Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-07-27

tween the Two countries. Certainly this
is farewell salutation to the whole af.
fair. Ii is the parting word, and is evid.
emily so understood by the British Min.
isIy. They have taken no notice of this
beautiful letter; they have returned no
answer 10 II, nor even acknowledged its
receipt. The Ministry, the Parliament
and tue press in England, profess them.
selves satlsfed.They cease to speak ofth
ahalfi and the miserable Caroline, plung-
ing in flames over the frightful cataract,
the living and the dead On board, is treat.
ed as gon' BY procession, which has lost
its interest forever.
Il is in vain for gentlemen to point to
the paragraph, so powerfully drawn, which
paints the destruction Of this vessel. and
the slaughter Of the innocent as well az
the guilty asleep On beard Of her. That
paragraph aggrayates the demerit Of the
letter; for, after so well showing the en-.
ormity Of the wrong, and our Just title TO
redress, it abandons the case without re.
curing The slightest atouement!
But gentlemen point to phrase in
The letter, and quote it with triumph, as
showing courage and fight in the Secreta-
ry. They point 10 the phrase, "bloody
and rxasPerated wdT," and consider
this phrase as cure for every defect
But how did Mr.. Fox consider il! ss 4
thing to quicken him, or the British
Government? as an lnducement, or stim-
ulus to hasten an atCnement for the out.
rage which they had assumedi Not at
all. Far from ii. Mr.. Fox did not take
fright, and answer in two days, nor in for.
ty; LOT has he answered yet; nor will he
ever answer while such gentle epistlea
are written TO him The "bloody and
eraSpcrdted sar," which is here shadow
ed forth, is too feebly and pointessly ex-
hibited TO make any impression on tho
minds Of the English or their minister
Besides the capital defect of not stating
on what fourth day of July the a forsaid
"bloody and erdsperated rdr," will
chance to begin, it happens, also, TO be
totally defective in stating the contin.
gency on which It was TO happen. 1t is
not said that, ifyOu do not make re-
dress for the outrage you have assumed
five do not get satisfaction for this
wrong-or, if you ever do so again-
then and in that case this war of blood
and rage will brake out. Nothing Of this
nor any thing pointed or tangible, is said
in the letter, but ouly vauge intimation
that such occurrences may lead TO this
war. The little effect which it had upon
the mind of the minister, and his Gov
ernment, is shown by the silent contempt
with which they have treated it. This
famous letter was written on the oath
day Of April; this is June, and to this
day no answer has been given 10 it! Tts
receipt has not even been acknowledge
ed!
Unfortunate as this boasted letter is in
so many respects, it has further sin 10
answer for, and that is lis place, or
order-its Collocation-in the print
ed document which is laid before US
and in IFS assumption TO enclose
the "instructions" TO Mr.Fox which had
been enclosed to him forty days before.
The letter is printed before the "inStruc-
tions," though written forty days after
them, and purports to "encIOSe" what
had been so long before delivered. To
be sure all the papers are correctly da-
ted and the close observer may perceive
the order they ought 10 take, and that, in
fact, they come wrong end FOREMOST
There may be some scenic centrivance-
some stage trick in this; but it is accord
ing to the new tactics-the tactics which
put the cart before the horse-and re-.
peals one financial system before anoth-
eris established.
Sir, the case Of Mcleod is not insolat.
ed; it is not solitary atom, standing BY
itself; but it is feature in large pict-
Urea link in long chain. 1t connects
itse If with all the aggressive conduct Of
Epgland towards this country: her en-
croachments on the State of Maine-her
occupation of our territory on the Ore
gon-her insolence in searching our yes.
sells on the coast of Africa-the con6sca-
ton Of our vessels wrecked on her islands
in their transit from one port of our coun-
,ry to another-her Matching in London
for our Southern States what was hatch
ed there above forty years ago for Sar
Domingo, the instruction Of our slaveI
and the destruction Of theirs-and the
ominous unofficial intimations that the
, Union is bound for the debts of the
{ States. The Mcleod case mixes it
= self with the whole Of these andthe sue
cess which has attended British threat!
o in this case may bring US threats IN sll !
o cases. and blows to back them-sueh
: blows as the towns of Syria lately recelv
4 ed from the war steamers ofSIoPiord and
IS Napier. .,. 80
= d..t,I noonle--and can perform as vel
- ~ ,b,eaten. Occupying an island nj
n Iarosr than one of our principal States
- - ,hey have taken possession Of the com
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