Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-11-12
GREAT BRITAIN - HER PLANS
AND PURPOSES.


unremitling efforts Of Great Britain TO IN
crease her navy and army. to add to the
mdteriel, and 10 augment all the resources
Of war. There has been an energy ex-
hibited, joined with mysterious and per-
severing silence, in all this preparation,
which has excited the wonder and sllmu-
lated the inquiries Of mankind. to know
against whom all this formidable forceis 10
be directed She is wise in counsel, and
as polite rs wise. Those who direct her
destnies keep their own secrets, and we
are left 10 infer their purposes only from
The direction and movement Of these war
like preparations, and from the tone and
language Of her public journals.
We cannot be mistaken In her anxiety
to strengthen and iortfy her Canada pos
sessions. BY the AsHBuRroN treaty, she
iuggled us out Of the chain of highlands
which rlghllully divided Canada from the
United States, and placed them far within
her own territory. She Immediately com
mencel system of military roads to ia.
ciitate the movement Of troops and mu.
nilions of war. Two new regiments have
been lately ordered 10 Canada, to increase
her already extraordinary fnrce in the pro.
vince; and the most experienced officers
are systematically and constantly drilling
the local militia. To introduce military
spirit, and stimulate its development a
mong the inhabitants, they have adopted
system of colonizing that province, By
granting to the superannuated and invalid
officers Of the army, half pay, and boun-
ty in land. She has constructed, al great
expense, railroads and canals, manlIestly
designed more for military than CONNER
cial purposes. She is at this very mo-
ment terrifying the principal cities, and
most OF the assaiIable points along her
extensive frontier. They have ordered
the building of seventeen additional yes-
sells for military service on the lakes,
which are now actually in the course of
construction; and the most precise and
careful surveys of the lakes, the lake
shores, and the connecting waters, have
been nIude, .uith a wow to the erection OF
Notifications, some Of which, as we have
just said, they are now engaged in build
ing. Such are the operations and move
ments in Canada. She is preparing for
defence against somebody; and she is pre-
pairing with energy and haste.
And Simultaneous with all this, we see
equal industry, equal energy, and the
same spirit of military preparations at
home. We find her offering S28 per man
for recruits to fill her army in time Of
profound peace. A very large number Of
her present sailing vessels Of war are to
be turned into steam vessels, to be pro
PEELED by the Archimedean screw, which
they have lately adopted into the navy
We perceive that, in one dockyard, they
have employed 426 additional hands, in
creasing the force at many others, and the
most extraordinary activity exists at all.---
Ten sail Of the line, as an experimental
force, are kept in continual motion, ready
to be precipitated on any point in the
shortest possible time.
These preparations and these move.
ments have an object. There is an end
to be accomplished, and purpose to be
attained, by those who project them and
urge them forward with such spirit and in
dustry. That purpose is war with the
United States--a blow at our free institu-
tlons--an assault upon republican govern
ment--an effort TO cripple and destroy our
rival commerce. Hence the unmeasured
and unceasing abuse Of our institutions
and our notional policy. Malignity and
envy disiort every fact concerning US, or
invent the grossest falsehoods to suit their
purposes, and TO arouse in the masses of
the British nation feeling of hostility TO
our Government and people. irritable
France is soothed and hauered, aud an
alliance formed in view Of coming events.
All this, we repeat, has meaning and an
object; and circumstances within the OBJ
seryation Of all, as completely define that
object, as if il were made the subject OF
a royal proclamation.
If these things be true, shall we meet
them by corresponding preparation on
our partl Must we, too, raise a standing
army of hundred thousand men, and
build navy as large as that Of Great Bri-
tainf By no means. This is not our in.
,terest nor our policy. In republic like
ours, where the citizen is free, each is a
part Of the sovereign power, as well as
the sovereign will. Each and all will be
ready when the exigency arises, to come
forward at moment's warning, not only
to repel aggression and chastise every in.
suit, but 10 dispossess our enemy Of those
positions and territories from which we
may hereafter be assailed. We require no
standing army. Il is only monarchies
which we're established by fraud and force,
and whose very existence is adverse TO
the interests and the rights of the people,
that find It necessary to keep great misses