The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-05-05
POSITION NOF GREATBRITAIN.

POSITION OF GREAT BRITAIN.
A Paris journal, the National, has some
specu'ations OIL the question Of the deten'
ton of M'Leod, which we translate.
1.-THE immense fleets. which are the
pride of England. must protect her com.
merce, avenge her pretended injuries, and
sun Dor, the effects of her ambition in the
mos, di. gulf Of the ocean. The En-
gIish need a part Of their fleet IN the H.
dies. in China where war is just Elnd'ed'
in Polynesia. on the Burnan coasts: on
those Of Africa. and lastly, in the Red
Sea and Mediterranean.
"The power which now rules in France
inspires the English beyond question.
with perfect security, but an unforeseen
event, a modification more or less impor-
tant in the Government, the death OF
single man, may give at any moment a
very different direction to the policy Of
France. England cannot. without 'mPru,
Jence, cease 10 watch her neighbors. and
for that purpose she needs stations and
vessels: she needs them yet more to OBJ.
serve the motions of her allies the Rus.
SLAMS: and most Of all would she need
them to accomplish the same object when
engaged in a serious controversy which
should revive the courage OF the nations
oppressed by her.
1.-THE forces she could spare TO attack
the United States are therefore much Iesa
imposing than We might at first suppose
How would she employ them! Would
she establish bl"cka'Ie along the sixteen
hundred leagues Of the sea shore which
form the Atlantic border of the Unions-
Would she attempt descent upon The land
in order To in,imidale the public mind, and
taking possession Of N.York & Baltimore,
dictate laws to the twenty-six States.--
Such an attempt. in theft first place, would
no, be easy. Since the Presidency Of
Madison, fortified works have been erect
ed upon all the vulnerable points, so that
a sudden attack would have slight chance
of success. :.
Moreover, the invaders would need
troops to maintain a position on land in
the face Of thnse men, who, under jack
son. won, with one soldier against f"Hr'
The battle of New Orleans, Now, En-
gland. with all her power possesses but
100. 600 soldiers, distributed over the face
of the globe. She must leave soldiers in
the Indies TO maintain her sway over the
na,iyes-she must have soldiers at Ceylon,
a, Chusan, at Singapore, at Hobarttown,
a, Alden, at Acre, at Malta, at Gihra'.er'
a, Jersey; she must have soldiers in order
10 reign in Ireland. OF the rest, there
would not be enough to furnish all army
Of 10000 nen to be transported beyond
the Atlantic.
"The insurrections which England
could ioment among the slaves have been
spoken of, and the powerful diversion
which this would effect in The Southern
States. Such means, il resorted to, would
haze M other consequence but TO push
the irritation Of the Americans t" fana.
ticisn,, and to put arms into the hands Of
every man. to defend AT once their preJu.
liices and their righ. Of property.
"But the war with the United States
would have f"r England another, and in
manner, more fataIconsequence,
which her statesmen. doubtless. will not
overlook. America alone furnishes upon
a yearly average, one million FIVE hundred
thousand bales ~ cotton TO The manuractu-
rers Of the United Kingdom. Let war di.
vide the two nations, and those machines
which give subsistence 10 m;llicns of En-.
plish operatives would Instantly stop, for
cotton could not he obtained from South
America. That country scarcely furnishes
a hundred and fifty thousand bules, and
Egypt dies not supply more than eighty
England, therefore, is under
the necessity Of living in peace with the
United States
"Thr United States, hover, could. strict
" speaking, dispense for while. with
selling to England, and the inevitable con.
sequence Of an interruption of commercial
relations would be the establishment Of
factories and manufacturers UPON the soil
of the RepucIic. This Is ptecisely wha,
we have seen take place in Germany, as
an effect Of the continental system she
could no longer send her wool 10 be wo-
ven in England. The United Ststes, there
fore, could. ~ Il certain point, support
var without much injury To their material
interests, and perhaps they might even ere
long he the gamers by il. Bnt Englandl
if her bales Of cotton were to cense for
two months to arrive ut Liverpool. famine
would raise up in her own tefrit"ty. enc
mics. who wouIt! make Eer forget all those