The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1846-02-04

And II does not follow tnat, VI we give nOuCe
here must of necessity be war; nor does it even
ollo@ that we shall take possession. 1t will on
y be saying to Great Britain: After negotiating
twenty years about this matter, we do not choose
10 negotiate any longer; we shall take possession
Of what is our own; and then if 10 settle the
question of what is our own, you wish to negotl-
ate, we will negotiate as long as you please, We
may negotiate after tce hare taken possession
Much laughter. That is the military way of
doing business. Increased merrimentl When
The great Frederick came TO the throne Of Prus-
sia, his father had prepared and equipped for him
an army of an hundred thousand men. Meeting,
shortly after, the Austrian Minister the latter said
TO him: "Your father has given you great ar
my; but our troops have seen the wolf: yours
have not" swell, WE'LL" said Frederick, 81 will
give them an opportunity to see the wolff
Frederick then added in his memoir: 81 had
some excellent old pretensions to an Austrian
province which some few of my ancestors had
owned one or two hundred years before, and
sent an ambassador to Vienna, stating my claim,
and presenting full exposition Of my rights to
the province. The same day my ambassador was
received in Vienna entered Silesia with my
army" A laugh.] So you see that, on the
very day his army entered Silesia, he gave notice
to the Court of Vienna that the convention for
the Joint occupation of Silesa was ended
Loud and prolonged laughter.
lsay, therefore, that hope the first measure
adopted by Congress will be TO give, in the most
solemn manner,thc notice TO Great Britain which
the treaty requires; then the coast will be ceai
for US to do what we please. 1t does not, re.
peat--it does not follow as q necessary conse.
quence that, because we give this notice, we
must take possession, though it is my hope thai
we shall. 1t does not necessarily draw after it a
war, and if Great Britain chooses TO take suct
notice as an act of hostility on our part, anc
forthwith commence hostilities on hers, we have
been told that we shall all be but one party, land
God Almighty grant that it may be so! If it shal
be so, the war will have less of those very extra.
ordinary terrors which my friend from Soutl
Carolina Mr.. Holmes] has now just discovered
Notwithstanding the extreme military propensi
ties which he manifested on this floor last year
The gentleman was a most valiant man wher
Texas was in question. But | shall draw NJ
comparisons as to what we witnessed then ant
what we see now; but this vii. say, that hope
if war shall come--which God forbid, and o
which | entertain no fears at all--the who'll
country will have but one heart and one unitet
hand. And of this am very sure, that in tha
case Great Britain will not long occupy Oregon
or any thing else north of the Canada line
Great sensation But if yon will agree to give
notice, strong as is my horror of war, and of al
military establishments, if there should then b
the breath of life In me, hope shall be wiin
to in Co. .
render that war successful and glorious. | ca
say no more. But, till this is given, am nc
prepared TO vote any preliminary measure of
military kind. | suppose, however, that we may
without giving notice, extend our laws and ou
protection to our brethren who have settled ;
least in that part of Oregon which is not elaine
| by Great Britain; but there can be no need {
increasing our army and our navy in order TO d
that. hope that such an act will not be offer
sive to Great Britain, and that she will not thin
of going to war about it.
But, if we are going to take actual occupatio
of the country, then some additional force will
needed in our army, and in that case case, how
ever unwilling | have ever been to increase OF
military establishment, think should get owe
my difficulties, especially ifa disposition shoul
be manifested by Great Britain to take oflenc
at the measure have just mentioned. All OF
military preparation must depend on notice
Great Britain; we must not have our hands an
feet bound; the obligations of joint occupanc
must be dissolved, and we left free to act accort
ing as the interests of our country may require.
Ibelieve it will not be necessary for me to n
fer to any part of this subject. There has bee
as understand, two applications made to tn
House by fellow-citizens of ours, settled beyon
the Rocky Mountains, for the protection of th
Government. The chairman of the cOmmitte
on foreign affairs Mr.. G. J. IngersolD presente,
as think, one memorial, while another from
different quarter is also before the territorial con
mittee- possibly it is copy of the same.
Mr.. G. J. Ingersoll.- they are differe
memorials from different persons.
Mr.. Adams.-I think it is time this Hou:
should consider what are our duties to our cou
trymen there. confess that know the We
imperfeclly. have of course seen the repor
of Lieutenants Wilkes and Fremont; they co
tain much valuable information; but that sort
information which we now want it was moi II
object of these expeditions TO obtain. | am
favor Of protecting these persons as far as y
can.
/ believe have now said all that is at prese
necessary. | have said perhaps more than
should and certainly more than intended; a
not able to 60 further. The most important poil
| wished to state is, that to give notice shoul
be our first measure. Then let us protect OF
emigrating citizens, and our own frontier,
stockade forts and such an increase of our mil
tary establishment as may be necessary; but a
against oil other measures unless that is dor
first.