The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1846-08-29

Liverpool engaged in American trade
and stocks; and, therefore, connected
with commercial houses and stockbro
kers in our Atlantic cities. Twill ina.
CINE him TO address them thus: "Gen.
llemen, it is the interest Of her, Majes.
ty's Government that her Majesty
should have part of the territory oI
Maine, in order 10 shorten the route
and facilitate the march, of her Males
ty's armies, to put down republican
principles in her Majesty's Canadian
provinces. 1t is also necessary that
her Majesty should have another part
of the territory Of Maine, 4 mountain
barrier Of some hundred miles in length.
which a council Of her Maiesty's Cen
erals-over whom Field Marshal the
Duke Of Wellington presided--have
declared would give to her Majesty's
armies great advantages over the Uni
ted States in the event of war. TO
obtain these great objects, her Majes-
ty's Government have determined to
send special Minister to the Govern
ment Of the United States. Her Ma
jesty's Government have reason to
kAow, by private advices from that
country, that the condition Of affairs
there, is most auspicious to the policy
Of her Majestv's Government. 1t is
material, therefore, that her Majcsty's
Minister should depart on his mission
as soon as practicable; but it is even
more important, to the success Of his
mission, that, previously to his depar-
ture, the apprehension Of q a0ar nciM
ENGLAND should be impressed upon tie
Government fMe United States. With
this view, steps have already been ta-
ken, as you must have perceived, to
have it announced, through the princi-
pal journals Of London and Liverpool,
in the service of her Majesty's Gov
ernment, that her Majesty's Govern
ment was making extraordinary prep
alations for war, by land and sea--that
great activity was observable in her
Majesty's dock-yards, in the prepara-
ton and armament Of ships for sea, Pc
culiarIy adapted to distant service
that large fleet had already put to sea,
apparently destined to the coast of Am
erica--.that the Admiralty Board had
for weeks held daily sessions that Sc
veral regiments of her Majesty's troops
had been ordered from the West Indies
to her Majesty's provinces in America
--.-that every precaution had been Ia
ken to increase and strengthen her Ma
jesty's Notifications and garrisons in
these provinces--and that all these
preparations were understood to be
made in consequence of the threaten
ing aspect which the Maine boundary
discussion between the two countries
had unhappily assumed-a state of
things which had already greatly affect
ed stocks and exchange, and increased
the rate of insurance on all vessels en-
gagged in the American trade. The
of these matters you
have, no doubt, seen in these journals;
but as these journals do not circulate
in America, it is indispensable to the
interests of her Majesty's Government,
that the same matters should be an
nounced in the leading journals of the
cities III that country, partic-
uIarly New York and Boston. 1t is
likewise of great moment to her Ma
iesty's Government, that, in addition to
this announcement, those American
journals should strongly depict the hor-
rors aud serious consequences of such
a war. In worG, it is necessary thus
to actthrough those American journals,
first, upon the apprehensions Of the
commercial, and other great interests,
on the seaboard ,and next, through those
interests, upon the apprehenslons of the
American Government itself. You
now understand the policy of her Ma
iesty's Government; and as Lord Ash
burton, her Majesty's Minister, Wilde
part to America within very few
and, also, inasmuch as it is dee
med vitality important TO the interests
Of her Majesty's Government, that
these effective impressions should be
made upon the Government of the Uni
ted States prior to his arrival there, it
is the especial desire Of her Majesty's
that each of you, gentle.
men, should Immediately communicate
with your respective houses, agents.
and business associates,in America, and
in the cities of New York
and Boston, instructing them to impart
10 all the public journals in their inter-
est, and within their inhuen ce, the pro-
per tone, ID accordance with what you
Ire now advised is the policy Of her
Majcsty's Government"
These were the means, and these on
y, to which, it was necessary for the
British Cabinet to resort, in order to