Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-07-30
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Magnolia, July, 1912.
OUR RELATIONS WITH GREAT BRI.
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On the subject of the British claim
apd sbe progress Of British ambition, We
present the report Of Mr.. Gaylies, in the
l9Ih Congress, as equally true aud inter.
esting.
AFTER a careful examination of the
British claim, the committee have unani-
ulously come TO the conclusion that it is
wholly untounded, and that the navigalors
OF Great Britain were not the original dis.
coverers OF any part of The region which
is included between the Mexican and Rus
sian boundaries. Nevertheless, the min
ute examination which has been made by
them Of parts of this coast, ought, per-
haps, 10 secure 10 the nation who patron
rzed them something more than could be
claimed as positive right; but we think
the offer of MIR. Rush, 10 continue The
boundary along the forty ninth parallel Of
latitude, from the Rocky Mountains, to
the oeean, was as great a concession as
would be compatible with our interests,
our honor, or our rights.
Al is question, somewhat difficult Of
solution, why Great Britain should have
become so extremely anxious 10 wrest
from the United States territory COM
paraliyely of Limited extent, and consd-
ering the vast domains in Asia, Africa,
Australasia, and America, which she has
vet 10 populate and to reclaim, compare
lively Of little value; yet, little refec-
ton will suggest the answer.
Great Britain adopts no plans Of poll
cy from caprice or vanity. Her ambition
is developed in system of wise and sa-
gacious projects 10 check, to Influence.
and to control all nations, by means of
her navy and commerce; in prosperity
and in adversely, in peace and in war, she
has pursued this grand design, with an
energy and perseverance which does in
finite .credi, TO her political sagacity and
foresight.
Great Britain and ireland may be as
simulated TO huge forlfca,ions on the
western frontier of Europe. She sends
forth her fleets. Every seventy four IS a
floating fort, which can move rapidly
along the whole extent of the European
coast. -
A, the strait Of the Mediterranean sea,
the southern extremity Of Europe, she
holds an impregrable fortress, from which
sheca act either upon the southern coasts
of France and italy. or the coast of Bar.
bary, near the eastern extremity OF the
Mediterranean. The Ionian islands and
Malta will enable her to act with con.
trolling power over Egypt, the Grecian
Archipelago, dSEeece, and great part of
the Turkish Empire. In single week
she can anuihilale their commerce. and
destroy their mara1ime cities. From
Gibraltar she can also act upon The nolIh
western, aud. from 81. Helena, upon the
south western coasts Of Africa.
The extreme southern part Of Africa,
tie Cape of Good. Hope, now in her pos
session, will always enable her TO control
the southern part of that vast peninsula,
from Cape Town to the Red Sea.
From The Isle Of France, her operations
upon The African coast can be ellecIually
aided: and the possession Of that island
establishes, firmly, her power 10 ceniroi
The whole commerce Of the Indian Ocean.
Her continuous settlements and fnrtifca-
,ions on Doth coasts of flindostan, flauked
by Ceylon, in the same manner as she
hanks Europe, will always render her
.invinci5le in that quarter.
Neiher.hes she neglected. North Amer
ica. Noya Sro,ia, Bermuda, aud Trini-
dad, are almost in line: From the two
first she can act with powerful effect upon
the whole coast of the Tinted States
E1inidad is almost connected with the
continent of Soulh America, at the very
poin, where the caribbean sea, which
washes the whole norsh coast of South
America. unites with the Atlautc-a
.poin, equally formidable to the Republic
of Columbia, the Dutch and French pos
sessions on the continent. and the Empire
Of Brazil.
These front stations afford her, at all
times, The means of concentrating all her
flying artillery of The dsep upon any Sc
lected point. These stations enable her
in war TO strike with lhounand arms,
and, if not TO annihilale, at least 10 con-
troll and check. the whole commerce Of
the Atlantic AMI Indian Oceans.
Always alive TO her great Interests, she
early discovered the importance ol thr
Pacific Ocean 10 her commercial prnJecs.
Holding The vast island of Sew HOLLAND
and Van Dien,an's Land, she is already
possessed of the naval empire of the
southeastern Parifc; no long period Will
elapse before the Burmese Empire will
fall before her arms; and the possession OF
Cochin China will advance The flag OF
ST.. ,Gc.r rye TO The shores of the Nohher
Pacific, and, sooner or later, will enable
her to control The commerce oil CHINA
which exists ouly at Canton, TO which
she will be a.near, a dreaded, and dan
gerous ueighbor.
She now claims the sovereisntr Of tho
Sandwich Islands. Taheita is obedIen'
to her power. WhaI, then, remains, to
enable her 10 encompass the globe 20
lumbia river and De Fuca's strait! Pos
sessed OF these. she will soon plant her
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