Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-01-30
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WAR PROSPECTS.

ed its threatning features by Inc more fellaDc
statement that the sorale haltc was little moro Than
n row, in which no person was killed and but two or
three wounded What the next intelligence from this
quarter will be, may be conjec!ured to tasfe
Another speck is in the direction of Florida, where
remnant of the down.trodden Semnoles have essayed
to do murder in defiance Of the power and might OF
the American government. Four unfortunate men,
soldiers in The regular army, have hcen inhumanly
butchered But active measures are taken by our
military in that quarter and the attempt snsurreclon
will, i, is hoped, be speedily crushed
The third speck may possibly be discovered by point
ing the political telescope very carefully towards Dem
mark This little power, ncensed at the determine
ton expressed by government not 10 recognise the
Danish dues, has ruled her pumage and now threat
ems to ay into the barn-yard of mother England for
protection. -
The fourth, and perhaps the grandest speck Of all,
is that which grows ont of the British and American
dispute in regard to Central America. we are inclined
to adopt the views of the New York Herald in this
matter However warike in his demonstrations the
present British Premier may be, there are many rea-
sons to induce every rekciing mind to believe that
the present difficulty between these two great countries
will be settled without the arbtrement Of the sword.
These reasons are orciby set forth by the Herald in
the paragraphs We append, and which we RECON-
mend TO the readers careful attentions
The United States are in alliance with Manchester
and the masses of the British nation. What signif-
cant indication Of public sentiment that the other
day, when the different embassies at London were on
their way to Gnildhall, and the people, silent till Mr.
Buchanan made his appearance, sent up repeated
cheers and congratulations! These tokens came from
the great heart of the nation, where the vital system OF
prosperity sustained They tie seals of The COM
pact between the industry Of America and England.
1t WAS the ratification Of the alliance which forty
yeaIs Of peace and mutual exchange of commodities
had formed between the labor and necessities of the
two nations. 1t was the guarantee Of pence, at the
very moment when the press Of the metropolis was
sending on, its warnings that war with the United
States was inevitable. "
Those who thought TO effect sncli q rupure-who
treated the relations of the parties as exclusively po
ilical-who overlooked The interests Of the Masses
who cung to the effele forms Of diplomacy and to
exploded schemes of national aegrandizement--have
now to learn new lesson in putcs The projects
Of Lord Pamerston's administration in reference to
Central America, by which he proposes tnsacriice the
interests Of Brishindusry and tradr--hose interests
which constitute the vital force Of the naton-the
wisest the most thoughtful and, wlhal, the most
wealthy and respectable in the kingdom-for mere
transient sway in Nicaragua and esewhat in that di
rection, will now he put to the test 1t will try the
question of ascendancy Of the political and the trade
nerests-the aristocIacy anu the people. 1t will put
to ssue the legitimacy of the alliance between The
industry of this country and that of England 1t will
end, too, in the triumph of the latter and in the dis
tnct Inauguration Of new in the politics o. The
British empire. 1t will overtl row the Palmerston
Cabinet, and create, TO certain extent revolution
in England. The fall of that Cabinet, under such
state of things, will indicate that in the executive
department. az, long ago under Sir Robert Peel, in the
legislative department, the great central, Industrial
inoneyed classes have to exercise supreme
troll 1t will equalize and republicanize the British
monarchy-it will give Numbers their voice to speak,
and will impose silence upon while it fully protects
minorities. These the guarantees Of peace,
in the midst Of our threatening relations with the pre-
sent London Cabinet. They are guarantees which it
will never be TOO late to enforce they guarantees
growing ont of the positive interests and sentiments Of
the two nations.
Thee eeaImerston ministry cannot come into hostile
collision with without making upnn the ma or
ity of its own people. Taxes must he raised by The
arisiocracy. the army and navy must he recruited
from the arstncracy, votes must he obtained from the
aristocracythe arisocracy must first gain absolute
power, an impossible condition in The present temper
of the nation, before taking upon themselves The haz
nrds of war with the United States IL il is their pur
pose 10 enforce on this side of the wafer system
of colonial government, and drive the Two nations into
hostcs 10 effect it, the result will he he loss of the
Canadas and the utter prnSfratlun of The monarchy.
1t will he the signal of Engands decline in Europe
and the East it will loosen the hnld she has upon her
colonies everywhere. II will drive her own people
into serre war. and end in the suhiugatiun of her
aristocracy. These the guarantees of peace, and
they forelell us. with much certainty rely
upon the sound of her people, that the present
London Cabinet will recede frum its pretensons in
Central America.
1t is longer armies and naries that fight the hat.
ties of nations. and settle the terms Of peace. The
cause Of popular government, even in England, has
so far advanced that the people, whose honor and in
ieress are alone affected. will eXercise supervisory
control over their governments. While We receive
tho fulmina,iuns, then. of that warke Secretary.
Lord Palmerston, we should await the effect of his
policy upon his own penpe--his own overthrow and
disgrace. His fall will he the signal, by which, ever
after England and America shall be known 10 and
appreciated by each other. Between us and Cabl-
net looking further conqless this continent, there
can neither be friendship peace From this posi-.
ton we cannot recede without criminal sacrifice OF
honor!and an entire abandonment Of that policy by
which our security against interference from the gov
ernmcns of Europe has been maintained and preserved
If monarchy is the law on The other continent, re-
publicanism is the law this. We seek only to give
scope to our industry; our conquests individual,
not national and our success has benefited Europe,
including England, almost as much rs our own peo
pie. We have opened our ports To their Smppng-our
institutions TO their peopleonr markets 10 their pro.
ductions-nnr lands to their Iise-our improvements 10
their capitu-rur inventions 10 their industry, and our
success for their emulation. We have inierlsrred with
none of their rights on Ibis continent-we have given
them no just cause of offence, and confident
of our power TO resist their interference with what We
regard as due TO safety republic in the midst
Of word of absolutism.
THE RICHMOND SUPPER TO JUDGE BUT