The Panola Miss. lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1846-1846, 1846-04-04


war for theswhole Of Oregon, or a \ or
none, Ihe end. might besthat we should
come out with none.
If we went for Oregon it would be
a contest for empire, and Oregon Would
be lost sight of. No good would come
of-war 10 The people o. Oregon or to
any body else:- ShoulY we loose The
territory The people in Oregon would
suffer hey ond calculation. If we com.
promise upon 40, not ore OF our people.
would. loose their property.
But as a national measure he was
for compromise. = Though Var should
give us Canada. and aitor Oregon, stiff
he should be opposed towar. The work
Of war would accomplish mighty So
ciaI and political change There was
no power which could do us so much
good in peace and. 50 much harm in
waras England, and The good and evil
we re in every way reciprocal.
lie believed that a.war would plunge.
US deeply in debt, Seven hundred and
fifty millions or Dollars, would be its
cost.at least, and all to meet the cost of
this useless war. We should be over
whelmed with debt as we were in the
revolution.
A war would be the death Of Stale
rights, and for ever establish a militia
ry despolism,.. BOSSES of property and
losses oflile would come also from.war,
but.lhcse were nothing, for time could
remedy allthis. As'the friend. Of hui
mainly, civilization, and progress, he
was for peace. How then could men
who were Democrats par crceAence be
in faver Of it, wher banks and paper
money were among its Smallest ccnse-
quepces.
Steam and electricity were the mo-
dern inventions not before APPLIED 10
war. The United States and England
@ere,now, through,lheir mighty com
merce, difiusing blessings over The
world. The world as we'll as we were
10. be sufferets from war. Let peace
continue and the time would come pre-
dicted by poets and Philosophers when
there should be war no more.
Peace was pre-eminentIy our policy:
other nations might resort TO war 10
obtain greatness, bat we were great al.
ready-a nation covering twentvthree
degrees oil latitude. Our great mission
was 10 occupy this wide domain with
Virtuous populaiion-to-spread towns
and. cities over the whole surface.
War was bu; an. impediment in this
great work. Establish peace, and time
uader the guidance of a wise and eau
tlous policy wouI6 effect all.
y 'wise ard mastery inacilvi,y'>
would prove profound wisdom with US
Tine would effect every thing. We
had growing population Of six hun
dred thousand a year, and i. would be
a million soon. Before some Of The
young Senators were as gray as he
was we should have population OF
lorty-five million. Before another gen
GRAFTON we should have eighty millions
extending from ocean to ocean.
SOUTH AMERlcA.-One Of the greatest
events of the last quarter of a century
IS the war uow waging between France
and England and there pubIics Of the T.
Plata. 1t is. great in every asnect
It's most monstrous violation Of all
those rules CT Justice which, by the
common consent of mankind. have peen
estabished-to govern the acts Of nations
Ii is an outrageous defiance of the |
public opinion Of the world. by Two
nations who affect to lake The lead in
science and morals Of civilized com
munlties. II is, moreover, a prea,
event as being he first step taken bv
The European combination TO establish
police over the republics of America:
but wlthal, it's the greatest of poljt;. |
cal blunders. If the combined powers
succeed IN their projects, they will. but
unite all indeDendent not;on, -, /