New-York tribune., 1842-03-18
war with Grea, Britain.

We deeply lament that intlamnabie Patriots
who every few months are aroused toz the danEers
Of British pretensions. British domination on TIE
seas. British arrogance. British grasping at uni.
versal dominion. &c &c. cannot be persuaded to
az, with consistent and calm regard to their
vehement representations. unhappily, We regret
TO perceive that their red heat subsidies suddenly
a, it i, kindIed. and all Is icv Indifference Ill
another feve, Iii overcomeS them to be followed
instantly By a three months iorpor az before.
Ouroyn sicw. Of tie .ubiccl is entirely different
from this. We are not blind to the character ot
British policy and pre,ensions-we apprehcId
our vision that regard is as clear and a. ear
nest our neighbors.-bu we insist that ii i. not
By these flashes of boisterons belligerency that
her unsleePing, insidious projects of set-aggran-
dizemcnt arc to De foed Neither maze we much
faith in resisting herb offensive warfare. Warts
a kingly game-ti i lit,le=suted to the genius of
a true Republic In the defence Of our cwn soil
we matsl1f for combined Europe away from
that soil. we=have never vet amounted to much
and il Is TO be hoped we ncvef wiil-tor one VIC
torous campaign abroad wouldbe the grave of our
Freedom. We doznol need any addition TO our
present stock of National vanity and sef-conceit.
OF all the means and appliances OF forcigr and
maritime war Great Britain possesses ten TO our
one-whethcr it be Money, Credit, trained Sol
diers Ships Ordnance or Munitions Her for
trcsses belt the world-iler fleets Written every
sea-hcr mighty steamers hover ttlickly even on
our shores. Undoubtedly we canmatch all these
| if We WILL but to do it We must incur burthens
such as have never known--our land must
| swarm like hers with tax CATERERS; our laborers
| like hers go supperless to rugged beds. We can
not doubt tina, there is n more excellent way than
| this.
We do not object to modcra,e-nay, if you please
neutrality-suspicious. complete and arm our
most important Fortifications--to provide ample
munitions OF war--to tit#ior sea our National yes
sells But TO building new ships when cannot
by any means procure men enough orthose now
ro,,ng in our harbors and yards-to increasing our
regiments, our oti;cers--to any thing like War
measures orpocy, we have insuperable objections.
They willneve answer ourpurpose. We can an
noy England BY War, but we can only vanauish
her By the art, of Peace.
w hat our Country truly needs is the adoption
and maintenance of a broad and iar-secing policy
l6shsxing single yiew absolute NA1ICSAI. INDIE
PESDEScE. 1t is mere tina; our deficiency is sadly
manifest While we look for gu. knives and forks
to Sheffield. orr cloths to Birmingham, our silks
TO Lyons. shoes ard hat, TO Paris, and our
literature and opinions TO London. we shall be lit
tie better III effect than European dependency.
We shall be deticicn, in many essentials Of truly
National existence. The policy of sending our
Cotton abroad TO be spun for our own use-our
Wheat to be rxorbtaulv taxed 10 the famishcd
and miserable manufacturer Of our Clothes when
we could give him twice much bread for his
cloth aud he twice as much cloth for our bread
if we by Protection nurcd him to and sustained
him upon our own soil. is of itself rlinous enough
but It's influence National position and self
suiciency is still more dcrlorabe.
A letan,on.of the Commercial Restrictions of
England is preferable toa War in every way: She
cannot complain Of it; she cannot resist it, and the
sympathies Of the worl4 our side. II des-
trovs nothing, prevents mans following his
legitimate calling in peace and safety In the
spirit Of the French peasants war cry Peace
with the cotagc-War with the Pnacc'
would detract from the income of the mobiles, land
lords, bishops. &c. Of Britain, bur it would add
vastly and permanently to the happiness of tina,
large portion of her thrifty nrtizans and workmcn
whom it would allure to and cherish upon our own
soil, and leave these ut home with lower rents and
frecr competition for their labor In every view
we can take Of it, defensive war of commercial
restrictions for National Independence is the ONLY
and proper ono for US, in view of the aggressive
policy Of Great Britain. More noise could he
made with powder, but infinitely greater and more
beneficial effects would be realized from thoroughly
Reciprocal Duties.
u There are some ill.udgins people in The
community who indulge na pervcrse, unchari,a-
bic grin when YOU tell them that Mr. Martin Van
Buren,. the Fuveite Son of New y ork. has gone
South on u visit of purely alectionasc yearning to
the residence OF his alghrcr-in-hiws kindred in
South Carolina and the ircsidc of his best q!
friends, Old Hickory, in TeIHessee. Such men
would doubt the inspiration of Ma,thias-vea.
even the miracles Of .Ioc Smith To overwhelm
them with confusion he sho,y; nr tho, h. S,o,o