The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1846-01-07
CADIZ, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY Z 1846.

did she voluntarily surrender a territory she once
had acquired, or abandon a preienson she had
once advanced2 If few such cases could be
found in the record of her progress and acquisi-
tons, they would be bu: exceptions, which would
render the general principle Of her conduct only
the more obvious. For my own part, see no
symptoms Of relaxation in the claim she has set
forth And the declarations in Parliament of the
leaders of the two great parties that divide her
government and her people-Sir Robert Peel and
| Lord John RHsSei-show union of opinion, and
| loreshow union of action, should action be ne
cesslry, rarely TO be found in the political ques
! tons that agtate her councils and are The index,
if not the assurance, of an equal unanimity in
public sentiment.
In the London Morning Chronicle of A pril 5lh,
is lhe report of the proceedings in Parliament of
the preceding day, on the receipt Of the Presi,
dents inaugural address. | hold the paper in my
hand !; and, as the discussion was a pregnant one,
and ought to be warning one, shall take the
liberty of reading potion of it.
Here Mr.. G.. read extracts from the paper con-
tanning the remarksof Lord John Russell, ,on what
he conceived the spirit Of aggrandzement dis
played by the government and people of The Uni
lSu O'd'Fe. III lHG respecting me dIilGN-
Iation of Texas.
Mr.. G. then continued: Here, sir, we find the
leader of the great whig party, III his place in
Parliament, in effect denouncing the course OF
the United States in the annexation OF Texas.
because it tends towards territorial aggrandze-
ment; and The eternal cant about British moder-
a'ion and philanthropy, and American injustice
and ambition, is heard, and read, and believed in
every part of The British dominions. must CON
fess, sir, am heartily tired Of it.. Were the sub.
Iject aud lis consequences not so important these
declarations would excite ridicuIe, as they now
excite regret and surprise. They are not conf
ned 10 ordinary political discussions and TO the
Journals of the day, buthey come from the high
est men, in the highest places. And here is an
eminent English statesman asking the admins.
trQ&on what course they intend to pursue in the
aGred policy of The United States, as he terms
lt-as though the voluntary union Of two indie.
lpenden people upon this continent were an in
llmry to England which demanded her immediate
attention, and might demand her armed inlerpo-
siOn. And he tells us, he understands that
communications have been sent TO the United
) States, to Mexico, and TO Texas, on the subject
of what he calls the new policy Of the United
States. And we know that those communca-
lions to Mexico and 10 Texas contained large Of
fers to prevent annexation. But thanks to the
, onward course of our government, and to tho
feelings and determination Of the Texan people
this interposti0n was frutIess; as was the com
municaon to Mexico, if this were designed to
embroil us with that country The well.tmed
rebuke, Administered by the President in his mes.
sage, to the French government, for its nterposi.
ton in our affairs with Texas, might with equal
lusce have been administered to England and
II presume would have been so, had not The Pre-
Isidcnt looked upon the course of the one power
as natural, Judging from past events, while the
course Of the other was unnatural, impoite and
unexpected.
But this whg lecture of Lord John Russell
upon the ambition of the United States, and these
perpetual culogums upon the moderation of En-.
gland, are in strange contrast with the practical
principles and the progress of her empire. The
moderation If England, and the Ambition of the
United States! Why, sir, the world has never
seen, since the fall Of the Roman Empire, such a
colossal power as England has built up She
has gjrded the earth with her Notifications, and
covered the ocean with her fleets. A compara-
lively narrow island, off the western coast Of El-
rope, she numbers as her subjects 153.O00,000
of people-being more than one-sixth p,rt of the
human race; and has reduced to her suhjection
3,S00,000 square miles inhabited by them, being
one-cighth part of the habilable globe. Aud in
the long series of her acquisitions ON the re-
duCtion of Ireland doWnwaTds, with the eXcep-
ton of her union with Scotland. and some recent
discoveries in the South Sea, believe all have
been gained by the sword And when has it hap,
pened in her history, that people, or the small
est fragment of a people, has voluntarily sought
peace or protection under her sovereignty Her
armies and her fleets have too often been sent
ont wherever there was people TO he subdued,
or the fruits of their industry TO be secured.
have no pleasure in dwelling upon this course Of
ambition. have no pleasure in national crimi-
nation and recrmnnton. mad far rather dwell
upon all she has done, and she has done much,
to command the gratitude of mankind, and much
for the progress Of civilization, of improvement,
and Of knowledge. But we cannot shut our eyes
to the fact that this country and its institutions
enjoy little favor IN England. That there is a
systematic attack upon our character, and upon
what we are, and have been, and upon our fI-
ture, so far as it is given to loresee and 10 fear it,
confess, all this has produced lasting impress
sion upon me, and feel little disposed, i'll any
controversy with that country, to submit to un-
just demands urged in spirit of unfriendliness,
| if not of menace.
And if England is moderate,we are ambitious!
| Why, sir, we have made but three acquisitions
of territory since we have been nation. And
these were not distant colonies, but conerm-
nous regions. And all three have been made
peacefully, bloodIessly. Two were colonies be-
longing 10 European monarchies, where the as
sent of the people 10 The transfer of their oegi
ance could not be asked. But they have since
shown their satisfaction by their patriotism, and
their prosperity has been the reward of it, No