Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1901-08-23

SPEAKING of the fol-de-rol we hear
nowadays regarding the love for the
United States existing on the part of
the English, the Grand Forks Plain
dealer uses some sensible language.
The fact is that during the civil war
the British ruling classes were deadly
enemies of the United States. This
was not true of the common people.
In Manchester, where the lack Of cot
ton from the southern states was the
cause of much suffering among former
operatives in the cotton factories,
friendship for the United States was
strongly preponderant. But, with ex-
ceptions, the exalted classes of Eng
land hoped for an object lesson in the
failure of the most fattering attempt
yet made to establish republican in
stitutions. While Great Britain was
leading - Theoretically, at least-in
opposition to human slavery, and
while there is little doubt that the
English ruling classes were really
honest in their opposition to slavery,
yet they could not forego the hope
that the southern Shareholders would
succeed in destroying the great re-
public. The titled men and women
of Britain looked with dissatisfaction
upon the success that had, SO far, been
obtained in establishing republican
government by men largely Of their
own blood on this side Of the ocean.
There were noble exceptions, OF course.
No public opinion could make an
enemy to the anti.slavery crusade Of
the kind and mcrciful queen, of Prince
Albert, Of John Bright, or of u number
of others among the prominent people
of England. But those who directed
the immediate policy Of the govern
ment did all that could be done to aid
the southern rebels. 1t is all very
well to talk to the rising generation
Of the kinship Of blood between Brit
ain and America, but those who were
at the age of understanding during
the civil war know the constant fear
OF British intervention that possessed
the hearts Of loyal Americans. Had
1t not been for the aid given to SOUTH
ern privateers built In British ship
yards, loaded with supplies and the
munitions Of war at English ports,
there is no d0nbt that the rebels would
have been much sooner conquered.
At the beginning OF the recent
Spanish war, not all the English news
papers and aristocrats were friendly
to the United States, and it was only
when the surety of this country's'
success was apparent that the violent
love on the part Of the mother coun-
try became apparent. England has
never been governed by sentiments Of
justice in her dealings with other
people, as is at present being shown
by her determination to crush white
Christian people In South Africa.
is the Plaindealer's idea of
the matter:
1--WE all remember the time when
this nation was sore distressed; when
the national life was in danger, during
the dark days Of 1851, when England
was openly hostile and Threatened war
within seven days unless her demands
were complied with. Blood was not
thicker than water, then, because the
power OF England thought |
That Its interest lay in the supremacy
Df the south.
/ s.It was when this double trouble
hung like cloud over the land, that a
Russian feet appeared in the harbor
Df New York and another in the har-;, !,
Dor. Of San Francisco. Silently they