the House 81 Commons, let lis then renom-
fT how large part Of the press resisted the tempta
lion, f were Ole 10 echo them, ana found courage
o. the midst Of great popular excitement to say TO
The Prac Minister that he Lad gone too far; that he
had been neither courteous nor just; that he has
HF9"n lie'A difficulties in the way Of an ADJUST
L-A' tlat h claim TO Gn exclusive Interpretation
Z" ti' Treaty IN bis sense is an imputaton ON the
t"ceiily o. the Inited States Government; that II
Hd.e and worse than idle because ia eating to the
oa.- SIDE, to say that the Treaty is unambIguous;
'''t hs language is unsOunG and his conclusion
painfully nnpolitc. Nearly all these criticisms
cO9'e from The Times and ! might quote many
oie iicm ether papers not less explicit, and many
"Ole l-cm what ! have heard in conversation. They
s"ets ngtt 70 say, and make it duty to admit,
,LaI villa; most oflends us in MIR. GladstOnes words
s n@s 0eel elergetically repudiated by the nation.
"'Ia'e cause enough to regret that the same pur-
pose auimatrs him and his critics; but don't let us
~a-e I.e mistake Of suppOsing that his wanton in
'ls aud astounding misstatements are applauded
'y Tie whole English people.
VI those nisstatenents viii point out only one.