American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-05-01


var Will, any great power; and the
best interest of Great Britain is to
preserve peace. and continue to grow
strong upon her revenue. On the
other hand, it is thought war with
some foreign power would be the
best means of healing the wounds
left open by our "late national I'M
pleasantness,' of bringing North and
South together in n common cause,
and Of drowning unpleasant memo
rics i'll foreign blood, and, at the
same time. of gratifying the appetite
for conquest which is attributed to
our military President; but, it is
nevertheless apparent, that England
is the last nation on earth with
whom a war is ever desirable.
The rejection of the Johnson-C la-
rendon treaty renders it necessary
that new negotiations should be be-
gun between the United States and
England, for the settlement of the
claims held by the former for dam
ages done by the Alabama. The
United States authorities assert that
the treaty is not satisfactory while
the British government declare that
thef have conceded all that is posi-
BILE for them to do consistently with
the honor of their nation. Out of
this misunderstanding, the revolu-
tiOnary Adventures i'll the L. S. Con
gress propose to bring about war
between the two great nations, that
will shake the entire earth with the
tread of colossal armies, and paralyse
the commerce of the world with the
vast number of contcnding ships
which the two greatest of maratilne
powers would send forth to battle on
the high seas.
The British lominionin Canada has
ever been a thorn in the side of the
American people, as being contrary
to the spirit of the Monroe doctrine.
There is an idea in the mind Eof
every Ameriean-whether he be a
Southerner or NOrtherner-that the
! United States is destined one day to
enroll within it's limits the entire area
of the North American continent and
the adjacent islands; and for that
idea, which he has almost unpercept-
IDLY learned from his cradle, and
which he has been accustomed to
cherish and cultivate, he is willing
to forget all past domestic trouble,
and go forth in its defence. 1t is
said that Grant looks with longing
eye across the great Northern lakes
to the vast territory beyond; and it
would rebound to the everlasting
glory of the Radical party to achieve
this pet scheme Of Canadian con-
quest; and the annexation of Cuba,
during the administration of Il Radi-
cal President, wonld help TO wash
out the long list of infamous transac-
tions now charged against them.
Thevoice of the Radical partyisfoI
war, at all hazards, against some one
They miss the fat contracts which
they held for supplying the govern,
ment with arms, provisions and clio,
thing during the Late contest, and the
safety of their political existence de
ponds upon keeping the people in a
constant state of eXcitement--for the
worst thing that could occur fol
them, would be that the masses should
have time to think. Knowing, az
they do, that they have an army
: ready made, drilled and disciplined
: jR the discharged soldiers who served
. in the late war, and that they coult
procure hundred thousand negroes
on short notice, to serve as f0ot
for powder, and that war would
, throw into their hand all the ia
contracts of the government, ifon
I whirli they could steal millions t.
. add to the i'll gotten gains which the!
e derived from the late civil strife, it i
g not probable that the dominant pa1
:, ty will let slip auy protest, hnweve
e xli@ht. to cmbroil the country in
: disastrous conflict
: England, rich, powerful, content
Z ed, containing all the elements O
strength with which a long peace la
} endowed her, is anxious for tranquil
e ity; but, should war come upon ileT
> she is fully prepared, with fine arm,
:, and most excellent currency, t.
I meet the enemy at his own door
she c0nb1 lombard his ports viii
nor balls, and demolish his inteTna
strength with golden soyereigns
i Spain, poor and crippled aus she ap
= parcntly is, has powerful supporter
! among the Catholic crowns of Eu
+ rope, and would he an ugly cnem,
u 10 mNHt. The United States, rem
by civil discord, and shorn OF hal
her strength, yet requires valv
through which to let ont the splccl
eHesrdcied by the rebellion, and ;
U war with some foreign power is con
I sidc1cd the most feasible means ~
+ which to cement the Forth arr
c South in their former bonds 81 ami
+ ty; and a war with England woul'
= cause a reaction of the Irish voter.
in favor of the party which was in
+ stulmcntal in bringing it about
: One thing is certain, the Radical in
tercst requires WA. Spain and Eng
land are tlrc only powers with whic1
we have the least shadow of a dis
: pute, aud that We will have war wit
. one or the other perhaps both {
q these nations is undeniablc, and