The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-02-19
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From the Richmond Examiner.

Po"eI, Woulu repay very heavy
outlay of treasure. The importance to Great
Britain Of pushing her boundaries toas low
latitudes as possible OH either side ii tie Al
merlcan continent has been evidenced bv
the two very serious controversies WHICH 4.
rose between that power and the American
Government FIRST, on the Northweatern
boundary question in the year is42; aid At
terwards, in the dispute concerning ihe line
OF htty-tour degrees forty minutes, in tie
year 1874. A great deal more was inyoly.
ed IN those disputes, as it respected Great
Britain, than the mere value of the local
territories that were implicated.
L must be recollected that that poRernot
only possesses immense domains iii the in
terror OF this continent, just north Of the
United States, having resources of timber,
minerals, and agriculture, admitting Of great
development, and representing vast elements
Of wealth !; but that il possesses domnions
in the East Indies of stupendous magnitude,
and OF value almost incalculable. The skOrt-
est passage to these latter is line ot steam
ship and railroad communication stretching
from Liverpool west to Portland. Maine;
IRON this latter city, straight across the con-
tlnent, in every foot, except through Maine,
over British territory, to Vancouver On tie
Pacific sea-board; and thence by direct
steam line to China or Australia.
Already has railroad, the most sabstgn-
tlal and costly on this continent, been stretch
ed out by British capital and enterprise from
Portland westward over the St. Lawrence,
across the great tubular bridge to Montreal,
and thence still westward over the cunti-
nent 10 the borders Of Lake Superior. lie
great plateaU Of level land that stretches
thence off 10 the Pacific, but little interrupted
by the Rocky Mountains, which, in the Bri-
tish dOminions, sink down to inconsiderabel
heights, has been thoroughly surveyed by
government engineers, and railroad line
found, and the work projected, more favor,
able in grades than any thathaye beenfound
across our continent.
The only impediment TO the triumphant
success of this magnificent enterprise + pre-
sented BY the fact that Maine. on whose ter
rliory the eastern portion Of the lie has to
lie, is American and not British soil That
Stale lies athwart the great pathway q Bri-
tain to her extensive possessions on TINS con-
tihent, and to that second empire which she
is rapidly building up on the Australian
continent and in the East Indian Archipela-
60.
The disemberment Of the American Tn
ion thus presents Great Britain, in the pos
sibility of acquiring Maine, the opportunity
of even greater aggrandizemeat than could
ensne from securing The privileges Of free
trade with the South. To lose the presen
occasion TO pick a quarrel with the iaekees
is not only to hazard The loss Of d cotton
supply. independent of her manufacturing
rival IN the North, but also to lose the chance
Of seizing Maine for any iudemnities she
might claim for the expenses oi war and lor
Yankee confseatiOns Of British dei,s ard
property in their Jurisdiction. Considered
with reference to the necessity Of It's lerr!-
tory 10 The completion uf her grand Sd stem
OF empire, tltis bleak and barren siaie is Nj
value 10 Great Britain more than equivalent
to any losses she could possibly inear n
war with the United States. The ascgssi
" Of terminating - grand and inIHaFiaai
line Of railway as she Is constructing across
the continent. in alien territory, i S saii-
Ing TO her pride as IL is now geoglsH isfsiiy
imperative: and well ma, Mr. Srssfd aaa
the Herald urge lie immediate irsl latatign
OF Portland, where this great railsg.a iermi-
mates.
In the event Of war with tie iaakse 1oF-
ernmcnt, the first dash ii England "aglu bc
upon Maine. In this view. her late snip
ments Of troops and munitions, preceding
the late Mason and Slidell controversy, was
10 Halifax. the nearest port t. Portland. aud
the capital of Tie province adjoining me
State of Maine. Nor. is II probable that
the people in view Of the heavy Federal
taxation impending over them, would 0e
loath - lorsaear lealty to the mounte
bank government at Washington. and 70 au-
nex themselves to tie British Empire. Such
destiny would be certainly more prumis-
inc and brilliant than that which they now
enioy. But whether there be war or no war,
one Of the first instances Of the disintegra-
tion which i soon 10 befaIl the Northern In
lon wll be presented by the falling away 81
uaine Into the natural embrace Of Great
Britain.
A.a city Of the Federal Union, Portland,