Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-01-19

thdt ~. through ihC giving Of tins notice we
should u,lmat,i! lose Oregon, OF L.. led Into
"a Nor 10 obtain a, hen the proper time came
iii"S" VINO voted IA taNor OF M notice woull
b. head responsible Ter all the consequences TO
WmcE ~ han let IL MS Nj. n : duty. as il
Vas the duty Oi "a. Yves, aud the duty OF the
NORTH, 10 defend the national soil aud vinii-
cate the national honor, bot we owed II 10
lhe great intcrcsis ol humanity 20 exhaust ell
honosdOlc means OF .eaCe before we plunged
the uaiioniu;o oil the horrors OF war
/ There had been few remarks made in this
dictate which Mr.. ii. had profoundly regretted
TO h"ar. IL did regret 10 sc the minds OF
thr people of this Union unnecessarily cast
into the volcano ol the war-spirit lie had
n art II said that this Admins. ra'ion dared
not so To war--thai Il could not br kicked in
TO war. Language like this was bat the
echo oi words which he had heard once be
TORE. ant they were words without Cousidem-
ton There was in this country mo- Admins
traiion which could b elected by the Ameri-
can people which dared refuse To 20 20 war
1t the national rights were al stake. IL was
only tiiuIl Administration whichever would
90 could Be kicked iutoa war Ii required
Lar more COungr TO resist the Nvar-Cry than 10
Yield before a. IL required mort moral fun
mes. aud greater and higher qualities of mind
To witllStandthe first outburst of popular iuy
aud calmly TO appeal to the sob'T second
Thought col a rejecting people, than 10 bc the
hero of an hundred fields. Aud Mr. n would
here say. and he desired his wut {. to be- noted
that II any genilcmln here believed that the
/ giving ct this notice could Iced 10 war, aud
yet voted for the notice because hc ihoughi the
/ Administration would buck out rather than
risk a war. a. told them the, wcr, mista ken
There would b. no backing out. The Admin
= Is ration was aigcady responsible tor OH the
disasters which might follow IN having recon
ncnded Ihs measure; TO back out would not
lessen that responsibility, while % covered
those who bad taken IL with double disgrace
/ Mr. IL, IN conclusion, observed that he
WAS Mliy aware that nothing he could say
would influence the action OF the House; he
/ bad not expected that il would; be had pre-
>gutcd his views thus frankly Ia order that he
might place himself ioirly before his cons,it-
uents. His only aim had been 10 yinJi,at,
| himself there. Would To God that he he'd
| power 20 reach the heart oi the House aud OF
The Nauoui Would 10 Got that he could per
suadc them go beware ere they prrCipiiatcd
themselves into war aui rNp posed themselves
/ To consequences which 40 eve but that above
could measure or pursue! IL would basceCh
them first to exhaust every means of prescr-
wing peace with honor but, when that could
NOT be- done, VI the tIidl hy arms must come
T th.u let all 90 into the contest with one heart
ant one hand. Then let us rally from every
valley and from every hill. Then we should
have the sympathirs Of The world on our siI.:
and then. above all, we might d,youtly in
woke the blessing oi the God OF battles upon
I war which we hJd not revoked bat sought
every means touyoid. When II came % this
AMI % Was manifest To all Tint war alone was
/ .yit 90 as. thu AZ would command the heart
aud the money and the labDrand the blood oi
4 united country; aud then thoy would Gud
the Sputhnoi standing cold hearted spectators.
No. they would be-
True t1 the last 10 their blood and thcir breath
Aud lake Keepers descend 10 tie harvest Of
death
Mr. Kennedy of Indiana, said that from
! 'he history and course al this debate, II one
! otnot know wh.ts, as the resolution pending.
ha would snpFCsa- gi course, from what he
rdrt, that the committee were engaged In
discussing the pfoprlety oi a war with Great
nutaIn. All ihe gentlemen who had argued
agsJu,t giving The proposed notICc--a notice
recommended by the Presilen, of the United
stairs, (as he would have the gentleman from
/ Nar-ima tokuow had argued lhat the giving
Z ni lhe notice must lead 10 war. Now Nj II .
begged TO submit that this was not question
OF war Had IL come 10 this, that the cNcr-
I Csc oi right contemplated and rro, ided Tor
IA the treaty itself, namely the right oi one
. parry 10 give 10 the other party notice oquit.
WAS io be taken q declaration ol war; lie
uoIght not BIt, be this as II might 90 laT
a. uc was concerned, and as Tar as hc under
stood The opinions OF the West (whcs, pro-
| pie bod been said here 10 b. so vers warlikc
aud 80 eagerly rent on blood and caruageD 10
. him and 10 them this was not a question of
war but a question OF right Did Oregon be
! 'ong 20 usf II u dill, tins prcCludcd the other
/ question as 10 war or peace II might he
] D. a
I and hat THIS treaty OF Joint occupancy bad
/ continued IN force 80 long that il Was now
/ too late Tor as ,uuttrmpl 60 exercise tho rights
We claimed. But let ne tell gcutem u tex
claim,d Mr.. h } that ;hc reason why the
Amrucdn propl have thus long suffered the
/ Buiish,lo occupy soil which /. thcir.is because
\ they have not heretofore understood as clearly
I AS they now DO the hole at Oregon Is theirs
/ ! coll upon gentlemen oi he South to repeat
! iHr opinions uttered By q certain great man
! Is they expect as as he hos himSli convinced
as that Oregon is ours, 90 follow him b, sic a
/ lHE % up. We are not book learned ont Ia
+ ,he Wes,, we have fought Che red men and
/ Ntoi'ed viii the bear THIS has been oar
. education. We have not couucd and poured
over WustN treaties as To- this question of lille H..
uIiil we wrrsN 4 Ie aware. of our actual nights
iH Oregon, we we wiihn- tO stand by and
sc what che negotiation oi the grrat men
would result ul. bot now that YOU have con
vno.d us that every inch of Oregon between
hu'uds a. Jnd latitude 81 g 40. belongs
ui 90 ..t io us, you have settled oar difficulty.
Ne wont uo WOE. You ,iaudcI rs hen YOU
-ay lhat ve lov, b.opd and csruagr We are
peace .u,iugp oplc. 4 laugh We know
that oaT irec institutions gov md flourish boa
peace, aud ,hat their growth b. retarded in a
state ui vaT but when the British lion las.
himself down in ouhpth. add prevents cut
b.io,'d star, and stripe, from advancing ts
ilr spot over which riry ought Co feat We
VIII NOT hunt Uiu round ilte world no-har
SIC will make um leave iIlat lair Marks o.
strong appreciation boo Dee Upuss
Conquest 9, uutu object, aud yielding uI
.ut territory D. siIll further from o. Any gen
.l..ulu here come b.. from the South Or th,
NORTH. let hIm hto Boz ihr Post 90 the West