The Evansville daily journal., 1848-09-04
CITY OF EVANS WILLIE:
DIONDAT MORNING. SEP. 4, 1913.

THE Bs,TlsH CoLOyiEsIS TIE UNITED STATES.
We published last week, an extract from a |
late speech in the British House Of Commons
by Sir William Wordsworth, which must have
ailrsctcd The attention end redeemed ,he cheek.
OF some OF our readers. Ia iac;. as contsm
pOIsyy rcmaIhs we don't know how uny Ameri
can could have Jea1 il without shame and In
dignaiion + IS one tbing 10 hear LpcolocoI
dsmsgogu=s a. ho;ae. 5oasl OF the imaginary
slories OF the republic as ruled ~ their sys-
ten OF gorerou-n;aI po.i,v; it Is another thing
to hear British 81. r. exul,insly claim tine
sovereign United S,aiss of Amcrica a. mere
dc perdcn; cOtoni.s Of 6 rea Britain reduced toI
their original subsection ~ the British crown
hy qa free;rade policy Of the Locolocos.
!; IS fact, remarks the North American,
that. OF he floor OF the House CT Com~ons. Sir
William Molesworth did boldly argue, and thai
amid repeated ''hear--hears." that il would he
better for England tina; her North American
colonies should revolt and ''join the United
States, which would render them, said he ;,
''more profitable colonies than they are at pre-
or 10 declare that "ihe United States Of Am
erica were, in the strict sigTfcation Of the
wcFt, still colonies OF Great Britain" (hearl
.csied,he delighted Conimors) 'ss Car;hlge
was colony of Tyre" sc. Anl her9 the ora
ioT soflenet the sting little. By intimating
1hat '';he word colony did 70; necessarily i'm
p.y dependence! (Po.iticaIdependency;) which.
ss entailing the expense q gorernmcn;, was
precisely that feature in her colonies which
.GIeat Britain. according 20 Sir William, ough,
10 be mos; anxious 10 get rid Of. Now our
.ro.onies (as viii term them'') said ,-"our
colonies Of the United Statesare, liz every pCin;
OF view. more useful to us tx az all orr other
oolon:es PIT together" Az, indeed? and how
So Why because. as Sir William showed, the
vast: rich. ma2nifCen; marke: Of the United
States. equal in value toall other colonial mar
kets, sill remains Great Bri,sin's (Locofoco
f.ee-trade legislation makes it end keeps ii so,)
without is costing that happy country-we
were going to say. one pewter shilling: but we
were mis;ahen-h actually costs John Bull
$4,000 sterling year. "All our other col
ouial dominion. says Sir William. making
his es.ima:es with mercantile precision. ''we
govern at q COS; Of e4.O00OO0; while the Uni.
Ted States cost u, for consular and diplomatic
services, not more than Gl3,OO year (hear
heard and not one ship Of war required 20 pro
tect our trade.
Now we should like to know how all th!'
sounds in the ears OF the democIacv-in those
: Of the true republications of the United State
who have hearts to love their country, wh'
value her honor as well as her prosperity an'
who are proud 10 believe her freeand lndepen
dent of the whole earth? Colonies, indeed
The free States Of the Union?-Colonies o
Grea, Bri;eini So much colonies. that the.
are claimed brtare eli mankinf, in the Bri,is
Parliament, by British statesman. who boast
that their government (because they are no
politically DEPENDENT costs only tlo,OoO
YEAR Why, surely. England must be in Srea
favor with the democracy-tha; is, tie Loco
foco portion thereof-if they are willing 10 per
nit this state Of things There must be som
mistake about that intense sympathy for Ire
land, olaimed a merit for the Locofoc'
branch exclusively; il wou.d seem that thi
sympathy goes. after all, TO England, whiH
sweeps from Us thereby all annual tribute Q
commercial profit, sufficient, and more thar
sLfIicient, to feed Ireland with the bread o
plenty. The tariff of'4G, deliberately frame
- Locofocos, who are so fond OF Pr9fessi";
~rgland. was the treaty OF capItu
ri;cI S;atos of America
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