Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-04-12

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lsof lie wise and statesmanlike views Of
sNr: galhoun, by the London Daily
& zYelss, and which has been widely copied
lby lie English papers, is just discrimi.
mating:
pc Americans, as well as the Eng
Illsh:aod dlhe French, are discussing the
Egreas question of peace or war, with the
Esrslat Se profits and expenses Of both.
Whilst Mr. Golden was addressing the
lsi1afs;sants of Manchester on the mex,
Epsdl lensy.of paying too many soldiers,
5M Ihlers was pointing out TO the
Eienrh chambers how inpoitic it was,
5eyensWitll a view 10 war, TO have expen-
.ditnre yearly exceeding income, whilst
loans were unable 10 fill up the deficit,
apparent in ihe shape Of some thirty
millions sterling of floating debt. lfany
power was to insultu said M; Thiess
so minisi efssssyou could not raise or
dispose franeto avenge it, The
very party amongst our neigbbors
thus xclaims against military expendi-
ture, and hold up financial economy as
the @isest measure of national Defence
The Americans have followed up the
same Vein Of reflection and argument.
Il is not merely Mr.. Webster or Mr..
ClayWh repeat their old objections by
denounciagStha madness of The Mexican
wal, brtthe Thiers Of, Washington, Mr..
Calhoun himself. who exclaims against
The SO millions Of dollars already sunk
'in5lhe sconquestof Mexico, to be follow-
ed.byi60 millions more, which Mr.. Polk
proposes to spend in IS4S. We have
seldJm.read.a more convincing speech
.ia favor of peace than that Of Mr.. Cal
hun IS MOI only does he point out the
@eakeningsp effects of war, its
dangers 10 asfiee constitution, and its
ineyitabte resullsin the putting the heads
of lie middle and industrious classes
.nnderal,e water, whilstlhe class Of those
who ENJOY government employ the rise
above The surface; but Mr., Calhoun
.sllte. inp possibility Of war atzlhe
.prseseat day Obtaining an of lis great
.0p|
.surlitys any nal ION gcoald 5sver hope
Monid cost
Them more tohol1 81 tllan5tte subdGed
country was worth. To cxterminate a
speopleis impossible in these days, and
anything short OH willEineyer make "a
population content with foreign rule.
1T therefore,, = says Mr.. G calhoun. stake
iin1ehInity7in5lh shape of unoccupied
Territory, in woods orjwaslesi but let;;us
have nothing 10 do with any regions con-
tanning the uncultivatcd houses OF the
Mex cans. -
MI. Calhoun declar ed tllat.tllere, new
er eMsted country possessed OF such
powersand facilities for dominating other
countries and colonies as Great Britain,
without injufing herself. Rome had not
power, ihe said, aud the United States
certainly had not. Yet Great Britain
had fail led in making the dependence of
other Countries and other populations
profitable to Her. To say nothing of
India, what had Ireland not cost Eng
land7 What does Canada not cost
England ye, Irish and Canadian were
both hetileto England, and becoming
more So every day-more hostile and
less profitable. Mr.. Calhoun entreated
the Senate to pass no vote encouraging
the Unled States Government 10 form
an ireland ora Canada in Mexico.
Thes doctrines of Mr.. Calhoun are
most important, and are, indeed, but tho
counlerpart ofahe opinions nov rising
and SPREADING amongst US, not only Of
The impossibility and disadvantage Of
conquea and Of military domination, bnt
even ofsnprcmacy and political influence
abroad. A great portion of our militia.
Esry and naval expenditure has taken place
l,torslhe saka of uphblding what we call
British influence, a secondary kind of
empire and iour entire struggle with
France for,ie las, eight or nine years,
has been orlhis influence We have
struggled hard. and paid dearly for it in
Egypr, ,in Syria, in Greece, in Madrid,
and in Lisbon When this influence is
really sxerted for the development of
Liberal principles and institutions we do
not objsct toit; but how has it been
turned in "a contrary direction, as at
Lisbon ortin no direction at all, as in
Syria !? The beginning Of the struggle
in Mexico was, whether the Americans
or English shonld have most influence
there and InsTexas:: We see where it
has ended. ''Yo might therefore follow
up the argumentiin which Mr.. Calhoun
proves conquest 10 be tpernicious, and
not wortha;its cost, by. an argument,
showing gthatthe semi.conquesl, which is
the requirement Of superior influence in
other countries, such as France has at
taned insSpain, is equally pernicious and
not worth its1cost. The more, 10 fact,
any country dominates and influences
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