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ately disposable naval and military force


Of Great Britain is far greater than our


own. But this by no means proves rela-


Tive weakness. England has gained her


greatness by scattered concuests in every


part Of the world, and holds il by the DOW.


er Of arms America is compact; its ter


tory all contiguous; its greatness the re-.


suit of system, which sprang from The


free choice Of the people, and which il


maintained by their consent. It has no


acquisitions to make by arms, and none IL


defend by arms. Her States are bound


together by their own choice. She has


no motive 10 injure others; she has no de-.
sire to rayage the coast Of England. or


burn IFS commercial towns. or deface its


monuments, or, with scm-barbarous mas.
sion, destroy its public buildings. Go.
yerning herself by free consent, and hay.
ing no motive to restrain, or limit or i'm.
pair, the prosperity of other nations, she
has no need Of vast standing army, or
of navy like that Of England. But when
the questions comes as to which has the
most considerable dsposabe force to occu-
py the country Of the Oregon, we think
the Great West must be summoned 10
counsel. The people of the Mississippi
valley must make answer The bands Of
emigrants bearing 1.-THE axe and The rife.
the men trained in republican feeling, and
made still more impatient Of authority by
their life on the frontier,--these form the
strength Of America. They are indomi-
table in spirit, and unapproachable by their
distance. Against thsp. lhs fleets and
armies Of England are .yow6fsay Let
Sir Robert Peel attempt to plant himself
in the gaps Of the Rocky mountains, and
intercept them in the passes. He might
as well attempt 10 stop the Columbia itself
The combined powers OF all Europe wouId
fail in an attempt to set bounds 10 their
progress. That progress is to be self
circumscribcd by the respect for right and
the sacred regard Of America for the inyi-
olability Of treaties.


The administration may, then, safely as
sumo that England cannot permanently oc-
cupy any part of the American wilderness,
but by the consent Of America ITSELF II
England chooses to interrupt negotiations,
the crisis must be mel; if negotiations
continue, the administration can know
but one rule--"fo DEMAND NOTHING BUT
WHAT is RIGHT, AND TO SUBMIT TO NOTHING
THAT is WRONG" Let the people support
he President with union, and sentiment
# nationality, and no foreign power will
dventure an aggression.