The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-03-16

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MR.. RAYNER, OF NORTH CAROLINA
We make the following extract from tn
speech of the Hon. Kenneth Rayner on tn
Treasury Note Bill
Extract from Mr.. Rayner's Speech
The gentleman from Virginia (Mr Wise) lahore,
to prove that the present was only Temporary an,
not permanent deficiency; and that as soon as con
dence Is restored and trade revves the revenue I'M
der the Compromise act will be sufficient to meet III,
expenditures of the Government differ with hin
entirely. have attempted show that there is deb
OF more than twenty millions that will fall upon III.
next four years, and this must be paid in addition q
the current expenditures. But believe That. If W.
were entirely out OF debt in the present runous AMI
defenceess condition of the country the revenue wouc
not be sufficient to meet the necessary expenditures
Sir, the public money has been squandered wasteflly
squandeied, upon favorite partsans, and by fahess
agents. We must not only provide for the present
but for the neglect and msrule of the past and IN,
engcncies of the future. Why, what is our presen,
conditions Our army brought into disrepute-oui
navy going to wreck-our Notifications deserted
without barracks, without foundres without harbors
without every thing, in fact which is calculated Ia
prove our pride in peace and our defence in war
shall not shrink from discharge of duty for fear
Of the demagogue cry that am in favor of a splendid
and expensive Government. Those who know me.
know that friend TO consolidation or 10 an un-
necessary strengthening Of the powers Of the General
government ! believe great crisis is approaching
IN the history of the world and that il behooves the
United States of America to put herselfn situation
to protect flag and commerce abroad and our
free institutions at home. Although am opposed to
standing armies in time of peace in the spirit and for
the purpose for which they are kept in the monachies
of Europe yet do believe that our army should be
put in such state Of discipline to form nucleus,
around which the military feeling of the navy NAV
rally whenever our yeomanry shall leave their fire.
sides and their homes in order to defend them from
foreign foe. The civilized world is on the eve of
great CONFUSION. Throughout the States of Europe
liberal principles ready to burst forth into action are
suppressed by the sword and bayonet national dife
rences widening every day the wisdom and for
bearance OF states men can scarcely repess the fervo
of excitement and, after peace of twenty five years
three million OF armed men stand ready to shed each
others blood When the collision does take place il
will be to the political world what the shock of the
earthquake is 10 the natural and thrones and domi
MONS, prnepaltes and powers will be shaken to their
base Can We intimately connected as we are get
ting to be in commercial relations with the great
Queen of European expect TO steer clear Of diff
ficultyl And II we maintah armed neutrality as
ought, and no doubt should attempt TO do, ought
we not to prepare ourselves for such position
Gentlemen may say this is all conjecture IF So
let look at something little more tangible. Every
must admit that our present relations with Eng
land augur any thing else than peace and harmony
The bayonet of the Brton is cleaning on our North
eastern border and portion of the American soil is
now trodden, forcibiy trodden by foreign feet Si
this is Northern question-no sectional question
but great national question: involving national honor
and national rights. And if force does become ne
cessary vindcate the national character we Of the
South well the North, will not only pour out our
revenue, hut we will pour out blood. England
has also taken possession of the mouth of the Colum
bia river, the great outlet through which the com
merce Of posterty will go feighted to the bosom of
the Pacific, and is territory which we claim in
disputably ours. We cannot much longer submit to
these aggressions and when do act, we should be
in position to sustain ourselves with honor. Let it
not be said that endea voring get up war ex-
citement against England. shall he the last one to
insist upon war; whilst the country in its present
defenceiess condition. Mr.. Chairman, with all my
admiration fer the greatness and the glory of England
yet look with fearful apprehension upon the dangers
of collision with that gigantic power. With an am
bition more grasping than that of Rome in her palm
est days she is extending her Brarean into every
region of this mighty globe. Her flag is floating in
every breeze-her ships covering every sea Uni
versal dominion to be her object and her aim
Suppose should he preciptated into war with
England-what would be our condition z Our army
reduced to handful, and they in the swamps of Flo
rida held at bay by the savage Our navy consisting
of but few rigates and still fewer ships and they
unfit for service. Our Notifications unnamed and
decaying for want of repairs. Without barracks,
without ordnance, without munitions of war; and,
what is still worse than all these, with an empty
Treasury and no means Of supplyingit With TWEEN
ty thousand veterans on our Northern border Eng
land would invade our territory and lay frontiers
in ruins. With fleet of steam ships, she would
ravaee our coasts, and lay cities in ashes. BY
throwing a few regiments Of her manumittcd West
India slave troops upon Southern coast she would
excite domestic instruction there. Her machna-
tons would soon reach the sixty thousand Indian
warriors that congregated on our Western border
whose yell would resound from the Mississippi to the
Alleganies. This Indian population is already rest
less and discontented With lingering eye they
look back upon the deserted graves of their fathers
and with feelings cxasperaed and almost goaded into
madness by the nfction of their accumulated wrongs
they are prepared for a sudden outbreak, whenever
there is the least prospect of success Thus hemmed
in on all sides-on the North, on the West, on the
Eastern and Southern coasts--what would be our
situation Gentlemen may say these dangers all
imaginary, and that should triumph over all these
difficulties | know it, sir; know it. American
patriotism and American prowess would save in the
end and expe the invader from our soil But how
much suffering would it cost us 2 how much blood
would it shed u How many widowed heart would
il ring with anguish how many orphan would it
leave parentless in the world In the meantime what
would become Of our commerce, which is extending
itself into every part of the world Exposed to the
mower and rapacty of our enemies, our little navy
would be shattered to pieces and commerce driven
from the
said ! was opposed to large standing armies IN
time Of peace. Not so with navy. There
Citations connected with gallant navy which
should endear il to the heart of every American pm
triot lis heroic exploits during the last taught
England what she had to fear from American valor,
even on her own favoritc element. And owing TO the
relative position Of country to the European pow
ers il we have a protracted war with any OF
them, il must be maritime war mainly. What pro-
lection could our small navy afford to commerce.
against the numbers and strength of theirs Look to
England, France, Russia, even Turkey and Egypt !;
they are increasing their naval power daily The
Mediterranean is literally shngled with fleets Of the
goes arc covcrsd with English ships, and the CONNER.
cal system of China and the East in danger Of being
entirely revolutionizcd, put on new footing
France is sending her hostile naval ornaments almost
TO own doors. One day we see her battering