Arkansas intelligencer., 1846-06-20
PATRIOTIC vINDICATION.

An American in London has been allowed b,
tho Times newspaper to controvert, through it.
columns, aspersons cast upon the United Stans
by the London press. The writer uses the signi.
lure Of "Stales" man, and we cannot deny oul
selves the pleasure Of copying portion Of lat
per, in which he defends this country from th
charge brought against it by the Times that it il
100 feeble 10 restrain bad impulses" Tie com
monces by asking "n what, and on what occasion
the General Government at Washington has ex
hibted feebIeness, and wherein has our population
be,ra we'd an exctability which is regardless Of
consequences" aud then proceeds as follows:
"Since we came into being, which was bu. as
Yesterday in The history of nations, it can be said
without o boast that there is not quarter Of the
rlobe ,ha. will not bear witness 10 tho strength
and energy of our Executive in its foreign rela.
tons. Were We not the first 10 refuse tribute to
The Agerine, while Euppe was laying Its black
mail al his feet! Did we follow or lead in de.
cIaring and making the slave trade subject to The
penalties Of piracy-which was at least one step
towards purgation from the black plague Inherited
from our ancestors Wac our claim upon tho
Kingdom of Naples ior indemni6caton suffered
to grow weak through ugel Had France any
repose till the f25, 100 900 were paid1 And in
these latter days wis not Texas annexed in spite
Of foreign inIerferslce " n.,. .'' g.
Bu, perhaps ,hs sfeeble nature of our Govern.
men. dsvelopes ilelf only at home. Well, then,
at home. Did il not queIl most portentous in.
.urrec,ion in Pshsy lvania-und that, too, whilst
its mowers were their rinfarcy-wisbou. shedding
, single drop 4 blood Did i. not,9 in its full
strength, s,iAs South Carolina's nullifcation
scheme with alnenacel Did il not easily crush
, monster bat conspiracy! and, finally, has il
no, recently, in scorn OF domestic opposition,
added . new trritOry 10 its own pol ae. ...''
Should weakness in tho art Of defenss ever be
cha rusd spast 1t, ,hs voices from English graves
,hrosshouI ID country, honored wheresver found,
,.ouIJ induce many not to gainsay the siaEder !;
.nJ n ;,s poer of offence be doubted or iOrgosen.
MT not the widspcean alone, bu. your very chnnn'ls,
,.hosa wayealmost kiss tho linisls Of your DOORS
coud. II thd records were not written 10 wa'ef'
hs,r vituesto its reality. The smoke, too from
manv ricly laden convoy was waited too oHen'
With uossweet. smelling SAVIOR, 10 the nos'ns
Of their as,ed but too distant guardians 70 con-
y;ct The adressors Of inofensiveness. :, splT
* 10 i excitabilty Of population, no Par
of which brresponds to the English mob or the
E,.ncb caaiQe, and 10 none Of whose men,osrs
,bs coo,mn rudiments Of education are strange'
!, !. vaino speculate on its evil results; Tor intel
finance aDs hand in hand with it, and the COOL
"sc"Io,;r spri, of nv countr ymen is a sufficient
,.n,a ;ha, j, vii! never lend them into dnnger.
As 4 common with my couu1rymen here }
no longd regard The Oregon QUESTION "a a. @ Gas
question with your PERMISSION. ! WIN aua .'ne ~
or Two spscling what is described oy you 70 oe
..ths thptening state Of our relations WIN M meas
CO." $ur intelligent corresponden. ~ mat an, m
happy dun'ry might have .old you .nM " 1aia. gaias
more pos srful antagonist 1t . more nsl p'ss'
,bsu ! 'siling child, whether for offence or d.