Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1846-05-07

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aeknow ledge litigation Of governments TO avoid
war where higher o5lg do not dive them TO H. viii
the phaiisee Of nations out will say that she
Of her good deeds under bushei
scarcely beats upon shore within sight OF which
A. is not seen and within sound OF which her dum IS
heard And her moderation IS proclaimed and often
sound Of her cannon, from end Of the civilized
world 10 the other She not like other nations and least
of all like that great grasPing mobocracy Of as rest
thank God" said The pharisee Of old, that a.
other men are" Now the chapter accidents has turned
% avossby for England if she will accept the opportunity
afforded No in this country wants wa-utfrafss no
than cJnPT0m sss if may use terms justified by the
OCCASION The partisan Of decisive asks
nothing whole OF Oregon. Give him that, aid he
will become meek the latest professor Of humility who
writes hOmes upon national moderation for the London
Times Now sir let England abandon her pretensons and
all these disasters the consequences Of which fore
told-and do not coubt many oil them justly f0eiod-w
give way and exist only the memory Of this debate
There condition Of things fTeseen BY public
or private in this county, which give 10 England
could gain by contest which is involve
the aTul Consequences predicted 10 both countries which
during its progress It IS said will bring nation after nallln
wi hin the sphere Of its operation and which is finally to
commit the decision Of the sword the great question of
free government throughout The world, by placing n its
path the antagonstc principle that the should be
by the few. what then, would England surrender
10 preserve the peace Of The world and thus give the first
PRACTICAL pfoaf Of moderation be found long
Of her history agree fully with the honorable senator
from Missouri Mr.. Atehison. that if England would
know ledge rights aud withdraw opposition TO them.
should then better 10 the
fior territories would grant it without hesitation,
favor upon the reasonable consideration. II this
should be DONE she would have left about three bundled
miles of fight for and will the question Of
the gentleman from Mane aud ask If this strip Of land is
worth the price Of such coniest England is already
gorged with possessions both continental aud insuar,
almost overloaded with Of all castles coloTs aud
conditions At this vey moment she Is waging two OF
for commercial projects upon the La
latest Morning Chronicle have seen, Of last month
and that paper the whg organ Of Englandays aud the
proposition enanciaed with Characteristic eoness, and
with much apparent candur il it extracted from
the latest treatise public morals, govern
India well might until possess the whole Of
cOngenll sentiment is quite much at home in every
English breast that America would be much better governed
than il is, il England possessed The whole Of il.
Let the British government now say two wars al the
same time ae enough Tor the purposes oil
We will not encounter ihd-we will give this doubt
fu ard disputed claim, and hold America what
have gotwe will do much fer peace Let her do this,
and for one, will say, csH done You begin 10 practise
though upon small scale you pre7eh. And why
sol This territory is separated by and con-
nen from England She cannot long hold it, if she should
gain it. long compared with the life OF nations
whereas il joins ntervenes between us and
ncation with the Pacific, will form inegral-I do not
doubt pepeuapor.ion Of confederacy will be, in
time necessary outlet for population and presents all
those elements Of conguy and oil position which Indicate
and invite political unions.
But it has said and rcsad, in the Senate and of
il, that great nations cannot go to And why
great nations 90 to against another well
as two great nations combine against So far as
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much honorable than the latter.
going in La Plata, where France Eng
land have their united fleets and armies against the
Argentine republic and where the echoes OF their
ascending Parana and its tributaries till they
are lost in the gorges Of the Andes
There be WARM this enlightened age OF the world
What them passing in Africa, where huad cd thou
sand Christian bayonets have driven the Arab from his
home and are pursuing him into the desert the refuge of
the tuban since the days OF the patriarchs
What passing upon the shores Of the Euxne where the
COssack has left his native plains and at the call Of Russia
ascending ridges OF The Caucasus subdue its indg-
races, and to substitute the mild rule Of the Muscc-
vite their patrarchal form of government-depen-
dence upon the Gear for dependence upon themselves
Aud what is passing in the PuDaub, where the last ad-
left mighty armies almost within sight each
other after having fought great battle Of ndoo ambition
against English m0feraiio3 ?
And how long since an enlightened government pr er-
ceeHce broke the barrier OF Chinese power which
long insulated vast empire and scattered dsmay and death
of OPIUM drug equally destructive to the moral faculties
and to the physical powers Of man The Tartar passed the
great WALL and planted his horse tails upon the tower of
Pekn. lie became Chinese and the empire went ON
as before But The Enghman with his balls aud
his opium has introduced innovation into the habits aud
condition of Onehid part of the human Iace which may
fatally affect its future prosperity
And how long il since English army passed the gates
of ASIA and ascending the abesnd Of that continent
had not been annihiaied by series OF disasters which
have few parallels in modern warfare, might have reversed
the of Alexander, and reached the Mediterranean by
Nineveh, and Babylon, and jerusalem
only five short years have elapsed since Christian
heard in the mountains of Lebanon ard their
bombs exploded among the broken monuments of Sion.
In this brief view and review of pending and
do advert TO the hos,iiies going among of the
states Of Spanish origin upon this continent, in Hayti
Southern Africa upon the frontiers Of the colony the
Cape Of Good Hope, in Madagascar and in various islands
the Eastern because these small and
Of them waged by civilized nations against barbarous
tribes and hardly worthy Of attention in these days of phi
lanthopy-of that philanthropy which neglecs objects Of
misery at home whether in England Ireland the relief Of
which would silent and unobtrusive, and seeks
EVERYWHERE else Though the world that they NAV be talk
it'd Of hono hfobo
eminent French writer says, overlooks the of our
neighbour goes the north pole crusade Of charity
which has innate horror at the very idea of black slave
ry looks calmly and philosophcally and with
els Of compassion compunctions of IemOrse upon white
slavery and brown slavery, amounting to millions upon mil
lions in Russia aud in the English possessions in India and
elsewhere because, orsoolh, this servitude the
United States and neither cotton nor sugar will be affected
by it.
These. and the Belgian war; and the Spanish war and
the Greek war; of but yesterday yet sounding
our eaIs and dwelling upon tongues And miyhl 90
proofs and illustrations of the pusnacipus dis
position of the world till your patience and mine
hausled.
Why sir, if England had temple of janus Rome had
Of old it would be seldom shut that of impe-
nearly all passed IN the greatest war known perhaps
OF mankind; and there body
ard among the number who born the close
war with England and have lived through another and who
perhaps destined witness third And yet jealous
but -judging would try to induce by
and lay county, because orooth the age
too enlightened 10 tolerate am afraid we are not as
good these peace at all sacrifices persuade Themselves
and attempt to persuade others
Blu, sir, 10 advert 10 another topic. perceveand am
happy to nd it sothat there has been nearer union OF
sentiment branch of this subject between the honor
able Senator from Maryland and myself than had suppos-
ed All regret is that he had avowed opinion ear
er in the sessions for should have felt myself greatly
encouraged in my by tie identity of views re-
spectng the danger of the country The honorable gentle
says: ave all have felt time at least-I trust
that that time is past-Ihe nation imminent danger oil
war; From the the President of the United States
deemed right and becoming in the very of his off,