The Arkansas advocate., 1832-02-29

'S 'fsHs Nt4ooE 1dflC 0do eaines, was q native Of the citf ot New oik. He tee brought ioliiahis pro- leetion, but It was mol needed. Games lad served long in the ship. and tlie off ] ucIs linerlcred warmly in hls behalf. when the ileutenant very eoolly answer ed that lie would not have lis trouble i for nothing, and compelled the poor lel- low 10 go with him. Ne asked the name ol liis ship, and te gave us one. pointing to a vessel towards which his boai did not steer. We could never ind Gaines. Oar ship soon ent up to London, when Cooke asked lne to 70 with hlm 10 one of the public offices 10 get some prizc money for his service in the Cambfalp. We went, and on ac- count ot some foImalits Cooke was re- qulred 10 leave, until next day, his eer- tliicatc oi discharge, which contained tile dates of his period of service. | remember the countenanee with which he entered the street as if it were but yesterday. "Here l am without a pa- l per, and six feet high,' he said, ssior they have kept my discharge in this of. ice, and the Lieutenant, who impressed Gaines, took of wthhimmy protection.a knew the latter fact to be true. In. less than an hour he was carried off from
 s fore my eyes by press gang. ne, yer heard of him afterwards, for all at- tempts 10 trace him were fruitless.
 sOf all the questions between the two countries, that of imprcssment is the most serious, and 1t is the one which the wise men of both nations ought to consider, now there is opportunity 10 do it calmly. The peace of 1915 left this cause of dispute just where it was. The American Government was blam- ed for apparently abandoning one of the principal rights for which it made war. But it abandoned nothing. The peace became il general peace, during which there would be .no improvements, and 1t was wise to defer the settlement Of the dispute, since every tweniy-tIlree years double the population and quad rupled the other resources Of the Uni ted States. But Engand has stood on the verge of a general war for the last twelve months, and is far from being as- lsared Of iong continuance of peace. As between the United States and Eng. land, there exist no serious grounds of dispute, at all likely to lead 10 aeon. test. Their trade is immense, and al though 1t is idle to expect that Amcri- ca Will not become great manuiactur- ling nation, (aad |; great iii;iaaii ;riailiiiiic- turing nation too,) the increase of that country is so rapid that by changing tlte nature of the articles, there must exist, for long time to come, perhaps always great motives for maintaining thc'present commercial intercourse 1t is discreet to leave the peace of two countries, so situated, at the mercy of third parties? The moment England is
 Involved in a serious war, she will resort to lmpressment, (unless the question be attended to pre,iously,) and the mo- ment her officers begin to impress, her sailors will begin to take refuge in oth- CT countries. One effect of an Euro pean. war will be to increase, and that suddenly, the tonnage of America, and of course to create an extra demand for seamen. In country like ours there IS never any great surplussupply of any particular branch of manual labor for long period. When one pursuit is oc- cupied, men turn to another. Tine con sequence will be that our merchants will avail themselves of their unaues- tionablc right of employing any sea men that offer. England and all pa- tlons practice this right, in war or in peace, as nentrals or as belligerents.- The flag is the protection of the indi- Yid,iais unless it enter the ports of the nation claiming the services of the re- fugee.
 "sVise men will not consult their re- collections,sand their pride, and their wishes, on subject like this, but the necessities of the case. To me it seems as certain, as that the sun which sets to night, will rise tomorrow, that war with the United States will follow n war between England and any other great maritime power, unless this ques- ton shall be disposed of before hostili- ties are commenced. Writers in the Quarterly Review may believe 1t adds to their importance by treating this matter superciliously, but when the United States put afoat thirty or forty