Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-02-06


fairs at Mexico, in which England is de-
nounced as the common enemy of the two
countries. -
-.-. From Wilmer & Smiths Times.
. !. English Hens.
The national mind shrinks instinctively
from warlike feelings Of any kind, but more
especially from a war with America. The
idea is abhorent under any circumstances;
it is more Immediately so in reference to a
territory which can never be much, if any,
service, to either country; a territory whose
position, irrespective Of its sterrility, and
the absence of all natural advantages, is
too far removed from the Governments
which respectively claim it, to belong per-
manently TO either. @. s .s-~.sas.- Is.
The progress which England has made
during the last thirty years, in wealth, in
commerce, in manufactures, in resources
Of every kind. far transcends that of every
former period of her history. The splen-
did career of mechanical development and
intellectual progression which she has run
since the battle Of Waterloo, exhausted as
her energies at that epoch were by the pro-
tracted struggle with the Great Corsican,
shows at glance, that the greatest curse
which can happen to civilization is war.
They HON the Gods destroy they first
make mao"
The professional politicians of England
presume to see, in the belIigerent policy
OF Mr.. Polk. desire, in order to secure
his reelection, to fatter the war feelings
Of the Western States. But commerce is
the great promoter of peace and civiliza-
ton. Whatever annoyance the Western
States may have experienced in the ex-
clusion of their agricultural produce from
England, the day is fast approaching when
the barrier will be removed, and the soil
Of Britain will be the ready and grateful
> recipient of all the bread stuffs' which the
Western States can send us. This is not
so much matter of opinion as the asser.
ton of principle that has become para
mount amongst us, and threatens to de-
stroy all who will not bend to It's influence.
Coming events cast their shadows be-
FORE Fearing the blow which is about
to be dealt by Sir Robert Peel to the pro-
= tectionists, the great landowners are ma
). king efforts TO get up sickly agitation in
i favor of the existing Corn law. Several
agricultural meetings have been recently
E held, at which the conduct Of Peel has
i been assailed in the bitterest possible terms;
J the vi.uperation which they hurl at the
J. Premier is the best evidence of their ap'
u prehensions, and of the gulf which now
e separate the Minister from his quondun
. supporters.
Commercial.-Thep past year has beer
l. one of extraordinary vicissitudes, in its
l. commercial, not less than in its social anC
u political phases. 1t opened auspiciously
: There was plenty Of food, employment
IS was abundant, capital abounded, confidence
u prevailed, and the machinery of society
worked harmonious and beautiful.
j. The Cotton trade, during the year, ha:
, experienced the mutations to which we al
! lude-the instability to which all things
II sublunary are subject. There was excel
= lent business doing in the great staple ii
e the earlier months the price, if not higt
i or hopeful, was uniform; and the larg'
10 consumption, with the encouraging leelin.
Ie abroad, was guarantee against furthe
g., depression in price. At this period, AM
u for some time af;er, the consumption wa
greater than at any former time in GU
- commercial history. The public prosper
a. ity was so buoyant that capitalists sough
e ont new fields of investment; and the rail
OF way mania sprung up with 6ercenes
e. which has never had parallel, and, it i
to to be hoped, will never again find imits
~ ton. The elements gave the alarm.
We They drenched the fields with superhu
re Gus moisture; and the confidence whic
en- existed gave way on the slightest appear
at ance of danger. Alarm succeeded "a PAM
ry (olIowed-and, beginning with the stag
he of the Share market, it ultimately reaehe
ar. Engiand's Premier-fol ced on him a ri
ch luctant resignation. and, for time, red,
ge ced the executive machinery to dead loci
* The history of the price Of food and tn
IN. varying appearances of physical natur'
Of from the beginning of the past TO the con
'h- mencement of the present year. is. in fac
ks The history of the Cotton trade. So trt
VS. is il, that commerce and manufactures i
sh. pend upon the seasons. But, with an ov
ion changing climate like ours, how wea
wo how puerile, to depend upon such co
tingency! a-...-
IN From the London Times
re- We are not solicitous to push our RICH
ing 10 its extreme point. We, therefore, "
the not claim for them, nor for ourselves. til
ird capacious district between the sou,he;