Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-01-08

Acting upon these conclusions, (said
Mr. W. } and entertaining these views. all
The regre, | feel u, the introduction Of these
resolutions il, IS have said. that, accom-
panied with the remarks which fell from
tho honorable Senator when he called
them UP, they nigh, have . tendency to
create unnecessary alarm. He trusted
that every member Of the community
would perceive ,hs, it was necessary to
suppress all alarm; and, As far a. he was
concerned. il gentlemen thought that the
tina had come fur enlarsing the defences
Of The country, for augmcn,ing the army
and the navy, he Vas ready to cooperate
with them.
Mr. W. concluded by expressing the
hope that. while they did every thing ,ha,
was necessary for the preservation Of the
honor and the Interests Of the country,
they would abstain from creating any
unnecessary alarm in the public mind.
Mr. SEWER said il struck him with
some surprise tina. an inquiry could never
be brought up in that Chamber on the
subject Of Oregon, bu, they were told to
beware lest they provoked danger else
where; To be cautious how they trined
with the business pursuits Of the country.
Il appeared they we're expected to pro.
coed by stealth in the performance Of their
duty. lest they should create panic in The
country. His friend from Michigan had
been catechised with great severity to
know whether it was his opinion that
there wosld be war. He unhesits.ingly
declared his own opinion to be tina. there
would 6e war. Blu, i, was continually
urged by Senators on the other side .ha!
i. Was better to yield our rights than come
into collision with Grea, Britain. The
Senator from Massachusetts had said let
US keep dark.
Mr. WEBSTER. The Senator misre.
presents me, uninsen,ionally am sure
What said was, tina. it appeared to me
wiser to 60 on quietly. steadily, effec,ual-
ly. and make all necessary appropriations.
than to spread abroad the idea OF impend.
ing danger. said nothing abou. keeping
dark; tina, existed only in the Senator :
understanding,
Mr. J. NJ. CLAYTON addressed the
Senate. and in the course Of his remarks,
said he would 60 for defending the coun.
try, and increasing the naval and military
operations, whether we were to have
war or not. For fifteen years past. il no,
much longer, We had been in a weak con.
di.ion; our sea coast undefended. and but
a small navy Tor 80 extensive a country
as ours. lie remembered well, and gen.
,lemen on tina, floor would recoIlec,. that,
after elimination and recrimina,lon OH OPP
po.ite sides Of this chamber, the question
was, Who was to blame! What party
was to be ccnsured! What elias. Of men
was to be blamed for having so long neg.
ected the defences Of The country! Abou,
1886, i, will be remembered (the Senator
from Missouri, now in his eye, Mr. Ben.
ton, will remember) that resolutions were
introduced in this body; and in the course
Of debate the party which he Mr Clay
tony aced with. was arraigned for refus.
ing to vote three millions, proposed as an
amendment, in which they Ghe Whigs)
were charged by their opponent. l,he
They ('he whig.) attempted to defend
themselves against the accusation; and he
was of opinion, at the time, the charge
was throw n back on their political oppo-
nents. He called on the country to note
the fact. tina. ever since 1929 and during
that whole period, nothing had been done
for the effective defence Of the country.
On that occasion Senator from Pennsyl-
vsnia (Mr Buchsnan) presented to the
Senate and to the country speech on our
defenceless condition and appealed to the
country, in his strong and elnguen, Ian.
guage, for aid to place j. in proper con.
dition for effective defence. 1t was
thought a. tina, time we were to have a
~r with France. He now asked the
oenae and the country to look back
!hroulh the Legislation of Congress since
ioSo-6,nd tell them (.he Senate) wha,
had been lone by the party or parties in
power. Wen all men admitted that the
country was u defenceless condition.
andlhat we siio.ld be placed in a condi
ton 10 meet fo,eign enemy, what was
done! Nothing; AMI now similarly si,ua.
ted a. to national defence as then. Mr. C..
spoke Of the defenceles, condition Of Del
aware Bay. and said .ha,the whole coun.
ny was entirely unprotected; for this rea.
son he was in favor Of III. resolutions.
whether We were TO have war or not. but
ne did not wish to be unders.ood by his
vote that the country was going to war.
Assuming that the country was 10 remain
at peace for years to come-as sensible
40: he could no. expect to remain 4,
49, n,rever-and therefore It wa. their
r,hs ..astyto prepare for war hereafter
Miles remarked 's....h. hes, me,u: :" If
and in the course Of the re Ssse TOT war
senator from Ohio. Mr. Allen. thar az .ne
'ieman took occasion to say. tina, one q,
the most important modes of preparinu
the country for war and self defence vas
:" prepare the hearts Of the peopl. for the
war. The grea, motive Of the discussion
from this remark he (Mr Clayton ),houeh,
was. that the hearts Of the people nigh
be prepared by the discussion for the war.
Mr. ALLEN asked leave TO EXPLAIN
He made the remark with reference to
hat