National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-01-13
rnE snurn ANN GREAr nRIrAIN.

THE SOUTH AND GREAT BRITAIN.
The Louisville Courier-Journdi is now
meditatively humming over the ensan-
guined ditty which runs thus:
Fe, q, 70, fun,
] smell the blood OF an Englishmau;
Dead or alive will have some.
The cry of fraud directed toward Presi-
dent HAYES seems to have died upon the
lips of our contemporary lis tears over the
defeat of TILDEN have been wiped aw n.y.
Its hundred thousand unarmed lambs have
been put to pasture. Its hatred of the
radicals has found lull. The surges of
its master mind against Grantism have
ceased to dash their turbulent waves at
the feet of the Nations fhvorite, and now
we find our Louisville contemporary yexing
itself into fever against England. 1t
seizes upon Mr. PARHELL and his Ameri-
can mission as n pretext for paying its COM
pliments to the British lion in such a man
ner, to use the terms Of contemporary, as
to make him lash his tail for rage and
mike the unicorn shed tears of blood"
The COurierJomnal fires away at Eng
land in the following vigorous and terse
terms: Our policy should be to drive the
English wherever we can; TO press them
without stint, and if they don't like it to
fog them. They are our enemy, and we
" are their enemy. They hate us because
we are distancing them in prosperity and
"power We hate them because, being our
" sole competitor, they purposely make
themselves hateful, and we shall continue
to hate them until the certain destruc-
ton which awaits them reduces them to
"a position of impecuniosity and impo-
"tcncy."
We rather think the CD. speaks unad-
visedly when it assumes that the people of
the United States hate England on any ac-
count for they do not. True, Great Brit
ain was not our best friend during the
struggle for National life that followed the
rebellion, but after all, her people who SYM
pathized with the rebellion were severely
punished for their sympathy. They fur
nished ships, arms and munitions of war to
the rebels, but they received Confederate
bonds in return, which proved like the
fruit of the Dead Sea-nshes i'll their cof-
fers. They never were, and never will be,
worth penny on the pound invested, and
hence they brought fitting reward for the
unfriendliness of that action. The South
which the CD. represents, has no ocCa-
sion to hate England-on the contrary, that
section should rather affect the lion and the
unicorn on account of their friendly aid
The North certainly does not hate the
English to degree represented in the
warmth of language INDUCED in by
the C-J, for it feels that the rebel
sympathizers in Great Britain paid
dear for the whistle" and hence our
people harbor no malice on that ac-
count. The act is Cancelled by its own
consequences, and the North bears no hatred
on account of the part England bore in our
unpleasantness. On the other hand, we
should pity and commsserate rather than
hate and contemn Great Britain if, as sug-
gested, we are rising in enterprise and pros
perity while she is on the down grade.
We could wish that Great Britain would
treat Ireland with becoming consideration
and modify the land policy Of that country
on the principle of "live and lot live" and
in that way alleviate the sufferings Of its
own subjects. But if it fails in that, it is
the duty, perhaps, of the people of the
United States to yield their sympathies to
the oppressed Brton as they have done to
the ensIaved African, and in lawful way
to afford reliefto that suffering people. The
case of the North and South in their rela-
lions to England at this period, is not
strictly parallel. The South should love
the English for the succor that people of
fered it in the days of its rebellion, but if
the C-J correctly represents the sentiment
of It's section, it makes but poor return for
the favors and sympathies enjoyed during
that bloody and unholy struggle which
sought TO overturn the Republic of the
United States The North suffered dur
ing that period from English sym
athy and aid to its enemy, but it
harbors no real malice, and par
takes Of no reyengeful spirit, on that ac-
count 1t saved the Nation in spite of Eng
lish aid and sympathy. 1t has forgiven
the past, and clasps the hand Of England
now in friendship, iOrgetful Of its oilonses
toward us We would delight to know
that England had lifted the heavy hand Of
oppression from the Irish people aud given
them a fair chance in the race Of life, and
the North will tender its sympathy and aid
10 the oppressed Of its people and open a
door 10 them if they choose to come among
us, but we have no quarrel with Great
Britain because she is our competitor in
trade, commerce and manufactures, We