The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-05-14

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AAo4HkR UT of TIE AMERICAN FLAG ~
4 BRITISH MAn-of VAR CAPTAIN WISE. of
the Lsolsdas, d This port. from Rio Janeiro.
states, that On the 1 9th at March. in4lalifuae
8 so s longitude IS ~. he vas cred ia
to and brought 10, By the British sloop I'D
pers demanded and examined under TIE
plea of snpposision that She Was SLAYER
After aelaining her for some time, she vas
allowed g proceed
allowed e proceed forsooth! What
right has British Man.of war, 81 al armed
ship q any nation, u forcibly stop. our
peaceable trading vessels on the high seasa
Are not tie waves and tie winds free to e.
cry country What people on earth have
more nobly dared THE dangers Of the sea.
for The benefit Of mankind IN general, than.
have our brave and generous tarsa They fear
no danger. Their adventurous spirits vel
come every breeze that watts them to Or
from their nanvs shore. They fear not the
chances Of death that awaitsthem ID . tropi-.
cal cline, 81 the certainty Of immense suf-
ferings 10 be endured amid arctic regions.
They heed mol the presidential atmosphere Of
southern ocean, Or the threatening ice
Hbergs Of anorthern sea. They have earned
honor and glory for their country and them-
selves. both in war and in peace; and, shall
they now taInely submit toinsult and degra-
dation, whenever the commander Of one of
III. b NJ. ships shall imagine he has the
right Of enforcing il on lhema Heaven for
bid! 1.-THE flag Of our country hangs droop-
ingly at home, as mourning i nations loss,
il must upon the open seas still wave proud-
ii and freely to the breeze. and let our Gov
eminent n protecting il, proclaim to the
world, that the hirelings Of piraticaI nom
archy shall No longer salnper with the stais
and stripes Of . glorious Republic. Many of
The newspapers printed in England. contain
paragraphs, indicative to the people Of that
country, that there exists no apprehensions
Of war between the United States Of Amer
lea and The Mother Country The editors
of those papers surely cannot mean what
they endile, when they must be well aware
Of the frequent tyrannical assaults upon our
commerce, each one Of which would render
war between the United States and Britain
UNSUITABLE 10 the former, even were there
no other question TO agitate the two powers.
or do they base their assertions upon the
ground that the United States, at the present
time, viii be fearful Of ventnring contest
with Der ancient enemy! If so, how mista-
ken, indeed, are they! The deeds of the two
past wars form proud pages Of our Nations
history, and those Of the third (which must
inevitably take place, should such insults
continae, win but shed new lustre to the
already bright and glorious volume.
AS to our being fearfui-or frightening us
INTO measures; reminds US Of q verse of an
old song:
s.Now Johnny thought he'd best be of,
And leave the boy in quiet;
Yet still to 60 was rather 10th,
Without another riot;
So he greas'd his pole, and hung his flag,
70 scare our Yankee tars, sirs;
But soon above old Johnny rag,
Were seen the stripes and stars, sirs! Z
Frightenuss
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