The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-07

! patch starts cut by saying that President
/ Mckinley has gent a communication 20
| the Marquis Of Salisbury which Will prob
! ably cause that nobIemsn as much per-
! turbation of spirit as Oiney's dispatch
about Venezuela It nigh. be very prop
| eriy assumed from this that the conma-
nication IN question had Just been dis
/ patched. The fact Is, that the letter was
| sent sast May. and the correspondent
] knew this; and he knew perfectly well
! thai letter sent n May was not going
/ 10 cause perturbation in July. The whole
/ object Of the dispatch was to be sensa-
| tional; the correspondent cared not what
/ nalschlevous Results might ensue from a
| popular prejudice thus wantoniy created
| The truth is, that there IS nothing Of
fenslvs in the communication sent by this
! government 10 England. ard TO resent
neus is shown hy the British govern
ment. The tone OF the reronstrance IS
| no doubt firm, but so would any commu-
n!catlon be III which & right was asserted
or wrong protested against. a much
better deed has been done by l.. f. Crit
teaden, who was United States treasurer
under President Lincoln. He takes the
opportunity. as a good American. 10 make
public secret which should do much
10 foment good spirit between the two
countries. In his story Mr.. Crittenden
says. We who love our own republic
ought to tell out children and grand chill
dren OF the debt we owe 70 the good Brit
ish queen"
II viii be impossible for those who were
not in it and Of it to comprehend the
peril of our country during the fortnight
following November IT, 1851 Briefly run
ming over the incident. 1t may be told
that the rebellion had developed unex-
pected proportions, and our army had
been driven panic stricken from the field
of Bull Run. We were not sure OF our
own strength, and great political party
was prociaiming in congress and else
where that the rebellion could not be
put down. Mr.. Gladstone, who is now
so highly esteemed In this country de-
ciared that Jefferson Davis has made Of
the South nation. and separation is as
certain as any event yet future and con-
tngent can be" When there was great
expectation that the South would prob
ably be victorious. and half OF Europe
expected to witness the disruption OF the
Union, the startling news came that
Captain Wilkes had taken Mason and
/ siideii. the confederate ENJOYS out Of
the British steamship Trent on the high
seas and held them as prisoners on his
vessel This daring act of Itself enough
to provoke war, was approved by the
United States government and the house
Of representatives gave him vote Of
thanks.
II can be imagined what roar of wrath
went up from England. Public meetings
were held denouncing the outrage TO the
British flag. and some OF the newspapers
insisted that the United States must be
punished, Demand was made for the
! surrender of the prisoners, but 1t was we'll
known that the popular feeling in Eng
land preferred they should not be sur
rendered because the country was hot for
war. Earl Russell drew up the demand
in form SO insulting that this nation
could not. MIR. Crittendeu says. yield
10 IL without national Illumination. which
would cause revolution in the loyal
states and force the republic into one for
elgn and two civil wars, and thus insure
rs Inevitable destruction.
II was at this time that Queen Victoria
acted Rs tie friend Of the United States
and intarposed her authority. While
preparations for war were being pressed
forward ard whcr arrangements had al.
+ ready been made 20 send the dispatch by
/ swlft steamer. the queen insisted that
she should BE- consulted before any act
+ az uatiopsl Importance was done, and al
/ though size wss nursing the prince con-
: SOFT IN that sickness which few weeks
/ LATER terminated his life. she not only in
+ sisted upon reading the dispatch. but took
/ 1t 10 the prince to consult him.
Mir Crijteuden thus describes the scene
/ that followed:
"Nlth fingers which held the zen for
] the last time. and weak in muscular
! strength but directed by a mind always
s clear. csAm and stateSmaulike. he erased
+ and inserted changed and modified the
+ document uuul Il lost every trace Of in
suit ana passion and was transformed
4 into dispatch which might properly Ia
I -eut }y one e~c # Eatlar 80 another of the
same blood. ANA complied with BY that
ethtr w4tAaat humiliation - auy sssY{-
+ hoe 81 rs d.ealr.. IL Was TIE dispatch