Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-09-11


TnE LoNpox TINES oS ''MAS1FIsr DESTINY"
-Wc have, in a day. or two past, had our alton
tion called to very singular and peculiar arti-
Gle, appearing in late number Of the London
Times. It viii be known to the readers of
newspapers, that the English Journals have al
ways seemed, on behalf of their government
to watch jealousIy every advance, and every et-
fort to advance the American arms on this con-
tinent. or upon any Of the islands appertninins
to it. 1t is freshin the minds Of all, that Franco
and England, in connection with the United
States, wished to assume sort of protectorate
over Cuba, somewhat after the fashion OF Eng
land and France over the "sick mar" Turkey,
Al the time the Russian forces were quartered
in the principalities. The United States very
properly refused 10 accede tothe proposition,
not only because the government doubtless
looked forward to the acquisition of Cuba, at
some sooner or later time, but because, in the
very nature Of things, it would have beenavery
foolish and one.sided arrangement igland
and France had everything to gain by the agree
nent while the Americans had everything to
lose Now that the British rule in India has
been placed in jeopardy, the English papers
have suddenly bethought themselves that long
AGO. they, the mother country, went oil hlll6us-
tering in that section Of the world.
The London Times has virtually acknowledg-
al that England has been all wrong in opposing
tbs expansion OF the United States, and express
Is qualification at the friendly feelings tpwaFus
C,reat Britain, which has beenayowed by Ameri-
can newspapers since the breaking out Oh tne
mutiny in India. The following extract will be
read with interest by those who have seen fire.
ouent articles copied from the Times, denonne-
ing the aggressive and filli6uster spirit of our
counRymen:
rrba history Of the Anglo-Indian Empire es-
pecially in the earlier stages OF its GROWTH may
not unnaturaly attract American sy'IS 3;. =
is founders, and to their successors. Give and
his contemporaries may easily be regarded as nun
b,,Stprs ON n rnagnihcent scale. Hastings and
Weilesly though they might not profess the doc
trine. carried ont the decrees OF manifest Des'
tinv1 with unexampled yigor. The Democrats
of The Western World arc the frmest of all be
iieyers In the arist0cracy of races, and espcci
oIIv az their. own. When they believe that
half breed Spaniard OF Nicaragua is equal to Al
American from the Union, they may SympathiS'
In the pretentions Of HindOOS and MuSselman'
10 shake off the supremacy OF Europeans
Even the errors Of English rulers have not II
general been such as to offend ordinary Amef1
can preiudices. Disregard for native customs
and contempt Tor pcrniciouS nsageS anu 10
strange religions, are at least as characteristic
of The United States as Of the mother country
The friendly feeling eHtertained towards England
Is moro the trustworthy because it is thorough
Iv ineligible. II has always been difficult 4
Comprehend the irritation which has so frequent
" embittered the differences between two kind
ed nations The more rational opinions whicl
have found expression ON the present occasion
arc founded on reasons which cannot be ex
plained away. Foreigners may be excuse
Tor undertaking the power which would still re
main TO England Il her Indian dominion were a
an end. The strength and Ssof with whicl
= they have reduced the millions Of the east t
subieetion would continue TO exist, even If the
we're exerted in some other direction; but 1t /
natural that the Indian crisis should appear I
Inc world to he absolutely vital 70 England
The sober judgement Of the United States, how
ever. depFeCiates the suppo< oil decline OF on
national prosperity and greatness. "Our 6es
) customer and our closest commercial ally, Eng
land. stands in position that IS peculiarly II
terestinc to as, as the head and home OF iibert
IN Europe, the only country where sPecet
thought, the press, and action are Tree. oins
is1rfSais express even more strongly teelln
which on thepsTt Of English writer's. might