Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-04-04
EVENING STAR.
wASHIN GToN CITY:
SATURDAY ...... ....... April 3, 1857.
SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS.

SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS.
The Union, discussing with the Journal of
Commerce the policy of an alliance between
this Government and England, direct or indi-
rect, for the prosecution of war with China, to
whichIt alphabetically objects, foreshadowing, as
we believe, the views of the Administration
upon the subject, in the following remarks:
= 1t must be remembered, however, that the
United States and China are now at peace The
troubles of last November, when an American
boat was fired upon, and ample satisfaction was
taken for the occurrence by the destruction of
several Chinese forts, have been adjusted as we
understand, among the officials who particj mated
in IL, and whatever may have been its OCCASION
its results cannot have injured the prestige of our
for US to preserve for American commerce and
American interests in China all the respect and
privileges to which they are entitled, and when
ever they are assaulted, they will be defended
doubtless, with efficiency and promptitude But
OF course, the government Of the United States
Will not make war upon any country unless IL has
itself an ample cause of war; and the mere fact
that China Is in conflict with some other nation
furnishes no good reason why should be in
conflict with China. AS to the 90 cooperation -
of which the Journal speaks. we confess that we
do not quite understand its import. When two
governments are at war, and third government
'co-operates" with either of the belligerents IL
seems TO us that the latter government is very
nearly in condition OF war also. We under
" co-operGtior'' with a belligerent which strikes
the Journal OF Commerce as being so harmless az
nJt even 10 amount to- an 'entanplnp alliance ,,
Is something of which we have no definite idea
Our county has succeeded very well thus far in
ITS history by minding its own business and let
ting other peoples business alone and we are
very strongly inclined TO believe that this policy
cannot be superseded bv better ONE
The IntsIligsneer jokes as gracefully as un-
mereifully over the stew into which our Virginia
friends of the press have worked themselves,
concerning Eli Thsyers last scheme for robbinQ
his sympathizing'' colaborers of New England
out of their hard or cunning earnings. In the
course OF the article our respected contemporary
shows clearly that its opinion of the scheme in
question is well nigh identical with our own
saying:
Suspecting. then. that the prospectus of the
'Great North American Homestead Company
offered little more to the speculative genius of our
fellow citizens than brilliant chance to make in
vestmentS in that species of stocks known i'm
Wall street as the ''fanciful.'' and having Our-
selves no material add TO risk i'm any such
'.teme-arious enterprise we neglected to watc h
the progress OF this SOi distant gigantic and over
shadowing experimentation charter)
we were therefore not little surprised TO find
that what We had regarded as the very stuff of
which dreams are made had assumed In the ewes
OF our virginia contemporaries an aspect so sub
stantlal and alarming as to call from the ..sen-
tnels on the watch tower,' a note of warning po
less lugubTious than that of the wise bird OF
night "
wv hich does 10 the moon comDIajp
or such As, wandering near her secret bower
Modest her ancient solitary reign"