The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-06-24
WAR.
r.. JONES, Adjutant

MAY it not be possible that the Globe, IN IA
boring TO get up war spirit against this Ad-
muistralion, will overlap itself? If IT be de-
termined TO oppose all the measures OF The Ad-
ministration, without regard 10 their merits, we
fancy it would be extremely morlifyins TO the
editor, if, pershance. to preserve his consistency
!. uniformly abusing the President he should
war.
Ii was Wasbington's advice TO maintain peace
with all the nations of the earth, so long as it
could be done without submitting to what is
wrong" And so long as it can be maintained
in this manner it will, undoubtedly, be done.
But who can tell how long it can be preserved
on such conditions? The Globe should not be
too inpatient.
If it shall turn out tina, Great Britain is dissa-
tis6ed with the provisions Of the Treaty Of
Washington-wherein she got rather the worst
Of the bargain, Mr.. Benton's inlerminabe speech
OF base misrepresentation 10 the contrary not
wthstdnding-an should seek directly or indi-
rectly, to violate or evade the terms Of agree
ment, we venture TO assert there will be found
no lack Of courage and 6rmness in the Captain
al The head OF the Government.
If the advice of the London Times, said to
be one of the Ministerial papers, should be
adopted in relation TO the embarkalion Of a hos
tile expedition to Oregon, the Bentonisn Globe
would, possibly, smell gunpowder strong enough
in the Northern bretzes before many months.
In sixty days after the information reached
Washington that such an expedition had sailed
from England, we could overrun Canada with
hundred and fifty thousand citizen solders-a
description Of soldiers, above all others, render
ed most obnoxious TO crowned heads by the
events Of the American and French Revolu-
tons.
Again, if Great Britain, as her phiIanfhro.
phtsts and clustering presses intimate, enter.
tains design TO possess Mexico or Texas, or TO
interfere in any manner with the slaves Of the
Southern States, but few weeks, We fancy. at
any time, will suffice TO rouse the whole Ameri-
can p ,ople to arms like one vast nest Of hornets
The great Western States, at The call Of " Cap
tain Tyler" would rour their noble sons down
the Mississippi valley by MILLIONS That work
once begun, would never cease, in our opinion,
UNTIL THE WHOLE CONTINENT OF AMERICA BE-
LonGED TO THE UNITED STATES
Nor would this be all, in the event Of such
war with Great Britain. Or Yankees would
put aaoat some $500 wcl-armed aud we'll
manned pryaieers, and speculate again on the
coasts of England and Scotland, and vp the
Thames as far as London The sons of Erin
would shout wbole-souled" welcome to them
as soon as they ached the shores Of old Ire
land. France would knock the Quintupe treaty
into a cooked hat" and the Muscoyi,e in all
probability would be disposed to clip lock or so
from the "misuess Of the seas
The Globe says:
Experience has pretty clearly demonstrated that
we can never expect to remain long at peace with
England, without acceding to all her demands, and
scquiescng in all her prei,nsions. The condition Of
smity Is submission
Ii will be demonstrated that we will accede to
no unjust demand, or acquiesce in any inpro-
per pretensions; and If the condition Of smity
Is submission to either, we viii have war be-
fore next March--provided the alternative be
presented.