Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1843-08-12
From The New York Times and Star.
GREAT BRITAIN.

/ GREAT BRITAIN.
Universal empire her aim-hotc she NAV b
checked by proper union 81 The greal
pOwers Of Europe in conjunction ioih The
United States.
Since the gene raj paci6caiion Of 1915
now twenty-five years, The great powers
Of Europe, with The exception of Great
Britain, have added little to the extent
grandeur, or comparative strengthen their
respective Empires. France, stripped Of
her colonies, has shrunk into her original
dimensions t he government Of the Bour-
bons has had business enough at home in
sustaining monarchical institutions Rus
STA, Austria and Prussia have added some
what 10 their territories. But il may be
questioned, whether the acquisitions OF
Russia, if we except the share of the Po-
bsh spoia,ion, have added much 10 her
capacity for hostile operations in western
Europe. Austria and Prussia Participating
but little in The fruils of foreign COM
merce, and thus shut out from the chief
source Of rapid accumulation Of popula,
iion, are pretty much where they were,
twenty-five years ago. The capacity Of
The United States for offensive or defensive
opera lions, is, probably, quadruple what
j, was in 1915. But this increase is not
the result of foreign conquest. 1t is the
healthy progress Of free country, with
boundess resources for commerce, agri.
culture and manufactures.
But no nation has added so largely TO
her possessions, wealth and power in the
last quarter Of century as Great Britain.
|, may well be questioned whether, in mo-
dern times, in the same period, any civil
zed country has ever augmented her terri
tory and her means Of aggressive opera.
lions over the whole globe, on scale so
siupenduCus as so we'll calculated for the
attainment Of universal empire. There
is scarcely any part ofthe world in which
she has not vastly extended her territory
There is no part Of the world, in which
she is not noW threatning, by open war or
Sealthy intrigue, TO enlarge her power,
already so overgrown and so pervading.-
She had looked upon the globe as a vas,
field for military operation, and With won
derful sagacity has seized, by force or
fraud, upon all the strongest points on the
surface Of the earth. Gibralter, Malta,
and the lonian Isles, make her irresistible
in the Mediterranean. To these she is
about adding Cyprus. The Cape Of Good
Hope, ST. Helena, Sierra Leone, secure
her maritime sway on the southern and
western coast Of Africa. She is likewise
meditating colonization on an extensive
scale there. Ausrruna anu van DIemans
land, where she possesses powerful and
growing col0Nies, are infant empires OF
themselves. New Zealand she has taken
posse ssion Of; and indeed among all the
Islands Of the Pacific, she has obtained
the ascendency over other nations. She
claims the Oregon Territory, and has
stretched her trading posts from Quebec
to the mouth Of the Columbia. Under the
flag Of the Hudson's Bay Company, she
has possession of that Territory. She has
fixed her eyes on the California country,
and il is said desires TO obtain the Terrific
ry comprehending the lsthmus Of Pana-
ma. To her West India possessions, she
is said TO be anxious to add Cuba, for the
purpose OF creating a free negro republic
there as thorn in the side Of these States.
Not satisfied with her vast Territory in
the two Canadas, and other provinces she
holds on to this continent, she is seeking
at the hazard of a war to despoi the
State Of Maine of portion of her Terri
tory.
However passive and Indifferent other
nations may be in the view of the gigantic
acquisition and still more gigantic ambi-
lion 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, wodld
seem TO dictate TO the world the danger Of
permitting one mighty empire TO swell
into such huge proportions. W..erais all
the grasping ambition Of Great Britain
20 terminate? When the Celestial en-
pire shall become but one OF her depend
encies-when Asia and Africa are almost
wholly hers, and the islands Of the Great
Seas obey her, reaching forth for the Li-
on's share both Of Europe and America.
In period of twenty-five years more,
should Great Britain continue TO increase
in power and territory as she has done for
the last twenty-five, she will dictate the
law Of submission TO The rest Of the world.
No combination Of powers can check or
contend with her then. She may defy
he globe embattled.
Has not the period arrived when the law
If self preservation requires the civilized
powers Of the world, commonly denomin-
tied Christendom, to say 10 Great Britain
hat they will not consent TO any further
ofterritory on her part, in ady
'udrter Of the globe? To the rest Of the I
world il matters little where her acquisi- II
ions are made. Wherever made, they i
augment her terrific power, and hasten !
Ter march to universal amDire In En- s