Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-06-13


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And sorsspondsai Of The National Iassllrsssss al
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snd to exist. among the business men generally very
insecure feeling - TO foreign relations, Which mean
OF eoarse. those with England This Of prccsous-
nsss seems strongest Zee nsius among tho larger ops
nso, who. seeking their profits of auetus,oa
sampupn are compelled be good watchers Of the pcl
cal skiss and Of whatever in hs ossbodss change From
what hear among them. infer them BE- neither
eehsf alarmed by what should think not hard 10 psne
a'e nor yet By any ulled l,hsy Cor
hap by the deceptive face Of tranquility which the Govern
nent assumes In order whatever hazard the country,
TO avoid srouang BY active preparation the prudence Of
the abandoned who placed in hs public peril and.
alter having made such furious alarms about Eussnds
hostile dessns leave exposed any sudden desonaon
OF SUCH us, Al the when hey themselves have.
by their rapacious sehemes and insulting conduct perhaps
reused Britain into the very reality Of what they 6st
nba'ed to her only for popular and party effect home
Never, surely. aagtious policy pursued By
,ne Government OF any country than that which tho Ad
minsuaiion acting out IN tho present couuncture Un
less trusts 10 IN folly Tor its luck, imagine nothing
more fragrant than its impudence unless IL has absolutely
learned To think that all its duties Texs
tain Jobbers there and to these tweny-six States
can conceive nothing criminal than the game the
Presideut persists in playing.
For domestic PurPoses. IL may, in Locofoco view, be-
well To alarm and deceive the people home into dam
gerous and faithess abroad The preence Of Eng.
lush designs was about that Of many designs Mt
home with which Locoocoism has constantly worked
on the people. The fasehood about equal and the
possible successa thing which they look to infinitely more
quite as good usual not, therefore, why Loco
iocoism should not have resorted all the
frauds Of English mschinaiious which il invented TO SCI
cure annexation; but why is that, when the
on our part the fraud. longer kept upf
AZ present. u can only endanser not merely the country
Tor thai need talk about peope-but the
very object and end of all this foul plan. Let have been
ever 50 much the business OF the pocr deude and be-
tray the land into these measures. is beayins IL little
TO much to atemptto do the whole business by dcusion
Annexation voted, the mask should have thrown of
and fraud exchanged for what became necessary to
back it-iorce Even thsves know that what is worth
taking worth keeping and they who set out to plumber
the highway usually think well carry pistols in the
hands rs well rs Grape their faces.
IL was obvious that only the violent step we were
taking such must give alarm English policy
the outrageous uvo~ais OF universal landrspne and of
particular intention 10 plumber presenily which
joined To the thing, exactly fit make England FEEI
all that the exaonsts NJ inst her
pose. IL was blow, prove fatal one Mexico
rich dependency OF her commercial empire In both
countries Texas At and California presently wus
securing for nvncibe vantage ground the dispute
Tor Oregon. IL nj gave a larger comma Of the
Gull ct Mexico, and lead our possession OF
all that coast; which implies again. the expulsion Of all
other nations from the Yves, Indies IL possible that Bi.
tain overlook all this whence she hears proclaimed the
doctrine that will have all this continent peace to
be expected OF bold and sagacous nation under such
circumstances OF immediate injury and hostility
Ana IT, then, any thing short Of the very Of i'm.
beciy ~ proceed rs this Government insists on dng and
steal realms without either armies or nayies
would say word OF France and her present relations
10 The question; but the mail is about to close. j.