The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-04-15
Correspondence Of lhe Boston Post.
Washington. April 6, l54t

has taken and will sustain, TO enforce our rights.
There is no particular apprehension entertained
here of a collision between the two countries.
The British colonial au hofiles. aided too much
by the minister here, Mr.. Fox, who is, unfor-
tunately. dyspepiic. and therefore not a cool
negotiator. are trying To go off from the main
question to a collateral issue about possession
of the disputed territory. Our government will
not be diverted from the main point, and will
hold the British Government TO the true issue.
the boundary line. The British Ministers do
not understand 1t, and will not, perhaps, unit!
they are compelled 10 look into it by the dam
ger OF Involving their country in a conflict which
would be the most disastrous event that could
occur to ,heir people. Great Britain canno,
afford TO go to war. were all her American col
onies are at stake. Much less will she run into
such an extremity, that would throw her labor
ing population into open rebellion. from the
condition Of starvation they would be reduced
to- by the loss Of her best customers, the Amer
leans. to say nothing Of her present relations TO
China.
Time is now given TO cool, while Mr.. Fox is
waiting for instructions. but though there is no
feeling OF appre hension here, and the conviction
is firmly settled that the good sense Of Gres,
Britain will do us justice, still the position taken
by the administration will be maintained, should
war be the only appeal Great Britain will listen
TO.
/ The spirit Of The country already begins TO
awaken IN the West, and the Indiana legislature
( has just sent instructions TO her Senators To in
sist on our rights with England at all hazards.
! Fortunately the country has ore Of the coolest
( and most judicious Of her citizens in the Piesi-
dental Chair, who will take no issue on minor
questions of etiquette, but happily combine
Iprudence and ssgacity, with ndomtabIe firm
ness of purpose.
The killing Of the Cumberland Road by Mr.
Clay, has produced much greater stir here
than the war question does. Mr.. Clay has got
his foot in for it. The collar men are whining
like whipped ours that have half made up their
minds TO bite. Never was poacher worse caught
in his own mau-trap than the wings in this
plot Of theirs TO kill the Cumberland Road aud
I lay it to Ihe administration. This was the game.
aud on this their tactitians depended to turn the
/ West to account. But they pushed the game
toe far. The road has died at the hands Of its
/ friends. II regret" said the always shreWd
and sagacious Senator Grundy; IL Iregret, said
he. the death OF the Bill. for am a sincere
friend 10 the road. but must confess there is
some consolation IN the manner Of lis DEATH
! 1t has fallen by the hands OF its pretended
irie DDS, the hgs, who meant 10 commit the
deed and charge it TO us, but have been taken
in the act. and are exposed to the world" Mr..
Clay's friends now feel this. and they dread the
effect OF their shifting policy on the honest
West. An effort was made to-day 10 retrace
their steps, but Mr.. Clay was dogged about it.
and his friends now talk openly against him
We will no longer be racoon dogs TO the hun
ter. say some of Them. who have heretofore fol-
lowed Clay to the death.
Poor Mr. Smith. of Indiana who has follow
ed Clay till he led him into a morass, was in =
deplorable taking al the defeat OF the Cumber
land Road bill which is of great importance TO
his constituents. He upbraidsd Clay with his
desertion of his friends, and stood against him
right manully.
The Senator, he said, goes against the bill
on account of an exhausted Treasury. Is he
so anxious TO supply the Administration with
funds Why then did he vote against the
Treasury note bill, bur the other day, when tine
Treasury was empty He goes against the
bill. because he fears naiionnl debt. Whence
this new alarm from that Senator! How often
has he voted appropriations for this Road, when
there was a national debt Of fifty millions! He
goes against the bill because the Adminstra-
ton had not recommended it, Indeed how
long is ii since the Senator took his cue from
the recemme ndaiions oil this Administration
Why did he not go for the Sub-Treasury. il
the wishes Of the Administration are his guide
He goes against the bill because the expendit-
ures are extravagant. have heard such doc
rrines from the other side of the House. but
Senator's new zeal to keep tn. expenditures
within the estimation Of the Secretary of the
Treasury
And in this strain the Indiana Senator pour
ed forth his griefs. 1t was one Of the best
scenes in the Senate. The bill. however was
lost-20 10 90; Clay. Southard, the two Yer
mont Senators, and others, going against it,
Ii is question that eScites much interest 1t
the West.
: A moral is TO be gathered from Mr.. Clay's
rourse in this thing. IL is the result Of person
al pique. He has been wanting an oPportunl-
~ TO punish his friends for their Harrison nom
ination. He despairs Of his great aim, the
. Presidency. and he means occasionally, 10 make
those by whom he has been sacrificed feel him.
He is almost the only opposition leader who can
afford to be independent. and act bis pleasure.
without reference TO a bankrupt Law. He will
sometimes act in this ~ay, and exhibit pride
OF self opinion that will SAVIOR of obsiiuaey.-
Webster, too, ohsfes and is uneasy, and should
no, marvel 10 see him yet take his old hard
money ground, which, in private be sometimes
lays claim TO. as his original right. The eIe-
} ments Of the opposition, though smooth on the
surface, are iermeutibg secretly at the bottom.
, There are good indications from Virginia.
whig candidate for Eieeror in Hopkins District,
has come cut against Harrison and for van
Bnren. But u should be borne in fnlnd tna'
the democrats 90 into the contest for the ies"
; lature. at great disadvantage. The rotten oot-
ough system operates as 10 requires PoPu-
lar majority Of nearly 1000 in the STATE, 10 Sc
cure majority Of democratic members
/. believed. however. with eutre eouboenee' 10"
Virgisisis safe.
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