The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1845-02-21

tc HHuuy put w resi-, WitIt0ut M4I;ts
50, itln. as well come 10 day as 10
morfow Ths chances of war are ia
lrreased mot diminished, bydeiays BIZ
we do not believe it will lead TO wal
at all. The present government of the
world, and Of the old world especially
Go not permit themselves to 'actrffon
momentary plque or hasty impulse
They act from deliberate policy. And
we are convinced that the policy o.
England-her settled policy-is, to re.
mainat peaceswith the United States.
| That is her interest and she sees. isit
! well. Weiare, commercially, far more
independent of her than she is Of us.
She has nothing sto gain and every
thing TO lose by ia biwar with these
States. To carry i On, she must
lPlulnge ldeepertyet N The abyss, of )na-
Itional, debt. She must borrow money.
And Of whom? Or the Ro,hschilds,
Of the Barings, pr the Hopes, or some
l,other Of the very few CrGsus capital
ISIS. Of Europe. AS it is very doubt
fut whether She can obtain, the neces-
]sary supplies from them for any such
purpose as a war; with America, Il is
not the interest Of these capitalists that
| there. should be an American war; and
they. holding the sineWs Of war, can
prevent i. if they will. We, do not
| say that England, if we, or any other
po Wer fagrantiy encroached on her
rights. would not declare, and find
means to carry or a war Of defense OF
just retaliation. Lack Of spirit has nev.
| er been among Eng and's faults. Blu,
that is not the present case. She can
accede, most hpnorably, to conditions
much less favorable to her than those
which she has refused. The world
will not justify her in, going to war af.
ter our offers. Such a. war would
drain her treasury, disaflect her peo
lple, tarnish her national reputation. =
We may rest assured she will never
engage in it. she will doubtless put
off the final settlement Of this, dispute
until We tell her, BY this notice, that II
must be settled. And then, when she
is pushed to the wall, she. will do, tar.
dlly and reluctantly, what, had she
been wise, she would have done witt
a good grace at fist. But suppose the
Oregon bill to be defeated in the Sen
ate and no notice given; then she vii
pursue the same Fabian policy which
has stood her instead for the last quar-
tier of a century. In 1927, she boldly
claimed and adhered to the claim, O.
the whole of Oregon north Of the Co.
lumbia river. We indeed promptly re
|jected any such suicidal compromise
But the British settlers in Oregon vir
tually insist upon it yet The nortt
bank Of that stream is becoming in
common parlance there, the British
side; the south, the American. Emi
grants from the United States crossing
the north ofthe river, are told they had
better keep their own side; for they
! will never be secured in any settle.
lments they may make on the other
Is il not plain to be seen whittier, all
| this is leading. Its leading, and rap
idly too, either to collision. or to, con
cession. And to what concession, -
TO concession which is virtual a
abandonment ofeyery thing that is most
valuable. in that territory. There is
not single safe or valuable harbor
on the northwestern coast from lau
tude AZ to the mouth Of the Columbia
and the roadstead at the mouth is worth.
less and unsafe. The valuable harbors
are those Of Nootka and Nltinal, both
north Of 40; and, better and more val
liable than these, the harbors in Puget
sound, which though south Of 49 would
BY tae British proposal, be ceded tc
England. Through the straits of Euca
and by Puget sound, will be hereafter
in all probability, The main channel oI
trade from without into the channe
of the Columbia. To cede that sound
and make the Columbia the line, is tc
abandon to great Britain the entire
maritime control of the Columbia Val
ley. 1t would be an act of Nati6na
folly not for an instant to be though of
Iii is not credible, that England should
ever seriously have expected it. Al
any rate, she knows well that her o ally
chance for it lies in delay and in grad
ual settlements, permitted by our su
pineness, in the northern valley of the
Columbia, and along the Sound in
question:. That must be stopped, anc
to stop il, this notice must be giyen.--
Any thing short Of this is but trifiine
with a dangerous and pressing matter
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