The Feliciana Democrat., 1855-11-24
[From tbe N V T;,,aa NJ .,

~ lfrom the N. Y. Times Nov l21
A WAR WITH ENGLAND.-We do not 70.
gard the chances of war between this
country and England as soming within the
probabilities of human occurrences. nnless
some causes of dispute should arise. grow.
ing out OF events of which we have no pre-
monitory intimation at present. But if
ever war should take place between Enc.
land and the United States, we arc ncrsno.
ded that the provocation will not como
IRON the other side. The first warlike de-
monstration must be made BY US, for Eng
iand cannot afford to be at war with the
United States; her national existence would
pc lmpcrilcd by such an event She lives
by her workshops alone; the manufacturing
interests pay the interest on her debt. sun.
ply her with the sincws of war. and are
the chief source of her regal splendors.-
But a war with this country would at once
shut up the most valuable of her manufac.
tories, by cutting off the supply of raw ma.
terlal which is necessary to keen them in
notion; it would deprive her of her hest
market, and cut of the source on which
she relies for food for her operators: it
would cancel u debt, the loss of which
would bankrupt her wealthiest merchants :.
1t would destroy her commerce. and reduce
her at once to a third rate power among
the commercial countries OF Europe il
would place her colonies in danger encour.
age them to revolt, and weaken her in all
her eXtrcmlties, while it would cripple her
az nome. IN her war with Russia She has
been compelled to borrow troons wherever
shc could ind them, and our own ships have
been OF material service to her in trans
porting her armies and military stores; vet
sic has not been compelled to guard one of
hcr ports against the enemy, or 10 take
any steps towards protecting her Colonies.
But IN case OF a war with this country
she would require larger army than she
has yet been able to send to the Crimea, to
protect Canada alone while all the ports
IN her three Kingdoms would be left open
to our steamships, her merchant marine
would he left unprotected. and her posses.
s'ohs III the West Indies would be an easy
prey.
She would have the aid of France, per-
maps; but France could as ill afford to try
ilic experiment Of war with us as Eng
land; IN fact we are as important market
10 France as England: she, too, also de-
pcndS upon us for the raw material of her
manufactures, as well as market for her
supcrliultles and she could as i'll afford to
90 without our gold and cotton as England
Our losses in war with these great Euro
pcan powers would, at first be large but
thcy would not be ruinous; we should take
more than we should lose, in the long run,
and VIC should not be weakened as nation
by being compelled to depend upon our
own internal resources, the extent Of which
we have hardly begun to appreciate. We
can CO very well afford to givcnp French silks,
French wines, and all the other luxurious
products Of French skill and genius, for
winch we pay so large an annual tribute to
The Gallic people now; there is not, in truth,
an article which we import from France
winch we cannot either produce at home or
very comfortably dispense with altogether.
ana we may say the same of England.
"A war with those countries then, would
NOT entail upon us any of the calamitics
winch 1t would bring upon themselves, for
IL would tend to consolidate us as people
would heal up our petty sectional disputes,
and lead to development of our internal
resources, which would raise us higher
among the nations Of the earth than centll.
rleS oil such peaceful intprcOursn os u,a now