New-York tribune., 1880-06-28

arafe Union they will form a State insignibcantp
ciai or receive the respect OF c.yEed and free com
~ one desres % Wines the ds@embermen. Of
sg z sss ssass % Ss & snt re-. = as rs Se
escle Of fhe South. whose and rebellion have
beea sided aud abetted by The tsmporsrg ana BUY
a' war sDouts arse we must once more rely Ou the
fsei:s-iD iDs,ly Tclsxraph. January is. 1861:
Evefy rnsn who Aesefvrs the name throughout the
s,ea Egsa sses 1ans hs ssi 70 ihe
sTbe free States arc yarxang themselves from the
ccntepi q tAs oiyizea world for past Submission to
ss aye ~ and wnasvss may Ss iaS fR
thirty States OF the Uoa. there ample evidence
ss q =. aas
We derlore the inatuati0e yeSs ,s1peas sns Cotton
" SSpasiiss via cur SSssSrss Of the North The
MA M principle aud temper 70 when thsy are Sad
= - may well snppose that the southern men make
believe their good one: but the men
& VIII COINCIDENCE 70 esSy the faith sat extension
sasery ought TO be repressed and tnat IS the present
is1aa instpcts 70 besye in the right Of property In
to think ssyery an nSTitGtion M OF Heaven
rss rrotessea creed fath. Think Of dying for siaY-
~ s--ieun. Jan. 10, 1881: "
eep1 rebellion IN the South. with tmidlsy and allnost
hange Of men and % p The ,,s U5
WITH >ain. o. [Giobe. Jan. IA, 1851. ,
II our esfimaton S0atE has all 70 lose and moth
ing a gain by dsuntcn and nDhapPy the rest of the
r7f iDny lose tno by conduct Which seems 10 spring
fo 90 souree but political pride and passion
fsefe remains no open to the friends Of the
uda bpt an appeal to the s|efo We DSn 70
End that ths Government which neEleefs NY every
Ssss1 OF treason 70 the dera Constitution But in
b Dfesent Instance the enerny OF the eitme OF the
6isss south Carolina Is maguie by the Absence Of
ground tot Httr WITHDRAWAL from
U6tps "-( standard, Jan. 10. 1861.
. and cn the South win fall the worst cOnsequences
Il ikS cgulct It has provoked" d."-lst&ndard, May q
- Te can only say that the sout Is mad-mad in the
that Is cg,ssd by passion gSnns on sI Ignorance ana
fhe sontberners are fighting. not to be let
ene but Tor the preservation and maintenance OF the
neutrality-suspicious., Jan. ~, 1861.
II tho dread OF being inc.osed IN ring fence
vital article IN tbe Republican programme. which hR
the with dismay and them Ou IN their
msd progress towards anarchy."-lopectator JAN
There is little danger that Eag'ishmen will look on
sy Or mse1ous 10 sassctio We have plenty Of
selfish II We had no Others for regarding with
Ike IL G sSs sy BE- ae
involved tis country Ia tue very same embarrassment
Struggled @ S-iss,uresy Review, Jan. IL, 1861. ~ '
Tie Northern States are fny justified IN arming for
yeb ss 3, 1854. '' ''' '''''"' 'O"'
WHAT TURNED THE TIDE OF ESGLIsn OPINION
Sach was the display of Euglish feeling in the
daily aud weekly papers of all political parties
The journals of extreme Toryism joined those of
extreme Liberalism In this unqualified rrprobatioD
Of the South. Not a single expression Of sympathy
with the South has been discovered ia the Of the
exawimafioR. One expression o. the kind was am
told. published IN a monthly magazine, and pro-
tested against as being in absolute opposition to
the current Of public opinion. inst that cordial
approval which the antislavery party of the North
expected TO have from England. and which they
afterward so loudly complained that they did not
GET was at first shown to them n the elearest man
ner even By those least friendly to American insti
tutons. --
How came all tbs to be cbangedf When once a
sentiment has been established throughout the
whole aation 1t is difficult thing to alter 1t and
the transformation of it into opposite sentiment
In tho course Of few months implies aome very
and very strong influence. After tho
English people had unanimously condemned the
South and wished to the North. it is inpos
sible that large part of them should have turned
rvund without cause What was that cause i
know of none but your behavior to At the
very outset, even before secession had taken place.
there was a predisposition to put an unfavor-
ssle construction on all we said aud did.
Tie loud Gtterances Of fellOw-feeling
with you, of which / have given exam
ples that might be indefinitely multiplied
seem either to have passed unnoticed by your
papers, or to have produced no effect oD you WHILE
IN the other hand. ready credence seems to have
been gwen to "stories of tho JOY expressed by
Engfishmen travelling in the United States at the
prospect of the Constitution eollapsDg," which ap-
reared in pour papers as early as December, 1860,
md which find protested against in our papers as
Incredible. Men who are biased very generally
an see only the facts which they expect TO see
uppcse that the traditional bitterness against
England. encouraged, if l am rightly informed.
wen by the lessons in your school-boOks, made you
sady 20 believe and remember all allegations
unfriendly feeling on our part. while
ron were unready to believe. and
'ery soon forgot, the clear proofs of
,n friendly feeling. Thus only is 1t possible to
for the fact that out of the enormous mass Of
violence to the contrary, you extracted materials
or the conviction that we bore you i'll will. Thus
nIy Is il possible to account for the fact that in
esponse TO Our manifestations of sympathy, there
ame insinuatioDB respecting cur intentions and
slr motives; false statements of what we were
Ioing were aboHt to do; assertions that In
erests We're on the side Of the South, and that
hefefore we were sure TO go with the South (;
harges Of mean selfshness, based on the assumed
ruth Uf these assertions ending In invectives that
ecame daily more violent.
Friends who are treated enemies not likely
o remain friends and your persistent misrepre- |
sntatioBs by alternating some and producing re- |
sntmeDt 10 others. eventually aroused among Us |
he hostile sentiment with which we were wrongly |
hsrged. leave you 10 Judge Of the truth Of this |
,ferenee after telling you how j was myself |
Gected. 1t has been said Of me by some of yonr |
'risers that am In feeling more an American than
n Eaglishman, and the statement is in O eonsid- |
nble degree true. Moreover. at the time In ques-
|cl Though In still greater degree afterward) |
~ relations with individual Anericaos and with /
he American public were such as to heighten |
~ presxisting sympathies. Nevertheless,
snfeas that your behavior toward us
'ronght in me change similar In |
ind to that which saw wrought In those around |
"a fharloh mt N rraat In darree- Irritatad dnr