Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1841-07-23
NO. 50.

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| its spirit and snbstance---to errors of fact and
| law---to its tameness and timidity---and to lite
total omission to demand redress from the
British Government for the outrage on the Car
oline which that Government has now as.
sumed. She has now assumed that outrage
for the first time---assumed it after three years
of silence; and in the assumption offers not
one word Of apology or of coRSblation to our
wounded feelings. She clasps her arms akimbo
and avows the offence; and our Secretary, in
his long and beautiful letter, finds no place to
insert demand for this assumed outrage. He
gives up the subject, and demands nothing of
the sovereign. He lets GO the servant, and
does not lay hold Of the master. This is
grievons omission. Il is tanlamount to a sur
render Of all claim for any redress, Of any kind.
Mcleod, The rerpetrator is given up; he is
given up without conditions. The English
Government assume his offence---demand his
release--.oifer Us no satisfaction, and we give
him up, and ask no satisfaction! The letter
demands nothing literally nothing; and in that
respect degrades us as much as the surrender
upon threat degradesus.
1t is in vain for gentlemen to point out the
paragraph, so powerfully drawn, which paints
the destruction Of this vessel, and the slaugh-
ter of the innocet as well as the guilty asleep
on board of her. That paragraph aggravates
the demerit Of the letter; for so well showing
the enormity Of the wrong, and our just title to
redress, it abandons the case without requiring
the slightest atonement!
But gentlemen point to phrase in the letter,
and quote it with triumph, as showing courage
and fight in the Secretary. They point to the
phrase, "bloody and exasperated ,var, !" and con-
slider this phrase as a cure for every defect.
But how did Mr.. Fox consider it! as thing
to quicken him or the British Government! as
an inducement, or stimulus to hasten an atone-
ment for the outrage which they had assumed
Not at all. Far from it. Mr.. Fox did not
take fright, and answer in two days, nor in for
answer while such gentle epistles are written
to him. The "Jloody and erasperated ,car,'
whichis here Swallowed forth, is too feebly and
pointlessly exhibited to make any impression
on the minds of the English or their minister.
Besides the capital defect of not stating on
what fourth day of July the aforesaid s.bloody
and erasperated ,var'' will chance to begin, it
happens also, to be totally defective in stating
the contingency on which it was to happen.
It is not said that, if you do not make redress
for the outrage you have assumed---if we do
not get satisfaction for this wrong---or, if You
ever do SO again--then and in that case this
VI & seas 3s3 Ih pointed sssa q sane5a Is
said ID he letter, but only vague intifnation
that such occurrences may lead to this war.
The little effect which it had upon the mind
of the minister, and his Government. is shown
by the silent contempt with which thew have
treated it. This famous letter Wa written an
the Gath day of April this is June, ed to this
day no answer has been given to it !! Its re-
ceipt has not even been acknowledged
Unfortunate as this boosted letter is it.so
many respects, it has further sin to ansW-
for, and that is its place, or order---its coloca.
tion--in the printed document which is laid
before US. and in its assumption to enclose the
ssinstructions'' to Mr.. Fox, which had been en-
closed to him forty days before. The letter is
printed before the "instrlctions," though writ
ten forty days after them, and purports to ten
close" what had been so long before delivered.
To be sure all the papers are correctly dated;
and the close observer may perceive the order
they ought to take, and that in fact they come
wrong end foremost. There may be some see
mic contrivance---some stage trick in this; but
it is according to the new tactics---the tactics
which put the cart before the horse---and re-
peals one financial system before another is es-
tablished.
Sir. the case of Mcleod is not isolated It
is not solitary atom, standing by itself; but
it is feature in a large picture---a link in
long chain. 1t connects Itself with all the ag-
gressive conduct of England towards this
country: her encroach,nents on the State OF
Maine---her occupation of our territory on the
Oregon---her insolence in searching our vessels
on the coast Of Africa---the con6scation Of our
slaves, wrecked on her islands, in their transit
from one part of our country to another---her
Matching in London for our Southern States
what was Matched there above forty years ago
for San Domingo, the insurrection OF our slaves
and the destruction of their owners--.and the
omnous unofficial limitations that the Union
is bound for the debts of the States. The
Mcleod case mixes itself with the whole Of
these and the success which has attended
British threats in his case may bring US threats
in all cases, and blows to back them---such
blows as the towns of Syria lately received
from the war steamers of Stopford and Naper.
The British are great people.--a wonderful
people---and can perform as we'll as threaten.
Occupying an island no larger than one OF our
principal States, they have taken possession OF
the commanding points in the four quarters OF
the globe, and predominant over an extent OF
land and water compared to which inc greatest
of en-, pires---that of Aexander---that OF the Ro-
mans---tbat of the Caliphs---was nothing but a
digit. War is to them distant occupation.
something like piracy on a vast scale, In which
their fleets 90 forth to capture and destroy, and
to return loaded with the spoils Of plundered
nations. Since the time Of William the Con-
oueror, no hostile foot has trod their soil and
safe thus far frsm the ravages Of war at home'
thew are the more ready to engage in ravages
abroad. To strike---,o crush---to pIunder---to
terrify---and to make peace---is their policy and
their practice and they look upon US, with our
rich towns and defencelcss coasts, as 2 ut s1o-
iect for these compendious tactics. we Aide
nrecate 4 war with that people--none depre-