Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-06-20
CONGRATULATIONS ARTICLE.

States Is undenIably ugly ouu v E !" ~ l,yS
iieyc that the Governments IN London ana " ',l
grounds of quarrel as they are debating about
IL there is 1. war it viii be mere buceaneering
war. The United States have no standing aFInyi
ithey cannot invade England; the immense extent
of the Republics territory, and the thlnness OF
the population enable 1t to laugh an INVASION
/ to scorn. But, on the other hand, the coasts oil
| England and the United States arc equally des-
titnte of foFtications, and open to predatory IN
cursions; and both nations have hordcs OF I'M
armed ships in every sea, that would be an easy
! prey to vessels OF war.
The only way in which either state could harm
the other, would be by selling and burning sea
! port towns By sinking and capturing merchant
vessels. Fights there might be between single
men-Of war. or small squadrons, but there would
b. no battles like the Nile or Tratalgar-tor the
simple reason that the United States have not
a large enough feet While the war lasted, there
fore the efforts of the belligerent would be al
most exclusively confined to predatory and de-
structive operations against private property
course of action calculated to lower the combat
ants to the level of the moss-troopers or buccan-
GERS offforner centuries. The loss on both sides
would be enormous. The mere paralysis of pro
ductiye industry produced by the cessation Of
commercial intercourse, would spread bankrupt
| cy and beggary through every district Dillingham;
and the United States. And all this waste and
misery to be incurred on ilimsy points Of honor,
about which brace of Irish tire-caters OF the
olden time would have hesitated to exchange
shotsl
| With regard to the enlistment question: the
! limited States have suffered no detriment from
the operations of the English Government The
| Cabinet of st. Jamess has again declared it had
no intention to injure or atfront the government
at Washington, and thatitis sorry that it should
innocently have given occasion for umbragc=
| AS to the American Isthmus, both governments
are loud in their prOtestatiOn of their determin-
alton not to acquire any new territory there; and
| in truth such acquisition by either would be
gaining loss. The pecuniary interest of both
countries in the questions at issue would he out
rageously Over-estimated at penny stering.-
teously towards America; and America, we hope
and believe, has no desire to act uncOurteously
towards England.
The whole controversy between the two gov
ernments arises from their reluctance to express
the same ideas in the same words and phrases
Ifthey go to war, it will be on either side simply
with a view to impose its own verbal TornautcB
:, on the other. What an awful responsibility the
statesmen must incur whoprecipitatc two States,
so capable of inAicting injury on each other, in
to war on such miserable pretextSi How the
dcspos of the world will laugh to see the two
most free and enlightened nations of the age cut
| ting each others throats and destroying each
others property for such pitiful no.Teasons!-
Such they will exclaim, in scornful triumph,
are the fruits of free institutions; these are the
consequences of allowing people to govern them
selves!
We address these considerations alike to Eng.
Ilishmcn and Americans; for we cannot regard
any war between England and America-and
that is our great objection TO one-in any other
English GOcernment that, By unjust or crsn
diseOurteous conduct totoqr7s Amerteq, &tallreN-
der 4Qar iHeritable SeiLL be driren With disgrace
from pocer. On former occasions, we do not
deny that English governments have been too
apt to treat Americans with superciliOuS alice
tatIon of superiority. We admit that some OF
Lord PaImerston's antecedents warrant SuSpi-
cions on the part of the Americans that he has
still some of this Old World leaven about him.
But we have every reason to believe that his coll
leagues are superior to all such sill and anti
0uated prcjudiccs; and we know that his lord
ship is not the man to allow any personal feel
ings Tor princiPles) to interiors with his tenure
Of office.
We say that on the whole the conduct of the
existing English Government throughout this
disagrecable controversy, if not remarkable for
prudence, has always been fair and courteous.
The difficulties regarding Central America they
offer to arbitratc they disclnim any intention to
act in contravention Of the laws of the United
States in that unlucky enlistment affair; and as
for Mr.. Champion and the Consuls, the language
used by Clarendon is in effect: eve cannot pun
ish men who have served us faithfully to the best
of their abilities, unless they are proved to have
violated the laws of the United States the wit
nesses adduced in support of the charge that
they have done so are utterly unworthy Of credit
upon oath; do you (the American Government
prove by trustworthy witnesses that they have
misconducted themselves, and we will withdraw
them, but otherwise we cannot do that consist
emily with our own honor" This, we maintain,
is all straightforward and for the reasons as
signed above we believe that the English Minis
tiers speak and act in this matter, with perfect
sincerity.
As for the Americans, VIC concur in the view
taken of their feelings by our New York cor
respondent, who declares that the whole diff
Guilty on their side is owing TO the INSCRIPTIONS
tactics adopted by the party leaders now in pow
or, with an eye to the impending Presidential
detection. He tells us-and we believe him
that if the English Ministers keep their tempers,
and abstain from any acts or words that may
give handle to the reckless agitators of the
White House till after the elections in Noyem-
Der, there will be no danger of war. We, too,
would give this advice to our rulers, and we be-
licve it will be acted upon. But, at the same
time, we would appeal to the rational and truly
patriotic portion OF the American peopic-and
the language which we have ever held, in per-
feet and cordial sincerity, with regard to the
American people, entities us to do so-to aid us
actively in the preservation of the peace. They
can do so, for they are the majority, and in the
United States the majority is allpowcrfuL-
They need to do so for tho last step of Presi-
dent Pierce demonstrates that as little conf
dence can be placed in his prudence as in his
principles When Walker appeared to be car
rying all before him in Nicaragua, President
Pierce refused to recognize him; now that Wal
ker appears to be lettering on the verge Of de-
Istruction, President Pierce receives his envoy.
The man who can thus act in defiance of every
dictate of prudence and common sense, may at
any moment adopt measures that render war in-
cyitable.
We assure our American friends that the
conviction is already becoming operative here
in England. Next mail will convey to them