New-York tribune., 1890-06-07
ANGLO-AMERICAN NOTES
AMERICAN '.HATRED' TO ENGLAND-MR
STANLEY AS A WRITER-GENERAL
GRANT AND MR.. w. II. HURLBERT-
MR.. GLADSTONE'S VIEWS OF
JOURNALISM.
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England, but Inc lines ulscuSses III III way
that deserves attention. Not novel way, per-
haps but extremely English, with dash Of the
pbarisaical which is not English or not neces-
sarily so. There is no pervading antipathy TO
America among ourselves" says the English jour
nalist. This seems consoling, but he adds that
ultra-aristocrat5 do not hate America any more
than they hate Kilima-Niaro,' which is hordly
fattering to American self-love. If we are to
take him as an authority, we must be content to
understand that we are not hated because it Is
too much trouble to hate forty or fifty millions
of neoulen on the other side Of an ocean 5000
miles broad But this may he passed over; ~ Is
not hiqhly important What is more to the point
is our critics remark that resent even the
Indifference of England and, / suppose, OF the
rest of Europe.
ITO many Americans, indeed, our easy-gong.
matter-of-fact acceptance Of the position OF the
United States, as thing calling neither for en-
thusasm nor for dislike, but simply for amicable
recognition, is positive offence
Is it? And if it be- why is it ? If it he true
that we have agreed that all things in this world
for all time to come to be Judged by purely
American standards, why should we care whether
England likes or dislkes. estecms or despises the
Great Republic and its sixty odd millions OF Re
pubcans? What can it matter TO MS whether
the English do or do not betray keener Jeal-
ousy of the growing greatness of America and a
profoundcr consciousness of its importance Thii
irritation of ours, however, springs merely from
the self-consciousness which is malady most IN
cidental 10 YOUTH Beside We have no right
sense OF proportion. American interests look TO
Americans larger than they are relatively TO other
interests The war that founded the American
Republic was only an episode in the Development
Thara has hpan
since. and there have been many rumors Of war.
quarres that almost compose, IL appears, our ex-
ternal history. but are modest incidents hardly
worth noticing in the stir and tumult Of the
worldwide interests Of the British Empire. so,
az anv rate, saws Mr. Goodwin Smiths British
critic
You may not think this line Of reflection well
adapted to promote that harmony between the
English and American nations which the best
people Of both do strongly desire But the great
journal is capable Of better views, and declines
altogether 10 believe in the reality of that Amer
lean hatred TO England which Mr. Goldwin Smith
accepts as fact. Historical controversies are
long-lived People get just as angry to-day ABOUT
the merits or demerits OF Mary Stuart as they did
300 years ago. So oil the Revolutionary perloh,
and the War of lsl2 and the Trent case, ana
all the rest There is a wide gulf between a fine
sturdy belief that America has always been rlsht
and England always wrong, and sentiment worth
calling hatred Of England regarding as deter
mnant Of American policy That is not sood
sentence, but the idea in the mind of the writer
was a good one so good that | VIII not foIow
him into the thorny Irish paths which ne pres
entity treads with boldness. | add only the re-
mark which grows out of his view, that not MS
rorical but present sources of irritation between
nations are efficient causes OF enmlt. lhat
the rule and:
1T is not easily credible that an eminentV
sane and sensible people like the Americans form
an exception TO the rule. The emancipation OIL
America from the degrading yoke Of an allen
population, acquiring the rights of citizenship only
in order 10 abuse the magnificent generosity and
to perycrt the liberal institutions OF the State
that shelters them, would rapidly place the rela-
,ions between the United States and England upon
a thoroughly cordial footing
That is a proposition upon which l am non
called upon 10 express opinion. Ny duty S
perhaps done when | put IL before you with an
assurance founded upon much experience that IL
is held and accepted by great proportion OF mo
English people. So is this other proposition, thao
in all essentials Of character, the American people,
Notwithstanding all admiXtures, retain the quail
tiles Of the stock from which they sprang "o
are Saxon, not Celt; and in all lundameh~s
the English and the American conceptions OF NE
show an identity which is only illustrated Dy
minor differences That is the permanent guar
antee of friendship between the two nations
one which we shall not allow Ia be disturbed;
or permanently disturbed. At the same ume'
there are many OF our friends here who sincerely
think with the writer ] am quoting that the
politics of the American Commonwealth are now
,,vav,d bv corrupt and contemplate Irish orean-
izations They do not, for that reason, pcilcVc
that the Commonwealth is 10 be permaneh,iy
capturcdT hy them,. nor doubt that some day
"a national party will confront the iorceS OF
nolitical confusion and disorder lie Nlsltor 10
America who talks with her real leaders may
oven now be told that the idea of such nauohai
marty Is slowly taking shape in the minds OF those
rvbo will give effect 10 il when the moment comes
,tr Stonlcvs letter In Mondays Times IN
r.nl. 20 that journal and to Lord Salisbury. Is
worry remarkable piece of literature. Nothing no
s,vs or does IS commonplace, and his knowledge Oh
! Africa and of the matters now at issue between
! Germany and England is such that any statement
Gram him on that subject would have authority.
Rut many man has authority and no style MI.
s,a,ley himself once had none. Where did no
,ct his present style? 4 clue may be found
IN his own story OF the Bible which Sir william
Nackiunon gave him at starting lie READ "
| through he tells us, three times Wen, reaolhs
| a book through three times has ploddins souh"'
and the value of systematic reading may pe OVER
rated But il is clear that Mr.. Stanley 5 reahlhs
is not a mechanical act lie has read' VIII
veuturc to guess, the greater prophets Of '''"
Old Testament and the Epistles IN the New leS'"-
ment till his mind has become saturated WIN 'eh''
There is no imitation of any OF these wfi''rs' or
| no conscious imitation; no good style was ever
| formed by imitation. But they nave mooine" hs
habits of thought and his methods OF expression.
| lie has brooded over them i'll the recesses OF MS
| awful forest till they have become part of LIS
spiritual. and part of his intellectual, life.
| In more than one respect he is a different man
from fine Stanley We once knew. Turn TO his ear
nrt ILL. finding Of liz mo-