The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-03-26

people both Of Texas and the United States, and
It's completion can do no wrong to any other pow
er or people.
There would be no more reason for question
ing the disclosures now made, were il not known
that Great Britain has cast eovetous eye to-
wards that country for a considerable length of
time. More than twenty years ago Mr.. Ward,
then British charge to Mexico, pointed out TO his
government the value Of this territory, and the
Importance Of her taking possession of it; and
from that time till now, British cabinets have
looked amorously upon it. The possession of
the bay of San Francso, one of the finest har-
bors in the world, would give her the control of
the commerce of the whole coast of the Pacific
ocean, and enable her to hem in the Oregon as
completely as her Islands, the Canadas, and New
Brunswick TO the Atlantic seabord of the United
States.
In connection with this matter, there have been
mercantile movements in Great Britain that have
all awful squirting towards the issue involved.
Let those who think slightly of the influence OF
British merchants in coercng government mea-
sures remember the China catastrophe; and such
as would disparage their power in what concerns
the acquisition Of empire, ponder upon the fate
of East India. We would call attention to the
following extract of Liverpool cotton circular,
which travels out of the legitimate province OF
such writing to dabble inpolitics:
''If the United States be allowed 10 usurp Qhey
cali it to annex) the Territory of Texas, the con-
troll Of the cotton trade will fall into their hands.
No cotton, save that produced in Texas, will stand
in competition with Bowed and Orleans The
United States do not depend, in the same degree
on Great Britain for the disposal of their cotton,
which Great Britain does on them for the neces-
sary supply Let any man make and Try TO sell
fustians, or, indeed, almost any article of exten-
sve sale, out Of any cotton grown in Asia, Afri-
ca, or South America, instead of Bowed and Or
leans, and he will soon be made sensible of his
error. In the two last years, with every tempta-
tion, the British spinners have not dared to use
more than one pound weight Of East India against
nine pounds of North American cotton; and they
only used so much through being forced by the
outrageous advance of the last kind. Cottor
has been skilfulIy cultivated in Asia for thousands
of years; and the result of all the exertions made
by an ingenious and laborious people is, that they
cannot produce cotton of the quality which is re
lquired."
This is plain talk In respect 10 the rumoret
designs of England upon California and New
Mexico, some weight may be impaired to then
by the consideration that recent experiments are
said 10 have demonstrated the feasibility Of grow
ing cotton TO advantage in that immense disric
of country. Besides, the rapid increase of Amer
can Manufactures has given British spinner'
great uneasiness; and if annexation should bring
more cotton districts within the Union, the con
!, troll of the commerce of the Pacific may, to {
certain extent, enable England to secure for hel
manufacturers the opening trade Of China and
the Pacific islands, which promises to become Of
vast importance. The acquisition of the Cali
form as and New Mexico, then, is desirable te
Great Britain upon two-fold grounds; first, as get
ting possession of cotton-growing territory from
= which her looms may be fed; and next, as ena
bling her to monopolize the trade of one hem
sphere should such territory fail in yielding thai
staple in sufficient abundance. In this event the
raw material, wherever raised, would have to pas:
through her mills before sold in the eastern mar
kets.