The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-27

there such departure from the stale Of ahaT,
during the last thirty years as called upon the senate
from Missouri To depart from his plan. He bell, ".
the senator had during that period fl oeessoO,
10 deviate from H. He was not there al the Tim, |
but lie believed the senator, pending the dlscuassI
Of the northeastern boundary question, voted a. L
GIVING the President tie unbounaed authority a.
Control over the sinews of war. But they were IoIE
IL required too great an amount Of money-S gr,TI
expenditure 10 carry out the bill. Were they % II
frightened from their proprieiy because they vel
going to expend money! Was an individual 10 I'll
ecl his food and raiment because Of the cosi VIII
would consent TO such paltry computation as AaJ
He doubted very much whether, after doing so, all
globe itself should be found worth having TA,,I
was nothing in his view Of their foreign relaO,I
that necessarily looked TO war; bat there was muS
that might, or might not, lead 10 IT, II the senss
was right in saying that ours is, and ought 10 BE- v
peace establishment, ought Congress be deaf 10 M
calls upon il to take such measures as would d.I
iend the coast, particularly the seaports, and MAJ
them respected abroad and secure al home n
senator from Missouri said that some years ago
frigate was sufficient 10 protect our commerce
the Mediterranean but why did he not tell them
the same time that all the powers Of ChrstendOa
were then in the habit OF paying tribute 10 d,
piratica corsairs lhat infested the coasts Why AL
he not recommend the like course nowl Becaux \
perhaps, il would cost money. He was aware drI
one Of those powers had said, looking at the hsss
force of the United States that if be had two rgsa
and two brgs he would blockade the coast Of Ana }
lea. They were told, however, that their eommu I
cial marine was respected in tho Mediterranean, I'd
had the gentlemen who said so anything 10 sho.k
that IL would be respected without any proteelsI
whatever, in case of war; lie also said that, In al
war was fastened upon them, he would 20 for ~
cling the country in state OF defence; but that 10,
he would not vote for five millions for what he N.
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unlimited powers on the President Of the Unisr
States at time, at another il WIS equvocal; nO
il placed a nuled authority in the hands Of N
President--again II was equiyocal. He (Mr Oh
would prefer not speaking of war he did b1
could not avoid il; but he would neverkl
less prepare for II; he would put the counhi
in state Of defence. IL was demanded III
their constituents; they expected the country
be put in a condition to resist aggression come O,
what quarter II might; and yet the senator would
grant few millions because IT was required 10 80
port what he considered war measure. He tn,r,y
the senator wauld come back TO his former pos,u
But were they not TO prepare for war; Had In
not learned, from the teachings Of experience, l
in peace 1t was well to prepare for war; Had \
senator so liule confidence In the Executive a \
doubt the expenditure of such an amount of nox(
wisely He trusted not. The amount was inoal
siderable compared with the vast populsuu[
and great extent Of our territory. Il was hide suI
the peace establishment of the last twenty ven
and during that time third had been added % d
sovereign States Of the Union, and two-hirds 10 =
population Of the country, whilst their commerce III
become almost limitlessc He had been iniomaIj
that, at the commencement OF the-ast war, IL vi
proposed that their gallant little navy should not n
to sea, but take shelter in port, and serve q
harbor defences; but il went forth and covau
itself with glory. Who did not recoect boz,
many thousand hearts warmed up with patriotus
during that second revolutionary struggle Adj
now, II he understood the senator from Missouri Il
was proposed that they should remain as they xu
until war was forced upon them, when he would NJ
for measures that were not equivoeal. They oks
had heard illusions made TO that great power wha
If remarkable for anything beyond her constant Y
grcssons on every power upon earth, II was Ia d
knowledge of the position of every people she had
deal with; she understood them better than they ID
themselves. They could gain nothing by blinking
that question. By doing so, they would lose the
spect of the world, including the people who wen
now attempting to lord it over them. Nations Hh /
individuals, as they become cultivated, refined, hs
manized, and Christianized, do not acquire a pr
pensity TO rush precipitately into war. Great Bm
ain did not intend TO rush into war if she couA {
avoid it. He agreed with the senator that lm (
advces were decidedly pacific; even the or
cumstance OF the exclusion of Lord Palmena
from the foreign Office showed that no pera1
would be placed there who would precipias
war. He cared not what their motives mskI|
be, but he hardly thought they would get mo +
quarrel with nation that furnished then |
with their daily bread Ii had been said that nation
was looking to the balance of power on this cont
nen,i and well she might, having acquired grean
extent OF territory in the settlement Of the norA
eastern boundary question than King Geom3
marked out with his own hands He would az
nothing on the subject Of Oregon now, further thai
this-that if they believed all that country belonsd
to Great Britain, they ough, TO yield it up at ona
If their title was questionable, he would say disp@
of it almost any way; he would not say by arbitn
ton, but, at all events negotiate fo-it But, on Dbl
other hand, if the title ''clear ana unoues,ious
ble,' he would not yield the most barrsa and rochp
island on the shore of the Pacific II they were n
purchase peace, let them do il; if they are no, ds
posed to believe that dollars and cents could ss&I
the exorbitant demands Of Great Britain they ougI
to be prepared for the issue. As 10 the BILL thuI
was nothing in it that should call forth the ndgF]
nation of nations abroad, or cause alarm here Thu
matter was simple, plain, and obvious, and sustain
ed by precedent in the case Of the nor,beaslsn
boundary affair, which received the unanimou
concurrence of the Senate. He wanted sud
war as the last, with it's scenes of horror and
blood; no desolatcd coasts, nor flaming cities
He would put it TO the senator il he wouh
not 60 for the defence Of the country in Il
war brought on by his own party How ogI3
do so' Nota month. One word as to the question
self. 1t was no party one; it addressed itself to
He had never even dreamt of it's being party qussI
ton, and he utterly repudia,ed the thought. hws
mighty American question, which, reared proudlf
on its own pedestal, overlooked all Others; slmpa
and grand, il reared its head alof, similar TO It's owl
snow-covered mountains. II had nothing Of a psrg|
cast in it. it came home to the breast of every mi
in whose veins ran American blood; its,ruck coy
in the hearts of all who were attached to their court
try. He (Mr. d. went for Oregon---for every MI
Of it-and for putting the country in aposture Of
fence against the desolating consequences Of
He would go for avoiding the possibility that eva
hereafter an cEemy's foot should polue this hoo
ored soil, or an enemy's hand ever mutiate and o.
hle the silent yet eloquent monuments Of the iu'r
ous dead, and that no hostile hand would cast 10 th
flames the archives of the country. He would g. /
for all thator protecting the land, and every 100
foot Of the land, from rapine, and its fair daughter
from insult and brutal violation s.@
That was not the way to gain respect from abrosp
II was not the way by which to avoid all the horror
OF war, TO appear tame and spritless the monen
that the contest was apprchcnded. No. Tho proPa
attitude to be assumed was that of united and pow
eriul people that know their rights, and mowy
dare maintain them" War, to be sure, OCCASIONS
great destruction of human life. But let them loa
m nd hi H. ~ l. at M