Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-04-18


sponsbty in the matter Sir, will 60 into the general
discussion Of this subject but will say that after
wheming vote in the House Of Representatives, after an
unanmiy unparalleled upon any question: it seemed to
that the consideration which due that great organ
the popular will ought to have induced adopt the resou
ton Of the House. How will it be now when you send all
this back to the House, with preamble containing half
dozen principles and resolution changed in its whole
character from that Of the House, containing propositions which
have been already voted down by the House What will be
the consequence Why, you will reopen the discussion,
make between the two Houses Congress- array
against the other, and present the aspect Of divided Con-
gress The House has done the Senate has repuda
ted that act and yet say all desire unanimty Sir il
utter want Of unanmy, by keeping House arayed
against the other and both Houses against the President
will be the if this resolution be adopted There are ena-
who say they blame the President for sending the
question TO Congress who say that doing the Pes
dent committed act of ndscreon and yet they say
act only for the public good and from any feeling Of hos
tlity the President And what do they do Why they
throw the whole subject back to the President be managed
future according TO his discretion although after having
condemned him for want of discretion in his past manage
ment The President will decline the discretion he will
go behind BUSH have doubt the President will take
the responsibility which sought to be imposed him. But
that for us, if the peace of the country should
be involved for declining all the responsibility which ought
properly to rest upon shoulders for the purpose Of strength
enng the position of the Government.
For these reasons and with the hope that this may
be put in better shape and that the House may afford
an opportunity OF amending what we have done, took the
responsibility OF voting against the resolution and would
take that responsibility if stood alone recollec that
another OCCASION years ago. stood alone, and upon
this would stand aone and die upon alone rather than
pass act Illuminating to the country Sir it will pro-
duce contest between the two Houses thing that have
all along desired to avoid because from the beginning the
end every body has conceded the moral power Of po
son consisted union of counsel standing shout
der to shoulder yet sir after vote in the House of Repre-
sentatives, body directly emanang from the of the
people say, sir, after vote large that-a vote
to eYten The
circumstances attending the organization of that Houseaer
such vote, did think the Senate ought extent to
defer to the moral influence of that VOTE think if the SEN
had passed the House resolutions and had
the moral spectacle to the world Of united Congress-
tanning the President the choice of the people, that
would have presented moral force to Great Britain that
would have made that Power aer before she determined
bring this controversy the arbtrament of the sword But
is, what will be the substance Of the dispatches that
will to England by the next steamer 1t will be Hold
hold your position; prepare your guns announce your
readiness for the divisions already manifested in Anne
RIGA will be increased their fears of will be increased
by your threats and last her Majesty Government may
get the whole Of Oregon" These hopes will induce the
British Government to protract the negotiations they will
be willing to bring them to conclusion than before
they will say there is the whole commercial interest of Anne
RIGA clamorng against under any circumstances they
will say here vote of the Senate in favor of preamble
nsucng the President open negotiations again, and they
will observe, in part of the resolution declining, the
part of the Senate take the responsibility of positive act
sir they want negotiation bargain, traffic proceeds but they
have not declared that the convention shall end That the
of the The President told he had done with
negotiations and he recommended the law-makng power
take the subjects and instead ofdong So they divided
erng, paltering, manaced, hampered with fightfu
willingness responsbiy-say Oh we leave it all
your discretion. With all these things staring them in the
face, do you think Great Britain, whose trident already holds
the world in awe, will crouch, will get her knees
Do you think you will encourage Great Britain give up any
thing by showing your unwilngness to claim any thing
Not at all SHALL for one vote, if stand Alone against
such proceeding, trusting that the final result Of the business
may produce resolution in accordance with the nte
rests and the dignity Of the Senate.
Mr. CRITTENDEN rose in reply, and said he would not
suffer mputaons such those which the gentleman had
made against the action and character of the Senate pass
altogether without notice What asked Mr.. c. is his
mission and whence is it derived and who authorized him
to here the air and Of -emnence which
strongly marks his language when addressing the Senate
On what meat does this Cesar feed that he
here and lecture for decisions which have deemed
duty to come Where did he come from Is it the
little petty office of chairman of the Committee on Foreign
Relations which him. in his opinion to put on
these airs of authority to this pedominance and
to lecture to official duty, he has now done
The Senate had just adopted resolution proposed by
the Senator from Maryland (Mr r. JoHSsoS, when the
gentleman from Ohio gets up and says his place that the
Senate has Inundated se-hat has adopted miserable
Feeble paterng contracted, and Gas he coud have sadly
abect and slavsh resolution Let tell him that he does
not know this body, the material of which is composed
And let me add, there another and difficult lesson
which fear the Senator has yet learn, and that is know
himself When he knows himself little better, he will be
circumstances better appreciate what is due from him
the Senate He may himself in his assumed office of
exclusive indicator of the President of the United States
and defender Of the honor of the House of Representatives
but that gives him TO treat this body with
of consideration As member Of the Senate, feel that
dignity has been assaed and its character taduced NV
personal share in the remarks Of the gentleman and my
own personal of injury and offence absorbed in the
stronger conviction of the dsrepect which has been mani
tested towards this body The Senate has adopted the sub
stance of resolution which had myself the honor to Offer
and the gentleman has felt himself authorized to characterize
resolution which had just received the sanction of this body
AZ poor, palry, falterng timid remulous thing can
tell that Senator that the majority Of this Senate and the hum
BILE individual who addresses as little moved by the
dread Of any responsibility but that Of doing wrong the
chairman of the Committee Of Foreign Relations.
Does it belong this body submit remarks no matter
with what force vehemence Of gescuaon and oudness of
tone they may be delivered which convey injurious impua
tons its official and public acts l. for ONE shall
not stand here to be bukd to hear this Senate schooed
called to account by any such authority The gentleman
undertakes make himself the advocate and defender of the
House of Representatives Why sir who or what is the
House of Representatives of the United States that stands
in need of such advocate The genemans advocacy of
Of the Houses of Congress equally
CATION shall say of assumption, with his rebuke of the
other Who here has aaigned the House of Representa-
lives Who is there among that does think Of and
treat it with the most profound respect Who among us is
to learn from that very experienced gentleman that
House Of Representatives coordinate branch of the Ame
rcnn Government And when before did any member of
body in his place and tell that he controlled
action here by the action of msos the argeness
Of majoies in the other House Of Congress The gentle
tells Of the majority by which certain resolution has
another BODY and he brings that here as an