Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-10-31
From the Washington Union.
BRITISH POWERON THE La PLATA.

The authentic account of the events which
have transPlred in the region Of the La Plata,
Ohe conclusion of which we publish today
| only confirms Os IN the Sentiments and The
convictions which We have already expressed
on THIS subject. l. now clearly appears that
the Seizure of the feet Of the Arqeniin ne sfepub-
lie, while engaged in the lawful prosecution
OF war declared against her by the Monte.
videan government, is the act of Eagland.-
We thought SO from the first. The whole
deed boIe on its face the broad British mark
| The agency of France in the matter has been
altogether secondary. With far more plausi-
bic warrant for interference than England pre-
tends to- France hesitated long, and at last
interieFed with manifest reluctance. France
had, indeed, As cur informant plainly states,
shrnnk back, hot only from armed interven-
ton, but from any violation of the blockade
also, when MI. OuseIy arrived with his new
instructions from the British government, and
+ changed at once the whole sAspect of affairs.
,, On one point, stated as matter of opinion
rather ihan of fact, we suppose our informant
to be In error. He states that Great Britain
was the guarantor Of the treaty, in which both
Brazil and the Argentine republic stipulated
to preserve Neutrality-suspicious. of Uruguay
This, al Presep do not believe. The Off
clal note of Mr:Dusey, does not claim any
s snch character of guarantor for his government.
that note was the official vindicaiion of the
course he was instructed to pursue. To make
out this vIndication before the world, ii was,
above all else, important forsthe British gov
e eI to plead its right as guasantor.-
without such right, that government stood in
the attitude of fragrant and ruthless oppres-
sion Of weak power, in defiance of ali the
laws OF nations. No such right Of guarantee
was pleaded. And on the official present.
ment OF the British government in the mat
ter-so tar as such presentment has vet been
maoe-that government now stands in that
very attitude of fragrant and violent oppres-
sion.
But, admitting for a moment, (what we be-
ileve not to be the fact that England was the
guarantor OF treaty between Uruguay and
The Argentine repulic. The present war be-
tween these powers is plainly not within the
purvieW OF the treaty stipulations; for this war
is declared by Uruguay against the Argentine
government. Such declaration of war. on
the part OF the guaranteed power, most mani
testify, by all the laws of nations, revoked and
annulled the freely. The right of English in
.erIerence under 1t then vanished at once
England had no longer shadow of r,pht in
tue case, save only the right of the strong
hand. She could lay the Argentine squadron
under the guns of the Firebrand-and she did
so, In true British fashion. The British iour
nails which shall detail these proceedings. will
PROBABLY contain In the next column a violent
attack on the aggressive spirit of our govern
ment, In yielding to the solicitations Of Texas
to come into out Union.
De 1t observed, moreover, that there is no
longer doubt that this illegal and unwarran-
LED Intervention by force on the paIt of Eno-
land has prolonged disastrous and bloody
war. The British government. lust az the
war IS closing, comes forward, sword in hand.
toproclalm thatit must cease, and straightwav
prevents its cessation. With the wards ~
peace on its lips, British policy unfurls the
bloody flag anew. -
The concluding paragraphs of the account
"nlcn we publish, present a strong, simple,
naked statement, by an unwilling witness, of
lnis high-handed act of aggression. 1t is but
me beginning, as we firmly believe, of course
OF British policy towards the free nations of
this continent, which we must make up our
MIND to submit to, with all its humiliating in.
cidents, and in all its disastrous effects, or else
to encounter and oppose. England is long ex-
perienced in this mode of intervention. She
has tried it in Asia, to good purpose, and with
great result. She has not entered upon it on
this continent, without knowing we'll to what
it leads. Let the U. States stand by as uncon.
ceTned spectators, and in ten years British
counsels and British power will sway The des-
tiny of central South America 1t is for the
people of this country to seize and strangIe
this peril, while it is yet in it's infancy. In
short time it will grow TO gigantic and fear
full maturity.
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