, 1861-12-19
CIR Gttbtttte.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1861.
WAR WITH ENGLAND.

THfTRSDAY. DECEMBER 19, 1861.
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WAR WITH ENGLAND.
It is exceedingly difficult to see upon
what reasoning the English lords OF the
forge and the loom can persuade them-
selves that q var VIII the on1eea states .
viii result TO tnelr aa'an1sge' we put
ASIDE wholly, ~ aot "oiiy " piace !"
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1ne onseo o'ates are England s best Gus
eo1ne' 7" l'n ne1 ana ner colonies VIC have
a0nul commercial transactions (import
anu export OF more 1han three hundred
anu my n141ons o1 dollars. We consume
n1ole VI nct gooos tnan any other nation
On Inc iace OF 1ne globe; and our consump-
l1on' pr eopatd' Is tuA double that Of any
other people NO nation is so rich as
ours: no people live 50 fast and so free
y as ours; none hnTe in such abun-
dance the wherewithal to pay for what
they consume. War would reduce that
trade to nothing; not temporarily to
nothing, but forever destroy it. During
the continuance OF hoshlities We should,
Under the pressure Of an instant necessity,
rival the looms Of Lancashire, the iron
works Of Birmingham, and the potteries Of
Stadordshire; and, long before peace
could be reached, we should not only be
industrially independent of English manu-
tacture1s, but their underbidders in all the
markets of the world Three years Of war,
though IN the time our commercial marine
might be swept out Of existence BY the
cruisers OF the enemy, and though half ow
sea-boaro cities might be bombarded
and burned, would add untold millions to
our wealth, because OF the industrial en,an-
c'patlon Which ne should be compelled to
achieve At the cessation Of the struggle,
ne should be more likely to offer Amerl-
can iron and cutlery Tor sale II Birminss- g
ham, than to see Ensllsh goods OF the same
sort offered IN the markets OF Fhladclphla
ana Nc" 1ofk Nearly onc-ha1 our an
n1lA imports have been from the United
Kingdom and Its dependencies. The
amount th1s ycar, had we had no domestic
trouble would have been one hundred
ana SILKY 10 one hundred and seVenty-hve
mlllons-prooably near the latter sum
1he annual e1por1a'1on OF British products
Is about hVe hundred and Htty mill
1ons' OF winch we take, as We have
stateo' ABOUT la1rty per cent We
MAINTAIN that 1hat large proportion Of
1ne uaoe OF 1feat britain ca77lof De k'aochi-
Cd ~ ~ d0y, acataout distress at home ao'zica
.e14 &1a11 tue E7gf'sh Monarchy to its oe'y
oosc But this Is not all: While she loses
her most profitable customer, England gets
8 powerful toe. Our priEatcers-as We
have the most adventurous people, tue best
tac1litics Tor ship-building, and an abund-
anec of the materials OF War-Will Tex
every sea; and English trade with her
colonies and with all parts Of the world,
Fill be subjected to delays, losses and haz-
ards That Will materially diminish its
amount and increase the pressure at home.
Once more: a supply Of cotton, for which
Lancashire gToans, will not be insured by
making war upon Us. AS our Republic is
aroused, the dangers and difficulties Of the
Shipment OF the staple will every day in
crease Asour armies penetrate the South,
VIC shall take and hold, IN spite Of the world,
me cotton districts; and it the powers Of
Europe and Tartarus were combined,
the product will not be suffered TO go forth.
Add to the loss Of trade, the loss Of cotton
and the new pcrils to which English com
merce VIII be subjected add to these the
influence of the food question, the non
payment OF three hundred and fifty mil
lions OF American debts, National, State,
corporate and private, which we owe in
England, the ruin Of all British Investments
In tanada, and possibly the loss Of all her
American dependencies, and We have a
combination OF causes, which, if English
men are Wise, vii make them look twice
before they leap ln1o the abyss that yaWns
before them. lney piled up their unpay-
aolc national dcbt-~the only cement that
loids ther rotten government and artificial
CIVILIZATION together-in 4 war against Re.
publican France. lfthey want to split the
whole fabric Oh q war with Republican
America, let the dance begin
1t is mistake to suppose TINT wc are il
any sense dependent upon England, fo1
either the comforts or the necessities OF ou
national OF individual existence, OF for th
maintenance OF our civilization at its pre-
sent high standard The boot is On til
other leg, A pae1ous commercia1 system Ao
enriched her al onr expense; but in quar-
ter ola century there has not been an hou
in which our relations with her could Nc
have been proftably dissolved. "
arc to-day feeding her operatives, pay
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