True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-03-14

,ervicblc authority, allow III the head Ut an article
But let look Mr.. Csidca Of ,hena,ter. He thinks
The time has mol COME for war; hope lie is right. lie
is for neSotiatonso all reasonable men, for war is
justifuble only the !" ultima rato,'
and would Hlanc be had she not waited for negotiR
ton more than hull acentury. He thinks Maine should
not declare war-nor hus she done he only wants
her rights and she would rather receive them from Con-
Ercss than in other way. He says 5000 acres OF land
is mt Of consequence enough to plunge nation int"
war. Nor does Maine go to war for land but for the
only dowry of free man, !. his sacred rights g And
with all these Mr.. Clay uslifes the present manifesto
ton nf .ng On her part, and he with Daniel Webster,
and doub, not every in Congress begins to feel
that Maine has to complain, not only OF Britain
"War Question:" lie takes altogc,lera different view
Of The subject, even from his oracle but nfoiunatcy
is either ignorant Of much that important on the Sub.
ect else fears lest the minds Ofs readers should be
ovcrasked in dces,iug the whole a, meal Hear him!
"rhe conduct Of the governor Of ~ b. Sir JGo Harvey
has no douM been an outrage on the rights aud Jurs-
dc,inn Of Maine. He has arrested and imprisoned IN
officer Of that State, &c )" he las cai ned exclusive -
risic'on, &c. Really these things would seem sutti.
Gent to any man 10 merit the name Of outragcs; but
then le wisely concludes that they only conlnit-
ted by sir john Harvey, governor of petty province,
Maine must stand by and wait for Hsrcule to come
and drive off these robbers and let her men be inprSon.
3D. her RIGHTS taken nwoy and her properly DESTROYED
taken up to declare with Grcnt Britain Does
he think she wishes for war! If SO he is mistake
Far from it; Maine has more to avoid war than
any other single State For though frontier, she is
less fortified than any other. .:er principle dependence
her commerce, which would be entirely destroyed.
She is not wealthy, aud would he necessarily much I'M,
pUverscd by it, more than the COON acres OF land II
gained could restore to her. But while she has taken
up TO defend her and To assert her own
rights, it must not he forgotten that it is only i'll her ex
tremty, and every that Gu Is her mother, will bite
the dust before he Yields that privilege which cemen
always have, Of trying a, least defend the soil 1t must
not be forgotten that Maine has sent dcputaon after
| deputaon 10 Washington, to urge the adjustment OF
her claims and the of tIOupnr and thai
they have been repeatedly den I'd and neglected while the
energies Of our Congress have been wasted petty
disputes and money enough to have purchased the whole
province Of New Brunswick, wasted through sreculn
ton fraud aud government patronage. |, should no
be forgotten that not only once, but three sccessv,
times her agents the territory officially
without hostile intent, have been seized, Conveyet
away, imprisoned and naltreated It should not be
forgotten, that the subjects OF Her Majesty, not only
have been in the constant practice of taking away tim
Der from, and Of committing other depeGaons on the
territory in dispute, but that they have gone in band:
upon the land of the Aroostook, which has been always
in undi,pucd possession of Maine and Massachuse l.,
much that for years they have been selling il an,
giving titles to actual settlers, and that they have beer
thus fairly roabing the honest and legal possessors
/ American soil. 1t should be also remembered. lha
under the able and efficient administration of iove'no
Kent the very boundary described i'll the Treaty o
1888 and the donh of which expressed by Grea
Britain and allowed by the tcnporsing spirit Of lh
Gcncral Government, has accustomed all the trouble
hns been actuny found to be practicable; and besid
ell this, our own Government has insu!tc Maine NOR
Than that of England in asking them to yield to
compromise, in other words, to give mp halt 10
the privilege of holding the rest.
Let the writer on the "War Question:" think of tles.
things and say, il he will not, with the "Great pac
catOr forgive the inhabitants OF Maine for the tcelin
they have manifested in taking up arms in defence
their possessions and of their homes. There is anohe
wise discovery, my friend has made, that the aggression
OF the ProviIcias more thaa just etaiatio
for the assistance afforded by the Americans TO the Ia
madam patriots. Does he forget the Schlosser outrage
Does he make allowance for the impossbility OF pre-
Trpp ha.,,rr lad h In
those vi" had raised the cry of Frccdo-and especi
ally being their very neghbors, whose interests wer
the Has he forgotten the measures taken b.
our Government to prevent them ami preserve our lcu
trality One thing more he seems to think the Sou
would be the only sufferers from war. What think
he of the commerce of country, the most cxtcnsv
of any in the world, and ALL nearly all the propcrt
Of the North ?-er fleets of vessels filled with her en-
terrrising seamen, covering every from the ic
shores of Greenland to the farhcst wyc of the South
ern occan-"Thcr white wings flying" where'er til
blue sea flows! What thinks lie Of the communicu
ton of the North with Great Britain, influencing in
acknowledgements the whole commercial class, cor
tanning many of the best and most influential men
the land And of the West-ier produce might Il,
deed find ready marker, but how long could they al
and cultivate their land in peace, when the cry of wa
should rouse the blood of the crafty but scepn
y savage! Our planters night indeed feel heuvil
the weight of war, yet must confess cannot til
immense difference which he talks of loudly, and
will venture to say, that neither prosperity wealth, M
the blessings Of peace, would weigh one moment, wit
the sons of Maine against the integrity of her soil.
1t is not, sir, and hope never will be the mere cons
deraton Of dollars and CENTS nor of acres of lane
though that land contained mines rich as Goconda'
that would cause hinine to raise ono murnur again
the general voice of peace, threatening arm will
It ont consulting the interests Of her sister States:
. the contrary she has been less "bustcrng and swa
gcring" (as lie chooses to express himsef) than an
+ other OF the Confederate Republics. She has Dor,
}, from England, and even fiom the General Go
ernment, than any other State would have horne. Sou
= of Mason and Dixon's line compare her provocati'
with that of the nuiers of South Carolina Ask Il
d Louisanians, supposng Texas province
, Great Britain, and the inhabitants had openly an
wanonly committed these Expectations their teri
C tory, how long the rifle would have slept in senc
Think Of these thin: IS, and then shy if Maine is
jusiabc asking all she does nsk-not war, but tt
protection of her soil and the execution of the Trea
of 1853.
Mr.. Edi,or:-I know rot, but this feeble attempt
vIndcae my own snle from the aspersions Which J.
nornnce sectional feeling would cast upon her
be deemed forward in stranger and may have bee
G too h1u,e, but You will oblige much by givii
space in your columns to the above or something fro
: your own more able pen, to the same purpose
!, A DOWNEASTER.