Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-07-08

OF the Pacific coast in which she may feel
a deeper interest. The force Of these
circumstances have been materially in
creased by the late iteIhgence from the Pa.
cific, which indicates determination on
the part Of the British fleet to take posses
sion Of the Mexican coast of the Pacific,
upon the breaking out of hosdliues between
the United States and Mexico. This in.
teIligence has not yet assumed form
which makes it altogether reliable, but il
derives strong plausbility from the known
interest which Great Britain takes in the
affairs of Mexico, and from long cherished
designs which she is known to have had
on California. Ii will be remembered
that she took a direct and active part IN
the Texas question-that her influence in
Mexico has been such as TO produce a
general impression that she was instru-
mental in lnstlgating that misguided PEG.
pie TO make war upon us--and that her
anticpatiOns of a war between the two
countries were so strong, that for some
cause or other a strong fleet of hers is
found at Mazatland at the very moment
when hoslillties commence-thesec ircum-
stances, we repeat, are well calculated to
throw a suspicion over the honesty Of her
peaceful profession in submitting her
Oregon proposition, and to create the
opinion That the acceptance Of that propo.
sition will not remove all cause for appre.
hending collision. II might be difficult
to anticipate the ground on which Great
Britain may involve herself in our Mexican
wlr--yet, it must be remembered, that she
is never al a loss for pretext for interior
ing when her interest may be subser.
ed She may set up claims growing out
of the debt owing 10 her by Mexico, or she
may offer her intervention TO put stop
to the existing war, as she has lately done
in the Argentine Republican, matter
how she gets into it, she will find pretexls
enough to induce her to do so, il the de-.
sign imputed to her really exists, as we are
now strongly induced to believe it does.
We shall look with deep solitude for the
next news from the Pacific coast
By way of showing how the recent poll
cy of Great Britain is regarded by the
French organ at New York, we quote the
following interesting article from the
"Co mier deS Etats UniS," published 10
that city. We do not concur in all that
this paper says, but it is entitled 10 consd.
Grafton as coming from a neutral and dis.
interested party:--
1t cannot be dissimulated, that if the
American Union obtains the doth degree
in Oregon, the concession will be entirely
on the side of England. Until the day Of
Mr.. Folks arrival into power, the pre-
tensions Of the Cabinet at Washington
never reached beyond the 10th, and the
cabinet of St. James had always sternly re-
pelled these pretentions. Mr., Polk has ju-
diciously spoken of the 54th degree, but
his was the tactics which demands much,
in order to obtain little. No one regord-
ed it seriously, in these latter times above
all, since it has been brought to light in the
discussions of the Senate 1t is England,
then, that recedes.
But TO recede, in one movement, in Ore
gon and California is too much. The an.
mails of England have no example of ST..
mIlar prudence. If she has given il to the
world now, it is because the eye of publ.
city has not been able to sound the depth
of her internal wounds, because that eve
has not been able to appreciate the weight
of the chains which bind her arms. Elk.
cept for such absolute and radical him
ORANGES, we see but one motive Of policy,
of any weight on which can be explained
and justified by treaty Of peace, signed
by England with the Union, amidst the
sound of cannon directed at Maamoras; it
is that Sir Robert Peel, decided beforehand
to concede the 4Glh degree to The Uuiied
States, has found in the events Of Mexico
a reason 10 hasten his captulalion, in order
to purchase al this price the right 10 inter.
vene, as friend, between the belIigerent
powers. and 10 arrest, 10 its beginning, a
conflagratlon the consequences Of which
alarm his thought, But England knows
America too well to deceive herself in
this respect. Yielding one point she is re-
solved TO cede both. This we must admit
to the shame of her past greatness and to
the present and future glory Of this coun.
try. The day when the triumph Of the
American race shall take place. great
fact will have been manifested in the face
Of the two worlds. England will have de-
scended from her throne over maritime ma.
tons and the Union will have mounted in
her place. The gigantic deslines Of the
latter, will have hencelorth no counter.
poise ia the balance Of the future. She
will have in the new world no other re-
slraint than her own wisdom and modera.
ton.
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WARs.-Seven Of the American Repub.