The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-03-14

wry faces, in public. lie puts il away till a.
mother time. At present he is "not al home"
or rather, he is NJ home, but she is engnged."
At present John Bull and Jonathan might
meet, and, after discussing the question, Jon
athan might box Johns ears and pull his
nose, and il would all be pocketed quietly, for
The present some Of his sovereign
Allies" should be witnesses of tho humilia-
ton. This would alter the case. John Bull
is, Except under cabinet training,)a buster
ing, bullying chap;-and, TO do him justice,
when you really challenge his pluck, lie is as
brave as a hon. lie would risk fortune, life,
empire ITSELF in n desperate emergency. But
he is, ut present, under, "Cubinet training,"
and not permitted even to growl. Ofall this
you will bc persuaded by the speeches OF
Lord John J. RUSSELL and Sir Robert Peel,
on the Oregon. In hearing them | was re-
minded of the old song
''rwo turtle doves above my head sat coOHg
on tree"
But there is another reason still, for the dul-
Get notes of this duet between the Wing and
Tory leaders. Ireland even ifpotatoes were
as plenty as hlackbcrries, is in no mind TO be
brought into n war against America, for Eng
land. She hates England-she loves Amer
lea. She is chained to the one, by the cham
of civil, but not spontaneous alliance; she is
attracted to the other by the higher allegiance
has seen her sons and daughters expelled
frem her side, by the legal oppression of the
very Government which, as condition ofal-
legiance, was bound TO cherish, to encourage,
to protect them She has seen America TAX
ing these eXiles to her bosom, us ifthey were
her own born children. Wing aud Tory see
and know all this. Russell and Peel may
put their heads together and say there is, and
there shall be but one Legislature in the Unit
ed Kingdoms-but they know that there are
two understandings, and two mills, in spite OF
them. They know, and now more than cv-
ar, that what England calls good, Ireland
calls evil They know that England's enemy
throughout the world is lreland's friend
that England's humiliation is Ireland's com
fort-that in any war, especially with the u
nited States, Ireland's heart would be with
England's enemy, and her hand not vol
UNFAIRLY with Britain. They know; in fine,
that the only interest the Irish nation could
have in war with America, would he the
hope that John Bull in the contest, left to drag
alone, his old car of victory and carnage, might
yield the last atom ofhis plethoric breathing,
and sink under the crushing wheels of his
own chariot. People would say, "Poor John
Bull! he was an honest, burly, good kind of
fellow, after all! Here is the car in which
| he ratified over the nec<s of many weak ma
| ton, The car is here but John is no more."
Wing and Tory are fully persuaded that even
! his edrt-yending netrs could be endured by
ireland with becoming Jortiiude.
Figure apart, Ireland is deeply yelling up
with an accumulated sense other own inJu-
ries, received at the hand ofEngland AS re-
CARDS national policy, you have only TO know
| what England loves, or hopes, or needs, aud
it is exactly what ireland hates, and breads,
and hopes for, and vice versa. learn from
persons lately in Ireland, and i believe the
! Times Commissioner is of'the same opinion,
that this feeling is becoming daily more deep
and more extended, in the minds of'the Irish
! But at all events think we need not he n
Harmed for The present, AT the immlnency OF n
war, unless our statesmen, which Is not TO be
admitted, should push things TO an extreme
beyond endurance. Depend upon it, howcv-
er, the war vW come-nOt now, as we have
seen. but when the British Government av-
ing taken time TO prepare for the contingent
CIV, will deem it polite She in the mean
time will commence by the increase of her
army and navy--she will prepare to see the
famine oversize will adjust her Corn Law
questions, and harmonizc the interests of va
rious classes, into one great national aggregate
she will suppress difficulties, on appease
discontents, in her colonies-she will attempt
to soothe, ifnot pacify Ireland. The minis
ter will tickle MAMMOTH with golden feath-
to put down Repeal, after the Rcpoalers them
selves have been made to believe that the
Pope had no right 10 do any such thing
| Meanwhile the Oregon question and the M
crease of the army and navy will go on. If
the settlement by negotiation or arbitration
should be satisfactory. very welk But if not,
when that tin comes Britain will be ready
for the war, al America, not having taken
precaution, will have to submit, i'll spite Of
the bold tone other President and Congress
or else show fight, and get n most tremend-
Gus mauling. In reference to what has been
said and done OH that question already, the
English feeling of resentment, though now
soffened or suppressed from policy,is deep,
and fear will be enduring.
ANEcDoTE. The following anecdote, which
contains an excellent lesson of instruction for
the rulers of any nation, will apply to the re-
suit of almost any war that has ever been
undertaken: AT the close of the American
Revolution, George Ill, King of Great Britain
issued a proclamation, appointing day OF
thanksgiving for the return of peace. "A