North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-05-13

hare cse more Uar trith England. W.
cannot long remain At peace without dIsho
Q Causes now 10 operation, are rpeninG
10 hostilulrs.
A star and garter sdofn the ruIisn, who
planned an ~ pednion 10 our shores for mur-
and arson and the vile Instrument OF Us
execution has received promotion, and the
thanks Of his sovereign. The British pos
scss, de Gaefo, a portion of our territory
IN The East, in contempt equally, OF our
circumstances and the oblig atoms Of trea-
ties. The colonial frontiers, bordering on
The United States, are b~rislling with bay
onets. Forts are erecting along the whole
line, which look TO, and invite hOstililies. Ar
med steam ships are preparing for the lakes,
and Tor the Atlantic. A ship canal of part
Of the ST. Lawranee is projected and soon
10 be commenced and when completed,
an army, emhafking at Portsmouth, IN
England may notwithstanding landing,
be d%isembarked al the head Of Lake Huron.
Great Britain is drawing around us a COR
don Of ships, Notifications and armies.
Her agents are studiously attaching 10 her
interests The Indian tribes within our terri
She is, al this moment, in poses
sion Of Oregon, from the Rocky Noun
Of the Pacific. Forts, garrisoned by
troops e9ectually close il against the
Enterprise OF our citizens, and make it re-
emble a British province. And whispers |
ave reached US, that she is intriguing /;
With Mexico, OF whose weakness she is
TO take advantage, with a view TO
'nr annoyance in that quater. :
Who does not see the object Of all these q
lovements? Who does not see the point =
D which these comprehensive arrange a
tents are tending 7 Who can fail to see /
hat the seeds Of war are now terminating?
The war, then, must come. We may
clay its advent by our forbearance, or
pusillanimity. We may amuse our
iizens with decisive hopes, by continu- :
g, a little longer, a halt century's nego-
atom. But war must come, at last.
nd is it wise to delay il, until the stupen- /,
Jus preparations OF the British crown, in 4
and in contemplation, shall have :
'en completed ? Time will but augment :
e mass of misery, and the flow Of blood, s
hich war must occasion. Increased means in
annoyance, on the part Of the enemy, q,
nst be met by correspondent energies and II
at
We shall have but one war with Eng ne
lie that sooner or later, it must be
in a character OF vigor, TO make
both decisive and final.
The Canadas, N~ova-Scctia, and New
tnswick, must belong TO the Great
aerican Nation.
IN the Gou,b Tavo, .oaL,, ,J-;;on
o the coniederacy of states.
in Mexico, will soon be bro #
/, into fragments. Several of the Prov
es but wait the propitious momeut 10 He
ak of from The central Government ri
are ready, In conjunction with Texas, ne
unite their fortunes with the United ane
ties. There are means for bringing in ~.
xico herself, and her other ~dependen- In
J. She will find no stability, and have 7ft
but in the arms of the Uniied Nc
les. II she be not annexed to us, in zee
Inc wars doom her TO perpetual desola- ~, miy
!. She endangers by her vioIences,
liberty OF her people, and the peace of
states. Exhausted, at last, d
must find security and repose in the oper
erlcan Union.
autemala, or the Republic of Central
erica, will not be blind to her interest. m
will hail, with pleasure, an union with cine.
North American Republic. She has tent
idy evinced her admiration IF o,r M The
I institutions by taken them as a mod us'
her own. 10
be lsthmus Of Darien is the natural tie
diary Of The Great Nation, on the evi
b, the North Pole on the North. Our
in The West, must rest on
BOSOM Of the Pacific in the East, on
waters of the Atlantic. The provincesl
which Mexico is divided, Guatemala, n. !
rs, the Canadas, Nova Scotia, New DE-,
swick, forming with the United succe,
the constituents Of a mighty En- be sin
will be represented in the Congress edgin:
Republic. Foreign nations must your
no foothold in North America.
we become weak by extension?- After
g. rather, and more stable. Large ing thu
s cannot rendezvous on the waters of The pc
reat deep. Separated from Europe uon o.
rec thousand miles expanse of waters, sss,sd
ay defy the world. pepse
to intestine diffculties-we shall finding
not merely the common bond OF in approa
General discomfort will find a tried y
in a change Of administration, or eo.anl
stitutional modification of govern s;mils,
Local disafiectlon, though iermin- disease