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Show nut Nor niuiiAiiix Aa lb flrat eaolierneal oauaed by tb publication of Hallibury'i reply lo Heoreiary Olney and l'rpibleot Clave-land'a Clave-land'a maaaage to T'ongreae on tb mat. ler eubaldea, and a oalmer view of the lluallunli reudered poialLI II la v. dent Ibat tha probability of a war between be-tween the Uolled Hlale and England on tha Vaneauelan boundary quaitlon la loo remote tooeuaa any alarm. Bucb aventuallly would a lb teiult of olr-oumitancea olr-oumitancea bayond tha control of itateimen. Vennuela la but a ainall eonntry wllb about S,.'iuO,OoO Inhabitant. Her landing army amounli to about 7,0tiu bul can on abort nolloa be enlarged lo luu.uoo or even more. Her fleel oon-alali oon-alali of thiaa or four vetaeli, and the reiourrea of lb couuiry are bul limited. lim-ited. Vet, an expedition lo Veueme.a would ba a far gnaler undertaking Ihau might b auppoaed from tbiae fUurea. Kvery able-bodied man in lb ouuutry would ba under aruii within a nio.aii after lb Invaiion by a foreign powr. The luvadari would bava to oouteud igaluat Ih olimala In an uudeveloiifd country with mounlalua aad foreita, uubridged treania, venomoua reptllei, Inaecle, awauapa, oold and beat. Tbey would be muub la Ibaiam poaltlon aa lb Bpaularda now are lu tuba. l u praildent of laa Utile republlo, Crlapo, li aald lu ba a tighter by nature. Una itory told of blaa li obaractarlille of Iba mm, Wbeuilill a mere youlb ba alarlad a reheillou and Iba atata trooii war called out. li bad about 800 follower wllb uo other armi Ihau oowbay kulvea. la Ihe nlghl k commanded Ibeai to ateal Ibrougri the camp of Iba aeidlera aud aeii their arm, lly reaaarkabla trategy thla bald maueuver wai pel-formed, pel-formed, aud lu tba morning all Hit rvbela were armed and Iba regular! bad to make u-rma. AI preieul b li lurrouuded by a body guard of uniformed uni-formed oowboya, aud tb.y ara looked upon ai luvlnolble on lue battlefield. A iplrlt of war la permeating the whole people, ai Ihe diipalohea from Caracal lulllclently Indicate, aud they are certainly niueb betltr prepared to defend themaeivea than Were the Amorloeu colonic In 1779. Then, a war at long range la alwaye carried an a dlaadvaulage, uotwllhilandlug Iba ooaat of tbo Loudon papera that tu a power ruling lb wavea.three Ihouiaud oillia of lulervenlug ocean la no for. mldableobetacle. Fur all tbeie raaaoni, end otberi, It la Inconceivable thai Ihe ltrltnh government eerlouily coutem-plates coutem-plates allowing lha dlplumallo negotia-lioua negotia-lioua lo proceed beyond a Hag from which a peaoelul retreat li lucompat-abla lucompat-abla with natloual bouur. |