Debating the Admiralty Crisis and a Tory Reversal
The report recounts a House of Commons confrontation over a remitted fine linked to Baxter Brothers. Mr. Childers exposes that the penalty was paid by a bill in 1868, dimming Sir John Hay’s defense. The piece closes with reflections on political feebleness and class manners in governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childere
Sit Stee
Messrs. Baxter
Ryan Tepao
John
Janes Elphinstone
Mr. Childers
Childers
Sir John
Sir John Inigton
John Pakington
Sir John Hay
Achilles
Pakington
Troy Town
Baxter Fox
Convay
Messrs
Baxter
Honourable Baronet
Board of Admiralty
John Hay
Admiralty
House of Commons
Eton
Oxford
Glasgow
Gower Street
Men and Things in America A Cosmopolitan View
A Cosmopolitan writer criticizes American editors and politicians over the Alabama claims crisis. He argues Americans show little appetite for war with England, notes English editors’ calmer tone, and cites Northern and Republican attitudes versus Democratic papers. He recalls historical ties and urges prudence amid tensions.
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England
United States
Horace Greeley
The
Tribune
Herald
Jonathan
John
Alabama
America
North
Republican Party
Old Country
Lord Dundreary
Party of Progress
Charles Sumner
Preston
Brooks
Massachusetts
Thurlow Weed
Henry ‘Ward Beecher
RB. J. Walker
London
London Emancipation Society
Europe
Lancashire
Great Britain
Humant Generis