Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-09-18

The High Church pulpltn rosld have de-
nounccd our exultatIcn Of the miracles Of
science aud our worship Of progress, and
the poor cable would have been forthwith
sliematse1 as an engine Of Anti-Christ.--
The fault, il fault there may be, is in the
British public. ID is not SO intensely inter-
cssed ii this affair as the Americans are.
There must be some reason for this, as we
are not an unreasonable people. Without
the least wish to show q slight, without
being even conscious Of il, we have betray-
ed want Of national sympathy very little
IN accord with SO great an event Among
the future maFvcls Of nature, Bacon pre-
dicted "communcation by sympathy. -
The communication has surpassed even Ba-
cons expectations, but ii Is not with the ex-
pected amount Of sympathy. This is a
question which concerns both the AmerI-
cans aud ourselves
In matter OF fact, this is a greater event
to the United States than ourselves. They
gain thereby instant communication with
the whole OF the Old World. With them
Il Is the "union Of the whole world, as one
Of their transparcncies has, It. We gain
only the United States and British Ameri-
ca. The information to be expected from
these places will be chiefly interesting TO
merchants, who regard the electric wire as
convenience, or necessity, and not as a
new source Of pleasure. In other respects
American intelligence is often startling,
curious, dismal, and interesting as q matter
of speculation, but without the sentimental
interest which attaches to the events OF
most States in the Old World. Scarcely
anything ever happens on this side OF the
Atlantic which is not associated with our
reading, our travels. our acquaintance, or
our pursuits Every novelty is the next
step of train already deep in our reccol-
lection. This cannot be so much the case
in o new world, which few Of us have seen,
and which we do not read much Of. But
the Americans themselves are somewhat to
blame for the lesser interest with which we
read fresh news from that quarter, or hail
the prospect of instantaneous intelligence.
How many times during the last ten years
have the steamers brought rs the disagree
able tidings that all the American papers
were in blaze of Indignation against this
country for some stupid affair that we alb
solutely knew nothing about Have we
not the conviction forced upon Us that
American politicians never seruple 10 raise
capital at our cost by manufacturing griev-
ances against US and carrying them to the
very verge of war It is the belief of this
country that we have several times averted
war BY concessions which were only not
dshonorable because dictated by horror
Of war with our own flesh and blood, men
Of common stock, using our own language.
There is even the misgiying that We may
have to do this again and again, and that
there are American politicians speculating
on this game. Now, the English don't
like this they feel somewhat alenated by
.it, and they doI't feel secure and unre-
served pleasure at the siglt Of an Ameri-
can mall Ii may any day bring new de-
|mand, unjust in itself and not improved by
the language. The Americans may like
this they may feel it amusing they may
even end it answer. But if t,.ey choose
this line. they must not also reckon on our
love or sympathy, as it is now called. A
choice musi-be made in this, ass~in other
things. The Americans may appeal 10
what set Of feelings they please, but not to
all at once and if they wish Us to be
overjoyed at the thought of hearing every
morning what they were doing and saying
overnight, they must adapt their deeds and
words to this new and more intimate rela-
tion. Our recent proceedings with regard
to British Columbia will prove to the whole
world our anxiety to avoid all occasion of
quarrel but, nevertheless, We should not
be surprised if, the interchange of compli'
ments once over, the first real message by
the cable were some ridiculous molehill
magnifed into mountain by the public
press and Indignation meetings at New
York. May it not be SO ! May our fore
boding be proved needless and discourte'
ous But il viii not, unless American
statesmen resolve to be more jnst in their
demands and amicable in their Tone"
The PARAGUAY AFFAIR-The steamers Ful