Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1841-04-16

cir Tho of the
State of Maine had passed the following resolutions
THAT The Governor bc outhorzed to take immediate
IN renovo tho troons ri the Queen of Great
Britain. now ounrered on the terri oiy called disputed
by the Brush (ovornment but bv the treaty of l7s3
BY the resolutions of both Houses of Conefess pas.
sed i'm ls2S and no reneoed resolves of The Irris,-
tIre of Maine clearly and uneouivocov mari of the
rightful soil of this State, Resolved, That the re-
sources of this State be and thew hereby are placed
Mt the DISMISSAL of The Covernor and the speciic sum
of 100000 be md the same is hereby appropriated
out of any money in the treasury for The purpose of
cnrrv;pu soJ rosolu,;ono IL, No. on:c II, f1Jr 8 ~
RrenN did mi know wbo, degree IF ,u,benticitv he
lonpcd To those resolutions In, If ,bcv wore anthem
tic il seemed TO him that thew amounted to nothing
short of declaration of war AGAINST his cwuntry.s
He was nrobohiv more ovcrse IN wor ,hon INV o,b.
or individual in lie hoIse and he ,houpht n war with
the United states To- he particpotlv denrecn,od since
mrst noccssorlv no sscss sometime of frairciol
choroc,cr IF howrvcr war did take Mace C;rcnt
Britain woulJ have The consolation of knowino that
il was not one of her seeking She could not how
ever MAINTAIN her rank ms he greatest nation of the
world if she allowed herself n he insnltod and she
would not be entitled IN claim the olleuioncc or her
colonial subjects if She did not extond IN them ndc
ouate protection. He bnd seen, on the pnrt of The
noble Secretorv for Eorcion AfInirs oren, dsnov Of
vieor to support the policy of Great Britain in case
of more doubtful character and he trusted lint the
noble lord would indicate nm intention IN disnlov on
the present occasion, some norton Of the iio6r he
had shown in connection with the nfars of Inc Fast
The movomcnts of The noc lord wcro ca secret Thai
was sometimes mpossblo for the bouso IN ascertain
the direction in which no vos nroceod;no. hu bo Mr.
S O. Bricn0 felt i, his dutv ns nm individual member
of Parliament To saw thni he should think british in
terests better secured by stronp 1cet or The North
line of the British American bonndarv Je left i, 70
the Government to snv Wheeler Tho nrcscn, estimates
were upon sufficient scale TO enable them to adopt
the course to which he had referred I'm, tbcv ,voud
he wanting in their duty 10 Tho country II hov did moi
come down TO Parliament for ADEQUATE means to meet
nny emerrency and he was sure ihot ,he wouid
sunport them in nnv 90 nccoss,ry e., tho main
cnance of the honor and character Of (;rcnt Britain
in every mart of the world
Mr. Ewart said that it was one thing TO be AIMED
before it was nece sary and another TO be armed at
the proper time and for himself he did not see the
necessity now of anticipanr hostlties tcheers He
thought and believed that the mass of the people of
the United States were in favor of peace the MAORI.
tv of ,hc nconle there knew too veil The gonor,n,or
ests Of The worlo To- wish to see ncnce disturbed bv
any unhoppy collision with this country When we
were unopposed to any enemy we shoud not be too
anxious to yaunt of our power. He trusted that the
present unhappv causes for discord would pass off
without any III consequences; and he fell that if they
did il would not only be in accordance with the wish
es but with the interests of both countries cheer>
Mr. Hume hoped that the noble lord the Secretary
for FOREIGN Affairs would be able to state something
that world remove onv prc,dicc hot noht he created
hv tho snccch If the honorable member for Limerick
mo mol Uc was satisfied thai there was nothing in
The nrosept transactions To call for immediate nterfr
ence They did not know that any thing had taken
p'"N, ~ ''''
by inc c'ii Jaw, anu was 700 soon lo
| MEMBER 10 aPPca ~ Whr 'li lie hau seen "iie'ier
these transactions hau peeh IN aGcofuahce WIN me
law Vi Tue country Ill WHICH oiey hau taken P'ace'
|
| on James "ranam IN debate on the Navy Esti-
mates sha he "i'heu ior some eNpanalon as 10 one
item IN tIsNo Nhen he lad me hohor 10 PRESIDE
al tne Auhiraty ms country was fortunately al peace
anu inc best relaons suDsslcd between us ana me
united STATES ana al mat tine IL was determined al
Ter greal delperanoh 10 aoahdoh all ateilPt 10 as
pute the superiority on the Lakes OF canada But nc
saw by the present vote mat there was sum OF XIV
ooo entered Tor the building ana purchase OF steam
vessels IN Canada lie would ask, therefore, lof VIVA
purpose TINS purchase was TO be made ana whethef
there was any change TO be made IN that polcy
whlch he had Described, OF delherateiy abandoning
all attempts at contcsunS the superiority taken on the
Lakes
SIR ROBERT reel
But he trusted, that wherever and Whatever might
be the pressure oil young ana ardent spirits on govern
mcns, 10 when the nope fora had feierreo that al
such governments would know That they owed par
alnonnt and weighty responsibility 10 Their country
and that this feeling would enable them TO Withstand
that pressure lhoar] Europe would be chargeable II
the eyes OF posierlty, with great, with uiaccountao
ioiiy It's great powers were 10 90 10 war near
Nhat interest, what oocct was ',ere uia c"i'eu ~
war lhear, near ~ aiPeuitu ~ MN ua', we ~
10 DC INV oiItu W WI, " Hor " VA siJu'i VIZ
decide the mere ana ana ABSURD question "hch wa
hc fre ~ nn H ions hc m
e .e' IL go, recooctcd ner;od NJ which thor
nea nc ro,nd Gov hos,;,;,;cs bo,wcen n,on
h,n ~. momrn, henr, hcarl and he feryen,
~ honed there was power of public opinion in Flu