Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-04-07
nn,r,Su PHILANTHROPY AND AMEkl-
DIM ioA IAN PApACITY.

Cow months ago that The BRUSH
,,,n.rs ;ntormed us that their GoVeih'reMn ~. ~
papers ,nloi had onuered The territory OF Natal
=, ,ha;r Snn,h African possessions. Inc tetI'oiJ
= said - he as large as Oregon. Inc ,as. az
counts from the East Indies INFORM us ."o s,,ie
british Government there, alter 1loouS na,;nn
uth The Sikbs, had announced ls ue.et sar,;ls and
10 onncr the territory OF inc he G,ot ofhe
Ipa,ay Mountains towards the inaus, anu IN NJ
.inJng The beautiful valley oil Cashmere. y.
anconn,s from China also Intimate Ple''y pia'ny
a., The British intend 10 find some excuse ~ hesP
HSar from the Chinese, which they are pound
Nv here are. within the space oil SIX mon'hs
,o sc,s perhaps three, Of the srossesl VIOLATIONS
of The nlainesl rules OF common justice, as uhuei-
stood between man and man, Done, 100, oy Peo
ME boas,ing, unbushingly boasling, OF lhelI e.
pI,; I and refinement and protesting to be
eyer actuated in their conduct towards all nd
lions by the most generous feelings OF phllanlhro
nvi They amer territory as large as oregon,
and will divide the land among their own SET
Hers and gradually drive on, and exierminaie ine
moor miserable Caffres who inhabitit And th's
thew do not only without heir consent but asainS!
their will and by force OF arms; yet this hey eau
snreadine the light Of civilization over benisnt
ed land After quarreling for years with inc
Silks, encroaching upon their national fiSn.s
and sowing the seeds OF contention among Ihe'1
rulers. thew al last come 10 open oio"s, anu
now not satisfied with cutting inc lniodts
OF about thirty thousand OF these pIave
but unfortunate men, fighting LOT inc inuepenu-
ence OF their country, they Announce I'.n 1919; ao
~ ~ their dominons in the East in order mat
,ba inhabitants NAV be rescued from the cruelty
and r.n,citv of their rulers, and ENJOY Inc seci-
r;,v nj a stable Government and INC NessthSS o.
.;,3;;~.,;on. Alter compelling The Chinese 10
receive their opium and 10 open their own porls,
and forcing them, at the point OF The bayonet and
The mouth OF The cannon, 10 form commercial
treaty, they now contemplate violation OF Their
own terms in that treaty, after the Chinese nave
paid mp all their nStalmentS and performed all
their conditions, and are discussing The propIieiy
OF retaining forcible possession OF an island
which they bound themselves BY solemn trea-
" 10 give back: and this is done for the pur-
pose Of forcing still further concessions from he
Chinese 10 people whom they have found 50
disintereslcd in their intercourse, and SO scrn-
pnionay honest in their adherence TO public
pledges and the fuhlment oil national obligations
Had any one OF these acts been done by The U.
States il would have been an evidence oil Amell-
can rapacity, Democratic injustice, and Repub
lican thirst Tor conquest. Every press in Eng
land would glow with Indignation against The
Yankee robbers Blu, as they have been done by
Ensishmen, enforced By. British arms, and sane
toned b. the authority Of the British Govern
menl composed Of none OF your rnlger rePubli-
cans, rising from the common he'd, but Of men
who carry lofty heads and bear high.sounding
titles, and in whose veins flow the blood OF Sa1on
and Norman adyen,ureis-lhese acts are the
evidences which are yearly presented 10 The world
OF desire to preserve psace, spread ctU.t-atton,
and extend over the whole earth an ail-pervadins
spirit of puirsrsal pti!anM1oPy!
Montgomery (Aa) ddrcrfissr.