Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-08-29


efreoiually with ieteignes in The event Of inte''
Supted relations
A nobulaf Government, Il Is said, may DO adml.
I6bly adOpled ioe the admnisEaOn Of tue InseIilal
IEesoutoes OF the county but when foreign lela'
tons 0te concerned tbGn unity, concentration
Of power, ore neeled which can never % oplaln'
ell eKcept ina stale where the soSeleiyn power Is
lodged In the bands VI Ons OF a few, ~ " sutt,
Gent answetio this osseIliOn to say that the most
prosperous periods OF many Ofthe nosI illnolIlOus
sletes In the modern and ancient world have been
precisely those where the people shared lnosl d.
iectly in the sovereign power. Atbens was pure
democracy In the time Of PeIioles. Tbs Italian
States passe Though the periods OF their most u
lusTious career when they wire under popular
Government. The English natlOI have become
powerful lust in proportion as The people have
exercised an influence over her legislatures The
Government oil England has attiInes been weak
and yHoillhting because there ore other interests
cOmpf Eed In Il besides those OF the nation. The
Government Of the United States has no dyn0stiO
inlsleals 10 consult lIs ministers ufe mol taken
from NIslocrpliUal families, who have links Of
connection wllhthe plincely houses olthe Cont.
nent When The national interest 10 injured, OF
the national honor wounded, TO the alion Nloue IS
committed thvtlutY oil seeking redress. The bum.
barlnSnt Of GfeylOWn is az least another proof of
The detetminatiollof The American Government
that no insult shall be offered TO It's bsois OF It's
representatives. without iedIess bting Afforded,
Some tune back o native captain Of The Mosquito
shore was shot In quarrel which took place Iva
tween himself and un American captain, named
Smith. On the news of this reaching GIeylOwn,
the Marshal OF that place, proceeded TO arrest
Smith who had then nIdVed at Punla Arenas. on
his ascent up The river TO San Juan, Mt. BJflnnl,
the American Consul, who was on boatd q cOmtg
uous vessel, went On bonId Smiths ship, and
found him keeping his aSsailnnl at bay. The
Consul lnleTpOsed, telling the Marshal that the
American Government recognized no authority
existing al Gteytown IointetleTe with an American
citizen, and ordered him and his men away. The
same evening an attempt wHR made 10 arrest Nit.
BOTland, he was woundsdin The face with nus.
slle, aud kept prisoner In the consulate ull night,
On receipt Of intelligence communicating lhsse
facts, the Gov, Inment Of Tie United States dis.
patched The Oyane, nan.ofwAI to the spot TO
den0nd redress for the insult offered to their Con
sui. The authoIilits and residents refused TO
make the slightest apology aud the Town was
bOmbaTded and burned down. No lives were lost.
phis certainly seems sharp practice, but until lui-
ther inioImatlunTe Europe no final judgment
should be Offered TO the tights Of the matter In
dispute, All that can be SAID al present is, that
nations have nights ns we'll as individuals; that
when these rights are invaded Justice TequGeS thnI
the patty IN eltor should give redress orln default
thereof should DO punished. The United Suites
have shown IN this, as they did in the KDsz:a al.
fair and In other instances, that lhB rights Of the
American nation and the American citizen shall
not suffer for want ofvigoT on The part OF the A.
meEicau Executive. All we lave to do is 10 take
care tliut out oftLis GIaylown affair our Govern.
ment do not contTive TO stir up i'll blood between
ourselves and ihe Americans.