Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-11-27
VOL jl~,Na- iS

time Is not lar Jr1nL " hen there vii b.
there great Pacific republicans aston !
believe ihat. m the coprs- Of Providence, q I
gtoat State, OF free ins,ilnIons OF cnerptl,
lng men Of Enghsh and A net icsa drscen, ,
N,ll be c,la5llshed N that ,sftuory, upon :
/ The shores OF the Pacific Al those great
/ pt,nr plrs, Which We have inhrrsci from +
our la,hors. wall have h'ien 10 them l.
vii exist do not sly "a what rariculat
spot--uh c,hct nj tho Columbia tircr. OF
,lsou httc--bui there wall be q great ~.
Iutulwhote our children may 60 h.lCway
between Eatopo and Chiri, M ont OF The
most healthy, irrilc, aud dc,irable regions
OF The earth, and quite too tcrno,c from Ia
rope and lbe Unued States To remain under
the government Of tthcr look upon this
safe OF things as BY no means 50 remote rs
some may ,magint and IN view Of such
state OF things, this question will seen to be
one on which all sensible and well disposrd
men in Europe, aud America, might cad.
" come TO nm agreement In this then, a
subloct on which, on the one sIdr, hy popu
lar appeals, BY loud and vociferous proics
Sons OF patriotism, by Stormy defiance Of
the power OF great NRion--or, on the 9th
CT SIDE by cries of the great wealth the
+ maritime ascericncy and the distinguished
proves Of England, IS It proper that blood
shall be split and two great nations plunc-
ed into the horrors OF war; No, gentle
men, the spirit OF the nce is ngan., II
have said that will not, and do no, wish to
express any opinion as to the manner in
which this question shoull be settled -
There appears, however to be natural
, mode OF disposlng OF it, The boundary Of
, the English and American territory, on
this side Of the Sony Mountains. is the 40lh
, parallel OF north latitude. That division
3 stops at those mountains Il would seem
, nalurnl enough TO 60 beyond Them side hy
dc, by the same parallel all il rae lcs
{ the Poetic Ocean. The Columbia river,
alter the 49Ih parallel strikes 1t, makes
( large delour to the South. Suppose ito
|, have turned TO The North, England would
naturally say THIS river IS ma ,ng large
F.. tour 10 b. Nouh-wc will leave II. and
. 20 straight on, BY our original Ine, 10 the
c Pacific Ocean. In the same way, i, Is nat.
= ural for the United States 10 say-We will
;, leave the river, and 60 straight on THIS
is tho American opinion, and this very
Il proposition was made three different times,
e in 1918, IN 1884, and again, | ,hlnh. IN
d ls36--,hai rs, the Uniicd States offered to
J, follow up the 49,h parallel Of lr,i,udc from
O the Lake OF the Woods To tho Rocky
r Mountains, and 50 on 10 the Pacific | do
n not say that this is the proper line OF dwis,
IS ion-but this is n matter 10 negotiate abor
@ and 1t is impossible for either side to say
/ that 1t is free from difficulty
l. And now, who is ITO mnn at the head o
Is either government, who will take on him
n self the responsibility Of bringing on n wa,
n. between the two nations Of Englnnd nnC
rs America, until he is prepared to show tina
is every thing he could do has been done. tC
70 nvoId such terrible catastrophe. II III,
Ii. Brush Minister cannot stand up IN hi
or place IN Parliament, and say that ii wat
not his FAULT II he cannot show that hc hn
@, done every thing which an honorable an
OF sensible man could do 10 avert var | I'm
W derake TO say that no power or pomiIarlu,
81, can uphold hun IN his position lnr an hour
ct And any Administration in his country
/. which sbaIl plunge il into a conflict mus
IN expect very severe Inlcrfognioty from III
Of American people. II must expect to SHOW
;e. lha, it has done what it could, md aII
re. could, IN a pacific spirit, and without Of
rs fenslyeness, TO save the nation from so grea
cv a calamity, with the preservation OF its right
70. and honor. Any man, be he Primo Min
8, ister OF England, or President ofthe Unite
70. States, who shall unnecessarily light u
Of the flames Of wal --hafncs Id me sa,
sh which will burn over the whole globe
10 may consider tie Genius Of his Country n
~. addressing TO him What the great Orator {
ne Rome supposed the Genus OF bis Countr
Die to address to Calaline IAN, quum bell
Of vastsbnur Italia, veSabunlur urbcs, tee,
W. aldrbunt, FUN to, ie non rxigimus. inyiJit
ia. Incendlo conhagnturum
nt Men who lneautIously, or from priic q
he love Of parly, provoke or kndle the fam,
sh Of war, must hook out Tor n--mus, expet
ne that they themselves viii be consumed by
OF burning conAagration OF general ndign
,p. lion (Vehemcnt applause There wi
to IN such ease be a public Indignation b
IN fore which no. poprIlrity, personal or
ed party can sand X viii mcit down cv,
al the monuments Of M dead, viii destroy a
ole respect for the living, u reckIessly and u
ge necessarily they have plunged the sublec
lrd and citizens OF two great, civilized m
Id commercial Sai~s into war, which sha
M. cause the destruction Of millions prope
ef ty, he sacrifice OF thousands AMI mllioi
iill Of lives, the smoke ofcilie,, ani the deyas
,se niion Of countries oil over he globe, az
IN upon every line Of arcje and Ionghul
ara which surrounds the bail on which v
to live.
Ich do mt propose In, you shall take ar
{ | alarm In some 81 the Southern cities
ION the Union, there is considerable alarm NJ
On. lear Of war. regret ne cause ofihi, r.,
Of ing Il isa very common mi,takc. vilh
nf certain class Of po,hcians, 10 rhink IA
see they can play tho small pairiol safely 90
us small scale. There are thosr who thir
the that they can ralk OF a war arh Englso