Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-02-05

tSp,igh,. the tall Senator from pi'si,
uppi and perhaps the nlics man ever slcc !
It'd 10 Congtess not 'iccplng John Went.
wofih--atose 20 address the SENATE Amer
g. &c general remark. upon the delicate
Aatr OF he hcalh, and tao necessity. not
wEhRAndiu,, " defining hs position uIun
,hi, measure be- Proceeded at once to the
mtris o. ,hc mljU question Tie opposed
The blli d, unNAftauted from the evidences
around ~ e continued aud profound peace
II was no, called fot--u was u,elcssly CA
,rnvarsut Mr. Spugb, referred 10 the
downfall ofthe Democratic party IN lsi0
mainly upon charges Of elifavagance 10
Mr Van Buren, Administration The
charges Of e,ltavagancc and Of c1,ravn.
game, IN the navy had led as much as any
thing else, TO the expulsion Of The elder
4 lams the gunbosi system the weakest
/ ~ ali system. Of defence. had been adopted
during Jchat:ons administration, N order
to escape the nord,nalc demands winch
would have been made upon the treasury
for the large ,nctcNse Of the navy, which
/ .ould Otherwise have bean required Even
the administration OF John Quincy Adams
administered a, an expense Of thirteen or
fouu cen millions, had been ouscd, in 4
great degree, from the effect OF the cry OF
"retrenchmeu md reform" sr Speight
opposed all ei,rava gan, expenditures. fro m
the eS,oniona,c iaNatlons which was the con
sequence Asa peace measure the steamers
were not wanted and Il It could he rs'ah
lshcd tina, under no contingency likely 10
grow out Of our fotclcn relations, the bill
was an excrcsscnce then he hoped the Sen.
a,or reporting the bill would acknowledge
the corn, aud permit the bill to br laid upon
the table NJ S npptchcndcd no war from
our relations wIlh M"Siro The late revo.
lullon there was on" OF those evcn,s which
occurred IN re'lco about every three or
SIX months AMI the mex, news perhaps,
that wr would receive. would be that the
present military dictator was superced,d by
Santa Anna, or some other ephcmcral dcs
pot There was nothing, he thought. to
apprrhcnd from NcNlco. no danger Nhalev
cr Ncxlll" d,sp,'slonalc Senator hrouch.
ID the Oregon QUESTION Tho failure Of
Lord John Russell to form a Cabinet, on
the express ground that Lord Palmer.
slon, who was hostile TO this country, was
ossnoxlous to Lord Grey, MT Speighr SAID
was news which mnde his heart glad to
hear. T.is single fac, regarding the al.
tempted change IN tic Cabinet, WIS conclu-
slvc Of peace No better eyiugncc could be de-.
sired Of the continuance Of peace II we were
to be rushed into war, it would be from our
own rocklessness and ra.hness MT Speight
was sangnine OF a compromise upon the
; Oregon boundary because II was matter
Of dispute which the good sense OF both ma.
} tons would teach them was not worth fight.
ing abouS The honorable Senator blunt.
from men who had nothing 10 lose but eve.
, ~ thing 10 gain from war-lhe war cry
was hawked about the streets Of Washing
/ ton by men who were bankrupts in mon
ey, in morals, in politics and in honor-i
, was echoed by dcmogogues who were an1
lous 10 ride into power-by bankrupt spec.
ula,or, in politics as well as in stocks, by
! the whole holdcof drones who were gloal
} ing upon the prospects Of plumber
In The House Nj C. J. Ingersoll moved
thai the debate on the Oregon question CEASE
on the Fn Gay OF ftbTuary
Nj Tibba,s OF Ky, moved to lay this
upon the table Upon this the yeas anC
! nays were ordercd-ycas s4, nays 81 S,
z the House refused TO fix any day for termi
5 mating the debate
. Tie House then resolved i,'clf into Com
J mulce Of the Wholc-Nr Tlbbaus, til,
' everlasting 'll!e Kentucky Colonel, IN III,
chair
= Mr. Holmes, OF S c., having the foo
from Yesterday spoke aga,na the notice -
We are not IN position for war, and III,
' notice would proluse a war.
Mr. Ewing, Of Tenn, the new Wing
Representative Of the Hermitage mex 70
the floor fle would not indulge IN dccIa
maj. on Of the President did not intend /,
practise a deliberate fraud upon this House
The state Of our relations with Great Bnt
am is IN a very critical situation The
cons, ou,nce OF tn, notice will be war un
mHIgatrd stern, Gjrciul war This b. pro
ceedcd to prove A war with England vii
be- a war o(giants, 10 which steam viii hrs
come into civilized warfare and all tha
NAV bc, or may have been invented by IN
trnal ingenuity will be brought to dcsiTo!
the human species
, tMr Ewing having concluded Mr. Ba
a., ker. Of Illinois followed hIm IN a regular
western war speech EngllnI wis nols
lng-Oregon was ours by manifest drsinr
we ough, 10 take /, now--give the noDIc'
Immediately and occupy our own. He ha'
oppos ed Mr.. Polk and his election, but h
would support him when he was night, an
be had written correct views, IN some re
specls, about Oregon The spirit OF on
father, would bring US through contests nov
. as it had done before tie had been oppo'
j ed to the annexation Of Texas as contrar
e TO the intention Of the founders OF our gov
: ernmenL But the deed Is done and h
would submit tie saw California, an
even MeIlc itself stretching on, Their hand
under the influence Of manifest destiny
wishing 10 become par. OF our Republic -