Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-04-20

AOO 600 dollars be, and the same hereby
: snDropriated out Of any money in the
TrossIyy. for the purpOse.of carrying the
.,;d resolutions into effect He did not
know what authority there was for believ-
inc these resolutions to be genuine; but,
f1hev were authentic, they amounted to
so,bino less than declaration of war
sosniSi Great Britain. Hear! hear
gHs was moro averse to war than any
Individual in that house. He looked up
on A war with, the United States as one
more TO be deprecated than any other, in
ssmuch as il must be Of a Cratrcidal char
acter. [Iear! hear.l He likewise saw
that the vast commercial interests OF this
country must be exposed to disaster by its
continuance.
Sill, if war did take place on.the pres
ent occasion, it would not be a war OF our
seeking. Besides, we should loose our
high character as a nation, five did not
defend onr colonies when attacked, nei-
tber could we claim their allegiance il
we did not give them protection when
they were acting under our authority
IIIear! hear.
Ie had seen great exercise Of ouT
viQor under the auspices OF the noble
Secretary for Foreign Affairs in another
part Of the globe, where it was OF more
ambiguous character than it would be OF
the present occasion; and that ne trustee
that the noble lord would on this emer
0ency display the same vigOr which HI
had disylsyed elsewhere. His movements
hoveve,. wero so seCret.-and he did no
blame tho poble lord for it-that th'
house had no opportunity of forming al
opinion upon the efficacy ofhis directions
Il was, however, his duty as membe
Of parliament, to say that our interest,"
would be better secured than they wer
at present, in case we had strong ileet u
front of the harbors Of the United States
and a standing army on the frontiers o
British America. He left it TO the gov
ernment TO say whether the naval and mil
itary estimates we're on sufficiently larg
scale 10 meet every contingency that nigh
arise in tha, quarter Of the globe. Hear
hear.l II they we're not, Ministers wouI'
be wanting in their duty if they did no
como down to parliament and ask to
such aums as would enable them 10 NEE
eyerV contingency. Hear! hear.l IL
was sure that the house would wllingl
comply with any demand which woul
enable them TO secure the honor and IN
teres,s ofthe country. [Hcar! heaf.l
Mr.. Ewarl did not see the necesSt
for anticipating difference between tn
two countries. lie believed that tn
great body of Americans were inclIne
ic peace with this country; they knov
their own interests too we'll, hO believed
"a wish for war. lie trusted that tn
unhappy discord which, il appeared, ex
listed at present, might pass oil wItbol
evil results; and he was confident lna'
ift did, not only the interests, bu
the wishes, of both nations, would be sat
isfed.
Mr.. Hume hspcd that the noble lort
would be able to satisfy the house AM
the country by some statement on thu
subject [cries Of OIL and remove any pre-
judico which might be occasioned by 81
ionee. lie, Mr.. Hume, was OF oplnIo
that there was no ground for immedlat
interference. He thought that nolhIn
had taken place in America, but what ha
been done under the civil law. IT wa
manifestly too soon to appeal to war whe
they were not informed that any thin
had taken place which was not in accol
dance with the laws Of those countries
which they had taken place.
The House then went into commit
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