The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-04-01
Il Britain. Her Resaurces.

ting the vast resources Of Great Britain
and the method she has adopted to acquire
them. Our present relations with that ma
ton, renders it valuable documents -wor
thy the attention Of the American people
A careful examination Of the history o
Great Britain, will convince every one tina
her policy has ever been to extend her do
miniOns, and acquire territory in every por-
ton Of the globe-so that they may pour
wealth in her lap-and serve as bulwarkc
to protect her in her power and greatness
Her ships have rode upon every sea, hel
flag futtered in every breeze. With truth
has the poet sung
8 He march is DER the mountain wave,
Her home is on the deep"
Wherever she has beheld a nation ex-
tending its laws and influence, there has
her eagle eye been fixed, and her plots
have Immediately been devised with con.
summate skill, to share its advantages and
balance the power sought to be gained
Such an intuitive knowledge does her states
men possess of the affairs of nations, and
SO closely do they watch their condition,
that they know what method to adopt with
reference to each in her diplomatic inter-
course. If the nation over which she seeks
to obtain advantages be weak, her policy
is to command, and if the edict is not obey.
ed, her point is carried by the force ofarms.
With powerful nation she exercises inge-
nuity and tact-while it is divided--one
faction arrayed against another-one Sec
ton looking othe other with jealousy, in
stead offriendship-her government is uni
led. Deliberate and sagacious, by various
means she adds fuel to the fame-and f.
nally from the divisions of her adversary
springs the harvest she has so eagerly
sought. The object of her wish is thus
obtained, and another jewel gIitters in her
crown.
While many of our statesmen seem to
Ook with such horror upon the policy of
ur government tenaciously maintaining its
lst title to the rloIe Of a territory because
portion of it is "barren'-it may be in
'resting to know what policy she has in.
ariably pursued. We will quote the Ian.
uage of the distinguished officer above
lluded to: at has long been a cardinal
pint in the policy of Great Britain to OBJ.
in advantages in every section of the
ODE and she has perseveringly adhered,
I'd still adheres to that policy hence as
e fortune Of her arms, or other circum.
ances have favored her views, she has
'2ed upon every spot, hOreUer barren,
Omising such advantages" Enumera- {
lg her strong positions, her "great cut
Orks whence she projects her missiles
hips of wary upon every wind
ereby carries terror to the nations of the {
nth, he asserts:
" She holds Gibraltar, Malta, and the
nian Isles, by which she commands the
hole coast of the Mediterranean and the
with the Black Sea; the
ape of Good Hope and the Island of st.
elena, by which she Commands the way
India the Mauritias, the Island Of Cey-
n, and other important positions in the
st, which give her the command of all
uthern Asia, as well as of the territories
I'd commerce Ofthe Pacific. Approaching
r olrn continent, she holds Bermuda, a {
rOng castle in our front, commanding our
hole southern trade, including that ofthe
ulf Of Mexico, Trinidad, at the mouth of
Q Oronoco, and to the windward of the
inciPal West India Islands, which gives {
n the command Of the caribbean Sea, and
it'll the Falkland Islands, which she has
Gently taken, Of the whole front of South
merica and the way to the Pacific. To
e northeast she holds Nova Scotia and
ape Breton, which secure the Canadas I
'm maritime attack, command the New. 4
midland and the Gulf OF st. Lawrence
heries and exercise the same controlling
iuence upon our Atlantic coast which the 7
stiOns ola fortress have upon its curtains" ?
n
4" To complete the entire military CON- y
md Of the globe, she requires only the
and OfChilOe, and good naval station
or near t1e mouth of'the Columbia, at the
'thtcest coast Of our continent"
OT A petition signed by William Lloyd d