New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-01-05

I longer, shall believe it. A taught II II IS So
| shall deplo-c il; | shall deeply regret II majority
of that committee shall not be ready 10 give ina. mo-
1 tice. AL the other measures must depend on inaI
While we sit taking here about regiments o. rine-
men. and regiments OF infantry, and stockade forts
| and sappers and miners and pontonlers' GREAT DIT
! tain s arning her steam vessels, equipplng her III
! ca,es and line.of battle ships, and sending troops
/ over here TO be ready. 1 ronid press resolution
/ oiri,ig tie notice THIS DAY, if hoped thata ma or
ity of the House could be obtained 10 effect the
sure.
! Mr. WENTWORTH here moved that the rules be sus.
pended TO afford an opportunity Tor such motion but
The motion pronounced TO be out Of order.
Mr.. ADAMS resumed. | feel myself scarcely
authorized to hope that should be successful should
make the motion But for this would have moved
il on the first day Of the session. Because have
so profound sense of the duty of adhering
ties feel debarred from the least of hostility
even from meeting hostility manifested elsewhere
till notice shall have been given. While our con-
vention remains will vote noincrease OF the army
navy. fort stockade rfiemen, no Infantry
no sappers or miners. AL must depend on that Ii
this bill shall be made the special order for Tuesday,
| hope il will be arranged by the gentlemen who
manage the business Of this House that the ques
ton Of giving notice shall come up on the same day
and shall be taken up before any thing else. II Is
mere wasting OF time and whstiing 10 the wind. TO
talk about raising military force until our con-
science is clear fromthe obligation OF the convention
And it does not follow that, if we give notice
there must Of necessity be war; nor does II even
follow that we shall then take possession. 1t will
only be saying TO Great Britain After negotiating
twenty years about this matter we do not choose TO
negotiate any longer we shall take possession OF
what our owns and ihen if TO settle the question
what is own, you wish to negotiate, we will ne
go,iatc as long as YOU please We may negotiate
after re take possession. Mach laughter. That
is the military way OF doing business Increased
merrimcntl When the great Frederick came to
I'll, ~ ,FD had and
equipped for him an army of an hundred thousand
men, Meeting, shortly after, the Austrian Minister
the latter said 10 him: Your father has given you
great army but our troops have seen the wolf:
yours have not" We'll, wei" said Frederick, 4"
will give them an opportunity 10 see the wolf. =
Frederick then added in bis memoir l had some
excellent old pretensons to an Austrian province
which some oil my ancestors had owned one or two
hundred years before, and sent an ambassador TO
the Court OF Vienna stating my claim. and present
ing full exposition OF my right TO the province
The same day my ambassador was received IN Vi
enaa entered Silesia with my array laugh
So you see that on the very day his army entered
Sesa, he gave notice to the Court OF Vienna that
the convention for the joint occupation Of Siesa
was ended. Loud and prolonged laughter
say, therefore, that hope the first measure
adopted by Congress be TO give. In the most solemn
manner the notice Great Britain which the
treaty requires then the coast will be clear for us
TO do what we please, Ii does not, repeat 1t does
not follow as necessary consequence that, because
we give this notice, we must take possession,
though il is my hope that we SHALL 1t does not ne
cessarily draw after ii war and if Great Britain
chooses to take such notice as an act OF hostility on
, our part. and forthwith commence hostilltles on
hers we have been told that shall all be but one
party, and God Almighty grant that 1t may be SO!
If il shall be So the war will have less of those very
extraordinary terrors which my friend from South
Carolina (Mr. HOLINESS has now just discovered,
notwithstanding the extreme military propenstes
which he manifested on this floor last year.
The gentleman a most valiant man when
Texas was in question But shall draw no COM
parsons as to what we witnessed then and what
we see now ; but this will say that hope. if war
shall come-wbich God forbid, and of which en-
terrain no fears Mt all-ihe whole country will have
but one heart and one united hand. And OF this
am very sure, that In that case Great Britain Will
not long occupy Oregon, or any thing else North OF
the Canada line Great sensation, and incipent
indications of applause Blu; if you will agree
TO give notice, strong as is my horror OF waF
and of all military establishments, if there should
then be the breath of life in me- hope shall be
willing 10 90 as far any in making any sacrifice
to render that war successful and glorious. can
say no more But, till notice is given, am not
prepared TO vote any preliminary measure oil mill
tary kind. l suppose, however that we may, with
out giving notice, extend our laws and our proec-
ton TO our brethren who have settled at least in that
part of OREGON which is not claimed by Great Bri-
tain: but there can be need of increasing our ar
nv and our navy in order TO do that. hope that
such an act will not be offensive 10 Great Britain,
and that she will not think OF going TO war about It,
But if we are going to take actual occupation OF
the country then additional force Will be need
ed 10 our army and in that case, however unwilling
have ever been TO increase our military establish
ment think should get over my difficulties espe'
cally if disposition should be manifested by Great
Britain TO take offence at the measure have just
mentioned All our military preparation must de-
mend on notice TO Great Britain; we must not have
our hands and feet bound the obligations OF joint
paucy must be dissolved and we lett Tree to act
according us the Interests of our country may re-
qulre.
| believe it will not be necessary for me to refer
to any other part Of this subject There have been,
us understand, two applications made TO this House
bv fellow citizens of ours, settled beyond the Rocky
Mountains for the protection OF this Government
The Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Mr. C. j. INGERsoLL) presented, as l think, one
memorial. while another from different quarter is
also before the Territorial Comuittce-possbly IS
a copy of the same.
Mr.. c. ] INGERsoLL. No; they different memoir
, ais. from different persons.
MIR. ADAMS. | think it is time this House should
consider what are our duties 10 our countrymen
there. | confess that know themvery impertectly
have of course seen the reports of Lieutcnants
! Wilkes and Fremont; they contain much valuable
information; but that sort Of information which we
now want it was not the object of those expeditions
l
as far
believe have now said all that is at present
necessary. have said perhaps more than should,
and certainly more than intended; am not able
10 60 farther The most important point | wish to
state is that to give notice should be our first meas
! urc Then lie, protect our emlgrating citizens,
and frontier by stockade forts and such an
increase Of our military establishment as may be
necessary bat am against all other measures un-
less that is done fret.
Mr. FARAS of Ohio, moved suspend the rules for the
purpose OF offering resolution which he held in his
hsnd but the House without hearing read immediate
y adjourned.
~ The final report of the Committee appointed
By the Councils of Pittsburgh TO distribute the Relief
Fund has been presented to tina, body and accepted
The committee stated that they had received from the
Treasurer of the Relief Fund Sl6l247 81, adjudsed $40
claims for losses by the Fire. and issued checks to the
amour, Of S606l7 leaving balance OF $500 81 IN banks
that the Treasurer has on hand about Se3is recon-
mends the distribution thereof and that balance oil
-nDA m 40 ANn thn Srata