The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-06-21

4 The British press is engaged as mnch
4 ,s ever 10 ilS iuIempo, and vliupera.
i've attacks upon the people and ins'ltu
| ions of The United Safes The firm.
ness of PreSidtnl Polk and the unmi..
iakeabIe signs of determination on tn.
llalt Of the people of this country TO soS
| ain the President minimizing our laN
ighls, excite the ire Of the BtlllSh edlr.
\ MS, and they can scarcely ind vent 10
| heir indignation. The Liverpool Ma
Ilf The l7lh ulL copies Two articles on
IOregon from the Washington Uniou
| md the Constitution, which it denoml
rates the mJuDh-Pieces OF President
lPo'k, and then ndulgcs in tie follow
Dng burst Of indignation. 1ne sugges'
Elon that The Blush Government shout,
ompel the Uolled States Governmeo
o pay the private debts Of its cilI2ens
rs well as the public debts of The State
quite amusing, and shows how wei
ngormed the editor is upon the nalur,
\ md powers Of our Government Bui
IS absurd as lheproposlion is, The asser'
ion that the revolution by which W.
became Independent of the mother coun-
4 vas "a premeditated ac; Of robbery, and
our sympathy with France an 'lct OF IN.
loardonabe vIllany,' is sill more ludi.
J1rous. Our revolution was indeed an
,ct of robbery, for it robbed the British
Government Of The right TO grind down
he people of this cou nry for The bene,
| fit Of the pampered and nlled arsocra
cy Of Eog land. - Phila, Ledger.
'lntellgen, men will say, "a war be.
ween England and America is out OF
he question. 'WhyP we ask. BE
cause, say they, 'lhelwo countries have
nolhing in dispute worth fighting for,
md particularly because the United
States have neither an army, fleet nor
dollar TO employ in game so unwlse.
md desperate Our answer 10 this is
hal blnkrupt nations, communities
whose credit is tarnished, whose laws
md institutions are insaljbrlous all owe
he world, are always the readlesl to-
ush into war. He who has nothing
lose has nothing to risk; and if KICK
,an pay deb, OF riff, compound lor
pecunIary default ol State, 1t is east
r for some people to resort TO the for
ner than TO the onIy honest remedy, OF
.atislyiug the just claims of their inlnr
ed creditors The Washington journa'.
SIS, 10 whom we have alluded, have the
nodesly 10 inculcate, what indeed Is no,
new doctrine, that republican instIlu'
ions have been appointed by d'vine|
Providence TO redress the wrongs OF
|arbuary morarchieS and tyrannjCal aris
ocracies, and that in American rcpubIl.,
canism alone are TO be found The germs
md fruits OF truth, honor, justice, free
dom, equality and the natural rights oil
man in the higheststate OF civilization,
This looks very we'll in words and up
on paper. But it has an ugly and tor'|
bidding aspect, coming from the other
'side of The Atlantic. Amer ca, by 4
perviSlon of Justice and all forms oil re
|cognsed law, is the plaintiff in the case
and Europe generally, and Engla par
icuarIy, are The defendants. That ii
he republican mode Of putting il. BuI
The proposition is in itself glaringly hi
|noaest. Throw Europe cut OF the scale
when did England cheat, rob, swim.
die or delraud the United States? She
never did. The question, therefore.
Hike Lord Ross monster telescope, mus
be turned 10 different direction. And
we ask, when did the citizens OF III,
United States cease lo carry on asy yslemI
of cheating, robbing and s"indlog al
ssi nst this county? She boasts Of heI
nonor Can she pay her just debl''
She brags OF her power! She canno
make gun TO arm her most formidable
|frgale, The Princeton. The only ma
ional bank she ever possessed was
founded upon English capital; and, ac
cording 10 her usual practice and lht|
rules of her government, she swlodIeoI
and robbed the English shareholders.
In short, and in plain terms, the whole
system Of repubIcanism in the Unlcc'
States is founded on robbery
The revolution was premedllatedI
| &c, Of robbery. The sympathy Of it>
| esdins revolutionists with France wa
an act Of 'urquestIonabIe' and unpardoo
able vIIany. These be hard words, ou
I heir ruth Is demonstrated in every ac
l Of that senseIess nd dishonest democra
Icy. There are, however, many sensl-
IDle, men in America-men of property
md influence who see that dlShoRO '
oes not prosper--lhal limits are Sc, tO
smob iuc---aud that The time has com
uhen Iha iusIIIutlnns ol the | United S.