Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-07-20
From the Young Hickory.
GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND
THE UNITED STATES.

From the Young Hickory.
! GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AMI
THE UNITED STATES.
Mr.. Walsh, the European correspond
ent of the National lntelligencer. in hi
letter of the 3lst May, published in it
last Saturdays paper, gives an account o
a settlement DISCUSSION in the Chamber
of Deputies, son the old questions o.
French policy and measures with Buenos
Ayres, Montevideo, Tahiti, &C." He
says "M. GuiEot expatiated on the mag.
mifcence Of ths spectacle afforded by The
friendly and accommodating relations Of
Great Britain and France-each pursuing
its cacn speciGl interests and ends: az
ygrandising itself 1rhereeper deemed prac'
ticoble or conrsnient, ,rittout risk Of col
tsion, Nth mutual assent and good piH. +"
The latter words, which we have italicized.
are marked as a quotation.
Many of our statesmen were surprised
at learning, when the treaty annexing Tex
as TO the Union was negotiated, that the
French Minister was opposed to 1t. They
had supposed that the old and natural
jealousy of British power, on the pait Of
France, would have placed her with the
United States in contest for power be-
tween Greal Britain and the United States;
and they were at loss TO account for this
sudden change of policy, by which France
was 10 become the ally of Great Britain
in extending her power over weaker ma
tons. This open declaration of the Prime
Minister Of France, in the Chamber Of
Deputies, which we have quoted above,
explains The change of policy. 1t seems
now, that there is mutual understanding
sand good will" between these two great
nations; that ''each is to pursue its own
special interests and ends, aggrdndisiag
itself wherever deemed practicable and
Convenient"
In conformity with this arrangement,
France seizes Algeria, Tahiti, &c. and,
we suppose, Hayti will also soon fall be-
meath her guns; and England moves in
the East, and on Texas; and, we perceive,
has ordered fleet on the coast of Japan,
to survey its harbors and bays, doubtless
with a view of preparing the way for a
seizure of that rich island, as soon as
"practicable and convenient There is
proclaimed and regular combination be-
tween these two great powers, to aid each
other in "aggrandizing themselves by the
conquest of weaker nations. 1t has hiih- |
erto acted on the barbarous and imbecile
people of Asia, Africa, or South Ameri-
ca; but now, this "magnificence of the
spectacle" comes to embrace the people
OF the United States in its sublime dramas.
England, according to the declaration of
MIR. Huskisson, is not to "Suter" the
United States to extend their power any
further along the Gulf Of Mexico. 10
prevent this, she must, whatever the form
may be, practically seize Texas in sag
herself, under the pretext of
some sort of imaginary right she possesses
TO the waters of the Gulf which we may
appropriate. If we initiated France and
herself, we would give them a splendid
specimen of ''magnifcent spectacle" |,
by stretching our power at once over
Mexico and California, by the sword; and
his is by no means an improbable result, {
f they push upon us their measures of
Texas, as independent a {
nation as England herself, by her own {
acknowledgement, proposes to be Joined l
o the Coniederacy of the United States. q
Shall the people of this continent not be S
permitted to take what forms of Govern P
nent they please, in any combinations '
hey pIeasel Must we humbly ask Eng I
and or France TO suffer- our policy, or Il
heir hostility be threatened or encounter c
ID? Shall it be endured, that the monar- "
HES of Europe shall come upon our con- t.
inent, Eyes, our continent! and here in 0
erfere with and control the peaceful ex- ii
ension of Republican institutions, and b
AIRY out, on our very borders, their pro- I
ects of ACKNOWLEDGMENT and monarchical a
ominon! The Texas question is grow G
ng deeper and wider every day. 1t is b
ot even a contest between Great Britain p
nd the United States, but of Great Bril- OF
ain, in combination with France, to con- Il
rol the affairs of this continent, in sub "
erviency to their ambitious projects OF p'
ggrandizement. And in such contest a,
there shall every true American, not yet m
traitor TO his race and our institutions, d.
e found2 For Texas, in spite of Eng Sc
md, backed by France, in their projects al
II conquest and dominion-for Texas at fe
very hazard! Our independence of G
european Intervention and OF monarchl- g