The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-05

at London on Tuesday in his sSth year,
was notable as a pulpit orator a genera
ton ago, but he had special distinction
for Americans In being one OF the few
conspicuous Englishmen VINO took the
Union side during our Civil war and de-
fended II stoutly as a preacher and a lee
turer. The drift Of English sentiment,
however was so strongly the other way
among the upper the middle and the Of
fetal classes more especially, that II can
not be said that DR.. Halls eloquence had
much influence Even that far greater
orator and more powerful personality,
John Bright. gave expression TO Union
sympa thies. growing out OF hatred OF
slavery, which already existed among the
working people 10 a very considerate ex-
tent, rather than produced new English
conviction favorable to the northern
cause
The dominant English feeling at that
time is described very strikingly i'm an
address on the Treaty OF Washington. for
the settlement of the Alabama claims,
more specifically by Mr.. Charles Frances
Adams. This address was delivered be-
fore the New York Historical society last
November, but has only just been pub
lished. 1t Is calm and judicial history
OF the proceedings and negotiations lead
ing up TO the treaty. and incidentally and
necessarily the tone of English sentiment
respecting our Civil War Is explained and
analyzed The prevailing conviction OF
the hopelessness OF the Union cause
which he demonstrates may bring sur
prise To many or the generation which
has grown UP since the War but II must
be remembered that expert European
military Judgment was almost unanimous
- ,Rt.t 20 IA
American Union was military impossi-
bility Moreover as Mr.. Adams explains
during the Civil War the entire sympa-
thieS and hearty good will of the great
body OF those composing what are known
as the governing and influential classes
throughout Europe west of the Nistula
were enlisted on the side of the Confeder-
acy." Dislike and distrust of democracy
prevailed and the failure OF the American
experiment was desired.
I'm England while the poor the lowly
and the conscientious" or those TO whom
a Nonconformist like DR.. Newman Hall
appealed more specifically "sympathized
instinctively with the Union and the
north. OF the privileged and the moneyed,
the commercial and manufacturing class
es it may safely be asserted that nine
out OF ten were heart and soul on the
side OF the rebel and Shareholder With
this sympathy went the confident assump-
tlon OF southern triumph and IL cannot
be denied that there seemed to be very
much TO Justify IL. The suppression OF A
rebellion extending over a territory so
vast. and so bitterly pursued by millions
OF race peculiarly strenuous and of un-
equalled aptitude for warlike resistance.
was not looked upon by the south as
within the range OF human possibility
and even at the north like feeling pre-
vailed among a large minority OF the peo-
pie, here I'm the city Of New York. more
particularly. Representations that grass
would grow in the streets were heard IN
many bank parlors and counting houses
as the certainty of n clash OF arms be-
came more obvious Even the hearts OF
some of the staunchest Union men were
almost ready 10 fail them In England
sympathy with the Confederacy was un-
restrained I'm its frankness of expression
When so late as the close Of 1868 pressure
by the Americsn minister had brought
about the trial IN the Court OF EXchequer
of the test case OF the Alexandra, build
ing in England for the Confederate SER
vice. a verdict by the jury for the defend
ant brought forth great outburst of APP
plase I'm the court room. The Alabama
and It's ravages were followed with Eng
lish admiration and exultation. ''The COM
pany on the decks OF British mall steam
ers checred her 20 the echo as they pass
ed" Ardent sympathy for the south and
contemptuous onmity to the Union were
''well-nich pervasiye." "Nineteen-twen-
tieths of the ruling class" said Richard
Golden In a public speech. were firmly
convinced from the first that the Civil
war I'm America could only end I'm separa-
tion." one OF the ConlcYcrate agents in
England never met among army and
navy men one of either service who did
not warmly sympathizc with the south. "
Mr.. Bontinck, a member OF parliament
declared In n speech OF 1SG2. that
wherever have Travelled throughout the
length and breadth or the land | mover
yet have met tho man who has rot al
once said. My wishes are with the south
erners. This was because as he OK
plains tho south was "nghting against
one OF the most grinding. one OF the most
CALLING. one Of the most irritating at
tompts TO establish tyrranical government
that ever diagraced the history OF the
world"
Tho unfortunate uttcranccs" OF Mr.
Gladstone, as Mr.. ADAMS terms a. was
made at about the same time: "N y~inay
anticipate with certainty OF the success
OF the southern states, go far as regards
their separation from the north. That
event r. as certain ns any event yet fu-
ture and contingent can be-" Ten months
later. In parliament. MIR. Gladstone re-
peated that 1--WE do not believe that the
restoration OF the American Union by
public opinion of this country Is unani-
nous upon that subject. ! 90 not think
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