The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-11-23
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u,,l is so sure of killing the bear, that he
I ,,, making calculations for selling the SKIN.
saw, 'moa,, he has nearly made up his mind
w '..,op,h he United States, and then pay him
|Qy$ vs' A, roube, by taking our cotton cheap,
M ma his manu- features dear. 1t is n very
a w. nsn and like the Irshman's house, only
finishing 10 make it complete. Some details
u nh, brilliant scheme may be gathered from the
y slSsas article in the London spectator We
', m with no small awe while we contemplate
4, nrd project by which our ingenious neighbor
"a ,,'1s 10 make minced meat OF US.
ri "A curious question has been mooted in the news
M ,,n this week the mode Of Attacking the Uni.
X S,tss in case of war. A prominent cores.
x ,dsu, of the Times, assuming that the over
N ,,ai6s self suiIiclency OF the people of the Uni
" "a States, aud their spirit towards England, will
Il lame day precpate them into conflict almost
Il rlhou intending II, has suggested the entire
& sLene of campaign. His plan is to break up
X M Union by detaching The Southern States from
\ A, rest, and to destroy the resources ofthe North
& an and Middle States. lie wonld begin by adop-
4 ngMch changes IN tho government of our North
R American Colonies as would render them firmly
4 aAched TO the Mother>country; and such changes
hour maritime law as would remove the dread Of
\ npesment, aad prevent 10000 sailors from con-
SANITY seeking employment, if citizenship, in
dsUniNd States, in order to avoid that tyranny.
By employing every means to conciliate the South
-hv al thaur with ali fhaU rot
huhe Northern States the means of conveying
NhWlon 10 the European market, and prompt
IA yn@ for their produce besides the boon which
bV have so long desired, direct intercourse with
ggand-he South, it is calculated, will be re-
8Usd Gifts monetary and commercial dependence
IaAe North, and its connection with England, by
means Of The common interest in the cotton taade,
BE- easily and strongly cemented. Then he would
lSNeSaSs Me North in the strIclest manner, and by
IN destroying MMC investment in cotton in that quar-
Ehr remote one Of the most forcibc motives to
E"aj HE PHsress of their own manufactures; and
SaN, 'Oo manufacturing rival in the markets of
&@lh America and the Eastern Seas would be an
'Mhlaed. -
though This scheme would not divert the atten-
Ton oil The enemy from Canada, yet it would, he
SPp0seS'upply the means Of speedily terminating
ue war and forcing the invaders to evacuate Can
ia The times itself takes the opposite ground
Ns a''umed that the correspondent is in the inter,
N'ihe Southern party (which divides the Union
'hIhe Northern, and hence that he has preju-
eF@ view, instigated by a desire to save the
@h But nstead OF temporizing, the Times
NHd strike Bonapartean blow. To venture
With an army of 80 900 men among the free popu.
%Nn OIL the Northern States, would be merely to
@ II in the guerilla warfare; to establish block
A'O' the whole scaboard, would require whole
hy 10 be cfeclual and would be retaliated by the
NuFnOn Of Canada. No, the South is the weak
FMi OF The Union: the Times would land 5000
HFS' from jamaica, with 10000 stand Of arms,
%@ items of thousands in The Northern States
rHAns success 10 such an invasion) dissolve the
Union in a month";
yum Bull Is very clever fellow; but he seems
""''e forgotten one ir1ing fact; namely, that he
Na' Ued twice already, 10 snatch the chesnuts out
w. we ire, but only burnt his fingers by the
attempt