Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-02-29
ANOTHER VIEW.


1t Is certainly grave matter to know that
diplomatic relations hNre been suspended as be-
ttoesR England and <1mericd. 1t Is the first Orert
act committing the people to q policy an achich
their prids may be inrOLred. The President of
United States, by wise provision of the Con-
sritution, cannot of his own will or Judgment is
sue declaration of war. He must have the
Senate. Thus far the interests of peace are pro-
tecteti against his dcmagogue arts. On the other
hand; whatever the motive of Mr.. Bright's late
harangue, the resolution adopted by the Man
chester Chamber of Commere is pacific in its
character, aud in this respect must tend to assist
the patriotic men of both countries in their eff
forts to prevent actual hostilities. There can be
no doubt that question of this kind ought to
be approached in ''conciliatory spirit" and
that anything short of such conduct would be
little less than crime on the part of either gov
eminent,
We desire to see peace maintained with the
United States, but not at price which would
entail upon us future wars, to be continued till
England shall no longer possess an inch of ter
ritory on the Continent of America To arrive
at that end, England must adopt tone of dig
nitied Cancellation, but carefully avoid the kind
of concession implied by the arguments of the
Manchester gentlemen. They. seem te forget
that although the government Of the United States
still processes to observe the decencies of inter-
national intercourse the citizens of that country
are running loose in piracle enterprises the objec
ofwhich is to seize aud keep possession of the
disputed territory. To this we cannot submit to;
and if President Pierce does not know, or is
powerless to fulfil his duty, we shall find our
selves compelled to take the law into our own
hands, and teach the untruly Americans some
of the primary rules right and wrong.
TALL TALKING.
The London Telegraph after annihilating the
American army and militia forces in a paragraph,
demolishes our navy with broadsde, and pro-
cceds to lombard all our cities from PasSama-
quoddy to Galveston Bay. We quote:-
We have shown what the Americans cannot
do, now we will point out what We ctta do. Our
Navy is the most powerful that floats. In ships,
guns, c,li61e and men, zee can s,resp the Ocean
from The ltrctic to the Zorrid Zone-,trom the
Atlantic to the Pacific. Never before in Eng
lands history did Britannia more thoroughly
rule the waves The american sea6oard IS ours.
We could annihate their commerce. -4S to
their Nary, 1t is absurd 20 talk Of 10; the liner
icGns Themselves coMfeSs lt ice could bioso Il ont
OF the eottcr III one 6rodLside Then, hoe arc
the ttLGntic cities Of the United States situated
There IS not one city, from Pr&sa7'qWoddy Bay
in the North to Galtrestoa Bag IN the SoWth,
tshica has acutsr enough to float frigdte, or gun
boat, that ace cannot Artter to the ground in
tsceaty.to'p hours. Tile following cities il the
United States are comparatively at oar mercy
after war is once declared:-Portland Maine;
Portsmouth,, New Hampshire; Boston, Massachu-
sets; Newport, Rhode Island; New Haven, Con-
necticut; New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City,
with the towns on Long Island Sound; Balti-
more, Maryland; Wilmington, North Carolina;
Charleston, Scnth Carolina; st. Augustine, and
Apalachicola, Florida; Mobile, and Galveston,
Texas; while San Francisco is the certain prize
of our Pacific squadron.
Independently Of our vast military resources
in our thoroughly loyal provinces, we must not
forget that we can command tue Lakes. We
could dispatch powerful fleet of steamers and
g,lnboats up the St Lawrence to Quebec, and
from thence via Montreal and the Rileau Canal
into Laks Ontario, through the NFelland Canal
into Lake Erie, aud via Detroit and Lake Saint
Clair into Lake Huron. To lessen the draught
of.water, the heavy guns, our So and IS poun-
derS, and chief stores Of shot and shell, could if
necessary, be sent per rail from Quebec to Can.
ada West, there to be re-shippcd at our Lake
ports on board our men-of-war Thuswc could
sweep the Lakes, and every American town and
village, from Mackinaw-:M Michigan, to Oswego
Lake Ontario. If war was declared, our fleets
would at once appear before the chief Of the At
lantic eities-Boston, New York and Charleston
indicate that the first American soldier who
crossed the Canadian frontiers, and these towns
would be battered to the ground, and Canada
will be safe for generation to come. And, no
doubt, such would be our policy.