The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-01-11

or thu SINNERS Of Manchester Is II mol monsuoA
thu, England should claim right 70 prevent the Unf
Tad States and Texas from doing that which ,hey
both think it good TO do respecting the'r own SOIL ana
people
Does the United States or Texas attempt 10 inter-
ruot the British Govsrnmen In her conques's' Have
thew demonstrated against the extension OF her Em-
Dire in India the subjugstion Of Ahgaani''sn' The
seizure Of the Sandwich Islands, the occuPAuon VI
the Cape of Good Hope, the colonization oil hu'"a
liza, the dismemberment of the Chinese possessions
or the Judgments she has made an every sea ana upon
every CONTINENT What would England or the civil
ICED world say, if the United States were 10 Pfo'es'
against the anne alton Of Pondichery TO inc hf'u'"
crown, If both England and that colony desired III
Would not such intsrference be considered impor,-
neu,2 And ought the fret Republic on earth to tolerate
dctstion in regard TO what fitting for her to do 10 30
cure her frontier enlarge her boundaries, or extend
her jurisdiction with the consent Of the PEOPLE VINO
own the country which she desires to cast her
mantle What figure does Great Britain cut IN
resisting the peaceable and mutually agreed an"ena
ton of Texas aud the United States, upon any grounds
that the mag naon ooDJure up for such an inter
ference A nation that has plundered every cont
next paged every sea, despoiied the African, The
Indian the white man, and the Moor--a Govern
mont that has bulied the meek. oyerawed tho sinpie
and robbed all-thst has levied contributions upon
the vanqushed, TO deray the expense of subjugsting
them-tha has battered down cities because the Pso-
Pile would not buy poison OF her subJeots-that has
corrupted courts, bribed generals, fed State sP'es'
add executed refractory prinees--that has overrun
mpires crushed dynsstes, and made the lean earth
fat with the blood of slaughtered hecatombs-ior a
Government that has done this and in establish
ing its authority in every quarter OF the globe to
come forward with protest against such connec-
ton as has been contemplated between Texas and
the United States is Of those acts that loses the
quality Of arrogance in the immeasurable subllmiiy
OF its mpudenoe.
the American continent Look how she has carved
out for herself rich inheritances every eide Of US
The Canadas, on our North, extend from the Allan
tic to the Pacific Not content with this cor
don of territory in that direction she squabbled sixty
years for a part of Maine, and now claims good
share, if not the whole of Oregon. She has got the
Bermudas, the Bahamas, and Jamaica. Her arms
folded around us, and from her forts in the At
antic and Gulf of Mexico she counts the pulsatons
of the great American heart it beats impatient Of
her surveillance She has got Honduras this side of
the lshmus, and the British Guianas on the other
what more does she want' Must she have all -
viii no amount of territory surfeit her capacious
maw' Must she dictate the policy of independent
Republics and chalk out the confines Of liberal nsti
tutons She who takes what she cannot buy and
pillages the purchase money for what she bargains
for she to be allowed to say TO the United States
:" took Hindostao because | wanted 1t, and wasted
the Carnatic because | needed the money and the
land of the murdered people. | took this province
and overrun that one, pulled down this province and
set up another because chose to do SO. Idespoed
this people and robbed the fanes and palaces of that
one because ! wanted the plumber, and | intend to
take what want, without let or hndrance from you
or any body else. But you shall not acquire any
more territory though you seek TO do on the fair
est aud most equitable terms, unless chose TO let
you do III" Is such arrogance to be endured Such
presumption tolerated. Whatever the American
Congress may think fit to do with Texas, shall be
content with their action if it is predicated upon
views Of policy pertaining to the effect ton
may have upon the people and interests Of our own
country. But submit it to The calm reflection Of
all sensible men, if this nation not great to take
counsel of fear, or suffer itself 10 be ,rammeed in
its policy by the interference of power that has no
interest in the matter other than that of opposing the
progress of American principles and rssist ng the
spread Of Republican institutions
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