The Arkansas banner., 1845-06-11

1 DOunQarleS. NOT SHOulu Wo3 lle SIedtooI Oi the New, permit such thing longer than 1t can be honorably avoided.
 Should ever war again arise between the
 two countries, no eXertion on our part should
 be spared for the conquest of this part of
 Upper Canada. And if the success of arms
 should place it in our power to dictate terms,
 the dismemberment of the British provinces
 of at least that territory that Is south of an
 east and west line from the head waters of
 Lake Simcoe to Ontario, should be the Sine
 qua non of peace.
 The boundaries here pointed outare strong
 ly marked by nature; Ontario on the east,
 Erie on the south, Michigan State and Lake
 Huron on the west; this important peninsula
 is a convenient size for State, and if war
 comes, it should.be "ANNExED.o We would
 then have the great body of the Lakes with
 their connecting links wholly within our own , territory, and we should then be perfectly
 impregnable there for all time to come.
 In military point of view, and simply as
 it regards national defence, the importance of
 Texas sinks into utter insignfcance in com
 parson with this tongue of British province.
 With this ship canal from the Mississippi,
 through which to marshal upon the Lakes in
 war the military strength and powers of the
 West, there is nothing to prevent us from
 conquering and annexing this ''Sate of To- ronto." The people in it would be glad to
 join the Union.
 There has lately been good deal of bus- ter and brag on the other side with regard to Oregon. Set abont this system of defence right off the rec ], and the moment that John
 Bull looks along this canal, and sees, as he soon would, that in case of rupture we would have 1t in our power to dismember his
 Canadian provinces, my word for it, there would instantly be change of tone with re- gard to the wlds of Oregon.
 If we do not act thus and carry the war
 into Canada, the enemy would without doubt attempt to overrun the Michigan peninsula;
 and aim to s.aunero that, in case he were in condition to prescribe terms. If we leave the Lake defences as they are, he could very f much annoy us here; for sending forces down into Lake Michigan to cooperate with others from the western end of Lake Erie. we might find some difficulty in his dislodgement A ship canal from the Mississippi to Lake Mi-
 chigan, would prevent this and without doubt , open wide for us the door into Canada. am supposing that the banks of the St. Clair river are lined with forts on either side,
 so that each may prevent the vessels of the other from passing up or down between Erie and Huron, which now is very far from being the case. There is nothing there at present to prevent gallant commander from passing
 with his fleet, were there an object in so doing.
 , Y ou have heard 1t said that overrate the 0T chin x,f
 Britain. That she could not send man-of- , war through them if she would-that the St. Lawrence, not more than 400 yards wide in f some places, is the border line for miles, and
 that forts from our side could command the passage of it-bm tce hare not c fort or gun therc.
 , It is added too that vessels of but 9J feet
 draft can pass the locks of these canals and that therefore man-of-war, being of greater
 draft, cannot pass them at all. Pray, is there l, no such thing as Tightening vessels-taking out guns, stores, Sc. at Montreal and taking n in others at Kingston; or even sending the same along with the vessels, up through the , Rldeau canal to Kingston, and away out of the reach of your airy castles on the St. Lawrence,
 have read ofa thing, and may have seen f It, too, that sailors call camel; it's strength 1 IS such that It can lift the largest an-of-war up Tn the water, and so carry her over very shoal places. The Dutch, for the want of good harbors, when they had nayy-and other nations llkewise-used to transport on camels their 74's, with crew and armament. p over shoals that scarce would pass tender. We are officially told that the Welland ca fn in steamers of 300 tons in the aggregate as for the size of the vessels of war which may sail through this canal, the only limit is the length, and breadth, not the depth, of r locks A camel can float In SJ feet water ! ayessel of more than twice that draft. Give me thIs canal with 8I feet of water into Lake 1 Michigan, with sufficient length and breadh ? oi locks, and then anchor the largest frigate Tn the navy off St. Louis, in one weeks time, or l0 days at most, Pll promise to have her f under full sail on Lake Michigan, with tom-
 plons out and lighted matches, ready for ac- tlon When England built those canals. she 7 Knew that the draft of water, in case of emer- gency, would have, comparatively, little to do with the size of the vessel to be admit l ted This depended rather upon the length
 and breadth of locks. Look at these they are out of all proportion for ordinary yes sels of only s feet draft
 Look also at the St. Lawrence. It is near
 ly straight line from Montreal to Kingston, and Great Britain knew that by the erection , ot proper works on our bank of this steam.
 we might prevent her vessels from using it
 Tn war. She therefore turned off from it at
 an elbow from Montreal, to open ship chan
 nei to the lakes, that should be wholly with
 Tn her own borders, and far away, too, in the
 interior of them. The Rdeau canal, we are
 expressly told by the Engineer who built it,
 was constructed at an enormous cost; be-
 cause Sin war it would afford an inland com munlcation of the greatest importance.o
 The work speaks for itself, and no militia " man, with half an eye, need be told of the object and importance of the Rideau m- provement. But we are told by some who seem determined to bury their heads in the sand, as though they dared not look danger Tn the face, that the Ottawa river. througb
 which this canal passes, is sometimes at low water. Is not the great Mississinpi itself