The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-01-16

4 ed, conveniently situated every way, ana oeao-
tituliy mttas,, is not . question i0s hesitation,
All ee~stihsiio,.ai scruples are, sammarily dis.
posed Of with despatch rapid ~ the move
mepta Of "A Tartar courier. Our eoHsfunssoSat
lawyers apon this pom, would be reduced to .
state OF instant decay and decomposition by
,he osler,ty OF the process. Fortunately the
constituency Of the universal Yankee nation,
AID likewise, be II not forgotten, oil the southern
wing Of federalism, are not compelled To
the acute suffering which such deprivation
must nhlc, upon them! The former again
cry out peseeably il We can. OF violently II
we must Bot we must not. In pushing their
idle threats, get DOT Of sight of the PuoJsub aud
Ahxhanis,su so, hail there gentlemen cap
,alos, majors, colonies, generals ia India On The
borders Of the PunJaub. we are Just about
TO print again, what a friend OF yours,
the editor OF the Courier aud Enquirer, IN
his paper Of 18th instant, has said concern
log your whereabouts aud inlents. After this
fashion he uuters himself and introduces a TEL
low aristocrsl in hi,her or ,hither lndis giving
the dispositions of cavalry aud inisnlryj number
Of artillery. and character of general equipment,
with the boast that the force entire could
proudly career IN overwhelming vigor
over more than a semi-dismeter Of Cen
ual Asia In shor, there is an amount
Of military animate and inanimate ade-
quate TO add so many hundred miles Of
annexation TO English lndia, that il the Times
newspaper could by any means be guilty Of so
great an error as that OF judging American and
British character by one aud the same standard,
ii might pour out upon England the same ndg
nant strain in which il has affected 10 assume
the seat Of Rhadamanthus when pronouncing
upon the Anglo Americans the following judg-
ment. Let that awe-stricken race confess its
niquities of annexalion-and England lift up
her head upon the certainty Of verdict Of ac-
quttal, in the case!
The London Times, says:
"No one in Europe has failed to observe the rapid
decline OF the United States IN public morality and
in public estimation 10 their policy and their prnc,-
plies nation, and 10 all that renders people per-
msnenlly strong and prosperous during the last few
years, and more especially during the accidental adj
mnistraiion Of Mr.. Tyler
from INC ". 4 Lnfuuu..
In the Pupjaub the death of Dewan Null, the Co
vernon OF Mvoltan, is represented as having paved
the way for British conquest He was an able and
powerful ruler, and is supposed by those capable OF
Judging to have been hostile to the British in the
event Of British invasion Of the PuDjauo, there
fore his opposition he bad control Of the passes
from Hindostan to Afghanistan, would have proved
a serious obstacle He was shot by notorious Grim
lnal whom he was examining. he wound was at
frat MI t in ,rIer IN, oil
time to strengthen himself in the succession. The
state Of affairs is pacific as to induce the appro.
hension that no pretext will be afforded for a
British INVASION. "Therc seems little prospect" says
the Bombay Times, "of collision with the Sikhs and
no chance Of the conquest Of the Punjaub for
time to come" And yet says the same paper, Eve
are perfectly prepared to the Sutlej
honesty justhes, and state necessity in the honorable
acceplation of the term, requires it," may be
pected that this necessity will not be long in making
itself manifest The extent Of the British prepare.
| tons thus stated =
"The British troops on the northwest frontier are
at present disposed that could have IA 900 men,
including 5000 cavalry together with 40 guns, on
the banks Of the Sutlej; and in five weeks time we
could throw force OF 81 900 men, in the very high
est condition as to discipline and appointments, with
SO guns on the Sikh frontier these, too, In full
munication with our own dominions To this not all
the poentacs from the Caspian TO the wall of China
could offer days resistance"
| From Blackwood for August 1874 pages
lao, 14l:
"The Punjaub will by that time have long been
ours; all the roads, passes and the five great rivers
at the points Of crossing, will have been overo oked
BY scientific fortresses; but, far beyond these me.
chanic defences, Christianity and true civilization
will, by that time, have regeneraed the population
who will then be conscious of new motives for de-
Ending themselves. native militia will then eve-
| ~ where exist; and mere lawless conquerors, on a
mission Of despotism of plumber will have become
as Powerless against the great ramparts Of cviliza
| ton as American savages."