Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-03-30
A WAR WITH ENGLAND.

Notwithstanding the miserable patching I'M.
tive can properly call it by other name y of our
differences with Great Britain by Mr.. Webster,
war between the two countries seems to be an
event less distant, even now than il has been for
years.
New grounds Of dispute have arisen, and old
ones have been studiedly re-taken. The British
journals are perfectly furious. They have discov-
ered' they think, a fact which renders the late
treaty fraud upon our part; and they talk indig-
nantly of the trick, by which they aver Mr.. Web
ster outwitted and deceived Lord Ashburton.
The third edition of the "London Sum-" pub.
shed at 7 o'clock on the evening of the day on
which the Acadia sailed, says
"Mr. Webster, far from preserving peace, has
taken the most efiectual means ever devised
by a Minister, for involving two countries in a
deadly war;
The whole of this disturbance has arisen, il
would appear, from the discovery Of the existence
of map Of the N. l.. Boundary. alluded to Inv
DR.. Franklin. In this map. the strong red line
marked by DR.. Franklin, runs wholly to the south
OF the ST. John River. In short, it is exactly the
line now claimed by Great Britain, except that it
comedies more than is claimed
Inc british Journals insist, that Mr.. Webster,
unknown to Lord Ashburton, had this map in his
possession during the whole of the negotiations,
while he solemnly assured the British Pleni-
PotentIary OF his belief only in the Justice of
the whole of the American claim, but his convc.
ton that the trainers Of the treaty of 1888 intend
of
the ST. John.''
The London Times pronounces the map conclu-
slve evidence against our claims, and bitterly de-
nounces Mr.. Webster and the refractory Sena-
tors' Tor perpetratng such fraud upon the Brit
ish Government.-It says Of us Americans
I'VE Knew them to be dishonest and swindlers
In their money transactions, but we did not expect
to lind such Mim6h-rigging among their states
men,
10 this beautiful piece Of abuse it adds-and
the remark is worthy of especial notice
1--WE trust, however, that this lesson will not
DE thrown away upon our country; let us hence
orih put no confidence in American protestatjons
or In Webster VOWS; let us not negotiate with
people devoid of the commonest principles of
honor; we must act; and before we have any
tricks played on us in the Oregon, let US send a
fleet Of heaDy armed and ,oeH manned steam boats
10 protect our rights in fertile and valuable val
ley Of the Columbia River
80 the British, it seems, place great value up
on the Oregon Territory, and the fact stands in
bold contrast to the indifference of our own peo-
pie upon the same subject. 1t is evident, that il
Congress does not Immediately take measures to
secure our Peaceable Proprietorship in that direc-
ton, we shall be saved the necessity of its occu-
patton, except at the point of the bayonet.
Altogether, the news looked warike. The
"Rlght of Search" which Sir Robert Peel has
modified In its denomination to the Fright of Wis
liatIon,2 In our opinion ''distinction without q
'uiheIehce, Is rapidly being made threatening
subject of quarrel. The United States never san
submit TO such claim, and we trust never ,oiH.
Great Britain has made up her mind to insist upon
1t; and under its new title is endeavoring to coax
France into an acknowledgment OF its equity.
10 this difficulty we may now add the "red
lines, OF the boundary question. And to these
we might append twenty other points upon which
the two nations Stand ready to make issue. the
moment all antecedent ones are disposed Of
What will be the RESULT After all our shameful
concessions TO secure peace, are we 10 have a
war! What effect will such prospect have up
on the claims OF the several Candidates for the
Presidency Will not military take precedence
OF civil ones' These are all questions which ma
turaIIy arise, but they require long and serious
thought to answer Phil. Spirit Of The Times.