The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-15
The TrIparLItc Alliance against tao
United States.
Why Itis Improbable.


The settled and declared poll
Cy of England, for several yeats pMat
is to AVOID such alliances, that Govern
meut having wisely adopted the old
American policy or Keeping clear OF all
entanglemeuIsin thEa fairs OF other Ma
tiOns, n policy from which the AHeri-
can Government should never have de-
parted. The Alabama controversy. il
Is true, Is highlands affair, but the Gu
ban RESURRECTION IL not. and her saga.
cious and tar-sGcirg statesmen fully
comprehend that no ultimate good
could come to their country by any In
reference in it. Such an alliance ON the
part of Great Britain would, therefore,
be not only IL departure from wisely
declared policy. but departure with
out corresponding benefit.
But unlikely such an alliance is on
the side of Great RrlIa!n, il il still more
unlikely with Spain. II ia but II few
years since there was am attempt at q
tripartiIe interference hy the same
powers in Mexico. France, Spain and
England ali sent forces there to en-
force the claims of their respective sub
jec:S against the Government of that
republic. When they had landed and
marched short distance into the inte-
riOr 1t was discovered By two of the
Joint powers that the third (Frauca) in.
tended not only TO enforce tie pecuni-
airy claims OF her subjects but to over
thrO" the existing Government and in
alitute Il monarchy with a European
prince at its head. Upon this, Eng
land and Spain Withdrew, and the
representative of Spain General
PrIm). WAS not at all reserved in his
expressions as to the deception which
had been praciiced upon his Govern
ment. The disastrous failure OF that
enterprise is still fresh in the memory
of the world, and particularly in the
minds of the French Emperor and
people. Two of the contracting par
ties. England and Spain, were SD thor
ouHbly disguised that il is hard to be-
lieVe they are again ready in so short d
time to embark in another trlpartite
alliance or intervention. II must be
borne IN mind, too, that She same Gen
eral Prim who denounced and with.
drew from the ErNnCo-ApglO.S Spanish
alliance agHinst Mexico, is the same
General PIim who now occupies so in
huential position in the existing
Spanish Government.
Then, AS to the French Government :;
where does lis preteXt for such an in
PREVENTION in American affairs come IL. &?
The Alabama claims controversy does
not touch that Government III any way,
and there Is no reason TO believe that
the Emperor takes such IL lively Inter
est in the revolutionary Government in
Spain as to be- a volunteer in its cause
even admitting that II has cause OF
war or even OF complaint against the
American Government. For these rea
sons, and others, The report is intrinsi-
cally impro bHbIe. and We trust that no
person will be influenced by it to part
with his Government bonds at the
smallest traction OF dollar below the
market price before The report was pub
lished, nor should any business man
permit his affairs to be disturbed by it
In the least. There is no ground what
ever Tor the allegation that General
Grants Administration is influenced
by hHbusterlng tendencies" Efforts
have been made in that direction bv
certain restless spirits. but the ONLY
effect they have had upon the ,,d;oinls
trHIiOn is 10 show that such aItelup,s are
effectively resisted. The President suG
the members OF his Cabinet are aware.
as the great majority OF the thinking
people of the United States are aware,
that what the country wants most OF
all now is pa ace, continued peace, to
repair the damages of prolonged WAL
aud to develop the vast resources OF the
country. AS 10 the alleged alliance
even il it shall prove to be true "a very
improbable tAlnH). we see no reason
why ii should cause II ripple of Appre-
hension here. lis existence or lis AO'
sence should not, and we believe would
not, change the straight course which
our Government should pursue in
either OF the matters upon which the
alleged aIliHuce purports to be based.
Not even France, England and Spain
combined can afford 70 provoke wan
ton war with the United States, for
they all have more TO lose in such a
contest than we have.