Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-19

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10 hes wuuiu be the last hrcn earth 10 prtseni sue
4, document as tina. lfustthat the Adminiettstio
which IS about to come Into power, though Il ma
"a not manifest quite 90 hot courage as breaths
n through this report will show upoo the high seal
upon the border, and need be- in the tented hel'
e. more power 10 resist the aggrcssious OF toceig
W foe, than the gentleman and his friends have ex
d hibited. II il does not. will disappoint the hope
At Of the People of this country, and for one, wal
b, none Oft. Let PREPARATION be made lie, the us
Is fortunate in confinement be tried ACCORD
y Ing the laws Of the State Of New York, cnoias'
ed by the action OF this House, and let the natio
Is calmly await the issue.
IT The gentleman says that my courage has sudden
i ly "oozed out from tho palms ofmy hands" l &C
X knowledge that life has for me many charms: probs
bly, clings to It with greater enaeiiy than d.
q or is moro closely bound by all the enjoymeuts {
the present life aud responsibilities Of the future.
: never speak of my courage, nor profess to hav
been "born insensible To fear" An | have to sa
4 is that when the laws Of my own State and OF III
nation shall have been executed, and conseq uence
10 be met, all differences OF opinion between III
gentleman from South Carolina and myself upo
this and all other questions, will be buriedin our low
OF country, and will be found, shoulder to shoul
der, battling in the common cause.
MIR. PlCKENS addressed an inquiry TO Mt
; Granger, which the Reporter could not hear.
land, throughout the whole debate, there wal
much confusion in the Hall; and the difficulty o
hearing greater than even II generally Is, ow
ing, chiefly, the members standing upin the ssle
and talking loudly the same time, in contraven-
ton OF that excellent, but long forgotten rule, which
is numbered "34." See Edition Of Rules, Decem-
Der 7, lsI0
MIR. ADAMS addressed the House at considera
Die length, IN remarks OF which It Is IN the power Of
the Reporter TO give only brief outline.
MIR. A. expressed himself DESTROYS, for the sake
of the gentleman from South Carolina. (Mr. Pick
ens) who had declared himself to be the sole au-
thor OF this report that the gentleman should have
an of p n IL
ally, with reference To the opinions not OF one party
alone, but of both parties.
I Mr.. PlCKENS was here understood to disavow
all party considerations in the matter.
! MIR. ADAMS disclaimed any intention to cast
censure on the gentleman. All he WISHED was,
that the report might be reeommitied IN order that
( the gentleman might see whether both parties IN
the Committee of Foreign Affairs could not come
here with a report receiving their unanimous sane
tion or al events, with report not sanctioned
by a close party vote, this had been. II this
not done, would, IN the eye OF the country, OF the
world, and of postery, appear 10 be the policy ola
defeated enemy IN war abandoning tenement ard
setting fire to II upon their retreat.
After auGing 10 the criticisms OF MIR Pickens on
the party here in reference TO the controversy
with Great Britain, and TO the general unanimty OF
opinion which he (Mr Az contended had prevailed
here on that subject, with one or two exceptions,
which he enumerated,l Mr. alluded to the ground
taken that this was concilatory repert- The PEG
pie, MIR A. thought, would form very different es-
innate of IL. what WAS the dIssertion on the am
bilion and the grssping spirit OF Great Butainl
Were such charges generally received by nations Us
being ola friendly eharaeter1 Suppose the charges
TO be true II conc'latory courteous TO array
them here1 IL was something OF the courtesy and
Cancellation which Captain Flue!len (in one OF the
PLAYS of the great damatstl showed 10 Ancient Pts
tnl when he said TO him, SCOT pleSs you, Ancient
Pistol you scurvy, lousy knave, Got piess you"
He wished, therefore, that the report should be re-
committed and that all those parts which related TO
the general policy OF Great Britain, and 10 her am
bilious character and power, might DC left out And,
as to the question oftisht wrong, which, after all,
was TO be the basis OF our controversy with Great
Britain il we were TO press It TO war, he wished
report the subject ITSELF based on the couesPon-
dence here, that wight see whether, under the
laws OF nations, VIC could MAINTAIN the position we
had assumed in regard 10 the Coroline- And this
point MIR A. argued with much force, urging upon
the House not TO put itself or the country IN the
wrong by any undue act Of its own. II we were TO
90 to war with Great Britain, II should be unit
ed People. he believed thata war would be one
Of the greatest misiortUnes that could befal the
country; and he confessed that II was with no small
degree OF anxiety that he entertained fears that It
would come TO that inevitable result. de looked
10 II with apprehension and pain, hut not without
confidence that, FIVE went into war, we should
come out with glory and honor, we had already
come out Of two wars.
