The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-06-02
The English News.

we issued in an extra yesterday, giving in our paper
this morning still more copious and comprehen-
sve abstracts very interesting in variety of
aspects. The commercial, literary, theatrical and
geneIal news, will be found under their respective
heads To the opinions of the English press on
the present relations of the two countries, to
which we have given considerable space, we need
hardly direct the particular attention of our readers
The feeling of the British public with regard to
the United States and the probabilities of collision
between the two countries, present at this mo-
ment subject of study at once interesting
and amusing. A sort of panic appears to have been
produced by the intelligence conveyed from this
country to England by the Great Western. Stocks
were Keeling about-cotton was rising and falling
every thing was in confusion-and the journalists
seem to have been quite thunderstruck on finding
that the abomnable Yankees took the clustering de-
carations of Sir Robert, and the violent declama-
ton of the newspaper editors, in manner SO con-
foundedly cool. Some of them affect to praise us
for our moderation and camness-some abuse us
like pckpockets, and call us " swindlcrs -" and
robbers" because we didn't 60 into commissions of
terror or rage-but all are evidently astonished
that we are SO calm and cool-so provokingIy cool
These journalists forget, or do not know,the relative
condition of the two countries. We can afford to
hear all these rumors of war with smiling compo-
sure. This country is but in the spring Of its man.
hood and vigor The present is full of encourage
ment-the iuture) is full Of hope. And what flu
ture We can look forward to century after centu-
nv of national life, and more than imperial power.
Not so With England. She has passed the climac-
teric of her existence, and is now in that perilous
epoch, described with such graphic power by of
her own poets =
First seeding hid in grass:
Then twig then saplng and as century rolrd,
Slow after century, giant bulk
OF grth enormous, with moss covered trunk,
And roots upheaved above the soil, and sides
Embossed with prominent wens globose till
At the last the rottenness time inficts
On other mighty things, found also thee
War is word now full of terrible monition to Eng
land. Not tap of the drum has been heard, and
yet we see the old lady has gone off in Mysteries al
ready. With what evident delight the London Times
assures its readers that the intelligence from the
United States is decidedly pacifcn' How it has
moderated its tone with respect to the claims Of
Great Britain to Oregon! Not long since it talked
loudly and wildly about British claims Of sovereignty
now it mumbles something about sjoint occupa-
tion," and seems to hint at a settlement
of the controversy by John Bull and Brother Jona-
than tossing up coppers for the whole territory, like
two ragged loaers by the side of our own beautiful
Fountain in the Park, on a fine June morning.
Peace-the worlds peace-peace withAmerica above
all-isnow essential condition ofthe national pros
perity Of Great Britain. Hence the fidgety uneas-
ness excited by any threatened interruption of the
pacific relations of the two countries John Bull
appears to be in pretty much the same position as
nervous passenger in one of those ponderous dill
gences that traverse the steep passes of the Ale
ghany mountains On one side an awful precipice
-on the other hanging piles of gloomy rocks that
seem about to crush the luckless traveller-before
him the rough, broken, downward road, on which
the cumbrous vehicle hunders along at the rate of
ten miles an hour-the horses helter-skelter-the
driver ready to tumble from his seattle reins every
ay-crash-dasi-mercfu Heaven should
linch-pin give way.
This view of the present state of feeling In Eng
land, as Swallowed forth in the leading journals ma
turally leads us to the consideration of very
markabe feature in this intelligence from the other
side of the Atlantc-the feature Of most i'm
mediate and practical interest. And that is the evil
dence which is afforded. conrmatory of the opinion
expressed by us on more than one occasion, that all
the fuss and clustering about Oregon in the British
Parliament, was concerted and cunning move
ment for the purpose Of diverting the attention ofthe
government and people Of this country from the
nexation of Texas There is now no room left for
doubt on this subject. The recent intelligence from
Mexico revealing the successful progress, almost to
termination of the nrigues OF the British agent
Mr.. Elliott has opened the eyes ofevery hody but the
"organ" at Washington. The government Of Great
Britain has never for moment lost sight Of the
Texas question. And why this vigilance-why this
strong and unceasing effort to prevent annexation
The answer is easy The annexation Of Texas
would be but the first step in the mighty movement
for the subjugaon of this whole continent to repub-
lcan government. Texas annexed, Oregon, Cali
fornia, Canada, follow-all in due process of time.
England desires to establish barrier to this move
ment. She seeks to make Texas that barrier.
Hence her aborious, secret, unceasing, anxious
efforts to defeat annexation. Hence the crafty at
tempt, by Selling upon hasty expression in Mr..
Folks inaugural address, to change the Issue be-
tween the two countries, the annexation of Texas
being subject on which the minister could not Say
any thing in Parliament without violating the prin-
ciples of the recognized law of nations, and with
which he had no right or pretext in that place to
NEEDLE.
Thus, again, the humiliating conviction is impress
sed with added force upon us that our government
has been duped, sadly duped in this whole business
of Texas annexation-duped by the British govern
ment-duped by its own agents-duped all around.
There was time when the golden opportunity Of
annexng Texas presented itself with such pressing
invitation that nothing but the maddest and bndest
partisanshp could have refused to improve it. That
time was when the Tyler treaty was presented
to the Senate of the United States Then the
measure-a measure of the utmost interest to
the honor and welfare Of free government and
the advancement of human rights and human
liberty all over the world-coud have been effected
at once and for ever, without any opposition from
England and France, without any difficulty what
ever But the folly violence, and factious spirit Of
portion Of the democracy-the folly of Benton
the folly Of Van Burcn--thc folly of Clay:he folly
nj all the old .tagers Jealous of Mr. TyIer--led 10