The St. Landry whig., 1845-06-05
aMExIco AND THE UNITED STATES

"MEAiCO AND Ill UNllGD pa Eto. II
Below will be found an article under the
above caption, which we take from wilmer &
Smiths European Tines copied by that paper
from the London Times of April Is. We in
vite our readers to peruse it attentively. 1t con-
tains i great deal, and is indicative of opinions
held by most of the British people, led astray
by others, in relation to our internal affairs.
Without cquivocation, we tell the minions of
crowned heads, who depend upon our national
dissenlions as a means of carrying their plans,
that they were never wider of the mark in their
life. We go for sour country, right or wrong"
We earnestly, though feebly, opposed the annex
alton Of Texas, as attempted. to be foisted upon
US by Mr.. Tyler and his treaties--not because
we wished tokeep her out Of the Confederacy,
but from principle. The case having now as
sumed a different, a lawful shape, our opposition
ceases, and we now 90 for it as strongly as we
ever opposedit. We go still further. and take
up the Oregon question. That territory as, and
al'edys has been, american properly, beyond all
eqairocatsson. We never coded it away nor will
we ever give it up. 1t is our property; and the
Argus eyes of Great Britain must be turned ia
hanother direction, if she wishes to possess so
fertile a soil. She will find that our internal
quarrels divide us only among ourselves; and
that when an enemy presents herself, they are
j forgotten, and. as Americans, undivided, with
ont questions, we meet them at the Threshold!
! The article alluded to was written, we have but
little doubt, BY some opponent of our party, in
& England, for the purpose of throwing oditim up
e on US, both abroad and at home, by holding out
the idea'that we We're 50 opposed to the govern
ment party, that even an iauasion would not
i bring Us " the field! We repeat again, that
whatever our party dissentions may be, and
how much soever we may blame the policy Of
I our own rulers---in a foreign contest, we are all
Americans---all on the side of our country!
Though our feeble army contains only 9,Ol2
men, we have millions of hearts that beat but
for their c%onntry's welfare, and who are always
ready to form around the nucleus of their army,
as numberless as the stars, and as firm as our
mountains brows! And when British ealcula,
y ton is founded on our opposite views on The sub.
%jectof slavery, she will find that her hopes are
Il but rs a rope Of sand. Even those very slave,
she so much affects to love, would, were we te
think it advisable, form as strong a citade,
against the depredations of the masters ano
Il mistfesses Of British slaves, and for the protec.
le ton OF their own best and truest friends, al
2 would the Green Mountain Boys of the North,
or the Prairie Boys of the South. and West.
il Were W.. in want Of capital to carry on a war,
our ladies' would become he replenishers of oul
treasury. Their HANDS MUD clothe our sol
u diers, their jewelry would be sacrificed at the
: shrine Of liberty, and they would till our fields
while we went forth to meet the enemy! Wheth.
Il er' our interests will be sacrificed by ~ahnexa.
ton, is our lookout, and Of the least possible bu.
siness to Great Britain However, We mus
bring this article to a close. But we canno,
i stop, without paying our compliments to Dan
OhConnell and his co-workers in this country
,. We have been feeding and warming the adder
y ; that is continually piercing US with his sting
a An abolitionist of the deepest dye, whose yer,
soul would be elated could he learn that oul
lie slaves were walking over our carcasses-wc
have been pampering with praise and money
But we are glad I see it is becoming otherwise
The leading Repeal Associations in this countr,
IT, are breaking upland well they may, after the
,e %epithets that have been applied to them by thu
= Great Dan. Hear what he said at a late repea
meeting in Ireland, in some remarks which hi
Il wasmaking on q bill which he said Sir Rober
,e Peel would introduce into the British Parliament
o .sSir Robert Peel was well aware Of the ia.
vorable impression which the bill would pro
81 duce on the minds of the people of this country
and accordingly, the evening of bringing it il
M he setthe Americans at defiance. If he perse
yered in his present line Of conduct towards tbi
country, Ireland would set them at defiance too
SIC America say, don't dare attack England
& they are conciliating Ireland; and you have
! three millions two hundred thousand slave
among your inhabitants
! Ha! hal O'Connell too, looks at our slave
II and ireland to help England in any struggl,
against us, either for supposed or real INJURIES
IN Let them s'lay the flattering JUNCTION to thei
Z souls but we tell them that so surely al the,
nj make athird attack on this country, instead o
81 gaining Oregon, they wiilfose tho Canadas. he
m sides being beat for the third timel American
cannot be whipped
"MExIco AND THE UNITED STATES. w,
take the following from the London Times ofth,
q 18th instant; not because the article at all coin
cides with our views, but because it treats of
subject in which our transatlantic readers can
not fail to take an interest -:
1t, Notwithstanding the great disparity in popula
e ton, wealth, and energy, between the two re
IS publics Of North America, there are many con