Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-06-07

UTDrFERENT Views FROM THE SAME SIpE-
There appears to be diversity of opinion, with
Queen Victora's subjects, on their ability to sus.
tain themselves if there should be any Difficult.
ties between the United States and Great Bri.
tain, growing out Of the Oregon question, and
our abilities to defend our rights, should they be
dsrcgarded The Dublin Freeman's Journal
from which we copy the following article in its
course, is quite the reverse from that of Wilmer
& Smiths Times While the Times" places
hut low estimate upon our strength and COM
potency 10 protect our rights, and in its articles
is very beligerant, the "Journal" is calm and
conclia,ory -
"'The English and Anglo Irish Journals ere
ielcitating Their readers upon the pacific cha
racter Of the intelli ence received by the Gale.
donna. We have luurnals, and the tone o. the
| articles they contain, III our opinion, show that
! those fellcliatlons are premature. There IL hot
one line Of swaeger nr braggadocia IN these pX-
tracts but there is not a SINGLE phrase which
can bear the Interpretation OF hesitation, much
} less of shrinking. ], is evident from them that
| in America they have counted the COS, OF war
I They estimate their own resources justly, but
they do not overra,e them. They say ,ha, Eng.
land can bring against America greater naval
and military armamenis than America can mus
Ter. They admit that England may burn their
scaboa,d towns. and immensely damage and
destroy the property of American citizens.
But they ask. if England wars with America
where shall she get cotton for her mills and
factories VIII she condemn them to idle.
neFs, her factory population to starvation, and
her manufacturers To bankruptcy and the Ga
.cHc! Eng lard may war with America, but
how shall she protect her merchant ships from
American privatcerS, which, IN such cOnlun
lure, would swarm IN every sea These are
the advantages on which, IN case of war with
England, the United States relies, and they
are strong, powerful and peculiar.
Again, Englaud's power is scattered-heI
territory must be everywhere defended, for II is
everywhere vulnerable. American territory
Is cuncentrated-and American citizens are
prepared to defend il 10 the death. THIS Is al
element which, in case of hte,ihies between
the two people. i, would be impossible to over
estimate. The result OF such war %onld, i
, m uccessful, leave Enelani a crippled power
shorn of Eer colonies, copane,,s and commerce
II would seriously, teariully affect the progres
I sive prosperity u. the States, but her power a
r nation 1t could not permanently re,ard. Ma
: lures God, more powerful than empires, ha
rendered tia, impossible Ills seal is on ,ha
{ land, and she must be great Bnt apart from
d these d ffculties, which ngond sh ud in cas-
of war encounter America does not pnss by th
consideration of the ''iwo nations "ihc ric
and the poor" which. born on the same sol
regard each other with a dlstrust which IN
u first war shon, would rush, perhaps, 10 activ
5 hostility. The first gun fired against Americ
d might raise the people against the oligarchy Il
England. Throughout Europe it would caus
). a war of democracy against aTlstocracy, which
in the words of the Washington Globe, 'migf
l. add whole nations to republlcansm in a sing
- day' While America r,ckons such chance
l- in her favor-whe such elements. even q
England's own territory, war for the States, sh
could not dread The day of battle. and she doc
, not. 1t may well alright, not only EnPlan'
g but many other European nations. Hence N
II language in which the American journals u
NJ dulge."
y PosrAGE-The distance from Pittsburg
y Philadelphia is $40 mles-just enough to mai
Or the postage ten instead Of FIVE cents. Boston
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