Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-05-01
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ERR. CALHOuN--THE oRRooK
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We may say, then, with perfect capdo, A..
West will reap rich benefit from this comm
cial change. The prices of her bread,,vs.
will increase. Her farmers may all p,o~
rich. Her canals will be. improved. R.n
roads may bind with shocks of lsteel.n *.
narrowed limits Of that vas. region, and !.
creasing wealth and prosperity must disn..
the blessings of free trade to a rapidly e.D,.
ding population. But does any man beI...
a state caused solely by such an event-lo,,,
in operation and temporary in character. will
last forever! If all these things are to A..
from the opening Of the English ports nerelr
shall we not remember that demand, und..
circumstances like these, must decreas. w;,,
supply. Mind, there are thousands of .,or,
workmen now in the different poor-houses n
England, clamoring for bread. Starving mil.
lions are in Ireland ready to work, if tbsv
could earn bread by labor. Shall these mon
never be par,iallyif not wholly supplied =
Feed them, lift them from the depth of deo,,.
dation and misery in which they are now MA.
ced, and when that is done they will 90 back
to their farms and their workshops! Then
they will feed themselves. Suppose they al
become manufacturers, and we all producer,-
Realize, if you will, the dream of poetic
statesmanship-when all labor will be canal.
lied, all advantages reciprocal can we for.
get that others than we will share, too, ,bes.
vast benefits. Belt remembered, the ports Of
England are not open to Us alone. There is
Canada, with her increase Of 81 ,432 barrels
of Flour, and 393,45l bushels of Wheat in
one year. There are, too, the vast colonial
possessions of the English Crown, to share
these same equivalents. this generous MANI
festaton of peaceful spirit" These aloha
can supply her, scattered as they are over ev-
cry section of the.civilized globe, embracing
within their limits every shade of soil and eli.
mate, and Offering every variety Of agficultu
raj production, which, under the stimulating
care of liberal government, can aspire to the
fostering hand Of cultivation. Every one sees
EngIand's true policy is free trade. Under
its wholesome operation we already see Amer.
lean Senators deluded by glittering tempta.
ton, vacillating between @the@atemporary and
the eiernal interests Of their constituency.
which England's intrigues have brought into
collision. Armed at every possible point;
making no real concession, but wonderfully
skilful in plausible expedients, at the very
moment when she does this she is prospective
ly reaping the benefits of any possible contin.
gency. Should she succeed, she gains large
territory. and an important military and COM
mercial post on the Pacific, and should she
fail. it is equally well, for we have fed, fat
tened, and prepared her people, for a contest,
in which We may now show she is as willing
as prepared to engage. - - s.'' Il g..
England, Mr.. Editor, will never yield. Her
whole history shows it. Her past glosies, her
present position, forbid it. There is nothing
in thewhole history of this ne gotiaton which
can at all satisfy any enqnirng mind that she
means even the surrender Of 1926 Onsfhe
contrary. there is the strongest reason, in our
judgment, for The opinion that, incense by
what shesmay deem our insoence, and that
feverish grasp for new territory, which is one
of the most striking peculiarities Of the Amer
lean people, she will nowreceive no bounda.
~ short of the Columbia. Are thesAmerican
people, in view of all this, prepared to sur.
render their lawful domain for such equiyocal
advantages, such strange and unnatural equiv.
aIents! Will the men of the West, forgetting
the Mississippi, place themselves in an equal
predicament on the banks of the Columbia
We will now enquire into another feature
of Anglo-American policy, and see if that de-
serves any more favorable consideration than
that we have just been considering. Sir Ro-
bert Peel stated in Parliament tina, he regret
ted that Mr.. Pakenham had not communca-
ted to his government the offer of compromise
made by the present administration. and men
conclude from thence, the crafty Sir Robert
would have accepted it. Now at the mo-
ment when that offer was mads; the British
Minister was revolving in his mind the decla-
ration of the President concerning British
pretensions. What more natural than tina,
ne should eagerly seize any subsequent adj
mission of British title. And this view is
strengthened by the remark of the Times, the
government organ, in this very connection.
He wanted the offer sent home, not as he him.
self says that there was ony probability of its
acceptance, but as we must conclude, because
any movement on our part approaching COM
promise, after what had been said, would so
tar appear retreat from former position. and
furnish new ground for diplomacy and DELAY.
AS long as they could keep possession of that
o1er, the assertion Of exclusive title. which