It seems that the English Govern
ment will not accept the treaty of
Washington in regard to the Alabama
Claims so readily as was anticipated,
and it is not improbable a war be
tween England and the United States
may yet be the culmination of the
long pending question. Affairs are
asnuming a very threatening aspeot,
and it will not be matter of surprise if
open hostilities between the two gov
ernments are commenced before many
weeks have passed. The English
press and ministry protest against the
demands of our Government as exor
bitant and not to be submitted to,
while there is an evident determina
tion on the part of the United States
authorities to insist upon their full
payment. The people of both coun
tries deem that the question of na
tional honor is involved, and that i§ a
tender point upon which to touch hi
ther a patriotic American or a loyal
Johnny BHll. While it is to be hoped a
peaceable adjustment of the difficulty
may yet be arrived at, we should be
loth to see our Government allow any
infringement upon its integrity and
the honor of our flag, and this feeling
will be participated in by the mass of
the people of the country. If it is
necessary to the prevention of such
infringement that Mother England re
ceive another chastisement at the
hands of this Government, our people
will be nothing loth to administer it.
A FLATTEZED ARGUI.EMT.
