The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12

signal victories gained by Sheridan over Ea'ly
In the las, half OF Septombcf appealed 10 the pop
ula' Imagination; therc were no campaign speech.
cs like She'idan's dispatches telling the stories
| Of Winchcste' and Fisher Hill. While such vic.
| tories were achieved. one ciukcn would say to AN.
other, hs they shook hands The wa IL not fail
ure" Tie political campaign was now prose
cuted with yigor Seward In a brief speech q,
Washington. said Sherman and Faragut have
knocked tho bottom out Of tho Chicago nomina-
ton" Chase, who. during July and August.
had been sulky and wavoring, now announced
his support Of Lincoln, and made effective speeches
on the stump for the Union candidate. Dickinson
wrote q now make no doubt OF I.incon's trium-
plant election" whitelaw Reid, in a news
! paper despatch from Washington, said that the
! Radicals had returned to their old allies ,ance,
and would fight in the van. Gov. Andrew. In a
private letter. w,ote that the plain duty Of tho
Radicals as practical men. was TO give to Lincoln
| their energetic support Finally, on Sept 20.
| Fremont, tho nominee Of the radicas. withdrew
his candidacy, and promised TO do his part to-
| wafd preventing the election Of the Democratic
candidate" On Oct 2, Chase wrote TO John
Sherman: There IL not now the slightest UNI
certainty about the reelection Of Mr. Lincoln.
The only question Is by what popular and what
electoral majority" Al the succeeding State
and Congress elections, his forecast was con.
ffmed, and whcn on Nov. g. tho Presidential
election took place I, gave him 2i2 electoral votes
against McClellan's n. Another result, Of the
years election was that enough Unionist mem.
bers of tho House Of Representatives had been cleo.
ted TO insure the requisite majority OF two
thirds for the Constitutional amendment abolish
ing slavery. by the h.st election OF Lincoln.
the people Of the North had decla'ed their antag
onism TO slavery. In spite Of the buodcnsomc
taxation, WEAKNESS Of the war and mourning in
every household. they decided on the election
day Of 1894 to finish the work they had begun.
II.
Some sixty pages are devoted 10 a desc option
Of the view taken In England Of our Civil War.
As late as July 81, 1892, Ea'l Russell Minister
for Foreign Affairs. informed James NJ. Mason,
tho Special Commissioner OF the Confederate
States that -IIcr Maicsty's Government are still
determined to wait" Then came the intelligence
Of Popc's defeat at tho second battle Of Bull Run
on Aug. 80. The ensuing correspondence be.
tween Russell and palmcrston, the Prime Min.
lister, Indicates that they were now about ready
TO propose To the Cabinet that England should
take the initiative, and ask France, Russia and
other powers to Join her In some Intervention In
the struggle In America. Tho Fodcrals got =
very complete smashing. wrote the Pine Minis.
ter on Sept II: and. II Washington or baltimore
fall into the hands OF the Coniederates as seems
not altogether unlikely, should not England and
France address the contending parties and rec.
ommend arrangement upon the basis Of scpa
ration" Russell replied: Il agree with you tn
the time has come for offering mediation TO the
United States Government with the view TO a
recognition OF tho independence Of tho Conied.
crates. | agree further that, In case OF failure.
We ought. ourselves, TO recognize tho Southern
States as an independent State" lie suggested
Moreover, meeting Of the Cabinet. and, II decs.
ion were arrived at the proposal Of an intervention
first TO France, and then on the part Of England
and France 10 the other powers" When Palmers.
ton replied TO this letter he WAS watching the
Antietam campaign. and thought that. II the Fed
erals sustained great defeat" 1t would be well
10 proceed with the project Of mediation bu, II
they should have the best OF II. We may wait
awhile to see what may follow" while Charles
Francis Adams, our Minister at the Court Of St
JAmc,'s, got no inkling Of this confidential cor.
iespondence. since he had. at the time. no intel
views with Ea,l Russell, who was away from
London. no was depressed al the state Of affairs,
and noted In his diary. unless the course Of the
war should soon change, II seems TO me that my
mission must come TO an end byFebruary" Soon
afterward came news Of Union victory at Ante
tam, which influenced Paliners,on TO write Russell
suggesting delay for the reason that ten days
or a fortnight moro may throw q clearer light
upon future prospects" with the succeeding
intelligence which essened the significance Of the
victory, the movement toward mediation was
resumed, and. on Oct Is. Earl Russell sent his
colleagues a conadential memorandum putting
the question whether Il Is not a duty for Europe
to ask both parties in the mos, friendly and con
ill. .
Mr.. Rhodes points out that Gladstone. then tie
Chancellor OF the Exchcquer and the third me. /.
Der Of the Cabinet in Importance, must have known
Of tho interchange OF views between Pnlmcrstor
and Russell In reference 10 the policy Of the Gov
eminent At all events, he gave public express
sion 70 their meaning. On Oct T. 1892 at
banquet at Newcastle, he made a speech in which
he denied that England had any interest in III,
disruption Of tho Cnion,- feiicitated himself OF
her perfect neutrality" but, at the Same tim,
that no pro!essei sympathy with tho people o
the Northern States lie struck them tho mos
| telling blow that they had received from an,
member Of tho English Government -Ther,
| Is" he declared, mo doubt that Jefferson Davi
and other leaders OF the South have made al
army; they are making, It appears. a navy; AM
they havo made, what Is more than either -thoy
have made nation" The statement caused
1
! He continued Eve may anticipate with ccrtaint,
the success Of the Southern States NO far as thei
separation from tho North Is concerned" III
construction which tho English pcople natural,
put upon this speech was that their Governmcn
had determined on the recognition of the Southern
Confederacy Charles Francis Adams wrote 4
his diary. Oct 8: III Gladstone be any e1poncn
at all Of tho views Of the Cabinet then Is my teri
| likely TO be very short Tho animus, as Il affect
Mr.. Davis and the recognition Of tho rebel caus,
| In very apparent" To a like effect he wrote o
Oct. o: Unless things should materially chang
at home, lido not expect TO stay beyond Christina.
at the farthesL"
As matter Of fact however. the speech Of III
Chancellor Of the Rxchequer and the confidential
memorandum sent by tho Foreign Secretary
his colleagues represented the acme Of tho NOV,
ment in the English Cabinet at this time towar
mediation or recognition, On Oct II. Sir GeorR
Cornownll Lewis, tho member Of the Cabinet VIII
ranked noxt in Importance TO Gladstone. made
spoooh which plainly left tho inference that II
Government had no intention of recognizing II
independence Of the Southern States BY thu
, | day mr. aoon thereaf ter alueratn, and Dpaa.