Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-12-26

lean patriot 1eeiS Wnat Is now cue 10 our nom
or; and if the peace of the world is TO be dis
turbed, (and who will pretend 10 Set bounds
TO the scope and ravages ofafhe war y we say,
and an impartial w orld will say, let the reSpon-
sbiIity rest upon England!
Correspondence OF the Richmond Enquirer |
WASHINGTON CITY. Dec. l6, Is45.
In the Senate, to-day, the debate on the Tee
solutions Of inquiry into the state of military
preparation of the country introduced by Gov.
Cass, was continued. Tha principal speak
ers were Messrs. Allen, Webster, Sewer,
Crillenden. Penny hacker and Clayton. The
Democrats took the ground, as on yesterday,
that the proposed method was the usual plan
Of arriving at the information in such emer-
gencies; and that the present emergency re-
quircd prompt information at least. The
Wings, on the other hand, argued TO sho"
that il was proper, on their part, TO let the
question rest until the President, in his judge
ment, thoughtit necessary to call the attention
Of Congress Immediately 10 the subject
They went on to show, that if the people con.
ceived that Congress deemed immediate pre-
parations, or even Immediate inquiries as TO
the military state of the country necessary,
runious panic would ensue to destroy the for
tunes of thousands. If not in so many words
some of them, in point of fact, argued that
Britain might take umbrage at these inquiries,
if avow eddy made with reference to the state
Of the negotiations on the Oregon question:;
and that, as it was their duty to avoid war as
long as it could be righlfuly and honoTably
avoided, such an additional cause oil Ill teelAi
ing, on her part, should not be given by u.s.
This was singular position; yet it was vlrtu-
ally maintained by cheating the devil around
the BUSH Their evident end and aim was to
force the President TO communicate more freely
upon the subject, than he, perhaps, judges pru-
dent in the present state Of the question. Ii he.
could be made 70 DO what's plainly and palpa-
bly, the duty of the Senate in the premises,
they would pounce upon his action, make all
the panic possible out of it, and then ch rye
the distress that might possibly follow direct
y on lire administration. This is their game,
you may rely on it. The united front of the
| Democratic party in the Senate how ever.
blocked their movement, and forced them TO
acquiesce unanimously on the final passage Of
the resolutions, in the propriety of following
The pfecedeat set by previous decisions like
cases.
There was little in the Wing speeches made
to-day. similar to the bold, manly, and patti
otto positions taken by Mr.. Mangum yester-
day-tor those Of that party who spoke, went
no further in acquiescing in the rropriety of
Mr.. Folks course than pubIic.opinion every
where demands.
| had fears Of we'ryino your readers yester-
day, and, therefore, hardly glanced at (5ur)
Senator Archer's address-aIludng only 10.
that part of it in which he approved Of the tone
of the message on the subject; and expressed
great qualification at the opportunity occurring
for the avowal of his approval. This was all
| III -. 4, i ,Iit 6
more liberhlity and common sense than il
usually awarded to him by his own political
| friends, The rest Of his speech. if not as Oh
scure as his never-to-be forgotten report, and
the effort, by which Giles was ''fogged," was
quite as silly as either. If the British SHOULD
come in force, speech from him will dis, re! e
/ them sooner than a cannonade. pe oeyer
fail to scatter Senate and audierce. who re-
gard his rising as signal for d gencraa. re-
treat. In charity, must rc,commend him to
study "Parkers Aid TO E....glish Composition
"a new and beaulltu. edition of which has a,e-
y oeen ISSUED from the press of Harper &
b'othefs' arr 10, or ought TO be, found on the
SnelVes OF erery bookseller in the County,
ms WGrk, by-the-bye, is one of the best
oeoEs Of the kind cxtant, and " i'll be great
acquisition to all DESTROYS of learning to use
the English language with grace. good taste,
and fuency. y
I The unanimous passage of tressresolu,ions
: closed the first regular Senatorial deb ,te of
the session. To-norrow, tie organization of
> their committees will be continued, and, it is
to he hoped. completed.
The House of Representa- yes di their part
. to-day towards admitting the State of Texas.
The resolutions for her admission, reported
: by the Committee on Territories, were taken
up, and, by the aid of that terror to faction,
the previous question. We're finally passed, by
a vote Of one hundred ana fpriy -one to fiy seq
en-, or "lhereabouts." Various efforts were
made 10 defeat their prompt passage by mo-
tons 10 recommit, with instructions to report
others more in conformity to the Constitution.
In plain English, these were attempts to PAN
der to the spirit of Abolitioni>m. ~
Mr.. Rockwell Of Massachusetts managed
to get the floor fora speech. and delayed their
passage for an hour. by an argument in oppo-
3 sition. He took the ground that the Consti-
3 tuition of Texas, which presented her to the
: House as one State allowing slavery within
any part of her limits, and providing as he de-
clared, that her Legislature should not inter-
feTe with the question, was in contravention
Of the letter and spirit of the Joint Resolutions
OF the last Congress under which annexation
was proposed to her-as they expressly de-
clafed that, though slavery might exist South
of the Missouri Compromise line. it should be
forever excluded from that part of her territory
: lying 10 the North of it. There was npenui.
ty in this position, to say the least of il; but
lie only arrived att by begging the question
assuming facts which exist solely in his
Imagination.
Just before the Senate adjourned, the Clerk
OF the House presented the resolutions to that
body, and they were Immediately referred to
. the 10 ho ia FOL he no