Worcester daily spy., 1851-05-08
The yvhig Review and tbs War with
ENGLAND,

the mos, eoptemptible and pusianimous power IN.
the word'' that she ''must leave Ceh'fai america
or ghf there is no alternative; and leave she never
Will for she is not used to resign her conques's =
A war is therefore ineyabe, according 10 the Re-
view. Our understanding of the claims and neces-
sfes of the two nations leads such conclusion.
The proposal of Lord Pamerston is, we think, rea-
sonable; namely that the lsthmus shall be free for
the commerce of all nations, without exception. AS
to the question ofownership between the musquito
king and the government of Central America, we
have no need tc interfere; are offered, under the
solemn guaranty of treaty, a free passway to the
Pacific which is sufficient for u.s. we have no neces-
sitv nor right to ask for more. We do not believe
that ''treaes are mere straw and chat to England; :;
though the Review gives natural reason for lis be-
lief by confesaing that similar treaty ''would be
chaff and straw TO the Americans Heaven long
saves US from the dominion of party whose organ
unbushingly avows that national faith is ''straw and
ehaf,'' and that oaths have no restraining power!
But besides the necessity we have of purchasing
the Isthmus for passway to our Pacific possessions,
we are told that England has laid her plans since
l740, to possess and occupy the southern third of
the North American continent; TO erect another sys
tenn of colonies the Asatic plan, and establish the
balance of European power in America" Pompous
absurdity! How can England possess and occupy
the southern third or the southern thrtieth of
continent? The once mystical phrase Of ''the bal
ance of power has no meaning in the politics of the
New World. The power of England is definite,
measurable, and cannot be increased or diminished
by diplomatic hocus pocus easily some political
grandmothers imagine. IF her troops occupy a
larger extent Of territory instead Of SMALLER is her
power increased thereby Is it not rather lessened
by each new acquisition? We are not to be fright
ened or cajoled into contest for the security and
extension of slavery, under the foolish notion that
England is about TO secure the sbalance of power''
in America. We understand too well the true gran
deur as well the true interests of two great ma
tions, to be SO cozened by the cotton lords
''British interference this continent, the
potent hamRRg VAR The influences for evil brought Tgg on
national character, resulting from that great crime,
we cannot outgrow in half a century of peace. Cal
ltornia with her measureless wealth, is but moor
compensation for the stan on our name, and the
lawless thirst for conquest which it is feared too
many OF our couhtrymen have acquired. The Re-
view and its southern friends believe that ii is our
destiny to subdue the continent to annex by fair
OF foul means, every foot land that adjoins US, u
til the high sounding figure of an ocean bound repub
Tic Is realized. Zeno's slave, in extenuaton of a
minor ''annexation, urged to the fatalist that it
was his 'destiny'' to steal. "Aye,'' replied the
philosopher, Sand TO be scourged as often as tbou
shonldst steal" We may plead our destiny as an
apology tor our ruthless career but against the slow
though certain retribution of just God, our pre-
sumptuous plea will be of little avail.
Unexpected events touched the last war of con-
quest to issues not satisfactory to the South Her
slaves accumulating many once fertile tracts are
exhausted by her thriftless husbandry she Graves
new and rich lands to over and desoIate and tho
soil OF Central America is as fair to their coyetous
eyes as the Vineyard of Naboth. Hear how the
Review stimulates their cupidity: Were the south-
ern lhro oil the continent once fairly In English
heads, no more sGve States could be erected south
Of TEXAS. The magnificent cotton lands of Mexi-
co, Yucatan, Balze and the Mosquito shore where
ten bales can be raised to the single hand. would he
cultivated by free labor, at less than twelve cont.
day, and the negro forever excluded. The ;taEco
are ours. 1t Is the avowed purpose then of the mar
ty, not only to fight for national greatness but
for more slave States south of Texas y, The
tempting fiend The cotton bales to be grown on
the land we are to annex, are mentioned with
seductive carelessness, like purse half out OF poc
ct for thief Where now is the stern morality
which denounced the Polk administration for its ca
reer Of robbery' Where is the ridcuIe which wings
iaylshed upon the first apostles of robbery. the
preachers of " manifest destiny?'' Where is the
whig religion which was shocked at the horrors Of
an aggressive war?
In another article the cost of constructing one hun
dred steam ships is set down at .ffty millions, and
their support at one hundred millions per annurn
The war is, according to the Review, foregone
conclusion; and the navy, with which the fleets Of
England are to be "swept from the ocean. ''.nust
now be built And the editor proceeds TO argue that
this measure would not only be ennobng to our ma.
ton, but an actual source Of wealth The system
Of Pitt, under which Great Britain throye SO well
only creating debt to be paid sometime, is the {
financial system Of the sage Review War prices t
ale to be established for goods, by which the rich
are to be fattened, and meanwhile the resources of
The country drained, and its credit stretched to its
utmost tension, leaving an interminabe series off
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