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Show THE WAR CLOUDS BREAKING The first gush of excitement over, and the people of England seem to be coming to their senses concerning tho Alabama claims. G ladatono intimates that ho only spoke in the heat of debate, de-bate, and docs not wish any diplomatic construction put upon hii language. Thoro is little doubt that he was goaded goad-ed into his indiscretion by tho speech of 1 Israeli, and felt liko outstripping oven tho Tory aspirant for tho premiership pre-miership by a bold declaration of England's Eng-land's determination to do or die under his leadership or rather, not to do, and accept tho dying if it came. Viewed View-ed in tho light of his subsequent reported re-ported language, his speech in parliament parlia-ment was very uuhke what ought to have been expected from a statesman ofWni. Kwart Gladstone's standing; and more like the utterances of a fifth-rate- politician in a corner groggery, to whoso Innguago no importance of any kind could be attached. But when the English premier spoke, England spoke, unless parliament by a vote of want of ennfideneo should have compelled him to resign. Now wo learn that there is a change in public tone. The journals are more moderate; and Sheffield, the city of soot, cutlery and files, has been having prayers o tiered up in all the churches for tho preservation of peace between England and America. Considering that there is moro infidelity and less piety in Sheffield than in any other city of its size in Britain, Bri-tain, Birmingham perhaps excepted, except-ed, this is a little curious, and no doubt the Llall of Science, in Kocking-ham Kocking-ham street, will resound with the infuriated in-furiated oratory of the socialistic order, who will denounce the priests and their prayers, and talk of proclaiming a republic re-public to meet and fight America un-burtheued un-burtheued with the weight of monarchy monar-chy and aristocracy. It is said, too, that secretary Fish has sctit an explanatory note to the English goverumeut, in which ho assures as-sures them that there is not anything particular meant by the United States in putting in this claim for indirect damages. But there arc some carping fellows, say Butler or Sumner, who might desire to make trouble about it in tho future, and the claim was merely made that tho Geneva arbitrators might pronounce upon it and have it forever put out of the way. These explanations, prayers and pacific pa-cific utterances arc indicative on both Bides of a desire for a continuance of peace; a very sensible desire and one that will hurt nobody, except Shoddy, who possibly hoped for another fat fortune out of army or navy contracts. Both eo'intrics can well afford a continuance con-tinuance of peace, for both have works of art and usefulness to foster and protect, pro-tect, which war would injure if not destroy. |
