Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-05-30

NV AGAINST their own country. Among these
AGENCIES we NAV mention the celebrated Que
Eghts. which were always burned as signai
to the enemy. whenever Commodore DecatuI'
then blockaded with his squadron IN New
London, made arrangements Tor escaping az
night. All his attempts to escape the olooh'
aiding squadron were defeated by THESE urea,
sonable contrivances. Traitors directly aioed
the enemy and factious politicians openly
encouraged factious opposition to the govern
ment.
The revolutions of trade have transferred
the headquarters of this British party from
Boston to New Y ork; and there 1t now ex'
hbits as much opposition to our own country,
as much partiality for British interests as
few scruples in seeking its ends, as II ola IN
Boston during the war.
Of this we offer an instance in the following
quotation from .sleading article" which re-
Gently appeared in one of its presses. The
editor, in quoting an extract from Mr.. Peers
speech in the British House of Commons, the
bill providing for grant to Maynooth COL
! lege, says that it exhibits s'a determination to
maintain the rights of Britain, so needlessly
threatened with invasion by the inaugural OF
of Mr.. Polk" This remark indicates the
same reasonable spirit that produced the "blue
| lights,'' and other proceedings Of the last war,
to which we have just alluded; and should
another war ensue, We predict that 1t would be
followed by reasonable action; for we as
sumo as an anxiom in political ethics, that
those whose moral sense cannot restrain them
from talking treason, will always do it under a
favorable opportunity and an adequate personl
motive. With any British party in this coun-
try, treason will always be natural growth.
The rights of Britain! This expression
comedies that Britain has territorial rights in
! Oregon, and therefore comedies the whole
ground. The American doctrine upon the
subject is that Britain never had any terrific
rial rights on the western coast OF North Anne
RIGA that every such right to it was original
:, ly Spanish, French or Russian; that all which
was Spanish below latitude 43o North, be-
came and is now Mexican, without ever hav-
ing been British; that all between latitude
42o and 49o North, was French and Spanish
alternately, and became and is now American,
without ever having been British; that all be-
tween latitude 49o and $40 400 was Spanish,
and became and is now American, without
ever having been British that all above latl-
tude $40 40, is and long has been Russian,
withou: ever having been British. And in
the face Of all this historical evidence, Brit.
ish journal in an American city talks about
LII tItoE |tSU6o III OiNSoh' ~AhN s'4NSo - $40
were aeed,essY threatened with flnasion by
the President in his inaugural address This
is saying that our chief magistrate, under the
solemn assumption of his high duties insnItt
Justice with threat of 'orong against an in
, nocent and injured nation! We are not stran
gers to the audacious Gbels npou onr country
and its authorities, which frequently appear
in the British presses in Ne" York. Bu
: this attempt to change the positions of the
: two governments, to make ours the reckless
unconscionabIe invader Of another's rights
and the British the injured party defending its
, own, and all because our chief magistrate, as
in duty bound, announced his determination
to maintain our national rights against claim
no better than that of hlghwayman, show:
a degree of effrontery in political wickednes
which we We're hardly prepared to expect
even in these British partisan presses.