Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-01-09
THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, VA.
wednesday Morning, January 7, ls46.
Correspondence Of tie Richmond Enq'I'rer.I

IC0,yespondencc Of tie Richmond Enq't.reT.J
WAsnIsdros Cry Jan 5, 1916.
The Senate sa, fer a very short time this morn
ing and did nothing worth The attention OF your
readers. Oregon Oreeon!! Oregon!l! is still
the theme in the House of Representatives. The
Committee on Foreign Affairs reported joint re-
solutions for giving 'lhe notice" believe |
am the only person writing from this city Tor
The press Of either party, who has announced
that such would be the action OF The committee
for both Democratic and Federal Journals have
leemed with letters and paragraphs, statinS mat
majority would vote against the proposition
| had means Of obtaining reliable information, oil
which availed myself, and the result has borne
out my Judgment
The reports of the committee (or there were
two-a majority and minority reporD were made
By special leave and were Immediately taken
up for discussion; the report from the Com
mittee or Military Affairs, on which the debate
OF Friday and Saturday las! was hinged being
laid aside for the time being. The notorious
Giddlnss, and Messrs Mcdowell OF Ohio,
Rhelt of South Carolina, and | believe Mr..
Sims Of Missouri, spoke 10 the question. Gid
dngs expressed himself in favor OF giving the
notice; not, as understand because he thought
our rights 10 Oregon were such as 10 require
prompt assertion and manenance-not 10 pre-
vent England from successfully usurping that
which belongs 10 The Unlei Stales-but iorsooth,
TO spite the South Tor having acquired Texas
because he wished to obtain in Oregon. Tor Tho
The non-sa vehoIding States, the advantages
which, according 10 his reasoning, had been losI
by permitting Texas 10 come into the Union.
He twilted those OF our SouIhsrn friends who
do Tot stand up 10 The position OF The rest OF The
Democratic party in Congress, with dec!ara-
lion that the lear Of black roops from The West
India Islands, alone induced them 10 hang back;
and in SO expressing himself ne took care 10
leave no doubt on The minds OF any one as
10 The extreme pleasure he would receive LON
the landing OF twenty thousand negroes IN arms
on our Southern coast. A glorious co-laoorer,
with Bots and Peasans, in advancing the gene
raj principles of Whigeery Is he mol !? Gid
dings was, doubtless, put forward by some oil The
Northern Wings 10 advocate the giving The notice
in manner offensive TO Southern gentlemen, in
order 10 deter them from sustaining The course 0!
policy recommended by the Administration, on
account of finding such fellow. actuaed by
such motives, going for it. They will make no.
thing by The move, however as the game is
thoroughly understood.
Mr.. Rheu was against giving the notice. The
other gentlemen in favor OF il. | shall mol
sketch their speeches. as they embraced nothing
new, or Of particular interest. The excitement,
raging as is, is not al its height, nor will il be
until the vote is taken in The Senate. No one
doubts that the House will sustain The report OF
the majority OF the Committee on Foreign Al
fairs, though there appears 10 be considerable
doubt in The public mind as 10 the action oil The
Senate in the premises. lido not share IN II, how
ever; for more Than one OF the Democratic mem
beers OF that body who, By the press, are marked
as certain 10 oppose the notice, will vote for H.
Messrs Calhoun, McDulHe, Levy, Lewis, Col,
Quit and Wesicort, are the gentlemen named.
have good reasons Tor feeling well assured lnai
Wing Senators will join in sustaining the mea-
sure presume few will agree with me IS 10
their vote; but 50 it will turn out, you may rely
upon it. Indeed, public opinion in Tins CITY IS
fast settling down in the impression, that The no
tee is The only certain meth OF SUSTAINING our
rights and the honor Of the country; and also that,
Of all oiht. measures, il is most likely 10 secure
a settlement Of The question without war Eng
land cannot, she dare not plunge her people, STU
aed as they are, into the midst oithe most serious
conflict she will have had for the last hundred
wears. very considerable portion OF her popu-
puaion are now bcsgared by the existing
failure of her crops OF all kinds; and 10
deprive at least halt her people OF work, as
they will be deprived, in case Of hosiililles
between us, by cutting of her commerce III
every sea- and looping of the princira article
with which TO prosecute that commerce, can nave
no other effect Than 10 produce mighty revolu-
tion-a civil war brought about by the suiieIlngs
OF millions upon millions for want OF bread. She
does not hold one single possession except by force
or fear Of arms Is il not the case in Canada,
peopled as that region is by her own native born
sons and daughters? No one can doubt that Br-
fish bayonets and only British bayonels sustain
her power there. In India, in Australia, and IN
deed wherever her flag floats, il is maintained IN
supremacy by fear, and not love. Some one OF
her colonies is always in revolt. Even when
peace with the rest ol the world, they al all times
require the employment OF hundreds OF thousands
of her soldiers. and millions OF her money, annu
ally. If she becomes involved in a serious
war with US, twice the number Of men and
double the amount oil money, will be ne
against US. bur against her own subjects Her
authorities understand this fac, more fully than
any ono else. Those things which arc her
Strength in peace, are her weakness 10 serious
war-her colonies and laboring millions, who are
no longer 10 coin riches Tor, bu TO turn her ener'
aies against their own government IN the scraln
BILE for bread. England never was so truly weak
as al The present moment, she cannot oppose neI
might against our risht. The day when She could
piav that game has passed. and the altered Stale
of rhings is as much The result OF The change 10
her own system as of our young giant Strength.
Our people can live without suffering, actual SUI
lerng from want, even in a twenty years war
We possess within ourselves every thing neces.
sary for its prosecution. England is aware oil all
these facts, and will not venture 10 brow teat u
when in dead earnest MACON.