The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-01-16
THE CoNouERlNG LE0loNs-MoRE
BRITISH ANNEXATION.

pushed by the Sannitss. The COATES, eoa'
,inued. Long tiae 10 even srsls the ea'as
hung" Ir~ss the culmiua,ius Posas Of Roman
struggle They were prepared by u for tbs
long and severe contest with Pyuhas- hui
nation OF soldiers, numerous. well d,soiPsiasd
quick as the rapid breexe in adopting ANY military
impros ement, could not fail in connIc, with
even TIA, brave and sk,lfal warrior, leading
troops ior the moe, pAn meeeaanes, and
which had TO be ers1eh, over sea. while the
Roman, from the shock even OF soccessiess bat
tie, re,ired on Arm laad slowly towards has home,
IN ssl.au, and measured retreat The disoen-
ment Of Pyrrhss minated their hnsi triumph
= Anoshet such victory will ruin me" iteame
The vasqaishea Macedonian recedsd al last be-
fore The ascending fortune OF Ro@e. The en-
tire duration OF The war with Pyrhus was SIX
years; IL gave the Romsns new tastes aud iu'-
parted an sdditoa.l impulse 10 an ambition
which had never slumbered; they looked ooi
from subjected Italy "a the world around.
They wished and determined to pAss It's bounds.
They had imbibed passion for Grecian resne-
reached remote lands; Ptolsmy Phiopa,er, king
Of Egypt. had saluted the new people, who
were now looking dreadful and terrible and
strong exceedingly win the honors OF an EN-
bxssy. The stately successor OF Alexander, the
inheritor OF ps,erasl inches. name, and gran
deur, paid high respect to people hitherto
as unknown TO the world al large, as James X.
Polk was to the Wings at the commencement
OF the late campaign. History has Its analo-
gies. The nvals Of Rome, on the main land Of
Italy. had suffered. as rirais, annihIaiion
The fertile island Of Sicily was the grapay Of
a people, who, so much engaged in war, could
not cultivate their own grounds sufficiently for
their ample subsistence. They anxiously de-
sired TO annex Sicily and there they met the
Carthagenians. We know the long coLtinu-
ance, the various fortune and the final result Of
that war. Rome then began TO look forth upon
the world with the air of master, with the GER
tainty of success, although thick and huge
walls, and brave and skilful men TO man them,
might, for brief time, obstruct her hardy le-
gons as they rolled the vast cslspulta against
them with all the mastery of perfected art.
Wealth poured into her Golfers the tributes of
provinces piled up the revenues and riches OF
one great conquering people. Her excise and
customs were systematised; her roads were
improved; her commerce grew and became ex-
tensive.
Is there no parallel in modern tmes2 Is
there no great people who have added province
to province, annexation to annexation, BeIar
TO Bengal, Ofssa to Berar, and all the rest Of The
dominons of the great Mogul to these
vast and stfuent countries, the territory and
people of Tippo Sab TO these last and divers
miner principalities to the creamy parts of To-
dia ? And is not their discourse and plan still
of Annexation And when they reproach us
as we shall see they do sometimes, even in a
bitter strain, may we not reply with Apostolic
rebuke, "thou that teachest another, dost thou
no, teach thyseli7" If annexation by war, by
slaughtered men and demolished cities, he SC
great good that Mr. Adams has even eulogised
the war on China, which ended in some an-
nexa,on. large tribute, and profitable treaty,
of the nation annexed, be theme of far more
ration al desire and exultalion2
The fleets and armies of England are the
conquering legions of modern times. We say
not this in vexation or jealousy, so long as she
strikes not at us; nor do we advert to it with in
dignation but when she reprehends US for doing
something much more patpabty justifabl,
than what she does herself; UNSUITABLE as she
may be, and probably is, in some cases. no,
China )-where appearances are strongly
against her. England is country in which
there exists high civilization, and the progress.
Of that civilization by fair and just means oy Ell
the Eastern continent cannot be reasonably de.
precated. But let them be fair and Just
ever.
One Of her journals for August last discussed
deliberately and with singular ability the ques
tons of the Afghanistan war-war eminently
disastrous, and therefore demanding stric, and
energetic examination from every British period
ical of the first rank. illuminated its recesse.
with blazing torches the policy, it said, wa.
bad in its application, not in its general de-
sign. A rerersiondry interest remained in it
mighty influence a. future time must be es
tabished in it by English authorities, although
the idea Of complete subjusation was not in
sisted on. That was confined to Me extensive
and noble country denominated the Punjaub
formerly laid down in maps as part of afghan
istan, but now separaied-the famous lane
which formed the ultimate boundary of the Ma
cedonian victor, and on the banks of one o.
whose rivers he wept that there were no more
worlds to conquer. Surveying the military po
stion Of that country in respect to England,
necessary control or influence over Afghan
istan-and glancing at the prospects ahead, il
averred that long before certain period, " the
Punjaubwill be ours" Their fortresses should
be constructed upon its military points, glitterne
with munitions of war "a compIete IA thoea