The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1846-01-10

tlOn. IL Woul DC easy 10 pursue thc
investigation much further were it me-
cessary. 5Ias ia2t l"' ,eA9S.'
Who does not see that bitter dis
putes would soon arisel That each
party would accuse the other ofpar.
tiality and injustice? That violence and
bloodshed would follow, and that an
intestine war would establish the as
tendency of one or other Of these RI
val and national parties! All this is
so plain that he who runs may read.
And we are warned by the surest in
stincts Of our nature not to trust our
rights and the cause of humanity, to
such partition Of authority. 3ay9a a
II then, Mr.. President, we can neith-
er retrace our steps, not check them,
we must 60 onward. And England
has placed herself in the path that is
before US; and if she retain her posi-.
ton, we must meet her. If the last
proposition she has submitted is her ul-
timatum, il is effectively declaration
ofwar. lis advent may be delayed a
few months; but as soon as the notice
expires, if she persists, as she will do.
in her occupation of the country, the
struggle must commence. 1t is not
the notice which is a beligerent meas
ure--for that is a treaty-rght--but it is
the subsequent and immediate course
the parties will probably pursue that
must lead to war. / hope--or ! ought
rather to say wish--that England
would awaken to a sense of her injus-
tice. and would yield where she could
yield honorably, and ought to yield
But will she do so? 1t is
safest to believe she will not, and this
dictate ofprudence is fortified by every
page of her history. When did she
voluntarily surrender a territory she
had once acquired, or abandon pre-.
tension she had once advancedl Ifa
few such cases could be found in the
record other progress and acquisitions,
they would be but few acceptions,
which would render the general princi-
pie other conduct only the more obvi-
Gus. For my own part, see no symp-
toms OF relaxation in the claim she has
put forth. And the declarations in
Parliament Of the leaders oi the two
great parties that divide her govern
ment and her people Sir Robert Peel
and Lord John Russell show union
Of opinion, and foreshow union Of
action, should action be necessary,
rarely to be found in the political ques-
lions that agitate her councils, and are
The index, if not the assurance, Of an
equal unaaimity in public sentiment.
In the London Morning Chronicle Of
April 9th. is the report Of the proceed
ngs in Parliament Of the preceding day,
,n the receipt of the Presidents inau-
yural address. ] hold tie paper in my
land; and, as the discussion was preg-
,ant one, and ought to be warning
,ne, / shall take the liberty of reading
| portion Of it. OBS s4sa. o i
Here Mr.. G. read extracts from
he paper containing the remarks of
Lord John Russell on what he consid-
red the spirit of aggrandizement dis
,layed by the government and people
# the United States, in their course
the annexation ofTsxas.
Mr.. Cass then continued: Here, sir,
ye find the leader Of the great whig |
'arty, in his place in Parliament, IN |
fleet denouncing the course Of the
United Statos in tho annexation Of
Texas, because it tends towards ter.
itorial aggrandizement; and the eter-
al cant about British moderation and
hilanthropy, and American injustice
nd ambition, IS heard, and read, and
elieved in every corner Of the British
ominions. | must confess, sir, am
earthly tired of 1t. Were the subject
nd its consequences notso important,
lese declarations would excite ridicule
} they now excite regret and surprise.
hey are not confined to ordinary po-
lical discussions and to the journals
THE days but they come from the
CHEST places. And here is an emil
snt English statesman asking the ad-
inistration what course they intended
pursue in the altered policy Of the
nited States, as he terms it; as though <
Q voluntary union of two indepen,l (
mt people, upon this continent were
J. injury to England, which demand. |
her immediate attention, and might I
inand her armed interposition. And Q
tells US, he understands that com. Q
lnications have been sent 10 the !
nited States, to Mexico, and 10 Tex il
, on the subject Of what be calls th 9 q
W policy ofthe United States. And LIP
, know that those communications c
Mexico and tol Texas contained v
pe offers to ,prevent annexation.- In