Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-08-18

Al proye how truly wise has been the pcllty thar
/ % ierfcd enduffipg al ont to eneouq ring q
| ID. The t6ne % tic New y ors papers assures
rs that so far ffotn beilg Compromised BY How
ling MI Dallas % reInhin; the character o., sElis
! country and the dignity Of Its Government have
risen considerably init than otherwise. Mr.. Mar
cy has represented that class of feelings m AmeEi-
] q which were cmbittered by the sneers and the
conternpt which has occasinnnilE met the jealous
susceptibilities Ofthe younger branch -four tanl-
tly &c had adopted as his symbol the ylndlea-
ton of that national irritability which We SO OF
ten see typifed among ourselves ID the de1lesn-
/ or Of the collateral to the direct representatives
/ of the common ancestor. We had presumed
they had snarted. We had az different tunes
/ and seasons censurcd aud condemned; they mad
retortcd and recrimiuated in return, had become
angry at onr occasional rejoinders and at geTer-
/ al coOlness- Mr.. Marcy, with dcxteTlty winch
] both parties know how to appreciate, seized AN
| opportunity for twisting difficulty iuto an ern-
| barrassIrent and fotnendng difference into
lousrrel. s few more strokes OF the pen, lew
more clustering speeches on the one side and
Iittle lcgged obstinacy on the other, and at this
| moment 100000 Of British subjects would
have been equipping the materials, for carrying
| destruction among 27,000000 of kindred people
1 on the other side of the Atlantic. This has been
prevented, and the pause in the tendency TO war
| has been made not By these whose language had
certainly been not the less provoking OF the two
land whose calculations OF success were express
cd in tone as untiattcring ard as unconciliato-
ry to us as possible, but By that Power which,
| having once apoioeiZed was called Oh to make
new concessions at the moment that It possessed
the material resources for imposing conditions
head ofkhe
family in one of our national comedies, who after
being insnlted by some of the youDgss branches
! smothers his inpatient desire for summary cas-
tigalion, slaps his legs, and e&claims, "D-nit,
won't quarrel with my own flesh and bioodf
That this moderation will be universally APP
preciated throughout the United States we do
| not venture to hope. There are too raany e!e-
mcnts at work among tue very mixed population
of that conntry-elenents ot race, sentiment,
and paSSion-to admit of such moderation be-
ling admired without exception, or proposed Tor
| future imitation. There Is that strong element
| of continental diScontent-a compound OF Gal
| lie, Teutonic, and scandinavian KadlcIilsm-
which is continually recruiting the society OF
! the s;tateS-an element made up OF all hat:edS
and dislikes, over which predominant hatred and
dislike of England, as the representative of tenn
perate government and balanced authority:
then also there is the Irish element, kept alive
| by a continual influx of those imPu.sive Cets
who have knnck of succeeding everywhere
better than in their own country; then, again,
there is that more political element made up of
the native Yankee and SoutherHer, each OF
whom fosters a Evolutionary animoSity against
England. All these sections and factions will
tregrct that the chance of 4 collision with Eng
land has not been turned to better account. But
after full allowance for their influence and pow
CT, VIC believe that the majority. OF the citi-
zens of the States entirely concur with the
| New York papers in their estimate OF the
moderate and pacific views which the Eng
!isI Government has entertained on this subject.
Those among them who are not blinded by an
| impetuous love of military glory, or by an he
reditary aninosity, will thank US fer policy
| which, while it has saved two kindred people
from an cfFaSion Of blood, which would have
combined the horrors of civil with the magnI-
tude of foreign war, has also saved them from
that prospective hatred and vindictivenesS which
must have resulted from any issue OF such u
struggle, and must have sown the seeds of an
other more dreadful conflict. Nor rsn they, as
free tad rational men, fail TO recognize the gain
which accrucs to the cause Of freedom and good
lgovcrnGnent throughout the civilized world from
the maintenance of a good understanding be-
tween England and her American offspring
| England aud the States-wiiat do the repre-
sent? 4 common anguagv. common lnstItu-
tons, p0ity which, if ret Identical in detail, is
at ali events based upon the same principles and
extends the same rights-a freedom nt thought,
action, and speech which no other fwTn ci gov
eminent either acknowledges on permits
That two such countries, unite1 by some such
ties, and guaranteeing to the human race privl-
legcs which elsewhere arc either destroyed or
suspended, should be brought into the arena of
!internecine strife, and should cxpcnd in mutual
Injury the resources and the powers which
might be so advantageOusly combined for the
guccor of struggling liberty and the salvation of
Onpre ised nationalities-uo event could So fully
satisfy the most earnest prayers of autocratand
EdespOt as this. 1t would be tantanount TO eN
tinguishine every hope for freedom which may
still be cherished among the distressed people
of the world. No; let Englishmen and AmeTi-
cans agree or differ as much rs they choose on
minor mattcrS-let the whole field ofsilver-torS-
err and etiquette be kept open for their disputes
OF their carcature-let us condemn their tolc-
ration of slavery, and let them dsride cur tolc-
ration of official patronage; hut let US agree on
this point-viz: that to carry our differences to
the fearful arbitrament of arms would be an ir-
remediable injury 70 humanity and ciViiza-
ton, and cause of bcundless rejoicing to eve
Try bigot and deSpot, civil or ecclesiastical, all
lover the world.
We trust that we shall not be misunderstood
Thy those whom our remarks nainly concern
We deprecate war with America, and we dep
recate it through fear not of what she can dn
against us, but what we can both do against each
lOther. We arc now prepared, in arn,s and men,
for n longer and more trying war than any which
lis likely to fall to our lot. We learn, too that
1.-The states are not so unprepared as Mr.. Bright
and his followers are in the habit Of telling US.
1t is the boast of the States" that they are a
nation of soldiers-volunteers soldiers; that from
one end of the Union TO the other they could
raise an army of not much less than 100000
men. OF course, this army couid not bn SO
manevered with such ease as Il smaller one; il
would be difficult to feed and keep together;
but, after exhausting criticism on its efficacy,
one thing is very cIear-that the amount Of in,
Jury which VIC might reciprocally infiict would
he incalcnlable. We have in one instance for,