Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-07-01
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Iron the London Daily New, June 1Al
We have no doubt that the explanation which
Lord John Rnsselis to seek from Government
on Monday will be such as TO allay all APP
prehensions ofa rupture between this country
and the United States. On the conduct of the
existing American Executive we viii not at pres
ent take upon us to pronounce a Judgment
With regard to the American people we do not
need at this time of day To state what our opin-
ions or feelings are. When Lord John Russell
stated Yesterday, in the House of Commons.
that the whole nation desire a continuance of
peace with America, he stated the simple and
literal truth. 1t is not that this country is A.
frnid of war with any other; but Independently
of the consideration, that the Anglo Americans
are so closely allied with us in blood, language,
and principles of social action-independently,
too, Of the paltFincss Of the grounds of dispute
which have given rise TO the present difficulties,
there are additional reasons why England should
at this moment be peculiarly reluctant TO
engage in hosti!ities with the United States.
There is a noble field Of exertion opening upon
England. from which a war with America would
ipElllibIv Withdraw our attention and divert our
resources. We are called upon to watch over
and encourage the dawning promise of national
independence and liberal government in ltaly.-
We are called upon to watch over the consoilda-
ton of that Independence Of the Turkish Empire
for which we have been fighting. We are call
upon to avail ourselves of the restoration of Sc
curitY to Turkey for the initiation and develoPc-
ment of grand schemes for accclcrati7S the in
terchange of communication and the transport
Of goods and passengers between Great Britain
and its Indian territories. Ayocations like these
tending to promote free institutions and per-
manent tranquility in civilized Europe, tending
to bring within the pale of civilization, countries
and peoples which now lie beyond its outer
verge-are those to whichthe best heads and
hearts ofEngland are eager to devote themselves.
1t will not be their fault il, by driving to en-
tremes the paltry misunderstanding between
England and America, the devotion of the
energies and resources Of this country to
such noble tasks is indefinitely postponed
On these grounds it is to be hoped that our rul-
crs NAV be endowed with that spirit of wisdom
and forbearauce that is required to pilot them
through their present difficulties. We have more
than once expressed our wish that the dismissal
of Mr.. Champion might be found compatible
with allowing Mr.. Dallas to remain here. On
a recent occasion We have canvassed the difficult
ties attending such a course of action, and need
not again go over the ground here. Immediate
war with America is out of the queStion-the
danger is in unforeseen collisions which might
prccipate hostilities. We believe that the strict
est iniunctiUns have been forwarded to comman-
dcrs on the American station carefully to avoid
all risks of this description: but 1t Is obvious that
even temporary C-SS1liOl VI OAPlOhA1tAS NV
course between the Governments at Washington
aud st. James's may render the task of carrying
out these iniunctions more difficult. We cling
confidently to our belief that there will be no
war and we trust that the present embar-
easements may have the good effect of teach
ing our statcsment to devote moro study to our
relations with America, and those vast oceanic
regions in which Englishmen and Americans
are so liabable to come in contact. The truth
is that our English statesuen, nursed in the
diplomatic traditions of the past, have too long
persisted in devoting their attention almost
exclusively to European politics. In the near
future the politics of Europe will form the least
part Of our care. Our settlements in America,
India, Africa and Australia-Our mercantile
fleets, which sweep the Atlantic, Indian and Pa
ciic O~ccans-rendcr us deniZcnS Of the world,
compared with which the limits Of all Europe
dwindle into insignificance. In this wider world
England, the United States, Brazil and perhaps
Russia and Holland, are and will, to all human
appearance, long continue, tho paramount pow
ers. The principles of policy by which nations
are to regulate their conduct to each other in this
expanded sphere are as yet extremely vague and
unsettled. 1t would be an undertaking worthy
of n true statesman, in concert with the best
statesmen of the kindred Transatlantic Rcpub-
lie and of Brazil, to devise for this outer world
some equitable and comprehensive scheme ofin-
tcrnational law to which they might conform,
thereby setting an example and giving a law to
other States.