Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-03-25
OUR RELATIONS WITa THE ARIsTO
GRATIS OF GREAT BRITAIN.

Four-pounder to tie Jroni--faeaiy, Fire.
We have been much amused for some time past,
with the different tunes sung this country b. the
Ars,ocrarc journals Of Great Britain, Oh the sub
ject OF the Indebtedness Of some Of our States 10
John Bull. AT first, they chauutsd sort of prayer
then sung ''2ule Dritanna'--and latierly ''Elar-
ney." Now, Johnny dear, none Of these melodies
will effect your purpose. But by way of consola-
tion, assure you that we tri pay as sooa as we
can. You tempted US to take the lruit--you must
give us time to eat and digest it,
Futther-n glancing over papers received from
the Atlantic Cities find therein several extracts
from late London Aristocratc Journals, breathing
death and destruction to our country The causes
of this sudden thunderburst appear to have origna
ted in the discovery their part, that Bro
Their Jonathan (rue to his cbaracter) has our done
them in the Boundary Treaty, and thai he begins
to show some intention of taking possession of Or
egon. On the latter point, the "London Times''
recommends that the ships and steamers which
compose the British fleet IN the China seas, be inn
meiately dispatched to the mouth Of the Columbia
river. We say, let them come. They will soon
find that the Mandarns whom they will have to
fight on the Columbia, are made of stemer stuff
than those they sauted the banks of the MIN
kuIn-poop, in the Celestial Empire. Notwthstand-
ing all the froih that appears in the newspapers or
gans of the Aristocrats of Great Bi,ain, they are
well convinced that it is impossible for them to
humbug this country as they have their neighbors
on the continent of Europe, for the last century.
Ibn,-
that no matter upon what pretence theycommence
war with the United States of North America,
that war must eventually become universal one
throughout the civilized world. Not a war for ter
ritOry, but a war for principles. Their own Geo.
Canning told them that OH his death-bed They
know, TOO, that in that war, the untitled educated
citizens of Great Britain, whom they, the Aristo-
Gratis, scornfully style the middle class (vhose ef
forts for freedom they daily and hourly endcav-
oring to stfe, by all the power which wealth and
place can give them) will rise and assert their
rights. They know, too, that in that war. the
hundreds of thousands of starving aborers Of Grea,
Britain, whom they, the Arisiocrat s,ig,natize as
opeTat'ues, land whom they treat worse than our
Southern planter treats his siave) will be banded.
armed, organized, and led against them by thou
sand Robespierres. They know, too, that during
that war, Ireland, with her millions will rise. and
Wreak bloody vengeance on them, for the countless
injuries which she has received from them. They
'kno~, too, that in tina; war, Canada will declare
and achieve her Independence. They know, TOO.
mat IN that war, the soldiers-which compose the
British garrsons ia the West ladies, at Gibraltar.
IN The Mediterranean, at Siena Leonne, at ST.
Helena, at the Cape Of Good Hope. in Australia.
aha the East Indies, joining the pressed Of the
British navy. will strike with their starving coun-
uymen for the CAUSE OF Con, AND THE RIGHTS OF
Man.
They, the Arisiocrais Of Great Bi,ain, know.
700 that, at the end Of that war, France will be
heplo'ie; Poland viii be Repnblie; Spain will
os Republic; Grssce viii be q Republic; Ger
many sill be RsPublie; sye, and tina, GIsa,