Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19
war with Great Britian.

War with Great Britain.
The long list of insolent outrages commit
ted by British men-of-war upon American
merchantmen in the Gulf of Mexico and the
West India seas-news of which came to
California by the last steamer-will arouse
the blood of every American. 1t seems inev
table that we must fight over again the war
os 1912, and this time the war will be fin
ished The British have for several years
been trying to renew their pretended fright
Of search" and now they assume it outright
They have large feet on our very borders,
and while they pay no attention to vessels of
other foreign nations, they fire into board
and search and sometimes capture and detaia
ours, aud this in some instances without pre-
tending to suspect them of being slavers.
That this is the signal for war, there is no
doubt Great Britain knows the feeling of
the American Government and of the Ameri-
can people
The true secret OF the movements Of the
British is the Central American question.
That country is the Highway Of Nations,
and the power that controls it will control
the commerce of the world A few weeks ago,
when we published tie Cass- Yrissari treaty
with Nicaragua, we reminded our readers
that it was essentially q Protectorate over
that country, amounting to almost immediate
and in any event certain Annexation. Eng
land could not fail TO see this, and now she
would either frighten the United States by
her right of search pretensions, and thereby
secure an acknowledged foot-hod in Central
America, through diplomacy-giye up, per-
haps, positively. fully aud forever, the
right of search for the positive possession
and ownership of some eligible portion of the
Isthmus-or, failing in this, measure the
strength of her arms with those Of the Amer
lean Republic Our Government cannot
yield therefore Great Britain must, or there
will be war.
1t is no part Of the general policy of Brit
ian to war with the United States but the
present Mistress Of the Seas" (if she has
any right to so call herself knows full well
that with the Isthmus under exclusive
American jurisdiction, the United States
would at once become the worlds mistress Of
commercial prosperity and maratime power
England would lose all, and sink to the in
significance of a comparatively petty State
If this war takes place, the most powerful
nations on the earth will be engaged in it,
Spain viii join Britain, because she will be
promised protection to Cuba bnt if Britain
should succeed against the United States, she
would quietly put her lions paw upon Cuba
and tell Spain that it was for indemnity, or
some such thing. France will be governed by
circumstances, but will take sides one way or
the other. Napoleon seems to look wholly
to the Mediterranean for the extension of his
empire, and it looks to us most likely that he
would join against England and Spain Is
it unlikely that he would at once plunge an
army into the very heart of the latter coun-
try ? Russia hates both England and France;
she has partiaity for the United States,
and does not want the Isthmus. Alexander
would not look on quietly, and it is unneces-
sary to say that he would be powerful ally.
The arrival of steamers from the Atlantic
will be looked for with more interest than
has ever before been felt in California. The
President has sent American men-of-war to
the Gulf, and collision with the British
cruisers may not be at all unlikely to take
place at any time.
Many items. and among '-m these inr--
shed by our Volcano friend, are unavoida
by crowded out Of to-day's paper.