National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-11

opinions from other London reviews, but 1t is
perhaps more to the purpose to see what was
said of the book by impartial American jour
mails. The New York Evening Post said that
Mr.. Jennings has produced Q book on America
which ''is clear, thoughtful and comprehen-
sive, and is eminently free from the captious
and fault-Anding spirit in which Englishmen
have usually written Of the United States"
The Hartford Post said It had special value
in giving ''the unprejudiced observations of an
intelligent foreign student"
The Albany Journal said that in It "real de-
fects are exposed and real excellencies COM
mended, rendering the work valuable to the
political thinker" And even the New York
World was just and manly enough to speak
thus candidly Of the book which TIE Ma
rIoNAL REPUBLICAN condemns 60 unspsringly:
"Those Americans who fancy themselves to
be guilty of kind of disloyalty to the repub-
lie, II they forbear to proclaim in season and
out Of season the enormous benefits which
must accrue to all mankind from adopting our
system, will be likely to fall into passion over
Mr.. Jennings pages. More rational patriots,
however, will find in them such evidences of
an earnest and honest study of American affairs
cred from the vast majority of dissertations
upon those subjects even by American au-
thors."
como now, Mr.. Editor, to what regard
as the cruelest part of TEE NATIONAL Re
PUBLIcAN's misrepresentation of Mr. .Jennings-
the wrong of which hope you are not willfully
guilty-I mean your charge that his American
correspondence with the London Times during
our great civil war was unfriendly to the
Union. I quote portion Of what yod say
upon this point:
'He was trained in Journalism by the Lon
don Times, and won his spurs in his profession
during our civil war as the American corre-
spondent Of that paper, which did more to in
jure our cause than any other paper in the
world; which rejoiced at every Confederate
victory, advocated the Confederate cotton
loan, cheered the Alabama upon her muir
derous career, and triumphantly announced
that the bubble Of American republicanism
had burst" '
Ishould be glad to think that there was no NAL
ice In the preparation of the deceptive Inference
which An ordinary reader would draw from this
language. Even II what you say is trne of the
London Times, It IL false in reference to Mr..
Jennings, to whose correspondence the unwary
reader would attribute the blame for that pa
per's opinions and conduct at the time. The
truth IL exactly the reverse of this inference.
The London Times did publish very unfriendly
letters from its American correspondents at the
first and gloomiest period Of the rebellion; but
those correspondents were the celebrated ''Bull
Rum Russell and DR.. Mackay. Their letters
inflicted infinite harm to the cause of the Union.
They represented the North as being disputed,
exhausted and anxious for peace. They mag
niied the rebel victories and ridiculed the loyal
generals and armies. They predicted the
success Of the Confederacy, and the utter
ruin of the Federal Union. The London
Times cditorially gave laundering emphasis
and effect to the false information It published
from these mendacious correspondents. Every
body knows that the leading journal is the
political and financial textbook of the average
Englishman. The London money market was
quick to take the cve. Our securities went
down, down to fearful discount. It appeared
to be only question Of few months when
public opinion would compel the British Gov
eminent to unite with France in recognizing
the Couiederacy. Louis Napoleon stood ready,
and even urged his ally to join him In that TO
usl istai s'ep. Inc s"es.'on became more
ana NOR Aalm'ns % o..elul was 'ne nnu-
Times, and Of its leading articles predicsted on
tee coiresonoence' 'n.t 1esment Lincoln
tnougnt nece.sa.y )" '.As meAsuIes 70 put
our SITUATION IN 's true ,,sn' Delore 'ne ori''sn
people. inuI,o" ."es seer. mission 70
LONDON nao TINS luz ITO en'et ooJect. ne ana
succeeded in leading the editor of the Times to
doubt the accuracy Of its correspondence re-