Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1852-01-03
Military Cs-PartnerShip between Brit
ain and Rmeriea, /.


ain and BmcPica, :
Under this head the Buffalo Express has a
long and able article The writer does not
labor under the conviction that we owe much
TO that country. and lhatif Russia is colossal,
it is because England has used her power
andwealsh to make her so, referring to the
long fight with Napoleon. when England al
waystook grounds against the Democratic ell
emeGss Of the French Government
The article concludes as follows;
What claim of sympathy upon the Ameri-
can Democracy has that governments None
whatever-nny, we and our institutions have
been the ieer and amusement of the English
from the year 1919 to the recent occasion OF
our beating with second rate Yankee schoon.
er the squadron Of her entire sailor PLAYING
aristoeracy. he do not tore that people, nor
do Neg love vs.. There is no sympathy be-
tween us-the dinner-table orators to the con-
traTY notwithstanding; aud the claim or the
hope. that We will stand BY her in al Eu-
ropean var is impude1t, aud win utterly fall
The dinnes-table orators may swear to do so
over very deep wine--but the men of the
Wabash, those that use rifles in Ohio, in Ken
tncky, 10 Pennsylvania, and in Main, wouldn't
ram 3 bullet to keep the Cossack's horse out
Of Westminster Hail. And why should they
British policy is not the policy of the Ameri-
can Democracy success Is not Democrat
10 good-its failure 10 not Democratic loss
The eausecf Britain 10 one Of growing weak
meas, consequent upon misgovernment; and II
ID the strife Of nations she by and bY finds
herself evernatched. why she must 90 under.
Such IS the course Of empire States not
founded in justice and in reason, have their
periods Of age ike men. There comes to them
inevitably time of weakness and exhaustion
and be who recons opon TRANSMISSION of the
fresh and vigorous blood Of America, into the
old veins Of England, reekons without his host.
That huid 10 wanted for our own purposes
upon thss continent, and upon IFS boundary
oeeans--uPon the present theatre ef the A,
r1erieaa's expansion, the future territory of
his absolute dominion. The English 70 be
sure have considerable authority for their pro-
jeet Of making us 6ght for them. This inten-
sesk form of human service is bat little excel
led II self-denial. by the voluntary engage
ment Of a nation TO stop manufacturing for
itself. and to consume the products of anoth-
er's sindnstry.
That We did by the Tariff of ls46, and We
must confess that after that the English may
reasonably project any amount Of useful la
Dor for US to perform for them, and there
would be logical obligation upon US to per
form il There would perhaps be political
obligatien upon US TO do so. if Executive poll
ticians could dispose of the peoples muscles as
they have Of their interests. But that may
not be--and Il men wait for the spectacle Of
a tumultuous muster Of the Americans at the
beat of the British drums. they viii wait till
Bunker Hill and Lexington are forgotten, and
till the Revolution has ceased to be a part of
the history of our country.
"A military succor Of France by the Ameri-
cans might consist with obligations of honor.
with identity Of interests, and with political
sympashies BUTT is not probable that any
necessity for it will ever arise. With respect
to allthe other nations of Europe, may it rot
beswise for us as a people 10 recur 10 the much
quoted example Of the individual who grew
rich BY Eninding his own business We con-
fsss ourselves TO profound respect for that
individual. and viii, under the shadow of his
image. venture the remark. that Europe and
its affairs are Of no sort Of necessity to US
that wescsn well afford to have more than,
Chinese wall built upon our borders-that
Europe has nothing TO give us save the spec
tscle Of Feudal ruins. that our own soil, cur
own climate. and our own art, cannot richly
p-oduce--that upon oar appointed theatre of
action magnificent destiny awaits us-apow-
err, wealth, name. unknown and unfore-
shadowed in the history of the human race