...e them the power, to ruin their trade with us, they will, in spite of their own hostile tariff, remain our best customers. Lastly comes the momentous question, "Can England afford to offend the United States ? " "Certainly not," says Mr. Clay, "for in half a century they will amount to a hundred millions of people, and will have railways four thousand miles long. " But is Mr. Clay quite sure that, even if...