The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-15

wind and perspiration, will become ne
coSsary to revive the fullness of the SEN
satiou. This ]oft-recurring preparation
Of the public mind for great events that
never t~ranspire, will soou become ink
some and provoking, even to the gent
lest of natures. Nevertheless virtue is
its own reward.
The Apprehemded War with Great
Britain.
The telegraph reports from New York
and Washington with which our columns
have been crowded for the past week, says
the Bonner, would be sufficiently alarming
if they were Il little more explicit in their
nature. There is a haziness about them
which gives them tire color of sensational
reports. With a very slight foundation
in facts, n great deal Of bellige rent non
sense has been written, and the people
have unnecessarily been worked mp in
to n war spirit. The origin of the whole
sensation seems to have been with the
British press. The London Mrning
Past discovered the fact that the United
States claimed damages direct and in
direct, to an amount exceeding the in
demnity paid by France to ermany,and
Immediately sounded the alarm. It's
ncighbors took up the cry, and ever
since the whole island of Great Britain
has been resounding with the cackling
Of the frightened press. Cable dispatches
to this country did not mend matters,
infectious sensation spend among the
New York papers. The Hr0id, of course,
led off with tremendously bellicose
leaders, and tho Boanerges editors on
its staff have been grinding out diluted
thunder by the yard even since. Ex-
cepting a couple of indiscrect speeches
in Congress the other day, however, there
has been no sound Of wal in the only
places where it can originate. In Great
Britain there has not been q solitary Of
fetal announcement on the subject. The
Queens speech delivered the other day
is conspicuous for the very slight refer
encc which she makes to the Alabama
treaty. Whatever our claims may be,
there is no doubt they will be submitted
to the Geneva Conference and decided
upon in due course Of time on their
merits. It'll hardly probable that either
the British government o. our own will
be- induced 20 withdraw from the treaty
by u mere temporary popular excite
ment, fed by venal organs and unscru-
pulous men for selfish purposes, There
is good ground for suspicion that the in
teusely belligerent iulminaLions of some
OF the leading New York papers a be
traced to Wall street, where their effect
will be soonest felt. A few Wall street
gamblers have taken q Vantage Of the
momentary excitement i'll Great Britain
to stir upa hostile spirit here. 1t is a
mattcr@or regret that journals which
claim to lead the public mind can be
purchased to further the nefarious
schemes Of such unscrupulous men.
Unless there is better ground for the
popular excitement than has yet been
made public, there is no prospect OF war
The claim Of our government may be
and no doubt is excessive, but that is nc
reason why the British Government
should withdraw from the conference
That court will decide whether our claim
is admissible or not. If it is, Grea'
Britain cannot be benefited by n hasty
withdrawal; if it 10 not, the United State!
will occupy a most unenviable position
before the world. II our Governmen
has seen fit to present untenable claims
the responsibility rests with it. 1t ha
been charged against the administration
that the question has been manipulated
with II view to influencing the approach
ing Presidential election. 1t is claimed
that nothing would contribute more t.
Grants reelection than q war cry, anC
especially against Great Britain. Wheth
or there is any foundation for such
surmise, it would be impossible to sa,
at this early stage in the difficulty. On
thing, however, is very evident-th
United States are not in a condition t.
go to war with any powerful nation
Thanks to the incapacity OF the Gran
administration, our navy is inferior t.
that OF Spain, and UNNECESSARILY weake
than that OF Great Britain.
1t is idle to speculate on the probabl
results Of such n contest, since there j
no immediate probability that it wi.
occur. tits very evident, however, tina
whatever damage we might infict O
the British territory on this continent
would be more than counterbalanced b
the utter destruction Of our foreign CON
merce, the ruin of our seabOard cities
ard, worst of all, the check which
would infict on the growth Of our popu
lation through immigration from Gu
rope. Under the circumstances, it
highly improbable that there will be an
war with Great Britain. Even the re
election Of Grant would not repay til
Radicals for the loss it would intict o
the Northern States.