The North-Carolina standard., 1841-05-19
FROM THE GLOBE.
THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT
BRITAIN

Under this caption, some days since, the Of
| fetal organ OF the present party In power gav'
us some extracts from letters Of "a respectable
BANKING HOUSE in London" which afte
few choice paragraphs bestowed upon those
whom these respectable bankers are pleased tc
ca our "rabbIe citizens on the frontier" ant
about ";he severe stigma on any country pro
frssing civilization" which they suppose has re
suited from the prosecution OF Mcleod thu:
proceeds to discourse 10 the people of the Uni
| ted States:
"Under these uneasy and uncomfortable feeling:
now address you, and, will neither be for the
interests of your own mercantile connections NoT
SUIT VIEWS TO HAVE MORE OUTSTANDING TRANS
ACTIONS WITH YOUR CoUNTRYMEN THAN CAN BE HELP
ED, until we see what all this violence is to end in
have therefore to request that you will suspend
the issue of all new credits upon 1t is very
painful be placed in this state of doubt and
apprehension, but public feeling seems to be
running so high, and there is NO SAYING HOW
FAR A BETTER DISPOSED GOVERNMENT
EVEN MAY BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE PROCEED-
INGS OF A RECKLESS PEOPLE, WORKED
UPON IN THE WAY THE RETIRING PARTY
MANAGERS APPEAR TO BE DOING, we
cannot permit ourselves to be further DRAWN INTO
ENGAGEMENTS ON THIS sIDE for any of your citizens,
until that this can be done with greater
safety an6 comfort than the signs Of the times give
present evidence OIL"
Some days after, the same official organ gave
u.s. in the shape of letter from lis foreign cores
pondent another dose of the same doctrine, tho
somewhat diluted. in the following phraseology:
"OP1N1oN IS GENERALLY AGAIST US TOUCH
ING THE DETENTION OF MCLEOD, and, in case
any violence be done to him, will become almost
UNIVERSAL REFRIGERATION. The COM
mon Judgment, too, in regard to the dispute about
the boundary, Isl that our National Government,
and Maine herself, should acquesce in lIber al
compromise with Great Britain, whose assent has
not been doubted. l have directed my inquiries
especially to the points whether, in the event Of
hostililies, the French Government would endeav-
preserve neutrality; and, if so, could compass
that policy with a nation armed and excited as
France is at this moment in reference TO Great
Britain. The affirmative prevails on the first point,
the negative on the second. But my own conclu-
sions at large are, that, if rupture ensue it will
be HIGHLY EXPEDIENT for the U. States to
be able TO PROVE GREAT BRITAIN in
THE WRONG to Europe and that neither, be-
fore after would it be safe for them to count on
European assistance"
These forerunners have been succeeded within
the last few days by elaborate editorial lucubra-
tons on the mpolicy Of war at this time; )" and
the most absued and serviie misrepresentation
Of the power and resources of the United States,
They are cIoal1ed under the pretence that the
.late administration of Mr.. Van Buren has
"made US too poor" to fight, even if need be for
the protection of our rights, & that the "country
is left defenceless," as to he unable to do any
thing but to submit TO the domneering-pride ana
impudent assumptions of the nation with whom
peace, at any sacrifice. is indispensable to the
schemes Of those who the notorious instru-
ments of stock. .jobbers and SPECTATORS.
This design, thus officially given out at
Washington, TO prepare The country in advance
for that amusement at the feet Of England. which
we doubt not will be exhibited as soon as the d.
pIomatic negotiations of those now in power
shall be divulged. is followed IN those quarters
where there was reason to suppose. from former
experience, such doctrines would be pala:able.
From the Federal presses Of the commercial ci-
ties we have scores of articles of the same sort.
They are all intended to manufacture spurious
public sentiment" at home and from abroad in