Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-06-10
The Game of Chess.

Peace or War between England and
America lies now very much with the
Press of the two countries" So writes q
distinguished American now in London.
Everybody knows the Print of the
Young Man playing Chess with the Dew
il. "The game of Life" The young
man going into the snare the evil one has
laid, is about to make the false move in
tended for him. His Guardian Angel
despairs, while Satan smiles to the roots
of his hair. Such is the game we are en-
gagged in, and the Father of Evil has too
great stake in the result to leave any
chance for US, if, at the critical point, we
allow our passion to master our reason.
The great move on the board now Is to
get US into a war with England, and
thereby ensure the separation of the
South the dismemberment of this coun.
try, the permanent establishment of q
Slave Empire, Slave Aristocraey'on this
continent, fast leagued with the aristOc-
racy eff the old world, for one object at
least, to put safe lock on the future
greatness of the United States. Perhaps
His Majesty counts too fast if he relies on
all these results, but how foolish it would
be, in a moment of irritation, to make
lust the move he is waiting for 1t Is
certain that our difficulties would be
enormously increased, and success indei-
nitely postponed. and perhaps fatally cir
cumscribed.
There is powerful party in England
whose whole mind IS turned to fnd an
occasion which shall enlist sympathies OF
the Nation in q war against the United
States. This they know can be only ef-
fected by some false move on our part
Hence the eagerness with which every
weapon is sought and forged that can
sting us into some act of inpatience or
retaliation. Hence the transcendental
ingenuity of the sarcasms of the Times.
Hence the cry of mad dog raised upon
every pretence. we have shown that we
understand that game, but the great wea-
pom to be employed for this purpose, the
dangerous weapon in such skilful hands,
is the privateer question. As to the des-
truction of our ships, the rebels know. that
helps them little; but it is the most IA
NOUS recipe in the world TO sting us into
measures that would render war with
Great Britain inevitable, So they ply 1t
with might and main. Had we yielded
to the pressure to issue letters of marque,
what reioicings it would have created at
Richmond They would have counted
the months till war should be declared.
Il is their only hope. Let them play this
last card in vain, destroy this hope then,
and we may securely count the months 1t
will cost to put down the rebellion. Let
us not play into the hands of these clev-
er iockies. Let us always ask ourselves
"what do the Rebels wish us to do?"-
and do the opposite. Had we followed
this rule since the war began where
would the rebellion have been to-day?
The clever and unprincipled portion OF
the upper classes in England, who are
thus playing into the hands of the rebels,
are not the nation. They are the Toomb-
ses, the jeff Davises, the Sidells of Eng
land,-more polished, but the same at
heart. Their object is the same in Eng
land as that of these clever gentlemen at
the South viz. precipitate the nation IN
to a war on popular cry, which shall be
a war against all democratic institutions
throughout the world, and especially IN
England . great reactionary war to keep
the power in the hands of the ruling
classes. They know that war brought
on in cold blood would react on its au-
tbors but that war which they could
make popular by any indiscretion
of ours would make enemies of our
friends in England; for such, at heart,
are the great middle and lower class, and
many all classes. 1t is in our power to
keep them our friends, and woe to Eng
land if she makes war upon US against
the conscience of the English people and
the public opinion of the world. 'The
saved to " the people of
England, and will save Us from a war
Did the rebel leaders rejoice over the