The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-03-01

press, Is rampant and talks seriously Of
annihilating this Yankee nation without
allowing it ''beneiit Of clergy and if
we trust their threats they will not
leave even a grease spot of us all. Let
us hope they may finally come to the
conclusion that "discretion is the better
part Of valor," and allow us to remain
buyers of their buttons, instead of max
ing us food for their bayoncts.
This thing of a war with Great Britain
would be rather a serious business to us.
we confess; but contemplating the worst
features cannot prevent one from smiling
at the complacency with which the beefy
English editors are laying down how
they would devastate all our coasts,
burn our towns and sink our little navy
to the bo!ttomless pit of the ocean. AS
to our ships, they should take into
account that they have to catch them
before they sink them, and they might
remember, that somewhat less than half
century ago, in catching some of the
same sort, they caught the vcricst Tar
tars they had ever encountered.
"Dcvastating our shores, and burning
our towns" to be sure The bloody
and barbarous scoundrcls-what would
we be about all the while! Burning
and devastation-that 5 their game, is
it Well! let them come, and We will
"welcomc them with bloody hands to
hospitable graves" Lct us leave the
bones of every Englishman, who with
murdcrous and plundering intent lands
on these shores, to bleach on the SODA
warning to all presumptious, bullying
nations forever. Let every American
VOW that no one of them shall ever leave
alive the shore they approached to plum
der and lay waste. We trust for the
execution of the vow to the millions of
American rifles, aimed by unerring eyes
and steady hands.
What is all this talk of war about Z!
Because this country refuses to allow the
thieving, lying, plundering British Gov
ernment to steal Central America and
prevent the speedy intercourse between
our Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Bound
by solemn treaty to set no claim to
that country, ia treaty which, consid-
ering the nature and location of the ter
rltory regarding which it was enacted,
was all q sacrifice on our part for the
future peace of the worldly we neverthe-
less find that greedy, grasping power
endcavoring to evade their solemn
obligation. Just escaping by a Peace,
from the war with Russia, In which they
have proved not only entirely unequal
to the French, but that their prowcss
has departed from them; they find them
selves about to have great navy well
equipped, and large army idle on their
hands-so they think they are now in a
better condition to talk impudently to
this country than they will ever be again.
Very well if they will fight, we have
no choice; but let them remember they
have shores to dcvastate rs well as this
country, and that our whole people is an
army when an invader approaches.
But the war would seem at last to
be but pen and ink affair. The city
papers are the latter part of the week a.
bound in paragraphs like the following:
1--WE understand that letter was received
to-day in this city by +. b. Cutting esq,
from Mr.. Acknowledgement Gushing, which
states that the Central American question is
IN fair train of settlement. The CLAYTON
bulwer treaty has been ahrogattd, and Il new
treaty is to be formed. We have also con-
firmatory intelligence by the Atlantic. 1t is
stated that Mr.. Buchanan. in an interview
with Capt. West just before he left Liverpool
informed him that he looked upon the Cen
trail American affair MS arran2 ed, and that
the Champion matter was now the only Oh.
staclc to perfect understanding with the
British Cabinet. A leading bank officer has
also received letter from his brother, at
present III London, who had had an inter.
view with Mr.. Buchanan. and who writes to
the. same dlect.--N. Y. Tribune.