Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-07-03

The last intelligence from the Atlantic sea.
board discloses . state Of facts, evidently In
dicArve Of . speedy war with England. We
! arc glad Of tit Ia time that the affronts Of.
fered to Ne as . nation were promptly and
thoroughly resented; especially whrp they
proceed from the minions Of British power.
We don't charge pusillanimity upon any for
mer administration. We believe our Cover.
mental authorities to have been guided, gen.
orally. in their conduct Of our foreign rsla-
tons, by the public opinion Of the county
That public opinion has been in favor Of
peace, emincntly 80, from the universal inn
preston, whether erroneous or not, that the
best interests Of tho nation were to be best
Subserved by peace with other nations But
the case IL different now. The war.Spirit IL
abroad throughout the land. The violence Of
partisan feeling in kansas - the insane
schemes Of fllibuSterism--andt the individual
AssasSinations and other outragcs in every
section Of the country, evince . determined
disposition on the part OF the American peo-
pie, to run . muck " with some other branch
Of the human race, or 10 become guilty Of
Self.deStruction.
OF the two alternatives, we prefer the for.
mer. And we are rejoced to find that the
temper OF the debates in Congrcss-the tone
expressions Of popular sentiment are oil in
favor Of immediate war.
Our bclligerency, too has taken the prop
or direction. Ever since We yielded 81 40,
without fight, England has borne herself
With insulting arrogance towards uS. The
day Of retribution, for her intoleiant impu
dcnce, has arrived. The occasion is still fresh
in the recollection Of all, when the British
Minister at Washington wifully violated our
neutrality laws, 10y indirection, at leaSt) and
escaped proper punishment from his own
government for such official misconduct and
i'm ..ertincncc. The recent high.handcd and
incxcuSab!o inlringements Of our rights and
honor, by the petty pensioners upon the Brit.
ish naval fund, accompanied, as they have
been, by contemplate insolcnce, which de.
bars the perpetrators from the title Of officers
or gentlemen, have at last filled the cup Of
our wrongs to the brim, and are but the fore
runners Of other impoSitions, il not At once
signally retaliated
We agree with Senator Toombs, that "thc
government should have sunk the British
ships; or, Selling them, brought their officers
here and hanged them. !"
II in nm old saying. whom the Gods wish
to destroy they first make mad, i" and seems
about to have its truth illustrated in its Just
application, to the cockncyS Of "Albion's sea.
grit isle" Forgetful Of the sound drubbing
they received from the gracile and attenuatcd
arm Of Young America in 1912, they arc stu
diouSly and madly cndeavoring to provoke
the vigorous muscles Of national manhood,
capable Of their utter demolition. II We
"cry havoc and let slip the dogs Of war, "
the British lion will hereafter cease to figure
among the cmblcms Of nationality. Then
will they find the dream Of Napoleon the
Great, become an actually, and the feet Of
French soldiery press the soil OF Pail Mall and
waken the echoes Of Downing street that
thoroughfarc Of English assumption and tyr.
amy.
We, Of California, would doubtless for
space be sufferers, should q war be declared.
That there is the rc,notcst danger OF capture
or suhjugation, no intelligent man can believe.
The first blast Of the bugle would bring to
the defence Of every Assailable point on our
sea coast, from the mines Of California, band
Of men invulncrable to the attacks of oil the
cpaulettcd morcenarics Great britain can hire
or subsidizc. II is true the Notifications on
| our occan.border are not such as we could
wish but they can soon be placed in proper
| condition; and, in the meanwhile, We arewii.
ling to run the risk Of their insecurity, in or.
der 10 obtain full satisfaction for the insults
sought to be inflicted upon us by that old
bluStcrcr, John Bull. In addition to the graf.
itication Of getting even, war would make
US ono People. Political chickering's would
discontinue; and, Asshown BY the discussion Of
the momentous question in the Halls OF
Congress, Democrats and Black Republicans
would forget their differences Of opinion, and
rCcollvct only that they were bone Of ono
bone, and 1cSh Of ono flesh" therefore,
give US war, and the sooner the better.