The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-01-15

he related in illustration of his views, when
Frederick of Prussia. entered Silesia with well
appointed army The Richmond Times has
touched the true vein in this illustration, and we
give the remarks of that paper entire.
"THE EMPEROR FREDERICK AND JOINT
OccUPATloN.-Mr. John @. Adams, in his war
speech, the other day. made the following histori-
! cal allusion:
Prussia, his father had prepared and equipped for
him an army of an hundred thousand men. Mec,.
ing, shortly after, the Austrian Minister the latter
said TO him. Your father has given you greet
army; but our troops have seen the wolf: yours
have not" -" WELL We - said Frederick; "
Will give them an opportunity to see the wolf"
Frederick then added in his memoir Il had
some excellent old pretcnsions to n Austrian prov
ince, which some of my ancestors had owned one
or two centuries before, and sent an ambassador to
the Court OF Vienna stating my claim and present.
ing full exposition of my right TO the province
The same day my ambassador received in vi
emma, entered Silcsia with my army IA laugh
SO you sec that on the very day his army entered
Slcsa, he gave notice to the Court of Vienna that
the convention for the Joint occupation of Slesia
was ended: loud and prolonged laughter
Il say, therefore, that hope the firstimeasurc a
doptcd by Congress Will be to give, in the most
solemn manner, the rotice to Great Britain which
the treaty requires;- the coast will be clear
tor us to do what we please
3" Ii appears 10 us, the Illustration is singularly
unfortunate. Frederick, who was certainly
mighty general, was perhaps the most unprinci-
pied monarch that ever rose to renuwn in Europe.
His was always war policy but he pursued it
with wonderful prudence and sagacity, and when
he raised an emergency he was always ready TO
meet it, The day he laid claim to Siesia, he en-
tered it with his army. Is this the policy recon
mended by MIR. Adams? Why, no. He tells us
we must give notice of our claim Ia The whole of
Oregon, and Of our intention to take il, but he
mr. doe EroJ Il. 4
our title. 1t is the British who have the army,
and who will be in Silesia, on the day we attempt
TO acquire it,
ms alluslon to the prompness of a celebrs-
Ted commander, by lis very happiness, discovers
me real FOLLY OF the course recommended by the
administration and sanctioned by Mr. Adams
BY that policy must announce our intention.
gear hence, TO assume this entire territory, and
thereby give our adversary, who is already pre-
pared tor the contest, the advantage of knO,oing
1chGt she lUiH do, whilst we are not advised
whether her determination will be for war or not
1t 1t be, indeed, our serious intention to give
Great Britain notice to quit the Oregon territory,
let us be ready, like Frederick, with an army TO
prove Our title by the arguments of ball and bay
Onet. But this ridiculous attempt TO frighien the
British nation from its claims with pop gun
speeches in Congress, is degree of folly utterly
unworthy of statesmen, and derogatory to the
true dignity of the country
We are in favor of extending the boundarise of
our Government, to the utmost limit of cur terri
tory-we have no fear of the result of war with
Great Britain, whom we have beaten in two wars
and who we can now drive from this continent on
a third trial. We believe the whole South is in
favor of extending that Government in the same
manner, but they do not wish to sacrifice them
selves TO the Abolition mania and vindictiveness.
as intended but not oppressed, by John Q. i'd
ans. but which was developed by the malicious
satellite who moves in that orb, we mean the abo-
litionist, Joshua r. Giddings. of Ohio, whose re
jocing, evenin prospective at what the south would
suffer, could not be restrained on the floor of the
House, while he was addressing it,
We are decidedly in favor of occupying the
whole OF the Oregon Territory, we are for rails
ing the required number of mounted rifemen.
we are for building the necessary stockade forts,
we are for giving the stipulated notice TO Great
Britain, but we are also DESTROYS. that our coun
Try should be prepared for the emergency that, it is
on all hands, may arise, from giving
such notice. Make appropriations to set our
thousands of mechanics at work, to complete our
Notifications, launch the Ships on onr Stocks
build Few and improved vessels for the Service,
and when we have done this, we will be ready
TO give said notice. In the language of friend,
we would say, the money expended in building
Notifications and launching and equppinp our
Ships, would 90 into the pockets of those who
furnish the means Of war; and if no war results.
our government would have the Qualifications, and
all the vessels thus built would be necessary for
our extended and growing peace marine
Without these things are done, we hone the
policy long since proposed by Mr. Calhoun will
be adhered t0--and " that mastery Inactivity
be observed'-but if they are done, then we ad
wise MAsTERLY ACTIVITY, such as Frederick
of Prussia observed, when he gave notice TO
Austria, that the joint Occupation of Silesia
had ceased let us be prepared Tor the worst. and
we will then willingly meet the combined forces
of the Old World, ~cemented together by the
" Holy League
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