The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-30

We have profound respect for Mr. Fish.
He will carry out of the Cabinet the blue
ribbon of the administration, as the one
Minister whose fame not even SANDER has
stained. But the fault with Mr. Fish is
over-sensitiveness, tendency to suspicion,
to lose his temper. He is easily huffed, as
was shown in the Catacazy case and the
treatment of the Grand Duke Alexis, which
almost terminated diplomatic relations with
Russia We fear the Secretary is falling
into an irritable mood with England on this
question of extradition. We have rumors
that he finds ugly gaps in the printed Eng
lish correspondence that he thinks Lord
Derby and Sir Edward Thornton have
suppressed something. He has been COM
pairing dates to see if there has been foul
play, and it would not surprise us to hear of
spicy despatch to Mr.. Pierrepont or q
peppery interview with the British Minister,
asserting the dignity of the government.
If Mr.. Fish is to fall into one of his un-
amiable moods we shall lose extradition.
There is no necessity for temper. Extradi-
ton is a bridge between the two countries in
the service of morality and justice. It is to
the interest of both nations that it should be
kept intact Outside Of .Newga.e and Sing
Sing there is no body of Englishmen or
Americans who do not view the abrogation
Of the treaty with alarm. We do not want
the United States to become the asylum of
English criminals. England certainly does
not wish to harbor ours. The difference be-
tween the two countries is technical, arising
wholly, it seems to as from careful perusal
Of the British Blue Book, from the obstinacy
and narrowness of Mr.. Cross, the Home Sec
rotary. England says:--ssWe cannot allow
the Inequalities of our flag to be invaded.
We cannot surrender the right of asylum.
We cannot allow you to take a man from our
soil on a charge of burglary and try him for
treason This is high, patriotic ground,
and England would dishonor her flag if she
surrendered it. But no one asks her to sur
render it. Her claim is the common law of
international intercourse England claims
what everybody comedies I; what certainly no
civilized nation denies. So Mr.. Fish might
say as to extradition:-We mean to protect
our own right of asylum and to respect that
of other lands; we do not need ''stipula-
TONS on the Subject
Exhibition has fallen because Mr.. Cross
insisted upon dealing with America as he
would deal with some half civilized Power
Instead OF trusting to our honor to respect
the right of asylum, instead Of waiting at
least until we had violated it, he insists
upon stipulation" So far Mr.. Fish has
sound position. He is sustained by the
English press, by such men as Sir William
Harcourt, by the common sense of both
countries. There will be Parliamentary
battle over it, and Mr.. Cross will have
hard time in defending his ground. But Mr.
Fish must not let his opponents spring
new issue upon him. He must not allow
the English to say that he proposes to
menace the right of asylum. They will say
this if he loses his temper and goes to writ
ing angry dispatches. His true plan. would
be to ask Sir Edward Thornton to dinner,
with plenty Of roast beet, plum pudding and
fine old port, and when it comes to the wal
nuts and the wine the two diplomats can 90
over the whole ground and arrive at sensi-
BILE conclusion. England wants extradition
and so does America. We want a compact,
closely woven treaty that will hold every
scamp. Mr.. Fish should not leave the de-
partment until we have such treaty. 1t
will do him tar more honor than an angry
correspondence and bitter misunderstanding
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