The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-04
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 sn ths swsslt. Ns~ slssa. ss biessr thaa smAs'' haaA sppesrs upsu the hosson: yet is threstsas to expand asd snlarxs, untiI II covers the whole sky The protest Of the British cousal in rsgard to ths navirataaa of the Saa Jasl s the little cload thsI mnv inerssas usti t barsts fate the storm ef waE hsswssn England and the U States.
 We do aos sss Aow this Mosqaisa question is .O hs ssssIsd wsshout var. England. broad aud die szasrsal bss taken position from which II viii bs hnmiliating to Essresk white the Unissd States i' dsssrmiasd en the malA:snsnes sf principle with whira both ear hoaog and interests are eonnee- ted. Win such clements, how cas- the difficulty he sdjasasdf
 If this matter should, unfortunately, ead la var. what Enaasacs will tt havs the civil ceuvalsioas new sEita.ing the Continent of EufePe7 Is 1872 shs var b~twssa Great Britain and the United States was but by-play, un episode in the gFee, war thea wsging la the world. Thss we wess eompasativsly weak and feebIe-doabtfal Of ops re- sources and unused to tho exercise of our growiBg powers But now we have aiiainsd position which esables us to act on the osasiSe as well as ca the defensive. Now ws caA boldiy lay down and saaialaIn q system Of AmsTiean foreign Poiiey' where's before we have been well satisfied wi1h permitting foreign paiseDs to do with esch other pretty mach whss they pleased. Let us nos be forced isto vsS with Great Britain. while all the eounsriss sf the CcaiipsBt are in flame of rsvo- iatioaary warfare, and it will be almost impossible for as to rsmsia neutral in the cOatesis between ar bitrary power and liberal principles.
 state Of war pats nation into an irritable con dites so that the least lndguity rcsl fancied is enoagh 10 kindie contest with other powers tkan these with which it was originally Sighting. Sup pose we were at war with England. and that the present contest between Hungary and the couibin- cd force of Austria and Russia were going on; would it require much cause for American sailors, sympathisiag as they do with the Hungari4ns, 10 mistake Russian for q an English shipf Would naval officers, aisgus,ed they are at the in- tefferenes ef France with Rsnas atE.iES. be very backward ia taking offence si he slightest sneer that might fall from the lips of commander Of a French ship Our crews have large ProPc rtion of foreigners amOng7thsm. and they would be dis posed to take np the of their struggling breh- rem ia Europe. war. then, with England would almost necessarily iavOIrs us ia war with the ab solutist powers of Central and Eastern Europe.
 In addition b the total opposition between the principles oa which the Russian and American rovsrnmsnts arc founded, there is direct and pal pabls conflict of interests between tho two people. The Russians aim al COnstaBsinople, and desire 10 exssad their boundaries towards the East ID order that they may grasp the trade of Asia, aud, if pos sbls, wrest from England the sceptre of Indiau trade and Indian possessions. But We are on the same track ourselves. We have got California, but the Russians have not got COns.aa,inOpe. Our in- teres,s. then, well our sympathes, would lead us to engage with Russia if the least e1case were offered.
 And If we were single handed and alone iu this struggle with the Russian dsspoiism and English aristocracy-even if we had net on our side the struggling Huugarians, the incensed Italians, and the starving IFish--what would be our chances of sueeess' Oar credit is aesaaed; United States bonds are eagerly sought for in every market in Esrepe snd America Bat dare England increase her national debtl Can Russia command credit to carry on a war of six mouths duration' Every bo- dy knows the state of British haasces; bat il was only the ether day at ihe London Tavern that Ms. Golden came out and told the condition of the Rus sian exehequer. The friends of Russia tried to stop the great fFeetrader in his revelations they seemed feel that he dealing the Car deadiier blow than even that which GeOFgey and Dembinski have struck in the valleys of the Theiss and the Danube But the word has gone forth, and it cannot be re- called Rassia has little or no money Her goy- ernment is essentially government of conspiraeie. and revolatonS Hsnes Russia will, ia fuiars, nave po credit
 If the war must come, then. let it come. In the great struggle between the Republicans and the COssscks. America will bs found fighting, where shs has always been mOrally--at the head of the co!umn of Progress and Democracy.