The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-11-24
A War with England.

Some very sensible views are contained
in the N. Y. Times of Monday as to war
which may, by possibility, grow out OF the
disposition of Great Britain to extend her in
fluence on this continent. We quote: al
"Eneland cannot afford to be at war with
the United States; her national existeace
would be imperled BY such Gil event. She
lives BY her workshops alone; the manufac-
turing interests pay the interest on her debt,
supply her with the 81 news OF war, and. are
the chief source of herregai splendors. Bat
a war with this country woald at onceshut
ND the most valuable Of her manufactures,
by cutting off The supply of raw material
Which is necessary to8keep them in motion;
it would deprive her Of her best market, and
cut off the source on which she relies fol
food for her operatives; it would cancel
debt, the loss Of which would bankrupt bel
wealthiest merchants; it would destroy hel
commerce, and reducs her at once to p thirt
rate power among the commercial countries
Of Europe. it would place her coloniesii il
danger, encourage them to revolt. and wea w
ken her in all extremities, while it woult
crinple het at home In her war with Rus
sia she has been compelled to borrow troop
wherever she could find them, and our ship
have been of material service to her in tran
sporting her armies and military stores; ye
she has not been compelled to guard one
her ports against the enemy, or to thke an.
steps towards protecting her colonies. aIj
But in case OF war with this country sh'
would require larger army than she ma
vet been able to send to the Crimea to pro
tect Canada alone, while all the ports in he
three Kingdoms would be left open to ou
steamships, her merchant marine. would b
left unprotected, and her possessions in tn
West Indies would be On ensy prey"
We quote farther:
"she would have the aid OF France, pei
haps; but France couldaas ill afford to "
the experiment of war with US as England
in fact we, are as important a market
i France as TO England; she, too, depends ur
IN MS for the raw material Of manufactures
as we'll as for market for her supertimtles
and she can i'll afford to do without our gol
and cotton as England. Our losses ina ~, wa
with these great European powers would,
! first, be large, but they would not be ruinous
we should make more than we should lose
| In the long run, ard we should not be weak
ened as nation by being compelled to de
send upon our, own internal resources, tn
extent Of, which we have hardly begun to aE
preeiate. We can very we'll afford TO Civ
up French silks, French wines and AL 9th
er luxurious products Of French Skill an
genius for which we pay SO large an ahtiua
tribute to the Gallo people now; there,is no
in truth. an articl which we import fro'
France which we cannot produce at home
very comfortably dispense with altogether
And we may say the same OF England.
A war with those countries, then, woul
not entail upon us any OF the calamitle
which it would bring upon themselves, for
would tend to consolidate us as peopl'
. would heal up our petty sectional disputes
and lead to development Of our intern'
RESOURCES which would raise us higher anton
the nations of the earth than centuries
such peaceful intercourse as we now EMO
with Europe would do"