New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-05-21

protracted War with the United States-that such
War would be her ruin. The writer, therefore,
URGED, as Alison and others have done, that "reat
Britain, in case of another COLLISION must deal her
blows powerfully and instantly-that she must
aim al the ritals OF the Union, and not waste her
strength in any roundabout maneuvers, (such As
INVASION through Texas would be- unless she
wished to be ruined. The article appeared IN
1911, in the crisis OF the dispute concerning the
North. Eastern Boundary. Although OF no IL
trinsc Importance we publish tho material para
graphs, in order to show how grossly II has been
perverted by Gen. Cas-. They arc as follows
:. The fashion n, present seems to be to speak o
| the mower of England ard the weakness OF America
OF our ar:namen;s and their unqrcparedness IN q
Wanting and exuliing tone, which We must confess
| j. truly alarming But il is inore-ior II Is abso
| iutelv foolish The men who talk of our making
var upon nation OF li,100,0O0 OF freemen, unen
numbered with deb, or taxation, well accustomed
10 the use of arms, and to be attacked on Their OWE
ground and bv their own fresides-thc men, we
saw who think it an easy thing for US by sending
out an Expedition and burning Anew see-cohst towns
| 10 bring such nation on lis knees, are Jh7I hoou
The widest the most irrational calculaiofS o! Inc
chances OF war that ever helped nation iil'o mex
ricablc difficulty. Were this indeed the prospect
before us-were the only open TO us. the max
| me naval and military war, with horse ana 'oo'
| and ships and steamboats, upon one OF the nosl
nowerinl nations of the earth-then sad indeed
would be our prognos,ics for The uure-ine!ancholy
IN the EXTREMIST degree would be our antcIpauohs
Of the ultimate termination OF such Il contest.
"For il is useless 10 shut our eyes 10 certain col
lateral issues and necessary coniDgencics whch
would speedily mix Themselves up win TIE mann
question The first maritime power IN Europe "l:h
aoou, 2J000,000 oil people, but encountered WIN
debt. goes to war with liz only rlval on the seas u
nation of liG00000. proud, uplted, and lar 100
stronr 10 be easily Overwhelmed by coup dc mntn.
And as The more powerful OF the two proposes 10 at
tnck the other Dy sending expeditions across Tie
Atlantic the inequality OF their forces becomes con-
sid.rably diminished and the probability OF pro-
tracted struggle grows still moIe apparent.
"Now supposing this 10 be the state OF things
mus, we no, remember that our next door neighbour
The great and warlike nation OF France, Is burning
for an opportunity Of wpng of the dsgraces OF Tie
Iasr war and has given many most Significant tokens
of late of her cagerness 10 selZc the rst favorable
opporiuniy OF striking blow at her ancient enemy
And further, can avoid hearing by each mai
from Ireland the painest threats that were ever
couched in anguage-ihai so soon as England shall
be fairly entanglcd in a;oreign war, the Romlsh lac
lion in that country will clam, and il necessary,
will seize upon the Sovereignty OF that portion OF
the empire.
'Nor is this all. Do we not know by abundant
proofs that the Russian emissaries are increasingly
employed in iomenting mischief in the East and tina!
the very moment that cav England fully occupied
in other directions would see Russian force on It's
wav 10 Northern India On all these grounds
then. and on others tchich might be added, me
should look upon our entdRSienten. IN protr"cted
,rnrjare rtM america as The too prO6dJic COM
Of our national hamiii0tion, Gismem-
berment and rntn.
And this paragraph is to the same purpose,
and shows how War with America was to be
a blessing to mankind by abolishing Slavery
a motive which would be much more powerful il
Texas with her slaves were added to our Con-
icderacy:
III. contrary to our own inclinatons, We are
dragged into this unnatural war, ii is our duty al
least 10 endeayor to bring good out OF evil. In
whatever way, then, contemplate this subject,
we come to this conclusion. are mast hare a
ocnr riM america, let as make Il n w0r for
the emancipation Of he SidreS so shall CIR Smc-
cess be certain, and our triumph the triumph 0thu-
,aaMity.''
And this is the way it was TO be DONE The
war ended in three weeks!
"Wi;hin few DAYS sail of their coast repose the
free and happy blacks of Jamaica. In one morning
u force OF 900 eht be raised in this quarter
lor the acknowledgements OF their brethren in America.
Such force, supported by two battaions of Eng.
shmen and supplied with 10000 muskets would
establish themselves in Carolina, never 10 be re-
moved. In three weeks from their appearance, the
entire South would he IN one conilagraon.
Enough of this. Arc not candidates for the
Presidency in large business when they quote
such hummcry to frightcn our People into the
support of Annexation