The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-07-20
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kneet or the Mexican War.
From the London News, July IL
Some doubt seems to hang upon that article Of the
which are told the Senate and the govsrnnsnt Of
Washington have accepted According to Sir Robert
Columbia and the free passage Of it, portsges are
cured 70 ell vessels or merchants belonging to trad
ing with IL: H1S:0n ,s Bay Company Nov tn: Amsr
cession has been made only during the existing
Of the hudso.s Bay Company; and that the charter Of
standing the cessation Of that right The Ameri
can papers mention that this Q serious hitch in the
Pakenham having power to alter the treaty. We
think very likely however that there has been some
cd dena..d Of free aavgstsa was 80 far modGsd 9th
rw:e tn: treaty must lave been ighy unpaatsbls to
The principle that all states hav.g possessions o, thu
bank; Of rivers shall DO entitled to navigate those rivers
i liberal and just one 1t was sanctioned by the
concession OF the navigation of the river st John
to have sanctioned in America In rivers however, of
would be impossible to apply the principle. In
tries levying high duties and deriving from
the :.psnsss to Combat them would be into
!srabls The same objection applies to larger rivers,
I'd BY ls and along the banks Of which Il 10 according
~ necessary to establish porages transporting Of
goods on mems backs 4 may be Of little consequence
to the Americans 10 prohibit English goods at present
from their territory In the OregoA on the CONTRARY
they must dssirs it. But in the lapse of time when the
meet the sxpsnses Of government by duties the
right Of taasit for English goods up the river and its
pertages would not be very tolsrable.
THIS state Of things 10, however, yet far distant
Years must elapse the furtadsrs alter high
Pacac rom he Columbia to Frs.sr,s River and obtain
their goods from the latter depot rather than Fort Van
70, ts o.
b given up. No English hunting trapping will be
longer tolerated south the zsh degree and the Hud.
r..p Sa 70
Their this company itself would lay much stress on
the Columbia They load but one ship with furs in tho
year And neither this cargo, the goods in re-
turn fer it, are surely worth quarrsng or iLbood with
Those journals which panegyrss all the foreign acts
OF Sir Robert Pee!s government, make, usual nigh.
ty matter OF the nee navigation of the Columbia being
secured to the Hudsons Bay Company. They are big
words that mean nothing Were the river, indeed,
peusl stipulation, it would be something But as to Tree
Navigation granted to ships in the year. and
ssc. ao Of os
gretnlstionor Of boast but merely catch penny clause
to tickle the public.
From tho French papers to July IL
The National has article the war between Mexi.
60 end ths United States the object of which is to
show that II Y the interest Of France to oppose the poll
cy OF England on this question. England, assumes de
France party to its views The Naiionei, however
to the influence Of England. and that therefore, the
French, who have an interest in diminishing her pow
as to render her less able make war hereafter
France ought to do every thing in favor Of the Amer
leans and sgainat England Unfortunately this jealousy
s%1ns elias; Of pO
~ leads them to treat questions with regard to their
effects rival than their intrinsic merits Here is
care in which fragrant act OF usurpaon the part
the United States wsud be applsuded merely because
the Independence Of the weaker power Is supposed to he
the view takes Of the question requires apology
for sndeavsrs to throw dust In the Of
oy .n ,Sa s S 'as and
The Liverpool Times of the 4th inst, rays
AL the P.risien newspapers without exception have
produced at condderahis length the details of the pro-
csedings Of General Taylor in Mexico, well of
the last batch Of news received by the Britannia via
Liverpool Tsylor's victory over the Mexicans was
fully expected and indeed such was the confidence in
placing himself in such position permit them to
obtain even temporary advantage over him. Not the
to drub the Msxicsns sften az they may please TO
present thsnseves before him II 10 felt in fact that
the poor devil: have not chance in their favor their
troops are undscipncd unclothcd unfed unpad-their
government 10 without sou, and their country in q
state Of swful anarchy: To carry war; then, with
attempt TO dc II Is considered absolute madness
But the newTapsrs of Paris, generally speaking, do
have to deal. 90 much As with England. The States,
they assume, are determined grssping the Csfor.
MAS, and the British is determined on per.
mitisg no such usurpation. One of the journals La
Steele stated positively the other day that it had re.
ceived intelligence from high source London to the
effect that the British minister's had held cabinet
council, and had unaamously to the conclusion
that 1t was their duty to their country to resist by
force Of arms annexation OF the CALIFORNIA; 10 the
United states Other ne wspapers have not gone quite
far but they all think that the attempts Of the States
to take that territory from Mexico, willead to most
serious erstanding with Great Britain. They
even state that the admiral commanding the British
squadrons in the Pacific has positive orders prevent
California and ofthem actually surmiss that
before this me conflict has taken place between the
ss r :. able than can
any, what founda tons for these statements For nv
part am inclined % think them greatly exaggerated
cd in any Of tho London journals
have stated on previous occasions, that my convic
ton Is that the french government would only view
with dspsassre bat would take measures to pre-.
vent any seizure Of Mexcsn territory by the United
States That conviction founded on the declaration Of
NJ Guizo it of vast importance to France TO re-
sist the sncroachng spirit Of the United States and to
maintain the integrity Of the Mexican nation. II 10
frmed too, by articles published in LEpsque news.
paper Of vast influence, and VIGOROUSLY under the CON
troll and speaking the sentiments of Nj. Guizot Since
three articles the Mexican question in which 1t has
stouy insisted ON the necessity Of France interfering
the protection Of Mexico against the United States One
single paragraph from Of s latest trades will show
the spirit By which it is actuated =
III wiz hsvs been seen" It says. by the last news
ell the predictions we expressed were Just and we'll
founded The government Of Washington did not even
watts hrst victory the undsc troops of
to reveal its sPoating intstions its thoughts in
its ambitious projects all the immense and rich territory
served to la nsatable desire Of aggrandissments And
then il goes to show that II 10 the bounden duty Of
France. 10 throw her protection over feeble Mexico
against the United States The National and La Pyess,
the contrary, conend that France ought to med
die. inasnuch a. the greater the United States become
the better Il 10 for France Other newspapers seem to
think Interference matter of course, but
be taken that England do not make instru
Of the French for the promotion Of her
selfish interests. The Ep,qu returned yesterday
morning TO the subject insisting anew that is for the
interest and honor Of France to take the business In
hand rspsst then that there Is every for be-
leving that If France has not already she certainly will
shortly take measures for preventing the annexation Of
the CALIFORNIA; to the United statca the Journal
dss Debsfs, the great organ Of the government said
nothing the subject for long time At last II broke
silence by article brun full usual Of ill.wl 10 the
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