Show AMERICAN FEELING TOWARD ENG LAND the strong impulse toward sympathy and friendship for the mother country on the part of americans of EnIl lish gh stock had gained so much momentum by the close of the sixth decade of this century when the prince of wales visited the united states that it could not have been checked by our irish american citizens but for the outbreak of our civil aarand war Wa rand and the unexpected attitude of encouragement asis assumed umed by the british government and by the english society toward the slaveholding slave holding and seceding Sta tese by the ancon concealed delight with which blyte vast majority of englishmen politically poli and socially influential beheld ehte disruption of the union the heart of the american people was profoundly wounded until very recently it was not believed that the ranking recollection of that experience peri ence would pass away during the lifetime of the native americans who took part in the suppression of the rebellion not that no discrimination was made between the unfriendly many and the faithful few among which latter john bright and mr goldwin smith were honorably conspicuous at the same time intelligent americans were always ready to promis that when our friends in england a few we had always had groin rom ta the e passage of the stamp act to the outfitting outwitting out fitting of the alabama should have become numerous and powerful enough 0 control the government and mold public opinion we would gladly transform our gratitude to them individually into cordial liking for the british nation considered as a whole in a word so far as americans of english lineage are concerned and although probably not a majority they are still the masters of this coubry there has never been a time since the peace of 1783 when the men who have governed england could not have secured our good will had they desired it in the ealy months of 1898 the men who governed england made up their minds that they did desire our good will and they would deserve it our war with spain could never have been begun without the consent of england we have the authority of the late secretary hamilton fish for the statement that had england refused in 1876 1875 as she refused in the spring of this year to cooperate with france in forbidding u un to with dependencies the intervention in cuba would have taken place twenty three years ago and general grant would have saved president mckinley the labor and anxiety of his present enterprise the prohibitory attitude which england took in 1876 1875 was strictly maintained th through rought the present century to win our good will she departed from that attitude and completely reversed her position in the spring of the present year we have the authority of the editor of the london national review who is known to have intimate relations with influential members of the present cabinet tor for the averment theat no sooner did the dewe desire of congress and of Preg president ident mckinley to interpose in cuba become known than the head of the french foreign office propose that the principal european governments should present a joint protest at washington whIch chot of course would be tantamount to a writ of prohibition hibi tion not only did england repel the proposal but accompanied the unexpected repudiation of her traditional policy by an intimation chait she could not permit the coercion of the united states that was a supreme political service the effect of which has been unquestionably to change materially the feeling with which england Is regarded not only by native americans in the sence in which that word Is here employed but of all american naturalized as well as native born who bo oare care more for their actual country than for the land from which they themselves of their parents may have conic come it is possible that some irith irish american do not nolt fal within this category that some of them would be wiling to sacrifice the interests of the united to the supposed interests of ireland V tam number of these cannot we ba great and it will be diminished aho Ahm acl events demonstrate as we ibm ahey ney wil that the attainment of hoase rule for ireland is more likely to be further ed than retarded by the substitution of friendship for the bitterness arid and antagonism that only a year age 94 separated the united states from england colliers weekly |