Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-12-22

separate soVereignties. Are their claims up
IN tins Government to be disregarded BY us
auogcihcrl Aave.they no rights To be eniorc-
ed, and wrongs to be rcdrcssedl How is
either tde one or the other To he done amid
conilicted authorities constituted within tue
same limltsi Po>scssory titles tn lands might
BE- held to bs good in favor oi the party last
getting possession. How eau Justice bc OBJ
tanned by going Into court composed of the
very patty from whom redress prostitution is
Sought England herself invulnerable the
arrows ot justice cannot even reach her heel.
Touch but her rights in the IninuteSt particu-
lar and her national symptthics ana prejmli-
ces are aroused, and she is prepared Ia resist
To the utmost. Shall we be less tenacious of
our rlghtsf We are warned by the infrmi-
ties oil human nature to trust our cause to none
but ourselves. If then we cannot, with n
due regard To national honor retracc our steps.
and as England has placed herself in onr path
what course is before us2 have no hcsita-
ton IN saying, ii England adhercs TO her last
proposition, and refuses To relinquish il, it is
tantamount 10 q d claration OF war. | hope
nay, say rather, wish tina, England would
awaken TO sense OF her injustice, aud Weld
when she can ield honorsbly. But will She
do sol IL Is safest tn believe she will not; and
this dictate oil caution is fortified by the whole
tenor ol her conduct. When did she ever re-
linquish hold that she had once gained?
The course taken by the two great leaders of
her Administration may be regarded asa pref
~ sure index oil what may be expected from
her policy.
MIR. Cass here quoted from the London
Morning Chronicle portion oi the debate
which occurred in the House OF Commons,
April D, 1873, in relation to the proposed am
nexation OF Texas to the Il. States
Here (said Mr. c. j. The leader OF the great
Wing party in the British House of Comm, rs
ldenouncing the annexation OF Texas To this
country because ii tends to territorial aggIan-
dizement; aud all this can't about British mod
Grafton and philanthropy is believed in by the
credulous aud the infatuated; but let them not
suppose IL is believed By us. The timely and
wholesome rcbuke administered 10 Mexico
might with equal propriety, be administered
To Engand.-The moderation of England !
Such colossal power as England has built up
the world has never seen. Her Notifications
grid the earth and her ships cover the sea.
have procured from the Librarian few staiis-
tics OF England's power and greatness. She
holds sway over lo3 900 900 OF people. a
little narrow island on the western coast of
| Europe gives laws to one fifth OF the whole
human race. She hold sovereignty over three
millions eight hundred and twelve thousand
square mites; one-eig,h Of the whole globe.
And in the whole course Of her acquisitions,
from the sui jlgaiion OF Ireland downwards,
! il has always been by force of arms. There
has never been an instance 50 Tar as rcmcm-
Der, where an independent people submitted
themselves willingly TO her denomination or
control never an instance where people, or
the fragments of IA people, united with her out
OF reverence or regard to her institutions.
have no pleasure in national elimination an
recrimination, but we cannot, if we would
shut our eyes TO these truths. They have
made lasting impression on my mind, and
am but little disposed To yiold 10 pretensions
urged as she urges them. And she charges
that we, too, are ambitious. Why, we have
made but three acccsions, and they were, all
OF them, coerminous regions with our own.
And now, when in the process OF the accom-
| plshment OF a junction consummated By the
voluntary act OF free people, that nation SO
celebrated for its seli-assumed moderation,
interposes in words, if not by deeds, and bes-
| lows upon us the utmost villitiCation.
While would sacredly regard the rights of
other nations, would extend the benefit of
our own laws and institutions over all who
claim our protectin; for have no fear tbutan
extension OF territory will weaken our Gov
| eminent. 1t has liie-preserying principle
within itself; in the control which the whole
body OF the people have over the Government
"a better security than fleets and armies
And il this Administration would crown It's
labors-and in all it has yet done it has acted
with equal ability and success-let ii secure
the peaceful annexation of Oregon and Cali.
fornia and il will have secured to itself the
lasting gratitude of the country.
Mr.. Cass again referred to some passages
In the English newspapers, expressive of the
feelings entertained by the leading men of that
nation towards the United States.
| Under these imposing circumstances, (con-
tinued Mr. c., we may well ask OF the watch
man, "What of the night?' What are we 10
do? take for granted that we will give no
| tice of the termination of Joint occupancy ac-
| cording to the recommendation of the Prcsi-
dent, Qor cannot suppose that the people of
Oregon are to be left without protection and
| il we do there must be war. And ii will
be no trining war, but a warol determinations
| The danger cannot be- averted by indifference.
1t is better to look difficulty i'll the face, by
making the adequate preparations, showing to
England and the world the spectacle of an UNI
divided people. One war has already found
US unprepared, and reflect Tor a moment what
! that condition of things cost the country in
blCol and treasure. Our preparations should
be vigorous: prompt efficient. The Prcsi-
dent has discharged his duty ably and fearless
/ iy: let us now discharge ours. Ii is my firm
conviction. and do not hesitate thus publicly
to express il, that the smest il not the only
means of avoiding war is to be united in the
determination to carry it ON, II does come.
with all the energies God has given US Our
country is extensive aud popuOus: we have
a spacious frontier exposed, uniortificd and
\ ungarrisonod, with very diminulive navy,
which ought, cspecia ly the steam portion Of
it, TO be put IN a better condition with all
practicable speed. These Preparations re-
quire time, but the patriotism of the Ameri-
can people is always awake, aud prepared in
a single instant TO repel aggrcssit ms and TO re-
sent iniury--rcady 10 demonstrate TO the
whole that republicans are jealous of their
interests, and determined TO support and
maintain them.
Mr.. Mangum said he regretted exceed.
ingIy that the honorable Senator from Mich.
gan had thought it his duty to bring forward
these resolutions al this time: md he still more
l.. r III Il