Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-06-22
Ell EELING. VA TUESDAY MORNING. JUNFI22. 1868.
THE INTELLIGENCE.
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/ The- ssOasEussSY PhIIOssphIsany Cea-
sidsFcd.
j Americans to BE- treated 41s Eaglishmsa deSfrs
to Be- tTeatsd--Ths Goldes Rnls-FzsstsJor
tie suppression offEs SIare Trade STOs5iHg
.ussIess- obsolete ideas Hard RJs dt Uncle
4Sqaa-Eoes The AplerieaH flag .eOses Ais err
goesl-"Riggers or Hothiag" Possibility Of
Var bet'oeea tie taoO nations.
tFrOn ne London TInesI .
@$% $50 How should we
Standa similar Treatment from Americans on
any pretence whatever Even the negative
precept Of the Chinese Taoli runs that we should
not doIO others what We should not like them
to do % as. Should We like the AineEieans,
under any pretence whatever TO station them
selves in The track of our East Indiamen, and
even Of our coasters. and subject them TO the
continual annoyance of coming 20, receiving un-
welcome visitors showing papers. and answer
\ ing questiOnsf The people on whom We PTac-
tce these indignities are only too like ourselves
They inherit our nature, they have our tradi-
| tons and in great o art, our laws Like as,
! they have small opinion Of themselves
| They synpsthise with rs in the matter Of pass
ports, 0iscs, espOinaga. and excessive polieedotn
L They like 10 move at will over earth and sea-
Whatever, then, the rights Of the case and how
lsver far the Americans may be ready 70 go At
present in compliance for peace sake, we can
not but 'OOII forward to the day when It wall be
tmOre disaereeable, at the same time more un-
necessary, for the Americans 10 submit, and q
still greater let down to our pride give way
But, granting-loF there Is no haim IN gTsnt-
ing it-that the practice may have been justl-
Gable hitherto, does Il follow that il must 20 on
for ever? Isit an indispensable law Of mOFuIsS
Must We go on doing ita Does society at large,
do nations, do individuals, always peFseVere TO
the last in whatever they once felt TO be matters
/ Of high merit, and even Obligz;ionsf FOR cen
turies this country held It the duty OF every
man who had no other call 10 SET sail Tor the
Holy Land in order 10 wrest the Holy SePul-
! ehre from the hands Ofthe Sarleeus. For cen
turtles gentlemen formed themselves into orders
| of KnigllthOOd for the Liberation Of Christian
captives, and other works. For centuries we
attached 4 very high value to religious celibaey,
] had an immense number Of wealthy conventss
1 and rs many Thousand monks and nuns as one
now sees or hears Of at Rome and Naples
There was a great deal to be said for them, and
/ with all the faults of the system the poor were
better looked to than they have ever been since.
l For centuries knight erTAntTy was not only
popular but in a manner obligatory in EuroPes
and thousands Of gentlemen roamed about de.
! livering lnaidenS prisoners, and all yietlIns OF
iooarare The ridieuIs that has been poured on
| these customs has blinded our eyes 70 their
/ real merits Il has also blinded as to the gen
/ eral law that thing may be good for one age
Il
come TO an end, like good men. Let as at least
iconsider whether as the Crusades, rs kmght
erTantTy, as mOnastIC institutins have hAd tneir
/ day, so perhaps this naval crusade OF our own
| for the prevention Of the Slave Trade may not
have gone far enough. Sorry are Ee, very
sorry for those whose personal honor seems
1 embarked in the cause, and who may now Oe
] TOO old TO open their minds % the necessity Of
bringing Il 70 an end But, We ask, is there to
be 40 end 70 itf Is England TO 60 on for ever
r n
with her cruisers at the mouth OF every fltef ~
] the western, and even the southeastern COAST
Of Africa, and along every shore west OF the
! Atlanticg Is she not only TO keep mp this cost
| iy force, this drain of money and men, but 20
/ Increase Il continually beyond all reckoning 50
/ rs to keep pace with the eVeF-inereasine trai1el
and strength too, Of the American states =
/ What sort o. force shall We find necessary In
/ A. ID. 1882 At present there might seem to
be a chance in our favor, through the difference
i between the States Of the Union on the subject
Of slavery; but national pride as we know vel
AZ home, IS ever apt % prevail against the gli-
ferehees Of party, and even religious SeIupiess
and we may see by the feeling exhibited a.
New York how readily all the StaIeSs Free as
| well as Slave, would combine against foreign
power that pretended 10 fog them into their
duty.
ernment is bad. They don't disguise II. for MS
l quite the Joke of the Union We have treaty
with them fOr. their equal cooperation IN put
ting down the slave trade, aud as one Of their
papers observes, they don't make one capture
against Jour CITY, Il Is estimated that every
wear 80 600 slaFes find their way into Cubs, and
! a regular stream, no doubt, sets in thence, uIi-
der Ghe stripes and Slars. Of course into the
Southern States Of the Uuioo. The AmeTiean
Journals. With amusing efffOntery, express great
lindiRnntion at the immense profits made by the
/ Governor and authorities Of Cuba, By connivins
nj a traffic contrary to treaties and publis mo-
IrIity: lut the righteous Tebnke, they medi.
tate, for the tranSgres5ors is TO walk int0 Cubs,
ioust the authorities, and annex the Island to
the Union. They. don't seem to have any doubt
lthatiIsord Palnerston had facts enough on his
Side tghen he senta feet Of gunboats % cTuisei IN
lbe Golf; they. only stand out that the stripes
and stars shall always cover the cargo, Mig
ger or nothing" according 20 the resolution
! SdoptetI at meetiug Of shipholdeTs- What IS
Itbe inference to be dawn from this obstinate
and unbIushing depfasity, as Il win be called
on. this Side2 One, we fear, which VII be
i Thought very unsatisfactory and inglos10ns----
! We see no prospect whatever Of the Americans
] mendint tlieIr waystin the course Of the next
1 century, and rs He have observed above the
dsy must arrive, before the expiration Of that
century, when hezqueEtion viii be settled By
the immense growth Of the Uni0ns Il Is not