Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-03-04

, those objections for which 1t has been ecu.
surei. On the contrary, we believe tha'
every American, who has The honor OF Ills
country at heart, will approve The report,
and the tone it assumes in vindlcaion ol
the violated rights of American clilzcns.
With regard 10 this position oIthc report.
we are certain ,Ilata very large portion OF
the American people will respond to the
feeling which dictated it. In reference 10
that portion of the report which a'udes 10
the nrasping ambition ofGreat Britain the
appreciation of the people may not be 50
general though atrhe same time IL VIII dc
acknowledged that the policy OF 'ha, ma,
lion is, in the report, truly represented aho
described.
If the ambition Of Great Britain has been
truly represented, why ceusnre the report!
We saw that the ambition Of that nallon
has been truly represented, and this repre-
scnaliou is supported Ivy every. man VINO
has been an observer OF events lor 'lie ias'
thirty years. The report is supported ny
almost every press in the country, 10 Fe'
gard 10 the policy of tho Brush GoVcrn-
meut to extend its political and CONNER
cial influence wheresoever 1t can ne dohe
bv all the means il can employ. The re-
mort or Mr. Pickcns is The echo OF public
opinion in this country. Now tho qncs-
ton il, can it he improper for Congress to
express all opinion almost universally en-
,eriaincd 10y the people, while il is moi i'm
proper for tina, people 10 express ii! For
our own part we consider Congress as the
organ Of public opinion in our country
and whenever that body promnlgales 10
the world tho we'll ascerlalned feeling and
opinion Of the people, of whom is the Of
fetal organ, it performs a function Tor
which il was constituted.
The report was opposed in Congress ny
the wings, or, as we should say, by The
federal portion Of The whis party; aud The
members most conspicuous IL tho debate,
and who expressed themselves so warmly
against il, were Mrssrs. Granger, Fillmore
Everiu, aud others. But though those
gentlemen opposed the report, the press ol
their parry were nj the same time uIlcrln9
expressions in regard to the ambition OF
Grca, Britain, which sustain the posillons
assumed in Mr.. Pichens' report. While
the debate was going on in'the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES. on the motion TO print
the report, lie New York Times aud Star,
of the 10Th Instant, whig paper. was is
sued with an article upon the subject: an
article ably written, which clearly shows
rba, the writer has been an attentive OBJ.
server of The policy pursucd by Great Br-
tain; since 1Sl5. The following are ex-
tracts from the article in The Times and
Star, which lhe reader can compare with
the positions assumed by MIR. Pickens in
his report.
"But no nation has added SO largely to
her possessions, wealth and power in the
las, quarter of century as Great Britain.
1t may well he questioned whether in mo-
dern imcs, in The same period, any civil
lized country has ever augmented her
territory and her means Of aggressive opc-
rarious over the whole globe, on a scale so
s,upendous and 50 well calculated for The
altainmcn, ofuniversa empire, There is
scarcely any part Of the world. IN which
she has not vastly extended her territory.
There is no part Of the world, i'll which
she is uoi no,r threatening, by open war or
ready SO ovcrgTown and so pervading.-
She has looked upon The globe as a vast
field for military operation, and vii wen
dcrru sagacity has seized, by force or
fraud, upon all The strongest points on the
surface of The Garth. Gibraltar, Malta,
aud lonian Isles, make her irresistible in
the Mediterranean. TO those she is about
adding Cyprus. The Cape Of Good Hope,
ST.. Helena, Sierra Leone, secure her mar
ilime sway on the southern and western
coast of Africa. She'is likewise mcdiatine
colonization on an extensive scale there.
Australia and Van Dicman's land, where
she possesses powerful and growing colo
nies, arc infant empires o!thcmsclvcs. New
! Zealand she has taken possession of, and
indeed among all the Islands Of the Paci-
fc, she has Obtained the asccndancy over
other nations. She Claims the Oregon
Territory and has stretched her trading
posts from Quchec to the mouth Of the
Columbia. Under the flag Of the lludson's
Bay Company, she has possession Of that
territory. She has fixed her eyes on the
California country. and il is said desires 10
obtain the territory cumprchcndlng the
[s,hmus of Panama. 10 her West India
possessions, she is said to be anxious TO add
Cuba, for the purpose Of creating free
negro republic there is thorn in the side
of these states. Not satisfied with her vast
territory in the two Canadas, and other
provinces she holds on this continent, she
is seeking at the hazard Of Il war To despoil
tho State OF Maine Of Il portion of her lc!-
ritory."
&" However passive aud indifferent other
nations may be in view of the gigantic ann
bilion of Great Britain, the United States
cannot be either. The time must come
when the rule of Britannia over the ocean
will be disputed by her growing offspring.
But sound policy and foresight, would
seem to dictate to the world the danger of
permitting one mighty empire TO swell in
to such huge proportions. Where is the
all grasping ambition OF Great Britain to
terminate When The celestial empire
shall become but one of her dependencies
when Asia and Africa are almost wholly
hers aud the islands of the Great Seas obey