Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-02-09
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Tho American Press and Ruasln,

Ametlcon nation Wlll u es sentiments oil tUeit
ntessSbul yei II Is impossible enlltely u separate
ikstSo. Every leading newspaper In America
as well as III England, must represent and reflect
a,ccltnln portion Of public opinion, o. elsa II
would cease 10 maintain Us position, antsi In
10 instsnifconce. We DO not pretend exactly 10
define lie precise rank which the New York litt'
aid occupies among transatlantic jonrnalS, We
know that i. is published IN the first city in tho
Union, possesses considerable circulation, and
Is conducted with rs much ability ns Is required
lot periodical literature In America. We see, al
so, that the sentiments Of the New York lletald
with regard 10 the present wat are echoed from
every qIatlcr OF The Sales, aud W. Therefore
make no apology fot seriously calling TIE allell'
ton OF nation United 10 uSUy so many ties 10 The
libeIs on her character and her honor which every
steamer brings 10 us from America in the shape oil
comments aHtl hopes with icseTd TO ille present
slate aid future prospects OF the var with Rus.
Slaus. The Americans have frequently shown
themselves aeuely and cyeH rn0tbdly sensitive to
European opinions, and can hardly view win m
difference The very serious injury which Tue eOt'
tluctors Of their press ale daily infclns upon
them.
Our American contemporary Is Of opinion lIist'
that Russia has prevailed IN the war hlhei1oj
secondly, tint she will prevail IN II; and, thl!Lly,
for The sake OF The American Union, that II Is lcS'
table that she should PREVAIL and consequently
lcsi.eS sincerely the triumph OF Russia anu or
humiliation. We will not waste time IN Arguing
whether Russia, VITO finds ltrstll compelled 10
accept conditions greatly more stringent than
those 10 which n little while ago she would not
even helgn TO retltn M answer, agrees with llet
republican apoiosStS, aud is either satisfied with
lie poSl Ot confident Of lie future. These are
matters ofGpiuiOn, and, a; such, however peEveTSe
aud Il s!oited, are no objects for censHEe. hui we
would gar,ly put II 10 the good SGils+ OF the a.
metran nation whether the success Of lluSln in
lie present struggle would ieply b. 10 tlIen that
great material advantage which they ale iaushkiO
believe. II may bequite true that the C5af, GeInS
without q friend IN this hemisphere, hollis out rs
| tic Herald phtOscs Il, 'the tight hnnd OF fellow.
ship 10 the Utef mat Russia is the enemy NJ Eng.
land; and England, Ia an honorable aud noble
sense, Is rival us well Us Il cOaJjutUr Of the
uuilvd States. The Car may he prepared 10
tempt America, lOt ansht we know, wiIlI COM
Hefcial advantages. liz nay represent himself rs
ready 10 employ an AmCttean cnglnerr 10 lay
down M electric Telegraph 10 lazy non for rail.
rOajS Whenever lie fndSHoney IL buy item and
cannot get non ton England, and 10 use Amrl.
can steam Vessels, IL By any means they can reach
Inn through tho blockade OF The 0llieS. Wcm0y
giant all III, ST, aud these ate literally all the con.
sleTNtiuil which our contemporary can urge TO
SunnoEl the monSttOuS proposition OF community
OF lIitrirSt between the United States and Russia,
TIC answer Il rot difficult.
as ~ lie employment Of American citizens IN
Russia, the vast American continent. itself oife's
50 wide field for enterprise and cxeitiun thai tho
wish OF Il patriot should father be TINT the genius
un intelligence Of It's Inhabitants should b. con.
lInued 10 lG employed IN subdninG II 10 the pnr'
puSes oI man than tia, such valuable qualities
Shuuid be attracted 10 ioteign lands. Let Scol.
land OF Switzerland send OH her sons In search Of
lotrlGn gold. America has loom upon her ample
breast for III her children. As ior supplying the
Czat with Anrfican built Ships Of war, as long
as VIC remain masters Of The sea It will bG imp0SSI-
Lle, and when we have lost ilai mastery it
viii b. SnpeltuOuS. Railways and icleetaphs
arc mol The wOtks Ol nation unable 10 ralSe mon
py l'y loan, possessing double The population mud
hall The revenue Of The united kingdom, al wst
*itll all The world, 0nd divan 10 the utmost cS.
lfenliy to find supplies lOt every day as II raSse3
| rs, TIE iietald talks VI Commerce. but CniiI'
n!etce betwceniwo counties whose natural pro
duets hIu lIlieIcnt, AMI nOi between those wItCI
POSSESSING SO many nalural features ~ common,
arc rather mate Uy hutntr FOR competition thui ill.,
| tcrcllungG. !susSm Is 10 take American HON.
