Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-10-25

Of the working ORDERS lest they should soon be
violently dispossessed of all eproperty and power
they have acquired during the last half century by
means of the daily labor of the masses. Consi-
derine the plentude and circulation Of the London
Times the variety and authority of the information
deposited in il from near and distant sources, and
the successful yigor of its occasional assaults on
real abuses and enormities, could scarcely assign
bounds TO its influence and efficiency; but it sacri-
fees much of its advantages by perpetual strain
ing for momentary effect its rule is that of BAYEs
in dramatic omposition-frequent surprise its hy-
perboles are so intensely wrought and recklessly
expanded that it can retain no character for snceri-
ty every article is rhetorical to the highest pitch
of energy in phrase and SANDER; the avdity with
which it seizes ctions and local Irregularities or
individual offences for the purpose of traducing the
United States, and the extreme rancor of its spite
full comments defeat its ends, in these instances
Of the slave manacles and the anti-rent pranks.
There is no example of newspaper hostilities on a
single public functonary, more atrocous for invet-
eracy, venom, exorbtance, and, may say, general
anti-patriotic injustice, than those of the Times
Sir ROBERT PEEL. The Americans are its favorite
game as nation with republican polity and
veil what it may about them it calculates, with
much reason, on numberess gulls among its preju-
diced readers at home Although the London
Morning Herald could not venture to 60 shares
with the Times in the marvellous tale of the slave
trade equipment of the Missouri, it has not hesita
ted to improve TO the same end other topics, in an
article of the 9th instant, which enclose for you
and which begins in these terms: q The latest ac-
counts from the United States illustrate, as hap
PLY as we could desire, our remarks upon the
certain disruption of the colossal Republic &C.
For some knowledge of the dispositions and
judgments which the British military and naval
classes, at least the readers, likely to enter
tain in regard to country you must look into
the journals issued for them specially in London.
The recent number of the Navy Gazette is coarsey
severe; there several pages in the United Ser
vice Magazine that bear instructively, though sa-
udgely, on our concerns. l enclose for you two
extracts, which ! have caused to be made from the
editorial department of the last number. The Lon
don Spectator Of the 9th instant observes: Our
rule in India seems doomed to continued incre-
ment;" and the Post of the Goth descants on the
expediency Of incorporating the Punjaub, to which
it supposes the British right be quite as solid as
to any of the former conquests or annexatons. In
the number of the United Service Magazine, Just
cited, the following language is held: sEvery
: thing relating to the state of the Punjaub-the
character Of its population, Its army, its govern
ment, It's agriculture, its manufactures, and CON-
merce-tends to show the necessity not less for
the protection and happiness of the people than
in the East, Of placing it under British rule To
this complexion, sooner or later, and the sooner
the better, it must come" Here are, indeed, no.
table reasons You are aware that the London
Morning Chronicle has inveighed against 'sAmeri-
can cupidity and prohgacy" with reference to
the annexation of Texas, acrmoniously and
6ercely any of the Tory prints. The leading
articles of that journal Of the oath and 25h instant
consist of argumentative set exhortation to the
enlargement of the British empire in India, ire
spectvely of all od-fashioned notions and fastidi-
Gus scruples on the heads of native independence
and sovereignty. Lord AUCKLAND is said to have
administered the materials and doctrines. The
Punlaub (argues the Chronice) must at last be re-
duced and " absorbed into orr own dominons =
| Here is the theory
" AZ tho paramount power in India, might Justly take
this step at any time would require refined political
casusy to reconcile the act conscience We have
two great duties to perform in the East-one towards the
tive governments the other towards the native populations
and will surely not be denied that the latter by far the
greater There Is no such thing independent native
state IN India They all exist by suence. As heirs the
Emperors OF Delhi recognised lords paramount
and the people, when inolerably oppressed have right to
look for deveance The case between us and the ma
tive PRINCES precisely analogous that the native princes
and their aghdars IF Of these proves himself yrant
his ege lord has the right deprive him of his agre to
compel him to pursue more equitable towards his
dependents"
The affairs of Dude, the Chronicle thinks, as they
are 10 be treated, may give rise to reproaches of
ambition and perfdy, and it speculates thus:
Sir Henry Hardnge, with the afectaton of politco
military pedant petends be all for peace and the
ties Of administrative prudence
But though the of and the extension of
territory be not principal object either in India any
where else, Sir Henry Hadnge will nd his predecessors
have found that growth now, and for time
hnue TO be- the normal condition Of existence the East
We advocate no Indian policy Of unjust aggandze
ment no harsh or unnecessary annexation. We merely
state what appears to be fact that Of the gov
crnments eee No bolstering up will keep them
ing They appear have the circle marked out for them
by destiny and will PERISH whether or not to set
up something in their places"
few days ago book came into my hands,
which ran through at once, as full of interest and
particularly opportune. 1t is the sixth, which is
the concluding, volume of Thornton's History of
the British Empire in India. 1t embraces, in de-
tail and order, the transactions, the wars and an
nexations, of the last twelve years. Ny notes on
are too copous to be prepared for you at present
The London Spectator of Saturday last contains
notice of it too compendious. The subjoined
passages of the review are to my purpose: /" Mr..
: Thornton seems to have adopted Sir Robert Peels
: notion that political morality is matter of geogra-
ply that the laws Of right depend upon latitude
and Longitude; and that in the East Indies they are
altogether suspended in favor Of the Company"
/" We strongly incline to deny the right of any state
: to make the internal conduct of another casus
belly or to wage war on any such Quxotic plea