Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-05-06

FApoiross OPINION tf rms UaiTfD
Sr4rEs-i'he following interesting extrac.
from a letter, addressed 10 Col. Wilkes, Dir
Hudson loves predecessor in the govern.
mant Of ST. Haisnaj to Il relative in the eoun-
Try, contains a pithy expression Of Nspolsop's
views about the United States :--
In ous Of my vafibhs conversations with
Bonaparte (wrises Col. Wilkesy mention vas
made OF the emigration from England and
Ffane. TO America. | said casually, Tha.
VIII be a great country if she hold togsther."
"Yes," said be-, " granting you IL in another
GENTRY, or less. she will sffsct nm entire
change in he face Of the whole world-sHs
HAS THgtvEa UroN DUB foLLiEs!" Deter.
mined not TO misapprehend him, | added
" Yes, the follies Of France and England !;
bot the primitive folly Of England in treating
her with Injustice" What T. said be. care
you me o, those who think you might hare
kept hsr1 No, no the youth must becotns
A man the period must arrive when the boy
ceases to sleep with his nfottsr," After a
little farther discussion We wire quite agreed
in our political views. This authentic anoc.
date marks the peculiar franter Of the man.
and | thought it would he interesting.
The GREAT RIOT AT ~CAaroN-The Cam
ton Press Of Dec. 18th, repeats the opinion
which it had previously EXPRESSED, that The
riot Of The seventh vas not 4 nrtfnentary ebul-
iiiion Of feeling, nor the consequence OF the
~auarrels between The Lascarf and Chinese
but tha, a project 10 destroy lie English far
tory had been fot s6fne time entertained b. .
party at Canton, the execution Of which might
have been prematurelJ hurried On by circuEn-
stances. A number OF facts af5 cited 10 coun.
fsuanco this idea. Bot for thu fortunate cir.
cuinstance Of there being ho wind, and tho
attention Of the mob being fifecied by their
efforts to secure their share 81 the plumber, Il
is SAID the fire would have extended to the 70.
naming foreign factories aod those of tho
| Hong merchants. The disturbance was not
auelled by the Dispersion Of the rioters un,l
| Ten o'clock on the morning of the eighth, when
it was effected by the Indifference Of the col.
diery. H. was said that summary capital pun
! isbment had been inflicted on some Of the q.
| tenders, and that their neGes were exposed 40
a warning in Hog Lane. II was conjscfured,
| however, from the coincidence Of The number
Of persons found dead in font of the fsc,orles,
namely, FIVE, that these latter had been made
to serve the purpose--Boston Adj.
Tine NoRTH EAsTfs1f Bo~UvpARY--h sps-
cial meeting of The New York Historical So
ciety, was held on tha evening Of the 18th
inst, at which the Hon. ALBERT GALLArru
read a memoir which which he had prepared
On The subject Of the Northeastern boundary,
as defined by the treaty Of 1888, and exhibited
the map recently discovered among the pa
peis LETT by the late JoHS JAY, supposed Ivy
the coIorifIgs and other marks to be the idsn-
teal me used by the commissioners (of whom
Mr.. Jay was one) who negotiated tn. treaty
Of 1853. The map includes the limits Of tbs
! United Stated the whole extent Of the terrific.
ry claimed previous TO the treaty of Washing
ton, aud destroys tie argument founded upon
the famous red line map' attributed 10 DR..
Franklin. After the reading Of the memoir,
Mr.. WEBsTEg, by invitation addressed tho
meeting, exeulpatIng himself frona the charge
Of bad faith IN coneeai,ng any information
which he bid and which favored the line
claimed ~ the British. He said be had never
doubted The justice OF the American claim to
t1e disputed territory but that be thought
| the interests OF both countries would be bet
er consulted by entering into a friendly nego.
tiatlon upon he subjects of the difference, ra-
Their than to have them open or to refer them
again 10 the arbitration Of q neutral power.
He concluded as follows
Il am free TO say,that If + had thought tha.
an nnauthentlcated map world have induced
Lord AsI,burton to be more pertinacious in
his claim, | certainly would not have consid
cred it any part Of NJ duy to have pIacaa II
before hEla, la order to retard and enlbarrass,
and possibly, defeat the arnicab,e arrange,
nlents which it was 90 much the interests O.
both countries TO enter into, and which 4sre
subsequently, so satisfactorily settled"
Whether OF not Mr.. Webster was right II
the treaty, and it vii! prove ultimately to naes
been an advantageous arrangement fer thu
country. may perhaps be a question but thst
it would have been supeviative foolish in hilr
] 10 volunteer to the British negotiator a cop,
} of the red line map, whatever weight he maj
> have thought il sntitled To- ws do no: see hr
, any ore can doubt
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