The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-10
TONE OF THE BRITISH PRESS.

The philadelphia Inquirer" remarks that tn,
tone Of the press with regard to Oregon Texas and
this country, ia less violent than we had reason to
expect considering the recent declarations Of Lord
Aberdeen and Sir Robert Peel There are, however
exceptions to this remark We give an article up
on the subject from the Dublin Freeman's Journal:
"The recedng Of England from the position she had ia
Seeasr usa II IS qee n, =, ana my
fortune began to ebb. America is ordinary power
Her greatest strength can be put forth upon Engand
ocean domain quarter OF century when England
was supposed capable Of annihistng The little marine
America by single stroke of her inland the relative d.
mensions Of their navies justified the suppositionthe
Younger nation seized the knife between her teeth dashed
omee her enemy on her enemys own element and many
spoung vein Of the monster of the orimsoned the
deep on which they struggled
america is better grown now. Her commercial navy
covers every and in its qualities leaves all rivalry i
behind Great been her advances population
" wealth, her progress in has outsridden
these The maritime strength Of nations is longer
ed by counting their ships OF but by sounding the
epths Of that source whence the military marine to be
iupphed-her commercial naves England is mghtier at
not because that for every 100 tons Of Louis
rhippes royal navy victora's navy numbers 1oo--or
Whatever else may be the proportion Of the excesbut be
The commercial tonnage of France being but 900
mat Of England amounts 100000 By the same standard
s maritime strength Of England and that OF the United
1000 has already This Is the reIa
position not OF countries whose distance has long main
nea proportion but Of countries the second
inn,nlt
nedbie Fifteen years perhapstwenty years certainly
W VIII reverse their position in the race.
Of Ts ana VIII NOT go to war with America account
S. nor on account of Oregon and scarcely on &C.
'ouP, o. any thing else that the New World contains
,h VIII be especially cautious Of going war
s,,i or dashing herself against the compact con.
coon,r ~ het states when she reflects that America
united h whom foreign nations ambitious TO become
[ l;I s sue herselfis country from whose merciless
aEnglandG hhauons struggle to be released
sha,r a hheep eoel-dont 90 10 war BE content 10
' sVnoirence Of slavery by robbing your peope
~, W. annual mions at ho.se 10 put them mic The nork
~ tne ex ssyedrivers Of the West Indies Do nat ex
your philanthropy by dashing your brittle empTe
against the ironciamped federation Of America
Thanks to the Freemans Journal for the mic.
ture which il draws of our real strength and
our increasing resources. Let us preserve our
glorious Union; augment our resources, STRENGTH
en- our frontiers, both on the seaboard and
on the West enlarge our steam power on n scale
somewhat suitable to the augmentation of the mari
''me nations of Europe, and we may defy world in
arms.
Great Britain had better pursue the advice of the
Scnptures-take the beam out of her own eve. be-
lore she spies the mote in ours Her liberal press
constantly complaining of our progress, our terri