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 sia ti54 a No. ?? .s1sz ,., extend yonr laws over the country. bpt fbev will ;ake' possession of Il even at the bs1ard | ofa war; and if that policy is porsued. ii needs no prophet to orelell that War is in- evllable Then, say 10 the peqoc party in this House, and out oi it, that 10 avoid war you must abrogaie this joint occupancy, and bflhg this matter 10 close, before the coun. try becomes rrilated andargry. The coun- try Is already sufficiently excited on this question, and thougll they reluctantly acqui- esced in the Presidents offer o compromise at i9o, they excused hlm, under the circum- stances; but they now feel that you mustnot renew that offer 7#.f Hs'.sg s5, 5zf
 am willing to say the same thnp to the Presidents excuse him for making the offer, but he mnst not do it again, and shall not With my consent. l will not ask whether we can now get what we might have got before. would dealand our justrigh,s, and then enforce them, peaeeably if we could, foroibly il we. must.
 When once am satisfied of my rights, l w'll insist upon having them; aud if Great britain should declare war in twentyL(our ihonrs, let her do t; rather than sacrifice of Interests or honor, let the war ee,ae.H We have whipped her twice, and We can whip her again
 Nr Y. said we were told that inc question was one.ia which sectional feelings were brought to beaf--that the H2est was pressing this matter, us | she alone was interested Not so, sls, the West knows her rights, s.aml knowing, will dare maintain theal.' And whether she is now able to enforce her claim, in common wilh the balaure of this Uaiun 10 Oregon, IS a matter of doubt that will lioi deter her from bold aud independent eX- preston of her claims and her wrongs. Mf. ChaVua,, some gentlemen know but little of he wealth, value, and resources of that empire, heavailey of the Mississippi, whose nhaNlianls are honcsl, industrious. brave aud pariqic, aal whose population, after 1851, will be able to demand theif rights upon thls floor. Wilh the exception of the grant of 5G0,000 heres of the public lands to lhe new States, for lhe purposes of internal Improvements, we are strangers to the pablic treasury. tz5 .zstt
 \ voice. That was a whig Congress,
 #= Yes, sir, 1t was, and will not deny them that credit which is due to lhem--such ere dits are so rate that they should not De with held when due t#
 But, AIr. Y. said, that in besto wing that donation they had fallen 5l0,000 acres short of what had been granted to Ohio for similar objects
 With all this boased liberaity, my stale is minns 5A0,G00 acres, and l Inow eiveno- tce, | shall, before the close of the present session, propose some measure to place her on an equal footing with the Slate of Ohio. If fail, l will tell my people to be quiet till 1850, when slle will have representation on this floor who will be able to ask for justice and to enforce il; the small pi,lance which has been expended in the valley of the Mis- sissippi, we uillsgiye .you=cfedit for, but We will present long and large account for '.back rations.n a4
 Mr. said the West. and those iii favor ofthe notice, had been denomiDated by some gentleman as the 'rar pariy, and they desg- nate themselves as the peace party. Al home, am considered man of peace-so are my constituents; butnot at the sacrifice of honor. War, pestience, and famne,'' sooner than dishonor. If they mean 10 asslmHaie the war and peace parties of the present day with those of the revolution, and the last war, glory inthc appellaon. Da our lorelafhefs in the revolution count the cost of "a war with England, when we were but d handful, and without money or muni- tions of war? Did they ask what the war would cost US to battle against the mother country, wto was enforcing upon tllc colony taxation without representation Did they ask or count the cost when our gallant sires threw the fea ovefboard at Boston, and re- fused to drink 1t because 1t was unlusfly forced upon them? No, sir; the only inquiry was@Ase tlie colonies wroneed, and we op- pressed by unwholesome and unjust laws ! The question being answered in the allirma- tive. we find the Atlamses, and the ilancocks, and legions of others march up to the ques- ttJIl iiltCt IL iiht HUI dlIi lihc jdiiDtt. Mr. I. said there was peace party in 1912 and during the last war. We heard their opposition to the war iom the halls of Con gress and from the holy sanctuary. The peace party during the last war abused the administration for getting into the war, and their opposition was so violent against the war party that they described James Madison, John Holmes, Felix Grundy, aud the d-l, as the leaders oi the war party, and called down imprecaiions upon them for their de- fence ofthe rights and interests Of the coun- try, Ser voting supplies for the army, and men and means to defend the country. God forbid that 1 should ever belong to, such peace party. hope there is none such at the present day. e 1gbz2
 MT. Y. said we were told that we were no prepared for War, because we have no gener- als to lead us to victory. Sir, we have the heroes of Chippewa, of Erie, and of San dusky. We have men and arms, upwards of 4,000 pieces of ordnance. and 600,000 small arms. and l,800,000 militia, with . com mander -in-chief who, in all eagagementsin in q night attack, showed his plume by the blaze cf tha ona,,,,,;s l,ra {Vn bavn s,;fi ,.tt |.