The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-01-08
From the Mcw York Sun.
TONE OE TEEE %EsRSEEESEE PEg TESS.
THE QUESTION OF ANNEXATTON-
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTTON-A BRI-
TYSH PARTY IN THIS COUNTRY.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECIIOA-A BRL-
TYSH PARTY IN THIS COUNTRY.
We received from England by the Acadia, our
regular files Of four daily journals and seventeen
weekiies, from the principal cities OF England,
ell Of which teom with the most vulgar abuse
and fierce denunciations Of this country. A
state Of actual hostilities could not d~eyclopo
greater acrimony of spirit or bitterness of tenn
per. "Fraudulcnt,' "base," and "~abject,' are
common terms for Americans. "Sinking in the
estimation of the wor!d"-"gapjdly declining
in haractel"-"sieeped in slavery '-.wanton,'
worthless and "ambitious," are reiterated in
almost every paragraph. Ii is evident that the
disappointment they experience in the Presiden-
tiGl election, may have given vent 70 all this a.
buse; and then the question naturally presents
itself TO the consideration ofthe American PEG
pie, What interest can Great Britain possibly
have in the election of a President Of the Uni
ted States; and by what authority does the Go
vernmcnt or its subjects venture to interfere in
the free choice of a chief magistrate of this
Union? The answer will probably be found in
the fact that Great Britain has been made TO
feel an interest in this election on account ofthe
Texas and Oregon questions; and, consequently,
disappointment is the result Of their direct inter-
ference on this side Of the water. The name
of Mr.. Clay has been used to shadow forth re-
suits, and pursue a line of policy not authorized
or warranted by himself; assurances the most
positive, and estimates the most faltering, have
been freely given, and probably money has been
obtained or loans guaranteed 10 further schemes.
which were TO sustain certain interests abroad:
and the disappointment at the result has been
SO severe, and the losses so serious, that giving
vent to acrimonious feelings through the public
journals is the only course left for those whose
hopes have been defeated. This is the most
charitable construction that we can place on
these insults, and it offers but a poor apology at
best.
Within the last two years we have concluded
a treaty with Great Britain for the amicablo I'D
lustment Of the northeastern bundary; we have
united in destroying the slave trade on the coast
Of Africa; we opened friendly negotiations on
the Oregon question; we have settled and adj
lusted every point Of difficulty which has existed
for the last forty years. 1t would appear that at
no period of the history of this country have
England and the United States been on more
amicable terms, or their relations, commercial
and political, been carried on more mutually
beneficial, friendly and profitable. And vet, TO
judge by tho tone of the British journals. and
their direct interference in the concerns Of this
country, one would suppose that war had actual
ly been declared between the two nations.
From the first movement made in a~nnexing Tex
as to the Union, Great Britain has exercised the
most direct and positive influence TO defeat the
measure; and with ii has endeavored, and very
successfully, TO array ono portion of the United
States against the other on the subject of slave.
~. While at perfect peace with us, and under
the most sacred obligations of treaties, she had
anaepvofed 10 create civil dissentions, a division
Il fhe Union, and a diamemberment Of the re-
public. These, we admit, are serious charges;
but Great Britain may answer: "we have been
encouraged in our course, by the advice and CO.
operation Of your own people, in and out Of Con
gress, and principally from the eastern States
who have assured US that they are determined to
prevent any accession Of territory on The south
erD borders--any extension Of slavery-that
they prefer q separation Of the Union; and our
cid has been invoked to carry out such views.