Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-02-15
From the 81 Louis Democrat.
A SOUTHERN VIEW OF THE
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From the 81. Louis Democrat
A SOUTHERN VIEW OF THE
Threatened WAR.
We publish below an article from the Charles
ton Mercury which strongly deprecates any in
terrlption of our peaceful relations with Great
Britain. In addition to the reasons which are
urged in that journal, there is one which it does
notmcntion, but5Which probably weighs more
with all Southern statesman than any Of those
which it so f0rcibly puts in the article we copy.
That consideration is the danger to which all the
slave property i'll the South would he exposed
in the event Of war with Great Britain. Sorcal
friend of the South wonld be willing to see this
Government embarked in u war with any great
maritime Power without the yeryStrOngeSt provo
cationwhich could be giyen.by one nation to an
other The Charleston Mercury is distinguished
for its devotion to Suthcrn interests, and doubt
less expresses the sentiments Of the better in
formed Southern statesmen in reference to this
question. Wegive thearticle US follows:
Fronl3the CharltstOn Mercury.
The CRSTRAL AMERICAS QUESTION. is
no longer doubtthat the relations of the United
States and Great Britain are very seriously COM
plicated by the different constructions of the
Clayton.B ulwcr treaty to which the Governments
have respectively assumed appear in the portion
Of the diplomatic correspondence which we pub
and irreconciIable; and. moreover, the discussion
assumes on both sides the character of point
Of honor.
1t lisa country OF marshes. marsh-teveTS, alll-
gators mosquitoes, and savage men. They rule
over it because they alone can inhabit it. The
colonization of this region by Great Britain or
by the Uuited States is pure chimera. 1t is
only the African race, under the rule ofene.get-
ic and intelligent masters that can ever make it
the abode ofwealth and civilization. We have
no hope Of bringing it to this condition; and the
Government of the United States can have no
hope The utmost result Of n conflict between
our country and England is after most disas-
trous collision of their really great interests, to
leave the little King ofthe Mosquitoes as much
ola savage and as incapable Of an independent
position as at the commencement ofthe war
What have VIC to gain by such IL conflict, we
who are yearly overfiowing our influence upon
neighborins countries:
If We seek dominion it is irreSistibly coming
to US; and that is the very secret of the hostility
of foreign Powers. Our standing army aud ma
w is time; and We need not go beyond this to
discover the source of the jealousy of the Wes-
tern Powers of Europe. Time is robbing their
plumagc and placing it on the wings of the Wes-
tern Republic.
We can afford to wait in the settlement of
this question, and, ifthe decision presses, we
can honorably leave it to the dr6itrGmeRt Of On
| impartial umpire.
We have examined the whole correspondence
with care, and the conviction is clear that in the
treaty OF 1850 the Government of the United
States believed that Mosquito Protectorate was
eftectually extinguished, and that hencetorth
Central America was free from any controlling
influences OF European powers That the peo-
pie of the United States believed the same thing
We need not assert; that the British Government
never meant to relinquish this protectorate il
now affirmed; and thus the position of the two
powers is distinctly defined in rrcconciabe au-
tsgonism If these differences ars pursued to
their extreme the result will be inevitable war
But there are several reasons that forbid us to
believe that this difference Will lead to war be
tween the two countries. The immediate conse-
quences ofw would be in the highest degree,
disastrous to both nations; and of this the pco-
| pie on both sides Of the Atlantic are fully con-
yinced 1t would, in fact, involve the destruc-
| ton of almost the whole Atlantic commerce
| The value OF the matter in controversy is very
small, whether to Great Britain or the United
States. The former power has bound herself
not to cotonize, or occupy, or fortify any part Of
! the Mosquito coast; and even without such bond
the United States have the security Of nature
that such occupation will never be made by
/ Europeans. ZHey caanot lire there, and that
! is the reason why the country was never here
tofore occupied by Spaniards or EngIishmcn.
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These very pretty lines are by a new
contributor from whom we shall always be glad
tohear: