Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-11-20

ia,loas. independent Of tnai paFl Of the
world thal is not clipped 10 by our seas /;
that whether We be right or wrong 10 our
paIiey 10 oiher American nations, Europe
has 10 privilege Of interposiiion IN shofs,
that oar continent is q world for Us
to bus,ie in, unchecked by the adjust
principles o. European diplomacy. This
position, SO generally and 50 proudly a.
sumed. is partly true and partly false
When we are right, We should defy the
word 10 arms agsinst us. But as 10 tae
unlimited assumption that all thlsconiIueut
is 10 BE lelt to US, RICH. or wrong, there Is
at least a aoubt. The FRS, objection is,
that the world does not think with Us up.
or this point the second is, that We cap-
not force the world into resson.
When our country first beomed star
upon The nations, Il aas in d sphere 50 re-
mote as scarcely to be deserted or known.
Tie Atlantic was then barrier that sep
Grated US from the world. To reach US
required a perlous voyage Of from two 70
five months. We were a iaF-UH wonder
ee. Of The civilized world. Ire improve.
men,s in navigation, aud especially ~
steam Navigation, have worked wonders
that our statesmen DO not appear to real
ze. We are now 10 Europe, and con
troll and are subject to many Of lis most
important interests. We ere in the Eu-
ropean community Of nations commerce.
ally, financially, and politically aud how
ever we may lament ii, we must connnae
there. We efford Europe its principal
raw material for manufactures, and con.
sumo the products OF its skill and industry
10 return we employ large share oil It's
marine we, by every financial shudder,
shock It's money market. We are nearer
To Europe than yourselves, with our pres
ent territorial POSSESSIONS. Steam nayIga.
ton has placed us nearer TO England and
France than those nations are to the re-
moter Powers Of Europe, or the extremes
OF our own county are to each other. So
readily accessible are we, in peace or 10
war, tharwe may almost be sa,d to lay
alongside Of England or Ffance. In ev-
cry point OF view, then, We are, viii We
4 nil Sc, in the community Of nations
more SO than is Russia and other Eafope-
an Powers; and We must listen to reason
OF take the cons quances.
/ Let Us bop tia! We recognise lac
uhicA consequences caano: efect-he RULE
OF RIGHT. That With as, what c4re we
/ Cor cmbattl.d Europe Bet let us have
care that II IS with US. What DO we
seek, that has drawn upon Us The reproach
of the wuflj as grasping and rapacious !
/ Texas TO the Rio del Norte? Did il ever
belong 10 Texas; does it belong to US :?
| All tiat is ours should be, tolhe ot,ermosl,
maintained; no more. The opposition Of
/ Mexico, if we be right, is rifle; Dut no
/ trfle il we be wrong. Il is more danger
Gus tiaa politicians dream, for GoUerE-
mfa responsible 10 a rirtuous public opia.
/ ION 10 DO a wrong. We claim, tao, every
/ inch OF Oregon" The clam has been
doubtful wits WIS., men for halfa century;
/ but those gcbo cannoi tell tchere Oregon
! lies hare decided al. Negotiation is 100
tame for us; We seize the worthless prize,
and dare The claimants tothe issue ofblood.
California is pleasant country, our can.
grants have occupied II; II is desirable
territory, for many reasons; II must he
ours and Shouts any other Powers lawful
~ obtnin 1t, we must conquer II by arms
Surh is the position Of number Of our
most Influential journals. Mexico, too, Is
rich in mines; destiny DEGREES II for NE
Anglo Saxon rae and that race seems
indlsposed to quarrel with destiny. 10.
deed all S nth America can only be res
cued from licenllousnesS, degradation, and
poverty, by Inc North Amercans; there
! fore it is our duty to rescue them. Cuba,
It is SAID, is coveted by England. The
law Of nature constitutes thht lovely island
a sentry for our Republic; therefore she
must be our own or We shall have recourse
to war Hayti is governed by blacks;
we send IN agent 10 set her right, to es-
.absh the supr, macy Of the Dominican
whites and unite her with cur Conlfder.
scy. Canada, TOO according 70 those
" bo would rob hen-roost to obtain lh-
( feathers 10 deck cur national Yanny, be-
longs 10 US: and, ~ enc ofour exchange
papers, it is grave'y proposed to annex
1 Ireland, Is an this madness, or guilt, or
what IS It The cry is sti.l "Your trrri.
tory or war % What difference between
this and "Your money or your is--de-
liver :"