The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-09-04
AFFGHANIs rAN-TEXAs.

though not in aii-oue of It's sories-lhal il mas SCI
tied, systematic policy This Is one oil Inc s'ea'
means BY which the British nation has aaiheu suci
sminence in wealth and influence. II al one une
they are discounted IN iavorle OBJECT hohhs
daupted they return to the charge. II inc measues
adopted for efecting il have proved uTavahng' 'n'y
have some new device, which, upon deliberauoh' ap-
pears more likely to succeed and they resort 10 'a'
Hence they are not often baiIed in their purposes.
If the object cannot be carried by open assault
NAV be susceptible of attainment by saPp'ng ana
minng-and The gunpowder is ready, the miners are
at hand the instruments of the keenest edge and oil
all sorts Of proper dimensions upon the ground
gallery after gallery of subterranean pathway Is eA'
caya,ed and ere the adversary aware, in one grand
explosion he and his fortress disappears, ana 'he Ter
rtory is all British. The Glbraltrr once ga'nea'
neither Philip of Macedons art nor C@sar's proves
md skill nor the Great Fredericks strategy and tao
tics would be able to win 1t.
England has been defeated in the attempt to es-
tabish herself in Afghanstan, but she do not give
- ~, uend IN ner purpose Inc Ameers Oh
Scinde-neghb rulers to the turbulent spirits oil
Afghanistan--have been conquered That is one
more step one important possession-which ena-
bles Great Btilain to operate with advantage upon
Afghanstap--not in her hands ia the enterprise OF
1882 when, for time, she successfully overrun it.
And Afshanistan is regarded a,cays hostile pow
err If So, before the late disasters to British arms
there-much more SO since the smart of those wounds
to national pride and finance. We but make state
ment founded in the avowals of her writers. Take,
for example, the following extract from Blackwoods
for August, 1874
"In fact, the slightest review of Indian history
ever since the first Introduction of Mahomcdanism,
iustfes Lord Auokland's general purpose OF inter-
weaving Ahghanis an with the political system oil
India. This was purpose oil itnerant (2lixot
ism--seeking enemies where none appeared TO them
selves. Afshans were olicays enemies they formed
the Castro saliva of hos lIity to India. For eight
hundred years ever since the earliest invader under
the Prophet's banner, (Mahommed, of Gbuznee,) the
Affghans had been the scourges OF India for cen
turies establishing their own race-leaving behind
them popuous nations of their own blood; founding
the most war.ike tribes IN Hndostan and, not con-
tent with this representative influence in The persons
Of their descendants, continually renewing their IN
roads from the parent hives IN Affshanlstan"
Now this bill of indictment against the Afghans,
is almost, if not quite equivalent to ban of the
Empire to take effect from a certain date in iutu-
ry Not that we TO accuse England of any
purpose TO invade Afghanistan again without sufh-
Gent provocation, but we show that her writ RS
extreme probabilities, rather moral certaintes of
the case-,hat by people such as the Atighans are
here d, scrbed showing such views and feelings and
habtuai relations to India, hostile acts will be com
mi,ted upon British India-and then, as the author
saws further on in his discussion, "the PunJaub will
be ours - that is than one half Of Ahshanls-
tan. He refers TO period ahead, aud says, in
reference to it, The Punaub wiH by that time hare
h..~ o.~s-and the roads. passes and the five
overlo, ked by scientific foriresses A ma
tive militia will then everywhere exist; and mere
lawl, IS conquerors, mission of despotlsm or of
plumber, will have become "a powerless against the
great ramparts of civilization as American saw
ages"
The Punjaub will be oursn This sounds ex-
ceedingy hike declaration, "Texas shall be
ours ) and we apprehend the signfcancy Of the
two phrases is nearly identical Ii is certain the
will be- cannot result without the "shall be ~
We wish it TO be observed that we do not accuse
Great Britain Of swless intentions in these anlcipa-
lions. We think the admonlon she has already
had in that direction will be effective of decent re
gard TO the law Of nations her future operations
upon Afghanistan but show her calculations;
we point to the moral pathway by which she
Of moral probabilities which she calculates as lead
ing to the ultimate subjuga,on of that county we
Indicate the necessities Of security from Afghansan
nroads that her Government foresees the light in
which she views those people, always enemies
"be casra staiva OF hostility to Inda'-"ior eight
hundred years the scourges Of India Are we right
in supposng that her appetite for Afghanistan is
quite as strong as ours for Texas And if she may
add section to section, and territory to TERRITORY m
her remote though important Indian empire may we
not add (of course by lawful means as we are seek
iDg) aieriiory to our own in immediate proximity
proper branch Of the main trunk Of the Sa,e-not
artihcally grated on ii, but growing 10 il as natu
raj stemi Has Great Britain rights Of addition TO
her domains but we noDei May she 90 on indef-
Dtely TO increase her extent Of terra frma bu, We
be debarred the right
Great Britain and France have both recently ex.
ercised this power. There has been good deal Of
growing between them, Of late on occasion Of some
Of the French acquisitions but France does not
seem awed by the British ion-the Emperor of Mo
rocco recedes as she advances, and hangs cut the
white flag and uters his peccavi, when her cannon
nsdes have but begun-nor will she ask our leave,
nor even Brtains leave, for moving her columns
over Num'dian sands and torrents and flying the rl-
color as FAR as she may deem convenient on Algerian
or Moroccan, or TunIslan, or TrpoIItan hatt ement.
town, or fortress Aware Of French policy and
probable future movements, England relax, the
rpor Of her penal laws in Ireland strives to adopt
measures TO compose all internal troubes-not know
ing how soon she may be called upon to meet and
vsnquish an exterior pressure. She wishes 10 be
able to comba, her adversary TO advantage, il the
calculations OF the brochure sh, ud assume form of
actual hostility. bat such cal, milies may no, oc
cur, we fervootly hope md sincerely pra, but that
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