Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-03-04
FOR TIRE ENQUIRER
FOREIGN CoRREsPoNDENCE-lNo III.

Manchester, Jan. :, 1Si3
DEAR SIR The rejocings. on accom-. Of tie
"giorious result Of the War in China, had but barely
subsidized in England, before the Presidents Mosss.s
made It's appearance Never DID document efaara.
ting from the Executive Of tie Nalion contain pa.2.
aph which occasioned such sensation Tie Annex.
| ed
"The Territory Of the United States, com,ncl,,
i" called the Oregon Territory, lying on tie par ac
Ocean, North of the forty second degree, latitude
I" portion of which Great Britain lays claim, bsg.G.
10 attract the attention Of fellow citizens and tie
tide Of population which has reclaimed VIA, was
" lately an unbroken wilderness, in more contiguous
regions, is preparing To flow these vas, districts
which stretch from the Rocky Mountains 10 tie
Pacific Ocean. In advance of The requirements g.
" individual rights 10 these iandr, sound ro'ey dc
tales that every effort should be rescried 10 by ir
two Governments to settle their respective claims
| Louisiana was not more important To the L. Silies
al the time of lis purchase, than Oregon tlem q,
this moment and the well timed recommendation q
The President Tor lis immediate occupation, has alarmed
our dear phiianhropic old mother almos, GU, Of Ter
senses She begins to discover that in the cruel
just, inquitous war che woged against China she l,
been shaking down fruit for others TO gather. She Lw
talks loudly of the Northeast passage and Of panta
ing her rights the shores of The North Pacific, villa
the bayonet and cannon, che did suettssfHiyla
Afghanlstan But let her swagger and brag
We riH hoid fast.
BY the recen, treaty at Washington, Grea, Bri;a.a
supposed that we were ued into perfect security,
regarded all future questions; tina; did not properly
appreciate our territory beyond the Rocky mouna'fs
-and that, By and by, instead of claiming Iori07
| it, she would clam and keep TIE ach0fe. Inst,a.G
treaties hereafter, she intimaos her Geit rnnatoa
rely uuskets and cannon balls. She cGncciir 'a.
her negotiations with US, have not terminated :ucct
fully, and this feeling increased, by the constant
ference which France makes to her having yiedgd lie
principle OF the fright of search TO the L. S 4.
specimen Of the tone of the British Wing papers t2
tive TO the Treaty, copy the following from The Lon
don Morning Chronicle:
"Bu, the President contempates The possibility a
'the peace of the two countries being involved the
i" question be not settled. Oh. no. Lord Ashbur,oa
possesses the secret for preventing any such coan-
gency. We have only to send his l.ordship ac;cs'
the Atlantic once more, and he let Tie Amcrc'fs
have all they ask for Why should We not be as
ready TO ccde away territories the Pacific a. le'
rores on the Atlantic, in order 10 p-egen; tile pese
| e OF the Two countries bein. involved:
Ii should live TO number three score andi,n yeas,
| am persuaded Will witness larger trace tc,a.r"
the Cnutd States aud China than they now have 80"
Great Britain In the very outset, the ars she" -t
indispensable 10 The existence Of her popaia'oe W
can supply from Oregon, 10 almost any extent
trade, which Russia had enoyed almost cs mcuor}r,
and which England in her visions of future wesla
funced soon 10 be hers. But our commerce ~,
but begin with furs They will only open The uay az
other articles which rich soil produces, ard i'o@
our ccn,gui'y TO the Celestial Empire will drive asa
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Rocky Mountains, will be Greet that ,idings ~ lt
conveyed from Washington TO Carton, in as lte tee
as they were IN 1872, irGm the former place To-
Louis. One OF the Efot matters winch should cai
the attention Of the Nation after Territorial GoytF
ment oil Oregon is eslab.shed is the opening 81 i
road TO the Columbia river and whether from Ms eit'
Importance, IN national point III view, II shon'a -
he railroad is worthy Of great consideration. ii srA
a measure should be found constitutional, lis p9.ei
cannot be questioned Million upon millions 9. ON
cotton bags, and other Agricultural Pr
ducts, would be transported upon such hghwa! ~
the Chinese, as already remarked, are 10 be dsV''
guished as the most successful manufacturing pecps
the world.
/ Furnish them with the raw material and put ma
chlEery into their hands, and they would make t"ei
yards of any fabric as cheaply as any other court.
can make one. In anticipation Of such events Lh-
land ID frightened And well she may BE-, becag'F
when they transpre her days will be numbered "i-'
way Of the transgressor is hard ole who c'Eg'n
a pit for his neighbor should beware lest he -.'"
therein himself. The uue origin of the gfoc'0fa -,
crusade against China, the ambition u I''
Britain TO make herself independent Of Ame''s'
She wanted TO deprire Us of market i9r our
ps-aDd she wanted 10 create n market fS ~
products of her industry-and she felt 10 hes'a..'
in making the send justify the means" hiI'ch's.
swirl TO enter the thoughts Of desperate men-an1 ''
remark is as applicable TO nations tn ndivdua'
Nothing but desperation could drive Great Bf'a"
the consummaton of such wicked deeds as have GU.
racterizad her for the last few years. Decayne' w.
terng, falling she catches at the desperate h''
and executes the most daring designs Her seJf'1Ht
IN her peculiar condition, might be overlooa"c cV'
hypocrisy deserves universal condemnation ffor'
to be the great civzer Of the human race, she coH'
acts Of barbarty that would have astonshrd The ~,
in The darkest ages. The scenes that occurred 10 -
ghanstan the withdrawal Of her army, were ter.
beyond description The destruction Of property y
mschievous and wicked soldiery is without paf@"
The natives, who threw themselves upon then "s..:
were r6ced with a fendish ferocity No Gl'.
were given. Human blood, the blood Of an 'snO''"o;
un'u'ored people, wantonly split by this na'o.
PLannthropists. Ia after ages, hen the acc"' ~
the savage termination Of the British Campse"
China is read will occasion surprise, that the '''