The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1846-04-09
From the Washington Union.
aTHE MONSTER DEBATE.n

From the Washington Union.
"THE MONSTER DEBATE"
We learn by THE Hbernia that the debate
In the House Of Commons upon the corn
laws lasted three wceks, and occupied twelve
long nights in the discussion. The London
Journals call ii the" monster deba,e,' on
accc01t Of its proiracled length, The Lon.
don Morning Chronicle" of the 20th Feb.
ruary, speaks of /" the thousand and one
nights' entertainments continuing. The pre-
mier Is like the Sultan of wife-killine
celebrity, and the proteciiouists think that
The only chance Of prolonging their existence
consists in the unweared vigor they display
in producing series Of romances, night after
night, for his amusement" II was pro.
tracted ill Saturday the 2sth, when the ques-
ton was taken, and the minister was sup
ported by majority Of ninety-secen--
majority which the Morning Chronicle" of
the I'd instant considers as " conclusive as
10 tho fate of the corn-law. II relieves us
from all apprehension Of its being rejected
by the House of Lords. For the only lust.
fca,ion Of such step would be the securing
dissolution as means Of getting pro-
tectionist House of Commons. If there be
no hope Of getting the latter, dissolution
would bo sheer unalloyed mischief; and a
rejection Of the bill by the Lords would be
but the forerumer Of that humiliation which
would result from enforced submission
The division renders it clear that dissolu-
ton would give the protectionsts nothing
approaching TO maority.n
But it the length and intensity Of tha,
discussion give il any claim to the character
Of "a monster debate," what shall we call
the debate on the Oregon question, which
was FIRST continued in the House Of Repre-.
sentatiyes by more than ninety orators, and
is now prosecuted in the Senate. The de.
bate has been pending near two months and
a half in Congress, and no man will venture
TO predict its termination il will end
or how j. will end, or whciherit il will come Il
any conclusion at all. In the mean time
the House Of Representatives, instead oI
acting upon the measures recommended by
tho President, and passing tho bill for or
ganzing two new regiments, and adopting .
system for protecting emigration and extend.
ing our jurisdiction beyond The Rocky noun.
tains, have been employed upon the episode
of the harbor and river bill for nearly three
weeks. Can any statesman doubt the effects
Of this indecisve and vacillaiing course upon
our foreign relations? Instead representing
a prompt, bold, and united front, tho Senate
have been splitting up the notice into various
I catcgorics and qualifications; refusing to lend
IL. IS sba.r 49, h.
Of the administration as regards ,he notice
and, at the same time, proposing to strip him
Of his constitutional responsibility by fet
tering his negotiation with England. Who
cannot perceive the unfortunate conse
quences.of this indecision and procras.ina
iion upon The British cabinet7 Along with
the deplorable influence of these divided
counseis, let us calculate the effect Of the
opposition of the whig party to our admins
iration OH the proposition Of arbitration; ant
who can be surprised by the tone which
some of the English prints employ on hear
ing of tho result of that propositionf Nc
sooner had the bare outline Of the last
correspondence between Messrs. Pakenhan
and Buchanan reached England, by thu
packet-ship Patrick Henry, then the London
Standaid, the European Times, and othe
prims, began 10 show their teeth, and The
merchants on Change to talk Of war.
Il not too late TO redeem tho errors we
have committed. Let us advance with de.
cision and prompttude--act in the spirit Of
the message--adopt the notice resolution oil
the House of Representatives, and throw the
President upon his own constitutional res
possibility, and all will be safe. We repeat,
who ever heard Of any instance in which a
nation, upon her knees, obtained her rights
from Great Britain. We ought to employ
measure Of peace, in firm bnt concilia-
oi language, without vaunting, without any
attempt at intimidation, nothing insulting,
nothing disrespectful. This is the only
course BY which we can expect TO obtain our
rights, and secure us peace--and honorable
peace.
AT home, the course Of Congress seems
to.obtain as little satisfaction, as it produces
respect abroad. The county is becoming
dissatisfied The people are asonished
al the procrastination and indecison Of Con
gress We have numerous evidences o
this state of the popular feeling. But it il
Unnecessary 10 repeat them.
"No State shall coin money; EN-.
it bills of credit; make any thing
but gold and silver coin a tender ir
nayment Of dehtS',-U. &. COnsti.