Piney Woods planter., 1839-05-18

OPINIONS OF THE BRITIsH PRESS ON
THE MAINE BoUNDARy.-Tae London
Morning Herald (the Government paper
of the both March, thus speaks Free
Trader.
"We have seen letters from intelligent
and well informed persons in North Ame-
RIGA, and perusal of them tends to streng-
then our belief that the proceedings in
the State of Maine will not tend to any
interruption of the pacific relations be-
tween this country and the United States.
Public opinion in the neighboring State
Of Massachusetts,, and throughout the cas-
tern States, was setting in strongly a.
aainst the measures which Maine had SO
rashly taken, ehd with men possessed of
property there was but one opinion on the
subject. 1t was generally believed that
the measure of Mr.. Fairfield will mere
ly hive the result of embarrassing his de-
mocratic friends at Washington; for how
nyer restless that party may be, no one
anticipates that Mr.. Van Buren will for a
moment afford the least encouragement
to this movement.
The England, packet ship, which reach
ed Liverpool on Tuesday, has brought a
message of the President OF the United
States on the subject of the misunderstood
ing between Sir John Harvey and Cover
nor Fairfield. From this document, which
VIC have inserted entire In anther part Of
our paper, il appears that Mr.. Van Buren
and the British Lieut. Governor Of New
Brunswick differ diametricelly on a point
Of the most Importance. Sir John Har-
vey, according to the Presidents Mes
sage, "has proceeded on the assumption
that an agreement exists between the
two nations conceding TO Great Britain
until the final settlement of the boundary
question, exclusive possession of and jur.
isdirtion over the territory in dispute
This assumption, according to Mr.. Var
Buren,. is founded on error; but we shal
wait to hear something more on the sub
ject before we can believe that the Brit
ish Lieut.. Governor of New Brunswick
has wantonly and ignorantly jeopardizeC
the peace of two of the most powerful ma
tions in the world"
The London Spectator (Radical) Of tn,
same date, thus deprecates the consequen
ces Of war between Great Britain an,
this country:
elias any English statesman aske
himself what effects war with Americt
would have on the economical and politi
cal condition of this country? The ex
pense of such war is the last evil to b.
apprehended. Considering the vast a
mount Of English capital which emigrate
every year in search of higher profit
than the corn law allows in this country
il would be easy to raise, by loan, the re
quisite funds for conducting war will
the United States; and there can be n,
doubt that war with England would b.
very injurious to the Americans. Blu
what would become Of Manchester Th'
name of that town stands for the Who'll,
cotton manufacture of England and Scot
land. Suppose this, not destroyed for
ever, but stopped for year or two, how
many people would be thrown out of EN-
plcyment? But these would be all; for
while the cotton manufacture was stopped
for want of its raw material; our manu-
factures ofwolIen and hardware would be
greatly affected by the loss of their Anne
rican market. Leeds, Sheffield and Bir
mingham would suffer not to the same de.
gree, perhaps, as the towns of Lancashire
buttoan extent of which there had been
no previous example.
The past, indeed, affords but little in
formation whereby to Judge of the pres
cnt as respects our susceptibility of injury
IRON war. We speak not Of war with such
countries as France or Russia, with which
England has but small commercial rela.
lions; but of great civil war between
England and America. Girl war il might