Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1846-02-21


my be surs thst clustering bullies are always
co&srds = hssn-it is their spociaI delight 70
Triumph oyer The imid and The k-Iei
them once fancy you fear them, and they I'M
mediateiy become arrogant, naughty and op.
pIessivs--bu, il ycnr condaci bc bos5 sdeeided,
digni6ed and free from buster and afiectaiion
Lii you once let these clustering towards feel
ihat you know snd dare maintain yout rights
,-you may walk unframed among them though
their name bs Legion, and . few examples Of
such conduc. on your pan will make them
fswn, like whipped spanieis, 1t yoor feet.
Perhaps .his fact has no better illustration
than the recent conduc. Of the Uniied STATES
and England towards each other. Upon his
accession TO Office, President Polk was pro.
nounced - now man, ",he, successful can.
didate Of The rabble. ''incompetent discharge
the duties OF the place 10 which he was ele-
waited, and one over which English diplomsey
and intrigue would effect ane easy triumph.
To be sure the ~lnaugural Of ..,hs candidate Of
the notwithstanding with dignified fearless.
ness The rights Of the United States, some.
what disturbed The pompous serenity Of Eng
land. but. surely, tho thew man. would turn
pale befois Eaglish swagger, and iremb,ingly
yield 10 arrogan. blus,er and vsporing bravo.
do. The lean and hungry Lion Of Englad
was, therefore. forced to his Ioudesi roar, Eus
the sound was familiar TO American ear. i.
struck no tenor to American hearts, sad, al.
most before ito ecsoes had died away among
our mountains and upos our prair,es, the "rab.
BILE" President. in his hrs. Message to Con.
gress, mildly, ye. firmly and fearlessly. cast
another defiance into the face Of England. Ia
her response 10 this Message, Grea, Britain
acts the second part of the character of the
clustering coward. She prono1pces the mes
sage Of defiance "decidedly pac;fc'--she eats
her own words of former buster and in,imida.
lion--she wants no war with the United
States--oh, no not she--she can irample
like coward bully, upon the weak and de-
fenceless Hindostanese--she can compel the
,imid Chinese to gulp down her opium a. the
point Of the yonet---bus the fearless dignity
Of the United States has awed her into state
of comparatively peaceful decency. Hear
how the London Times-a paper which has
heretofore been loudest in it, clustering bully.
ism-now talks upon the Oregon question:
ave think, then. that every purpose, both
OF honor and interest, would be answered, If
the British Minister, on whom now devolves
the duty Of making fresh proposals TO the U.
States, were TO renew on his par, the offer
made to England by Mr.. Galla,in in the pre-
sidency and under the direction Of Mr., Adams
That proposal was 10 take the 49ih degree Of
north latitude as fat as the sea as the bound.
airy line, reserving 10 Grea. Bri,aia Vancou.
vez's Island, the harbor Of St. Juan de Fuca,
and the free navigation Of the Columbia
This would be concession as far as the SUI.
per6ciai area Of ground is concerned. II
would leave the United States masters Of
greater part 0: the Oregon. But i. would Sc.
cure the greatest advantage Of the couo,ry, the
free navigation Of the Columbia, 10 the serv.
ants Of the Hudson Bay Company, az vel! a.
harborage, anchorage, and settlements for
English vessels trading with China and our
possessions in Australia and New Zealand.
ave hope that no rules Of diplomatic Ell.
quette will prevent our representative at
from making some proposal of
this kind. We hope, also, that no false pride
VI more ignoble sentiment, will preclude the
Ministry Of Washington from accepting it,
And il they do rejec, it as coming from us, we
do not see how, after such rejection. they
can refuse 10 submit the question Of miles still
left in disputs 10 the arbitration Of some neu-
Iral power. To reject an offer conceived 10
the spirit Of peace and moderation, and st the
same time 10 demur to the suggestion Of
reference, would be TO deserve. not less than
10 provoke, the impu,ation Of the most repre-.
hensible obs.inacy or The mos. insolent injas.
lice" n
/. will be remembered that Bob Acres' val
or "oozsd out a, his fingers ends"-and tina.
of the British press seems destined TO do
is the common channel Of that
species Of valor. 1t may be that. in the oPin.
ion Of the Times, rejection Of these liberal
offers, formerly rejected by England, may lay
us open TO '..he impusa,ion of the most repre-.
hensibe obssinacy, or the most lnsolent injus-
|ice," but the free navigation Of the Columbia
will never be yielded 10 Grea, Britain without
4 gross Infringement and surrender Of Ameri-
can rights, and palpable violation Of the
principles laid down by President Polk in HE
late message. That portion Of the territory
north Of the 10th parallel is inaccessible from
The coast, and can only be approached from
The river, the free navigation Of which will
never be surrendered to foreign power.
Firmness and decision on our par. are the on
y sure means Of aver.ing war-they have al