When3 During war, WHEN tic blockade vii!
keep II out, VI after peaGe, when Tic English ion
will undeESell III There EenalnS nothing, then,
hut tue kind ly lee liugs' Of The Gear to his repub
lIcin friends, and tile tight hand Of fellowship
which nv pTUlTtts 10 theft gasp, hct with tho lilo
blond OF Republican GLAND aud Democratic Hun.
gary.
lint, ful,ler. II Russia wins, England loses IN n
much gieater proportion, lUr 1t is a rOsler 10 ,ies
Toy than 10 tlauSier commercial prosperity, alnl
London might cease Ia Ie the mercantile capital
VI the world %iion. transferring tie HOnOr ellller
10 ST. Petersburg or 10 New York. Tie cunallctcc
OF Russia would moi be pure gain, but would be
obtained nj The expense VI the cOnlInstCe Of Eus-
anl that Is 10 say, AnetIca would GSclloiIse GUS
| omerS VI boun1ltSS wealth TT cusiumtrs without
capital, Obliged 10 borrow tie very funds fequlte
| 10 cultivate The gtOund--cUSiuiIIets whose laws
ate equally administered for 0lhrts with whom
bribery sis batciaced Un the Judgment seai-a
land whose institutions are SIobls aud liked lUi
land which must paSS one day from slavery 10 an.
aTchy, aud from nnaIchy 10 revolution. lat sup
pose the predictions vi the Herald lulilCG and us
wishes statiIied. Suppose united EhrOrr loo
weak for tho batbhTIc might VI iiusSla, Turkey
overwhelmed, Prussia al SOlbed, Austria nletlial.
zed, ani France and England, II spatcd lOr a
while, occupying 10 the Car position such as
Sax0ny, Wuflumuers, OF lIuparla--wond such q
stale Of things BIZ beneficial 10 The United SlalrSi
Would they feel cDnijent that they could tide out
u storm III which so many gallant ships had Teen
wrecked! Would they DO able slnglu.handeh 10
roll lAsk power flushed with The conquest Of so
many valiant hosts, and SU many ancient nations!
Would the tight hand Of fellowship OH held uul
and the same kindly !reiins be eAenltd 10 them
us that which now works so p0weTiulyUn repnb
Ilcon senSlLlli.lesl let them know themselves
bstet u ever the dicam vi universal mOnatCly
should be teaIl2ed again in Europe, mud S, ok 10
realize Itself IN America, the state NJ the Union
would IfcSiSIUIy suggest 10 the fortunate dcSpOt
lila same game Us Alacedon employed towoiiS
Greece. What field iOr his enetsitS could king,
lHaser Of countless aniIieS aud bUuude IS teas.
ureS, desires better than 80 republics, CONNECTED
BY fun federal Organization, aud separated by
every motive U! interest mud passion, i.ut can agI
ialc and petyrtt the human mlnd'
| True, we tluy he told tcrr iSa generous feel.
Ing Uf pa,!i0ilSn,e noble ablIUTfence Of tyfranny
the sympathy with rlrih aud justice, the repug.
nance 10 wrong and violence, which would weld
these iIdglnelis into one compact mass, aud teach
every State 10 forget selfish and Personal console.
rallOus IN nanly struggle for Inc public gOUd.--
Alas! where is this Spflt 10 lie f0undl Not, usSu.
tedly, IN the pages u those Of out American con.
temporafltS who, without pretending 10 he ubIc 10
Justify the quarrel Of the Gar, or 10 convert the
verdict when tho conscience VI united Europe has
recorded against Inn, cannot represS their aSpta.
tOnS for his success, because, base are his ends
and vito as ate his n!eals, they hrieyt-aS Ne have
shown, most falsely and abSutlly- tat some cculs
OF profit ate 10 be gained by tie overthrow OF all
Thai is free aud noble in Eur0pc, the destruction
OF arts aud learning, aud the Eetuin OF deeper
darkness than Goth or VanJal btOugh, upon the
I'oInan world For they, al least, were superior