The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-04-14


: they were given to understand tha' 'he
report was to be considered as oiflcia'' ne
should feel it to be his duty, at proper
Etime, to bring the matter betore the tiouse'
Bfor document more insulting to TINS ha-
] slion could not possibly be conceived.
Viscouut Melbourne said, he was unahie
Ito give any other answer to the ques'ip"
uf the noble earl than by stating, !hat he
WAS rot aware whether any comhsunlca-
cation had been received that morning
afrom Her Maiesty's Minister in the United
States relative to the subject referred TO-.
But lie apprehended from the torn ~
which the document appeared, that ihere
could be no doubt of its authenticity.
House OF Commons. March 5th.
THE UNITED STATEs.-On the question
4 that the House 60 into Comm'1tee OF
Supply, to which the army estimates were
10 be referred, .e
Mr.. S. O'Brien took the opportunity OF
5advertiug to The state of relations between
Grea, Britain and the United States. Two
circumstances were stated in the newsPa-
pers TO have occurred recently, which' III
strue, deserved the immediate notice Of 'he|
House of Commons. The first was that q
i 3lrue bill had been found IN the oh''eo
States against Colonel Mcleod tor muir
! der and arson, on the allegation that mel
: had been present at transaction orderen|
: bv the colonial authorities of Canada, and
! The second was, that the legislature oi
Maine had recently passed these two reso-
llutions:
"That the governor be authorised 'o|
take immediate measures to remove thel
troops of the Queen of Great Britain now
quartered on the territory called 'disPu'|
! ted by the British Government; thal lhe|
resources of this State be, and they areE
thereby placed at the disposal OF the go-I
vernon, and the specific sum of S4oo'OooI
sbe, and the same hereby is appropriated
out of any money in the treasury, for the|
purpose of carrying the said resolutions
into effect" He did not know what au-
|thority there was for believing these reso-
'iutions to be genuine; but, if they wcrel
authentic, they amounted to nothing less
than a declaration of war against GreatI
britain. tHear, hear. )-He was more ad-
verse to war than any individual IN thatI
House. He looked upon war with thel
limited States as one more to be dePreca-
tied than any other, inasmuch asi must pei
!or fratricidal character. Hear, hear
He likewise saw that the vast commercial
Interests of this country must be exposed
Ito disaster by its continuance.
Sill, if war did take place on the pref
sent occasion, it would not be war of our
seeking. Besides, we should lose our
high character as nation if we did not de-
'fend our colonies when attacked neither !
could we claim their allegiance if we did
not give them protection when they were
acting under our authority: Hear, hear: r:
our vigor under the auspices Of the noble
Secretary for Foreign Affairs in ano-
ther part of the globe, where it was of al
more ambiguous character than it would /
|be on the present occasion; and that heE
trusted that the noble lord would on this
emergency display the same vigor which
The had displayed elsewhere. His move +
'ments, however, were so secret-and heE
did not blame the noble lord for it-thal
the House had no opportunity of forming
AN opinion upon the efficacy of his direc- J
lions. Hear.) 1t was, however, his duty,
as member of parliament, to say that our
Interests would be better secured than
they were at present in case we had
strong fleet in front Of the harbors of the !
United States, and strong army on the {
frontiers of British America. He left it toE
the government TO say whether the naval
and military estimates were on sufficient.
ly large scale TO meet every contingency
that might arise in that quarter of the
globe. (Hear, hear.) Ii they were not,
ministers would be wanting in their duty
if they did not come down to parliament
and ask for such sums as would enable :
them to meet every contingency. Hear.
hear.) He was sure that the House would =
willingly comply with any demand which
would enable them to secure the honor
and interests oft the country. (Hear, hear.
MIR. Ewart did not see the necessity for
anticipating differences between the two
countries. He believed that the great bo-
dy Of Americans were inclined to peace
with this country; they knew their own
interests too well, he believed, to wish for
war. He trusted that the unhappy dis
cord which it appeared existed at present
might pass off without evil results; and he :
was confident that, if it did, not only the
Interests, but the wishes, Of both nations
would be satisfied.
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