The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-03-23
From The Nep York Sun
NEWSPAPER AFFECTATION-T1E GRE
OLE CASE-THE NEAL CAUSE OE WAR

NEWSPAPER AFFEIAIION- lie ChE-
OLE CASE-THE HEAL CAUSE OE WAR.
There are few journals in this country most OF
them published in this city, that uniformly exhibit a
very silly afectation in regard to relations with
England. Whenever the attentin of our govern
ment is invoked to the selous aspect of those rela
ons these journals at give themselves airs, anu
with a smrk the face, Ind toss OF the head speak
of those that talk of the possibility Of
war. When the facts that England is grasping the
dominion of the seas-pundering one nation after
Notwithstanding TO interfere with our commerce
reasserng the right OF search in its most odlous form
keeping an army of twenty tn usand soldiers on
our northern frontier and a fleet of war steamers
our coast-when these facts alluded to worthy
of the consideration OF our government those who
speak Of them are denounced with ineiable ailecta-
ton as bcisterous patriots leyerlsh spirits and
those who thus denounce then, call all the world
TO look at themselves and see what patterns OF calm
ness and s,oca Indifference hey Why II seems
tina, one might spit in their ices tweak their noses
by the hour and they would bear il meekly and pa
tlenty as Sucking doves.
This dispos ton is exhibited now by few papers
strongly tinctured W tn abolition Whether It springs
from pusilanmty from sinister designs tits equally
despicable. From the rverson of facts we should
suppose that cowaroice had less 10 do W tn it than
treason. The idea Of our going to war for the pur-
pose of compelling England TO surrender the Creole
slaves, is spoken of with wonderful Alteration OF
horror as If any body had ever expected their
surrender The American Government has demand
ed no such thing no body locks or wishes for any
such result no such issue is involved These aboll-
ton prints confound talseh1od' with truth for the pur-
pose of putting own government IN the wrong
We demand an Indemnity of England not because
her colonial authorities refused 10 return the slaves to
the Creole, but because they nerfered to take them
from the Creole md set them at liberty 1t is mere
question Of indemnity depending mainly upon the
particular facts Of the case and 50 regarded by our
government.
It is idle TO represent this the Of war. A
hundred Creole cases would not of themselves cause
a war, though they might serve to hasten conflict
which was sure to occur on other grounds
There Is, in point of fact but single ebJect ior
which we shall 90 10 war with England good,
great and glorious object-"THE FREEDoM OF THE
SEAS" Let this be peacefully achieved, and we need
have no apprehension of an appeal to aims on any
other question. The Boundary, the Caroline case,
Creole case and all other questions will yield to nego-
uation. But while the great issue, the real bone OF
contention remains open, these subjects OF minor I'M
portance will be dexterousy used as make weights
On either side They may serve prcclplate the con-
1ic but they will not cause it, They not the M
gazlne which Is eventually to expOde Dut only the
| slow matches that lead to it,
The true issue should not be lost sight OF or con-
founded with collateral matters England has never
! vet abandoned the boosted dominion OF the ocean
which her great navy has for hundreds of years ena
bled her to maintain She holds TO the right OF board
ing and searching vessels and lmpressng into he
service all PERSONS who born in England, al
| though they may have lived in America forty years
and become citizens by swearing allegiance to ou
&c vernment. We have fought her three years upor
this point and adjourned the contest without deciding
it. Unless she yields, (Which does not appear proba
Bile for she exeting all her power and ingenuity tt
extend instead of relaxing the principle, renewal o
the conflict is as sure that the world will stand.
may be delayed for years, or il may come within
twslvemonth. America will not YIELD be the conse
quences what they may for she has planted her foo
upon the ground of eternal justice
We, yesterday, pointed out the policy OF Engan,
in regard to her manufactures and the reasons whct
S might have for wishing to drive US into an expen
sive war so as to entail upon us ahuge debt, with it
attendant evils of inflated currency and high prices
by means of which she would comp usto pay her in
directly large annual tribute. She lives by her man
ufactures and commerce; cut them OF, and you Gu
| her very head of. Has she not then, mighty nay
vital interest in maintaining hei manufactures an'
her dominion Of the seas and driving of the com
lnerce of other naonsl Would she hesitate on
moment to 90 to war for these objects She has dom
it once, and will she not do it again When sine
the Norman Conquest has she paid the least regard t.
the dictates of justice in her intercourse with the ma
tons of the eaIthl Never; the word is not in he
diplomatic vocabulary And why are these troops IL
| Canada and these war steamers upon our coast
They can have but one object, and what is it w
advise the public journalists who affect such iniinit
calmness and complasancc to give, If they can, ra
tional and satisfactory answer to these questions.