Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-12-31
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WEDNESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER Al. Is,s.

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WHO ,coaid suffer most in the ereni Of War
The New York Express Of Saturday says:
The -ALsASr Aaeus"lsbon prove. that Great Bri
will suffer sadly By With the United States
deaed already By the fall of Consos In London &c &C.
There Is no doub, England would Be gres, sufferer
from with us than from with any 9th.
nation in the world. because cruisers would do
much damage q her commerce,-bot could strike
her at home, or she would strike We could never
pant feet the soil Of Britain We could throw
shell into Tendon, lombard Liverpool OF Bristol
Ednbursh.-while New York, Charleston, Norfolk. Mo-
be Buffalo, Detroit, Cleveland and Chicago might suffer
,crrbly from British guns.
But because England will thus suffer- the Albany Argus
reasons, England cannot be kicked into with the
United States. Either ignorance Of British character,
stupidity dictates such conclusion that. When
Eisand ever known 10 hold back hghtl When did
England shrink from because Of Its consequen
ecs To propery'-The People who plunged into
with the French Empire, when half strong they
now, count but ttle consequences. where PRIDE
passion honor are concerned. England is OF the
stuff we always ready for Eight redress wrong,
e. viTdicatr right
Again. IL is argued England will dodge with the
United States. because Of the unpaced Of Ireland,
because the crop has the there and Mr. OCon
nell threatens rebellion! The in the potato crop only
makes 1t moro 10 enlist men o tie beet physique in
Ireland ir the British army Ireland has been
the borders OF rebellion, when England in n
with France but she kept under aud kept in awe,
she is Since the DAYS Of Cromwell there has been
nothing that threatened be sueeessrl rebellion in Ire.
land Ire leaders OF the opposition in Ireland only
spoufers: people have II is folly cslcu.
late the .ympsthes Of the Irish soldiers in the British
army. The Irish soldier is only machine The admi.a.
bic drill OF British officers the: into just many
sir feet, hyc-eetmen machines. They obey orders.
Thanking Is out Of their line OF duty.
The Argus with Its usual proAigacy attempts
party polt sis Oregon question; II strives convert
Wings the r their country and friends
81 England. We verify believe the politicians of the Al
bany Argus would sell their souls To the DEVIL Tom
Walker did 10 keep in with party in power. Spoils is
all it breathes OF, deans OF, feeds thinks Of
COMMENT.
lie the event of a war with England was TO be
determined by the relative extent of suffering mu
tually inflicted, we should soon have to come to
an ignominious peace.
Where can strike Englandl Obviously, but
in two places-in Canada and on the Ocean !
We could and would overrun and conquer the two
Canadas, possibly all the British North American
possessions Should we cripple England or i'm.
pair her power by the conquest Not at al We
should relieve her of what now hangs a dead
weight upon her, her North American Colonies.
So far from paying any revenue into the British
E1chequer, the Colonial Governments draw mo.
ney from the EIchequer for their support.
There is, we believe, little doubt felt by Eng
are rather burthen than benefit, and it is
known that strong party in Great Britain would
tomorrow be willing 10 compliment the Canadas.
New Brunswick, &c. with independence-a boon
which those Provinces arc too wise to accept.
Pride alone restraints England from taking the
sieb. We should cut of her present commerce
VII the St. Lawrence, and that would 10 the ex-
tent Of the injury could infct in that quarter.
The loss would he temporary and scarcely felt
by England. England gained in the end com.
mercially, by American independence, for she en-.
Ioyed the same advantages Of trade without being
encountered with Colonial expense and response.
bility-and she would gain by cutting loose from
the Canadas. She would retain the commerce.
and rid herself of the expense of her military and
civil establishments in those countries.
Again. we could strike at England on the
Ocean-as in the war of 1912, capture a frigate
in single combat, and by Privateers, cut up her
commerce in every sea. But at this game she
would play too, and TO the full! as successfully as
we. Her fleets ride triumphant and irresistible
in every sea. Her commerce is better protected
than ours, by superior Navy, which is match
for all the naval force Of the world united. She
hiss more men, ships and ports and even at Prva.
teering could overmalch u.s. We can indeed strike
England on the Ocean, but not without having
the blow fearfully repaid, and our Commerce de.
stroyed. Like Van Tromp, her ships would sail
with broom at the mast. head, in token of having
swept our trade from every sea
Let US briefly glance at the other side of the
picture. Where could England strike u.s. Or
rather, where could she not strike usl Our sea.
Nd citia nil dafn H.
could and would lombard them, and exact mil
lions 20 save them from destruction. The pro-
ducts Of our looms and FORCES would remain in
the warehouses, and England would resume the
monopoly Of supplying the countries where wc
have slowly riyaed driven her from the felC
Of competition Our cotton, wheat, tobacco, rice
would rot in the barns, or he slowed away for an
indefinite period. Oregon, the cause of war, woulC
fall into her hands without the firing Of gun, FOL
We have no force there, nor are capable Of send
ing one. u wise, ard not swayed too much BY
her pride, England would withdraw her forces
aud military stores from Canada, and abandon
that Province, a relief to her, and which woult
prove, If conquered, curse and firebrand to us
THIS step taken, we could literally strike her no
where, except by Priyateering.
lhey are greauJ utceNcu' III our opinion, wh'
think England in bad position to enter into wa
with us On the contrary, she is in most adyan
tageous position. Her armies and nayies cou,
he recruited al iJifum from pauPer population
eager to procure the subsistence from an enem
which they cannot find at home. The supplant
ing Of the Americans in all quarters Of the worlc
would impar stimulus to trade and manufac
lures Nor is there any sodiy IN the idea, tina
we could s,arve England by Withholding our Co
Ton. She would not be more anxious to buy, tina
we to sell and she would soon procure from neu
trail ports, the Cotton we now send to Liverpool
while we should be bu. too happy thus circnilons