MIR EVERETT followed at great length, and the
general points ofhis argument were as follows:
He felt an embarrassment, he said, IN speaking
this subject, owing 10 the fact that il being
debated with open doors; and he had said many
| things in committee which he could not say here,
but which he would say if the doors were closed
What was the position Of the Housed One Admin
islration about go OF power, and another
10 come Inland the one going out I'm 20 daysl was
taking measures 10 compromiI The one coming in
and prescribe the It should follow, OF at
least to emblrrass It. If he knew himself, lie had
never viewed this as party question; 1t WAS one
which involved all parties. His own opinion was,
that action on the part OF this House was neces
Sary, this correspondence having been communica-
ted in answer to a call made by OF its members
Il the peculiar duty OF the Executive 10 conduct
these matters, and II was not for this House 10 in
terfere, unless there some Temssness the part
Of the Executive.
He was desirous hat the report should be re-
committed, and that the committee should make
specific report on the subject matter which had been
referred to IT,
MIR E. then asked what was The state Of the ques-
ton as 1t now stood, and what were the grounds
taken by the Brush Government, &c, and proceed
ed 10 rebd the following statement ffacis gather
ed from The official documents:
The facts material to the subject submitted to the
committee are, that the night Of the 29Ih Deem
Der, 1887, detachment Of the British forces stlon
ed at Chippewa, in the Province Of Upper Canads,
crossed the Niagara 10 SchIo.ser, IN the State OF
New York and there made hostile attack on The
steamboat Caroline, the property Of an American
citizen, killed and wounded number Of American
ci'izers captured the boat, lowed her into the cur
rent, her FIRE, and sent her IN flames over the
falls.
On the 5lh January, 1888, the Secretary Of State
communicated to Mr. Fox, the British Minister,
copy Of the evidence furnished 10 the Department
Of this "eKtraordinary outrage committed from her
Britannia Mnjestys Province Of Upper Canada on
the persons and property Of citizens Of the United
States, within the jurisdiction Of the State Of New
York" and stating that ut would necessarily form
the subject Of demand for redress upon her Ma
IJesty's Government"
On the 9Th February, Mr. Fox communicated TO
the Secretary Of State despatch from Sir Francis
Head. Lieutenant Governor Of Upper Canada, con.
tanning the distinct avowals that the Caroline was
destroyed by order Of Col McNabb, commanding
the militia in her NJ jesty's sery c., and thathe Is r
Francis) approved the act
On the 22d May, Mr. Stevenson presented the
subject 10 the consideration Of her Maiesty's Gov
eminent After referring 10 those avowals he said
that, "under such circumstances u was not to have
been exceed that the whole proceeding could be
regarded by the Government Of the u. States In
any other light than a manifest act Of hostile and
daring aggression upon It's rights and sovereignty
utterly inconsistent with all the principles Of ma
uonal law, and wholly irrcconcileable with the
friendly and peaceful relations Of the two countries-
that 1.-THE case, then, Is one Of open, undsguised,
and unwaHantable hostility" He concludes bv
expressing ftho confident expectation Of tic Presi-
dent Of the ". States that the whole proceeding
will not only be disayowed and diaipproved, but
that such redress the nature Of the case Obvious
iy requires will be prompuy madeV To this our
Government waits the hna answer OF the British