The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-01-30

l-'0"i VIC 'iS'S VIII accrue to the United
e states 10 occupy any part Of the territory
0 they may think proper.
= In the bill which passed at the last ses
9 SION myself moved, as o frat section to
/ The b!l, tha, such notice should BE pjyen,
, The House did no. think proper to agree
TO II, and passed The bill without any notice.
Bd! tie til! did not pass the Senate, aud
SO The insertion was immeteIiaI. But il IS
a material fact TO ne, because proposed il
as constituting the frs, section OF the bill
declared myself ready then, aud ON
ready now, 10 give such notice. [Great
sensailon,l | hope il viii be given, and
iha: we shall do il es the dfsl measure TO
be iaken--,o be followed Afterwards BY a
real occupation Of NE udole a5rito,y.-
I tGfeat sensation in The House and an IT,
ciplent clap, which, however, nsa promptly
arrested BY the Speaker, who called loudly
10 order.l But IT is Indispensable that VIC
shall first give notice
! The gentleman from Illinois Mr. Doua.
LAss) says i! appears to him there 8 game
play ing here-a renal; y h.ch is quite IN
comprehensive TO me. shall not INQUIRE
to "ha! the gentleman alluded, but ! con.
fees was very much surprised 70 hear hat
the Committee on Foreign Affairs viii rot
report 10 the House such notice.
Mr.. {. J. INGERSOLL. / know Of no
member Of that Committee who has SAID SO.
Nj DOUGLASS. said SO, because
| had heard !ae! such was their determine.
lion.
Mr. ADAMS resumed. have heard i,
from various quarters; and, II the eporl is
delayed much longer, shall believe it,
[ A laugh If it is So shall depore il:
| shall deeply regret if u msJorlty Of that
COMMITTEE shal not be ready to give that
notice. AL the other measufes must de-
pend on that. While We sit talking here
about regiments of rlemeu, ard regiments
OF infantry, and stockade forts, and sappefs
and miners, and pon'oniers, Great Britain
is aiming her g an vessels. equippng her
(ngates AID line. ol battle ships, and sending
troops over here TO lie ready, ipoLld press
a resoint IN giriHg The notice THIS DAY, if
hoped that majority Of the House could
ce obtercd TO effect the measure.
Mr.. WENTWORTH here moved tina.
the rules be suspended 10 afford an opportu.
pronounced to be cut Of order.
MIR. ADAMS resumed feel myself
scarcely authorized 10 hope that should
be successful should | make the motion.
But for thus ! would have moved il on The
FIRST day Of the session. Because have so
profound a sense of the duty Of odhefing 10
treaties, feel debarred from the leas, &C.
o. hostility, OF even from meeting hostility
elsewhere, til notice shall have
been given. While oar convention remains,
| vii vote no increase Of the army OF ma
w, no fort or stockade, no riaemen, no in.
laulry, no sappere, or miners. All must de.
pend on that. Ii this bill shall be made the
special order for Tuesday, hope II will be
arranged by the gentlemen who manage
the business Of this House, that the cues
ton Of giving notice shah come up on the
same day, and shall be taken up before any
thing else. 1t is mere wasting Of time, and
" hsltng 10 the wind, 10 talk about raising
a military force until our conscience is clear
from the obligation Of The convention.
And il does not follow that, if we give
notice, there must of necessity be war nor
does il even follow that We Shall then take
1t will only be saying TO Great
Glitin otter negotiating twenty years a.
bout this matter, We do not choose 10 nego.
late any longer; We shall take possession
Of what is cur own aud then, if 10 settle
the question what is our own, YOU wish 10
negotiate, we will negotiate Us long as you
please. We may negotiate after ws take
Much iaughter.l That is the
military way Of doing business. Increased
nerrIuoun] When the great Frederick
came 10 the throne Of Prussia, ms father
rad prepared and equipped tor hin an army
If On hundred thousand men. Meeting,
shortly aler, The Austrian Minister, the
after said 10 him; ~ our father has given
you great army; bat our troops have seen
he wolf yours have not" Wen, WELL"
laid Frederick, 81 will give them an op.
'ortunity to see the wolf" Frederick then
dded in his memoir " had some excel
ent prelenslons TO an Austrian province
which some Of my ancestors had owned oue
IT two hundred years before, and ] sent Ell
mbass ador TO he Court Of Vienna stating
ny claim, and presenting full exposition
Il my rgh, 10 the province. The same
lay my ambassador was received in Vienna
entered Sllesta with my army" A laugh.
50 you see that, on the very day his army
inter- SDiesio, he gave notice to the Court Of
! Jenna that The convention for The JOINT &C.
upauon of Srlssi2 was ended. Loud and
laughter.
/ say, therefore, that hope the 6rss
adopted by Congress will ba 10
i've, in The most solemn manner, the no.
ice to Great Britain which the treaty re,
ures; then the coas, will be clear for us
} do what We please. ltdoes not, re seat.
does not follow as necessary conse.
uehce that, because we give the notice,
&c mus' take possession, though 1t is my
ope that we shall It does not nece sarily
raw alter II a war; and if Great Britain
booses 10 take such notice as an act { hos.
tIiy on our part, and forthwith commence
losilhtIes on hers, we have been told that
We shall all be but one party, and God AL