The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1844-08-30

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pen, of being compelled to resortto direct taxation
for the support of our government This is moi
the language Of single individual, but the judge.
ment of well informed statesmen, and the language
of Great Britain herself. Read the following eS.
tracts, taken from the Edinburgh Review, OF
April, 1871, one ofthe most influential magazines
in Europe. The British Reviewer, after refer
ing to the fact OF the United States having repuls-
ed Texas, when she before applied for admission
into the Union, goes on to remark, that
''The foundation of the New Republic Of Tex
as may be SAID to be laid in the principle Of free
trade Her wealth consists in her raw produce;
! her wants in manufactured articles. Our utmost
will, probably, ere long, be supplied from Texas;
and no fantastic scheme of encouraging imperfect
and costly manufactures other own, will be allow
ed, may be sure, ever to induce her to sacrifice
her true sources of prosperity, by refusing to take
the wrought goods of Manchester and Birming-
ham in exchange for the produce other soil. Here
then, we have security against that entire depen-
dence on the commerce of the United States,
which, with all its pacific influences, cannot be
contemplated without apprehension. IerdS tctI
either repeal the tariff of the United States, or
nulJy its operation"
HENRY CLAY'S OPINION OF BRITISH
INFLUENCE-HES SAYS THE POWER OF
ENGLAND EFFECTED THE REPEAL
OF LAW BY THE CONGRESS OF THE
| UNITED STATES.
In his celebrated speech, Ito which allusion has
been before made,) delivered in the Senate Decem-
Der %, 1910, Mr.. Clay thus speaks of the infu-
ence which Great Britain exerts in the United
States and the extent of her intrigues and her pow
er: [See Greeleys Life and Speeches of Clay, vol.
l. p III
''But the gentleman reminds US that Great Brit
ain, the ally of Span may be obged,by her con-
nection with that country, to take part with her
against US, and to consider the measure of the Pres
ident as justifying an appeal to arms Sir, is the
time never to arrive when we may manage our
own offars without the fear of finsuing his Britain
mic Majesty? Is the rod of British power to be
forever suspended over our heads? Whether we
assert our rights by sea, or attempt their mainte-
nance by land-whithersoeve we turn ourselves,
this phantom necessarily pursues us. already has
IL had too much influence on the councils ofthe
Nation. Ncontributed to Merepeal ofthe embar-
go-that dishonorable repeal which SO much tar
nshed the character ofour government"
Who, after reading the above evidence of Henry
Clay, assert it is false alarm to warn the
people to beware of British power-to watch the
intrigues of England, and to never permit her to
own foot of soil upon the North American con-
tnent more than she now possesses. Surely the
brilliant orator, Henry Clay, will not be charged
with demagoguesm in this matter, and he asserts
that Great Britain sent emissaries to this country
to sow treason in the minds of our own citizens;
and that she at one time possessed so much power
in the United States as to secure the repeal of
law by Congess-which repeal furnished the hon.
or of our government! Is there not now similar
danger to be apprehended from British trickery and
British gold'
TED STATES.
Great Britain has never forgiven the American
people for the chastisement she received at their
hands during the days of the Revolution and of the
last war. In addition to this feeling of malignant
hatred. she views the United States as her rival in
commerce and in power, and hence doubly desires
our prostration; and therefore her opposition to the
annexation of Texas, which measure she knows full
well would render us impregnabIe to her attacks.
Her public Journals TEEN with vile assaults upon
our institutions, and threats of determination.
Read for example, the following extract from the
al riolG n laa1ip nF Of
Britain Hear what it says
''It is dsagreeable task-but there is every
chance that it will fall to the lot of this country to
chastise the cock-a-hoop spirit of nsolent dishon-
esty which is gaining The ascendant IN the North
American Union. 1t will cost us some exertion
on us, and they have yetto learn what Great
Britain can do. The bungled business OF the at
tempt to suppress their ndependence-the desulto-
ry flourish of arms in 1872, have given them a
false estimate of their own and British strength
They will come 10 their senses when the mouths
of the Hudson, Chesapeake, and Mississippi are
blockaded."
There it is-there is the old favorite policy of
Great Britain. Blockade the Mississippi, and thus
command the South and West. That is their poll |
cy, and how easy to accomplish the object, if
they had possession of Texas.
But if the above is not sufficient to satisfy every
one of the kind of neghbors we would have ON
our Southern frontier, With England in possession
of Texas, let him read the following extracts, ta-
ken from Frazer's Magazine, work which Gen.
Cass represents to be one of the mouth-pieces of
English nobility. Hear what the bloody British
boldly and publicly proclaim:
ga war with the United States would be bles-
sing to mankind. We must have no protracted
war with that most sinful nation in the world. If
lssailed in the South, vital part is instantly and
surely reached-the Union is dssolved-and the
war is at an end. In one morning 10000 men
free blacks of Jamaca) might be raised for the