The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-27

to concate yet in every to discharge duty ia
king for our best guides the principles of the constitution
and the interests of our country.
BRITISH VIEWS OF AMERICA
In noticing the recent movements towards an in
aid" has discovered new antdote to American
greatness, which, if England will only confde in it,
may save world Of trouble both to herself and to the
United States. Perceiving in these Oregon move-
ments, it confidently assumes, clear indication
of"the certain disruption of the colonial republic'
and Of the tendency ofevery enlargement of terrific
ry to accelerate that event. it expresses its "anrios
,oish" that England will not interfere between "hs
eOniendng partiss" but leave them untrammelled to
consnmmate their own destruction.
Blessings on the Herald" for the generosity Of
its Spurious ,cish % All America, or rather all
democratic America, devoutly hopes for its perfect
fuflment. Let us aIone is the only favor which the
Union asks of the monarchy--the only favor (if it
pere favor, instead of right which the monarchy
is capable Of comforting upon Its protection we
have borne and recovered from. Its strong arm we
have resisted with success, both by land and sea-
The fatal pirus Of its political system, more danger
than its arms, has not yet palsied our national
vgor and is not therefore tolerated by our citizens
Its lovely queen and its baby princes we can do
without. Its ruler by Divine right, America does
not covet It's titled lords may pamper as long
its starving thousands will furnish it the for
doing so; but its example will hardly be initiated on
this side of the Atlantic Its crushing taxes are
not, in our epublic counted as the choicest bless
ings; and we, least had rather have cheap bread
and contented people, than wretched populace
and a favored class Of wealthy aristocrats We
were anxious at one time to march the same road
to freedom and to glory But, thanks be to the
infatuation Of England, she has compelled us to
"tread it apart' from her. unclogged by her monar-
chca institutions apart from her established herar
chy, her extravagant aristocracy, her narrow laws
of primogenitare and entail her exorbitant national
debt and her oppressive system Of restriction upon
the poor for the benefit of her monopolists. Thanks
be to England, that, with the iron hand of power,
she compelled US to carve out our own glorious des-
tiny, and devise new system Of political insttu-
tons, better adapted to young and rising coun-
try, embracing every variety Of climate and of SOIL
endowed with an interminable area Of rich and va
cant lands, and teeming with boundless resources.
Thanks be to her, we repeat, that her own folly and
her own despotism compelled us to separate from
her-to cut the cord which would have bound toge-
Their, like the captives of Mezentius the citizens Of
this young republic the subjects of her great but
Anticipated government Thanks be to her, that we
were compelled by her injustice to set up for our
Selves and thanks be the valor of forefahers
that we forced her at last TO lei alone With our
whole heart we now too echo the Herald 3 wish, that
England will "LET US ALoNE'--leaps us to work out
our destiny in our own way--ieare us to demon
strate the capacity ofmankind to govern themselves
Leave us to test the strength Off federauve system
Of independent sovereigntes-ieape us to complete
the great experiment of freedom, which we have
already SO magnifcently begun
We practise honestly ourselves what we claim in
this respect from other nations. We are propa-
gandists of our political faith. We have been quiet
and passive, while all Europe has been wasted by
the strife Of conending parties and free opinion has
been crushed by the sword Of power. We have
witnessed the partition Of one country, and the OPP
preston of others, the balance Of power required
the injustice Of Europe to alternate; and have inter-
posed no effort even in behalf of those whose suf.
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Of our own limits, we have right to hold other ma
tons to theirs, and to claim with President Monroe
that the European powers shall not transfer to this
region of the globe their policy and their power
The western hemisphere must remain q chosen are
ma for the growth liberty, and no "Holy Alliance
can easily change it to herdingpace for political
slaves Democracy has become too firmly planted
here, to be uprooted by any lcagued monarchs Of
the Old World; and when France and England talk
of preserving the "baance of power' upon This con-
tnent, they forget the resstless tendencies of the
age which have already outgrown the checks ana
balances of antiquated systems, and are destined YET
to destroy, in their gradual operation, the despot
isns and oligarchies Of the whole earth. Tyranny
has had its day, and Europe will struggle in vain
exterminate the growing doctrines Of equality and
right
The views of the "Herald" on this subject (even
if sincerely eniertained) are extravagant as its
tiers govern themselves only because America will
not govern them. They have called to us for laws,
and we have neglected TO furnish them. They have
claimed to participate in the blessings of our Union,
and we have practically shut them out from our
midst. They talk at this moment of sending their
representative to Washington to ask their rights,
and to plead their cause before the assembled rep
resentatives Of the American republic. And whilst
we are willing to receive their accredited deputies
with open arms, are willing to anticipate their
Wishes and give them organization of laws and Of
agents, which England has long ago assumed to ex-
tend to the whole territory Of Oregon. And this
people it is, with her representative despatched to
Washington, seeking TO bind our destinies more
firmly together, which, according to the "Herald,"
"has manifested lately very strong disposition TO
renounce all connexion with the elder republic. ="
This is the people whose interest and destiny il is,
in the opinion Of this London editor, "Io rid them
selves at once Of all connection with the govern
ment and legislature of Washington" This is the
people which our English contemporary informs us
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