The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-21

HousE OF CoMsioss, January 23.--Mr Hume
after com plimenung Str Robert Peel upon his pro-
posed liberal policy said: There one other point
10 which he would refer, and IL was, 70 express
hope that the right honorable bsronet would con
tinas 10 maintain the good understanding WHICH
from her msesty's speech, appeared 10 prevail pc
tween France and England, ttiear'l IL was N
the power the British government, united WIN ri
that OF France, TO command the peace OF the wonu'
Hear, hear Quarrels might take place between
different nations, but those two great ha'lons
united would prevent war Hear lhee Wa
a paragraph in the speech referring TO me sa'e
of our relations with the United States and ne mus
say that he thought her Msjesty's expressions on
ibis subject highly proper and becoming
He thought, 100, that the paragraph which recon-
mended an increase in the army ana navy, es"
mates one Of the best under present circumstance,
in the whole speech, lhear, and he saw %in
considerable qualification, when he found the ehlei
magistrate of great country, from whom ne eH ~,
pectsd better things, venture TO set at nausht all
those rules and regulations which civilized hstlohs
observed towards each other II would be aeung
contrary 10 the whole tenor ofhls kfe, which hsd
been The most efficient useful, and proper powers
of the government not approve OF this part oil the
speech and he was there was disposition "a
the part Of the House to place, at her sdsestys
command, those means which could MAINTAIN the
honor Of the couDiry. tCheefe
Sir Robert PEEL never entertained the slightest
i,. - h. Nsis.,vs snesrh in refer
enee to those unfortunate disputes that sim prevail
between this country and America, and that which
has been used by the chief magistrate Of the United
States, would have been made in this House
never thought that that could have been mistaken
or misre presented. ....
- 80 a. - ~ ~. s,,ihI,,o N, m, in
,erests Of the United States and for the interests OF
the eiyhited world, in continuing 10 zirain every
,t ,,"a - 1911, ,s,r,in.,n ,hos. disnute.
H. 4 80, hsd "a, .nnr.hsnsion that our in
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- ~. - -, a., hono,.hte gentleman fMr
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wouu DC inc stea'es' niA'oIlupe So"'eS. a1ou,
tne yreg1n p,tween TWO epeh powers as rhgt'iia y
anu 'ne ohi'e" o'a'es 0ou'd NOT oy ne eAe's'c VI
Ihouetotoh anu soou sehSe, no oiOush' W a Pe'
ieeuy honorable ana Satisfactory CONCLUSION
lCheers'I
THE OREGON AND RIVER PLATE QUESTIONS.
Lord John Russell said he was not about 10 Al.
lude to those subjects which had BEEN before the
House last night but there wrfI two questions in
that part Of the sperch from the throne which rea-
ted 10 our foreign relations which he wished for
nome EXPLANATION upon--frst, with regard TO the
Oregon question. He entirely psrtioipated in the
feelings of IN. right honorable geneman both that
peace with the United States was most drsrnhl,
and that Wa ought 10 do nothing ths, y,,A
emf with the honor OF this enI,n,rv. But certain
statement, had bren nut forth in America and had
been reported 10 have been made to the Congress of
The limited States which mad. il desirable thai
some .xnlan.t;on should he giv,n on IN. .pb;,c,
He had thought that the Prrsid.nt of the United
Sts,rs had last wear made declarntons 10 Conere,s
on this subject which were moi eonformnble IN the
u,,ges of ciyiliz n conntrex n, IN IN. frendly re
lions Of the two states but i, would appear, how
ever that n uroposition for . cononromIse had be.n
made from, ,hr President N her M,i,,tys voy,rn.
msr,. and he lord Jobn Ru.,eIi conceived III,
,h., nronos,;on Rad ,b,n..d m. s,,,. r ~. onss
hon.
The proposition i,,elf oieb, he ,,,.f,c,orv or no
sstisfactorv, but having han mad. !, Ala .nn..r
tn him 10 reouire s,,,m,nt fror, tbn.s in s,,hnr,
in this country. of m. term, on which ,bev would
h. sa,i.6ed 4, ssul. hi. nu.s,;on Th., l,o,o.;
,on an he Understood had not been received hy no,
M,;sstv,s eovenment but had b.sn dsoI.rsd - i.
totally inadmssibls by our minister in Amer;c,
He III ord Jobn RusseI> confessed no tbon,,bt ,h.t
WAS a b,s,y nrocsea;ns on ,hs nor, or ,hs 80
tentative Of her Majesty in The JJnted S,,,.s
Rut what he wished 10 ssk Was wb.,ber m.
NEGOTIATIONS had RECOMMENDED. or were going on,
He was not desirous that the popers should be
presented 10 the House. he was y;ljing N Ieave
the negotiation in the hands of her Majesty.
government until thew could state that a salts
factory result, had been attained. before he asked
for anv information of the particular sta,, Of tho me-
gotiations. One word with respect to what had
fallen from the honorable member from Mon,rose
Her Majesty required the attention of the House
to the increase in the estimates which provided for
the efficiency of the military and naval services He
could well understand that with the Increased nos
sessionn of this country abroad and The copse-
ouen,Iv increased demands on N. service. ~ onr
military and naval forces in every mart of m. world
there nigh, he reason. for the ;1crsas. or N. ..
mates even n, n season of profound neace and ,vben
nothing threatened on anv side: and ne trusted that
il was On these grounds and not nm account of anv.
bno in The asnsc, of ,fTa;r. With ref.ronc. ~ ,1
United States, that her Msiesty's government had
made this increase. He, for his part, had for some
time thought that the efficiency Of the military force
of this country at It's present amount, too much
tried, and that too much was demanded from that
force. His second question this her Ma