, 1841-03-20

On these internal seas you have neither steam
nor any other vessels of war, whilst Grea
Britain has 10th, and, by the Welland canal
concentrate any number Of sloops and SINAI
craft, so as to command any and all the lakes
and strike at any point she pleases.
Whilst we have but one or two nationa
Steam vessels of war, Great Britain Cal
command one hundred. by the conversio.
Of her steam packets into vessels Of war
and, sir. but little is risked. when / asser
it as very possible for six steamships Of thu
first class TO force their way intc the bar
bor of New York. our grea, comnIercia
metropolis, lombard and demolish il, or lay
il under contribution. in less than fnrty-erghl
hours from Ahe time If the attack. Loob
at the state Of your dclences on Staten
IslanG. Wac. or, !. will take five millions
Of dollars to fortiIv property the ely 81
New York; and vet we are called upon to
give fire million annually of the peoples
money, entrusted 10 US Tor these objects,
and for their use, To The States, which have
surrendered to US the power and duty of
protecting ;hem against fnieir IN assaults.
The eloquent Senator Mr.. Car has told
us that tins was the aye of peace; that there
was no danger rfwar; that war WAS begin
ming to be considered di<graceful. | quU;e
his sentiments, n": exactly his words. am
aware. Sir, ut The progress al Christian and
Democratic principles over the world; and
HAT ri.ry vii ultimately rule. 1t is NV serI-
Gus h-lrpi. But ayes and ayes must roll IN
before thai Irappy and blissful period will
arrive. Come ii will in the tullness of time.
Bur Ia prove that this happy period has not
vet arrived. see the English nation throwing
ITS mighty power upnn the lar distant shnres
Of CHI III. and carrying destruction and death
..lnng her borders, because she will not per-
Mi her people To lie poisoned by English
opium.
II ~ ws -"t JUS, cluse of difficulties with
hci? Are they not accommodating trOm time
i"im.. and from The shores of the Atlantic
= the P.rcific ocean, Are not the causes
ir war more grave and serious between us
than between England and Chinal And
what security have we that she will not be
down upon us for some real or tancIed
wong? Her conduct Ia China should serve
us us n Useful lesson, never 10 he forgotten?
Can we. then. say that peace will be lasting!
No one will say so. Can we, rs American
Senators, divert from great National objects
the money c"nfded Ia our care for the holy
purpose "f their Defence?
England has now in NnrI Scotia. New
B unswlc rex. and tie Canadas, thirty Thousand
hlart md white troops. and twenty or thlr-
" thousand Indians. our natural and hered-
r,ry who required nothing but Brit
ish organization on the Western frontier 10
make them desperately formidable, and yet
we are told there is no danger. Al Il time
ike this. and under all tie circumstances. ]
should not have expected such apropcsi,Ian,
or such lullIng sounds at peace, from the
Senator from Kentucky. [Alr. Clay. whose
c'rrior voice. anIma'ing his fellow citizens Ia
hattie in the cause ui their beloved country
during the last war still rings in my ears.
He was then all alive Ia the honor and
security OF the Land which had piled up hon
"rs ~ Ia,I>hIy upon him; and lie will descend
Ia prsrrrtv with the reculiectI"Hs ui the
part he then took clustering abound his mem
oiy; nor do ! 10Y wish Ia be understood is
doubling his patrIntIsuI; II my siuuiter hut
will never die. may dItl,r from The sena
tor on many mnp"rt,nt political points. but
II is INV caIne>, desire Ia lie just
The dcirnceS OF my county lay close Ia
nv heat. Sr. Tie events PIE rrdInT AMI
during the late Wal made an m.drlI.le mpIe>-
SION upon my mind. Who, that WIS anIrra-
ted iy one spark of An'erIc.n feeling. drl
mol witness, ~Indinnalluu, the insults and the
injuries iraprd upon us by i'rel@n nations.
and IN particular ~ Great bItnn! VII"
does not. even nor, ieei the blush oi shame
uanlIlnu his checks, at the irCu'IccIIOu a.
the facts that cur vessels were stopped upoI,
the kinl, seas. and our iellnw-cI'IZrnS drag
urd in chains Oh board ioieInn SHIPS al waI.
and frequently c"npe led 10 ii@!.; a%alrs
, their avn cuunII,mcu! Wh' c"n remrcu
Der. without i anne aud >"rIuw. HE attach
upon the Chesapeake, aud the murder ri
Pierce. IN our WI waters, and even IN The
mouth al nur han bon? Who caunut recall.
IN II uUnrur. The buInInrS, murders, ard
>cal;Incs. ;lnnp our ir"nlIeis! But enough
.i It.r>: they .rr not reverted Ia IN Il spirit
al revenge. tur the history "t tie past will
he the history al the future, and coming
events cast their shadows einrc them.
Yet, il is endea,ored to be impressed up
on us that Tins is IN age al peace! There is
no PEACE, iii. for this guilty iosI would al
nu,s. Look III Tie Conduct u: England,