Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-05-08
England ard the unitca states.


1t will be seen from the letter of a correspondent,
on whom we rely, as well as from the public journals
Of Great Britain, that the Caledonia was detained by
the ministry bring with il the debate in relation 10
Oregon. This is a part of their diplomacy. The
concluding observations Of the speech of Sir Robert
Peel in the House of Commons, and that Of Lord Alb
erdeen in the House of Lords, as quoted by
respondent, show the purpose tc be an expert
ment on the nerves Of our government. If nothing
else will convince us that the discovery of the Column
bia by navigators and the exploration and pos
session taken Of its valley by the government give
title against the English lntruders admitted
to temporary occupation by the Adams treaty. the eff
cacy of the late vote Of an extra ten millions to the
British Navy is to be tried of opening
understandings to receive, with submission the fol-
lowing intimation from the British Premier:
"As the subject had been brought under discussion ne
felt to be his duty, the part Of the Government,
state in language the most temperate, but at the
time the decisive that they considered that have
right this territory of Oregon which clear and
questionable that desire amicabe adjustment of
the differences between ourselves and the United States;
but that having exhausted every effort to Obtain it, if
rights invaded, resolved and prepared to main
tain them"
"a tremendous burst of applause from all parts the
house followed this enunciitlon.
The leading British journal follows up the game of
intimidation thus:
"Accolding to all ordinary political calculations, and
assuming that Mr. PoIks inaugural address the
hus,ngs the President already finds himse and the Un-
ion placed PRESENCE WARS, for the avow-
ed purpose Of territorial aggrandzement, and in direct
violation OF the whole policy of America from General
Washington to Mr.. Webster. The ONE WITH MEXICO
IMMINENT, that awaiting with anxiety the
next arrivals from that country. The OTHER WITH
GREAT BRITAIN Is MORE REMOTE,
EvIrABLE if the menaces of the Americans are ANYTHING
but vaporing and buster. Under these circum-
Stances statesman of ordinary caution would direct the
public attention not only 10 the passions and objects
wi kelly IN xod
tests, but to consequences which attend them The
United States goUernent as apt to pr0roke qnaTres
mocratc folly which makes them arrogant in the cab-
net makes them habually feeble in all that constitutes
nations strength in the field
H is erirGordinary that Ike United States should hare
adranced nedr TO the brink of hare carried
through the Senate for anReIing TeIas, and
failed by only tto0 UoteS n seiziRg Oregon,
ch0u kariRg taken any percepbe TO pr0Tde for the
Of conSummatng such unparalleled acts or defend
ing themselves from the consequences Of them Are they
that. in proportion they assume the illegal
exercise OF sovereign rights the desert shores of the
fachc they epose the p0pui0uS coasts of the Atlantic
The brOadsides and blockade Of British sets9 Have they
forgotten, in their anxiety extend their domestic ns
iutions the whole continent of Americas that, in the
event Of war; they will have to encounter the novel
of all dangers-ha arising from the presence OF the stan
dard Of free dom among population Of Slares9 Or is
their blindness and inIatuson in proportion to the inus
tce and crimnay Of their designs that in their
gerness 10 adjacent territories they overlook the
resources of their opponents and their weakness?
The consequences of such will prove intellectually
disastrous. They would make brave hesitate
in Just Bat the bodness of democTacies despses
alike The justice of the and the terrible evils of the
probable result"
No nation of the world ever directed march to-
wards universal dominion skiIfully, steadily,
and Systematically than Great Britain. The very
moment that commanding point presents itself in
the discoveries Of the Globe and the progress of pop
ulation and civilization, the British statesmen (no
matter of what party) lay out their account to seize
it. The West Indies and the East Indies China and
Africa, are environed all around by English posts and
stations. so that nothing to or from their
shores without feeling palpable subsection Brit
ISL power. The "fast-ancEored isle" of Great Bril-
tain blocksdes the Atlantic coasts of Europe and
from Malta and Gibraltar, all that Macedona's
and then Rome's dominion of the world, is brought
under her her trident. Canada in the North, and the
British stations in the Gufof Mexico, with the Ber
mudas, put our whole Atlantic border under British
cannon and IT only remains to occlude us from ac-
to the Pacific, through the channel and valley of
the Columbia to put the United States in the case Of
great tortoise turned his back-the shell that
surrounds him preventing the recovery of his natural
position and the use of his limbs to reach the ocean
to which he belongs. Recent explorations show that
our western shores iron-bound, and unapproach-
able by ships at any point but through the mouth Of
the Columbia and the harbors north of it. There is
no channel through which the valley of the Missis
sppi can communicate with the Pacific but through
that of the Columbia IT is through it alone that the
commerce of Asia and the islands of the Pacific
10 be brought home to US in that direction, that the
national strength be concentrated our
western shores to protect it. Hence Great Britain
seeks the control of an which is Of other
value to her than it VIII give her power to circum
scribe the free action of the great Transatlantic repub
lie, which her past efforts TO manaclu has cost more
than the bondage of Europe.
Our countrymen must not, therefore, consider the
late demonstrations in the British Parliament as mere
bravado TIE threat is brought in aid of the opera
tons Of the English purse and English diplomacy,
and viii certainly make the mercantile panic in our
Atlantic cities quicken the motions of the British par
ty among us ever prone TO sacrifice the interests of
the country and betray the principles of govern
ment. Ii the Vaccinations of federalism, assisted
by panic, can work for the English government
quiet acquisition of the Columbia river then the OBJ
ject OF the British premier viii be attained in
amicabe adjustment" But if not, in our opinion,
what the British premier says for the government
regard to its unfounded pretensions, said in earnest
they are "resolred-and are prepared-to maintain
them"
1t will be seen that they have not only made pre-
paratons in recruiting four thousand sailors to their
the adroit management OF the Texas question, they
have prepared new power in Mexico to encounter
us this continent Mr. Pakenham the British
minister, who successfully placed the influence of
his government In the ascendant at the Mexican cap
ital, Immediately sent to soon as it was
seen that his Mexican authority could be welded
more efiectualy from Washington than in Mexico.
From this point, the ally of Mexico, Gin connec-
ton with its minister the British representative would
eagerly support the Mexican pretensons as to Texas
to the control of his government in the coun-
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