Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-03-25

""e ~ ~ sHoshInR HnnatnThI anu uby pe'
tween folks speaking plain English.
Il | see also that some OF your folks in Eng
land think there is nat'ral animosity grow
ing up betwIxt the two. nations Of late. II
this Is SO il Is owning mainly TO yourselves
and II viii keep growing st as fast rs you
take the measures you do To protect, us you
say "her majesiy's domnions." But this AMI.
mostly, II any there lS Is not because Cana
ia Is Englsb,--ior, IT The folks along that
line had any other mother tongue than Eng
lIsh, We should have changed the boundary
line long and long ago. Do you think thai
we would have been able To work alonn
peaceably with neighbors whose line fence
divides rivers and lakes with us-dppinr in
here, and cutting across thcre--if their mo
lher tongue made "oui" or "si" or ia" spe
yes? See What quick work our folks made
of Texas! We are chips Of the old Anglo
Saxon block, and think the safest boundary
line betwlxt us and nations that don't spea TX
plaln English, Is salt water. IL was just 50
When you owned this country-thcrc was no
peace 0nd quiet so long as the SON" folks
owned CanGda aud Nova Scotia and when
at last you conquered them, The only mistake
you made was III letting that lingo be spoken
there IN the laws. THIS kept up a constant
inward discomfort and grumbllng, hll a few
years ago 1t broke out IN fresh spot, and
your soldiers was set on them aud cut their
throats and burnt their houses, and this was
considered So strange and inhuman by some
Of our folks near The lines, who could not
sec the necessity IN country Of laws for
this unnat'ral severity, that they brlstled
{ right up, by sort OF II narra animal syppa-
| thy, jlst US the pigs do when they hear
! squccI Of one Of their kind caught by gate
I'or d"g-wIlhout stopping 10 inquire whose
pig he L., brlstles up aud shows fight. This
- about the amount and cause OF present
frontier feeling, und it seems nat'ral TO
The Anglo Saxon family, aud dies a nat'rnl
death as soon as the cause is explained and
examined into.
I don't care to say any thing in this letter
about the n. L. boundary line, or the burn.
! ing of the Caroline, or the capture and trial
! OF Mcleod, or the taking or examining our
vessels on the coast of Africa, or the Ore.
! gon claims, and things of that na,ur,-all
that IL the business OF The Government, md
| they are all matters of law and treaty, and
will 60 through thut mill, ard will, and must
come out strait, no matter whose toes are
! pInchcd. But there is one thing will say
that tho law will have its way here, from a
Justices Court to tho Supreme tribunal, and
| no man. or set OF men can prevent il, and
| no nation can awe lt-and It IL all good old
! English law TO. IL treaty says q line shall
| run mus or so-MuS or so It will go-iust as
deed OF farm runs. II in free countries,
like England aud Amercn folks have right
to go where they please they may go, and if.
they invade other countries, and get caught,
1t Is their look out, and they must suffer the
consequcnces,-the can't claim the law Of
Their country to protect them, though they
may claim, # they can, It's animal sympaihy. |
Now, TO show you how this works what
has been done by This country to shield the |
folks who got caught in Canada, making war
there from this side ? .Nothing, You hang.
Cd some, and others you sent to BOTANY .
Bay, Lyhe iaO,-and that was right, presum- I
ing they had fair trial. and we shall do the |
same on all occasions, and that will keep
things straI,-Gy The lotc and be assured OIL
one thing, that we shall never hang a man
here, unless 1t is clearly shown by The law
he richly deserves it,--for a man has TO make
cons siderable interest here to get hanged NJ
the natur of our folks preiernng to shut him
up if he is a bad man, and keep him from
doing harm 'tll he is 6t To let out, and get an
honest living. 4
But 10 return TO general matters you
will take my advice--and it is honest, though |.
il may not be understood-if you desire TO
keep peace between two important branches
of the great Anglo Saxon family, and there
by escape the scandal Of a great family
quarrel (ihe worst of oil quarrels) don't give
cause OF jealousy between your possessions
on this Continent and ours and bear IN mind J
that what you call protecting against aiiack,
may be considered here as intention 10 attack,
and that may bring gun FOR gun-and then (
guns wan, scaling occasionally ly-and a salute (
may be mstaken-4lh Of July, and 22d Feb
ruary. and 9Th January may not agree with
some Of your great days, and slight mistakes
may lead 10 greater events and our folks
don't like To pay for watching neighbors I
You would see this at once, il line of boun.
Diary divided your river Thames, or cut across
one OF your counties, and rcd coats oil one n
side and blue coats on 'Olher.
II may be that you think that force, and
The fear OF being licked may keep us quiet.
This would be a fatal misiake, for it would
be The very thing, Of all others, that would
stir up slnte. Il.
| don't pretend to account for i,--but such
IS the natur Of The Jreed-a willingness 10
fight j only 10 shoe that they are not afraid Of
beng Hckcd; aud there is no other people
since the days Of Adam who have shown
this like the people who speak English
nat'rally. They never was known yet Tex.
cept among themselves 10 agree to stop fight
ing because they feared they would have the
worst Of II and this comes from their true
religion, and true law, and their love of both
beyond all other considerations.
Now, as before said, if you take my ud-
vice II ls-DOnt waste money in an idle pro.
action, as you call 1t, of your Colonies here
ust keep military force enough to aid your
Evil authorities in executing the laws, and
{ such a force is required, make it militia as
ar as practicable. Good Laws won't re-
lulrc much to aid them; push the Common +
School principle, and that always makes q
good laws and militia too for it creates a :
common interest Give your soldiers quar-.
ter sections ot land IN Canada, and put them I
all on bali phy, TO aid them in clearing up q
ground for year or two, and they will soon
become profiabie citizens, instead of paid r
soldiers. And then what consequence Is 1t I
to Engands glory or England's happiness I
whether they choose TO live under laws of a
their own and pay their own taxes so long n
as they speak aud pray IN plain English, and n
cXlsnd the blessings of human iberiy and a
comfort; two words that are only known to
hat tongue, and can't be written or clearly G