True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-05-01
correspondence 81 lhe oleyeland HeraIl.

Isnd-stsaling The Cabinet Eff .ect
Of War.
WAsnlsG1eN, April 1eth7-0ur peo.
pie dohOt fully understand the cFDicdl con,
diAon ofourfOreign felatioSs. Rye arq6Ot
atlwar, Eat perhaps on the verge of var
and it nay be with other powers than
Spain, not in the inception but in thspro-
grcss. II there be war, il will be Of our,
own seeking, and for base purposes--such
aslwill Condenn US in the eyes ofthc world.
There are evils greater than; a foreign war.
in tho consequences upon nation, aud the
blessings Of peace may De heughtOt TOO
high a price; but q war with Spain 7our
ally and strong friend in infancy--now
when we arc strong and she weak, to rob
her of the brightest jewel in her crown,
would not commend itself to the favorable
consideration of the world. The object
would be too palpable- We have tried to
buy Cuba-to get it through fillibas teriug
movemcnts-and failing in both, now pro-
pose to turn buccaneers and highwaymen,
to be disguised On the plea Of state necqs-
sity, and"fresh outrages" upon our flag =
The strong are prone to prey on the weak
so has it been since the first man born
into this world killed the second, but the
same chapter of Holy Writ tells US "the
Lord had no respect; for Cain, although he
brought of the fruit of the ground an offer
ing" So has it been from that remote
day to this, and so is likely to bo. Six
thousand years have not changed the evil
tendencies Of our species. The Anglo.
Saxon race has been a laud-stealing one
always, and everywhere, and estate ncces.
sty" in modern times has generally been
offered as the apology. 1t was good fol
other purposes in the days of Oliver Crom
well-good in Massachusetts whelswitch
es were burnt in Salem, and Roger Viii
liam banished to Rhode Island, or "othel
unknown parts"-and is good for our Gov
ernment every year for driving the Indian.
from their homes.
l think the question of peace or wa
hangs on thread. IfCommodore McCaul
ey, Is vain, weak man, or fiery and i'm
prudent one, there is no doubt how til,
question will be solved. If we are savet
from war, it will be by his integrity AM
Judgment, and the responsibility is fear
full one. The Heads of the War and Nav,
Departments are for "54:40 or fight,
MIR. Marcy and Mr.. Gushing are, pacific
and so is Gov. McClelland, and | conjec
ture Mr. Guthrie and Mr.. Campbell are.-
The President is belligercnt, but halts be
tween opinions. ! Gen. Jackson, Henr
Clay, Daniel Webster or.John G. Calhoon
would act in some way decisively; bu
General Pierce is not a man of that cali
bre.
The Union is the repudiated organ G
= the Executive, and is tanning the fame
; with all its means; if it speaks by author
, ity, the country has right to know it;
it does not, it works great injustice to it
, friends. The condition of uncertainty q
to coming events is doing essential damag
? ? to the business of the country, and if tn
war clause is not already in the policie
of insurance upon our thousand ships sea
tered on every ocean, it soon will be. A
this trouble grows of a bankrupt Admins
y tration that seeks to avoid liquidation, h,
ping that the present speculation will tur
up something that may save them from p,
litical annhilation. The hope is a val
!. one--the hand writing is on the wall-the
+. have been weighed ahd found wanting.
This would be the result of war wit
Spain, expensively purchased, certainl,
to wit, privateers of all nations, our ow
included, under the Spanish fag, woul
G drive our commerce from the Gulfof Me:
e leo, and all the products of the Nlississj
t. pi valley through tho lakes and over OF
is railroads; bullet not the prospects of di
lie idends to comparatively few vessel ow
It ers and railroad stockholders, gid the. pil
y What they gained others would lose, al
p with them, too there would be day ofrec
ID oning in the end. Those men who remcr
j. Der the condition of things in tho We
n, tern States for years after the war of lS1
of will appreciate this. L.. S..
d WASH Your TnEEs.-In April fru
l. trees should be scrubbed or scraped Gle,
Y. of moss, old rough Bark. etc, and wa
NJ with mixture Of weak ley, SCOT and su
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