The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-04

paid is also borrowed on our ponds at
eighty cents on the dollar. England
connarfson with what she sends to us
Now. Ionly propose to treat her, as a
nation. as one individual treats an un-
Kind neiRhbor who has injured him
He simply says, shall have nothing
to do with you, either socially or in the
way OF business; and that, irrespective
OF the question as to whether his neigh
Dor had the legal right to iDjure him,
or did something illegally for which
suit should be brought. Most prudent
persons prefer to refuse all intercourse,
Now, 1 think the United States should
treat England in the same way. That
was what we did in 1908.
HOW IT MIGHT PAY.
with what result?'
with a good result to the country
said Mr.. Butler, 'fOr it was the very be.
ginning of the establishment OF our
manufactures. Up to that time we had
substantially none. True, a war came
on because Of the claim of the right of
search and the imprisonment OF our
sailors. Aud should think that the
writer in the EVening Post, of which
you speak, was simply re-echoing one
of the Federalist Trades against Jeffer-
son for what they were pleased to term
Jim Madison's blockade
what have you to say about declar-
| ing war against England !?
Nothing answered the General.
| There Is no occasion to declare war
against England. I simply said, non.
| intercourse, but that, in case of war,
what we shall save in importation and
make by capture would be quite equiv
| alent to the expense of what would be
substantially naval warfare
HOW BUTLER WOULD ARGUE AGAINST
ENGLAND.
Still, General, you have not quite
clearly stated how you would argue the
case against England. II isn't quite
enough to say that 1t was part OF her
policy to break up this Government.
What is your theory in full p
well, them responded the General,
4 should show that in violation of
every principle of international law on
which she had ever acted as to the
proper treatment OF rebels !; in defiance
ries about slavery, which she had not
only proclaimed, but practically carri-
ed out; and in the face of u treaty which
she had with us to extinguisn the slave
trade, she fastened to recognize Con-
federacy whose corner stone was slave
ry-whOse existence as a nation could
only be maintained by the prosperity OF
slavery and the reOpening of the slave
trade-objects and designs which were
openly HvOwed by the Southland
all this for the sole purpose of destroy
ing our Government and running or
Gripping dangerous rival. II we
should put our claims for damages on
this ground, then the alacrity OF Eng
land In recognizing the Confederacy
need only be considered as evidence of
her interest. On this ground, we should
not need 10 discuss whether she was
technically right or technically wrong
in acknowledging the belligerency. or
whether the blockade Was a justification
of that recognition or not. If she TOOK
advantage OF technical law to iDjure a
friendly power and to do unfrlendly
acts for the purpose OF destroying that
friendly power and destroying her COM
merce, 1t Is just as much an injury that
requires reparation as though the same
acLs, with the same intent, had been
done without such technical legal justi'
ication. All questions OF disputed law
arising under the laws of nations,
where there is no final arbiter but the
sword, might, 1t would seem, be well
laid aside. May we not we'll say that
she had left US legacy OF slavery
which, being interviewer in the indus
trial pursuits OF almost one-half of our
country, became, for the time at least, of
while in her empire it was only an in
cidenC of her colonial wealth? She then
set US the example of emancipation,
which she could easily do without dan
ger to her Government. She taught US
that slavery was wrong and emancipa-
ton and freedom only right. After our
Government had fully accepted these
views to such an extent that large
portion of her people, becoming fearful
for what they considered their cOnstt-
tutional rights, and that what they held
az their most valuable property would
be destroyed under our Government,
rebelIed TO save it and instituted war,
at once, at the earliest possible moment,
she led the way to sustain them in that
rebellion, and aided to set up that
slavery which she had declared to b5
our national sin. What motive could
there be for her to DO this, except the
desire to destroy our Government at all
hazards? Then the fitting out of the
Alabama-allOWiDg her to escape and
giving her shelter-and permitting the
Shenandoah to go out, become not in
cidents of her sympathy with rebellion,
but her own act in pursuance OF her
designs to destroy our commerce and
cripple our power. From this point of
view these acts are not incidents of
her recognition of the Confederates, but
they are the means which she adopted
to crush our Government.
WE CAN AFFORD To WATT
Now as to the remedy. We need
not go to war. We can afford to wait.
England had her chance to cripple US
when we were in trOu ole. we can wait
till some fitting opportunity enables
us to repay her in kind. We can easily
find means, whenever she gets into a
war, to sweep her commerce from the
ocean and substitute our own in its
place. We can afford to wait
ANNEXATION AND RECIPROCITY.
Among these Captures 1 inter-
posed, which you spoke of in case of a
war with England, do you include the
Dominion OF Canada and the maritime
Provinoee?'
OF COURSE said the General, they
would be captured at once. bat whether
they would be profitable things to keep
would depend on circumstances. We
should certainly save the expense of
keeping up line of custom houses,
which, along frontier with their in
dentations, is 5000 miles in length.
DO you think, asked, AS you may
have chance to know at Washington,
that there is any general feeling in the
Provinces for annexationY
Among the people, yes rejoined Mr..
Butler: among the gentlemen who de-
sire the honors of knighthoOd and pa
tents of nobility at Ottawa, No.
what are the chances of renewing
the Reciprocity Treaty!' asked.
None whatever, 1 trust he said, in
his most decided tones.
'Wh5?'
Because, in the first place, don't
propose that this country shall give to
Canada all the advantages of marriage