The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-26

make that interference influential Why make any
such declaration nowi What good purpose can !
serye' Only TO show 10 the that are to come afe
US that we were wiser and more patriotic than W,
feared they might be! ! cannot, for my life, see
single good likely to result from this measure
VIII II have tendency TO conciliate European pow
ers, who, IN case Of collision with Great Britain
might be friendly TO u.s. or will such declaration
prevent these great hye European powers, who, he
says, have the regulation Of the balance of power
and can do their fat in Europe from attempting the
execution Of any of their schemess Will mere
vaporing bravado have any practical effect No.
You must adopt a very different course OF policy.
You must arm, equip, ht out your nayies, raise a
powerful revenue, and resist them by practical
measures u you think proper to resist them. VIII
not the effect OF such declaration be the very re-
verse OF all this practical course Of policy Will
not create great jealousy on the part OF England
Will II not initiate against the formation Of alliances
on the part of nations fayorably disposed towards
usl No good effects can como rom II. From hrst
TO last in my opinion, II will be followed by UNI
qualified evil consequences In this spirit resist
ed il on former occasion; in this spirit resist il
now,
Mr.. ALbRN rose and said, that as to the prece-
dents--so many Of which were on record, but OF
which he had been content TO quote half DOZEN
they still stood there unreplied 10. The assertion of
the senator from South Carolina, that they did not
apply In the present case, vas the most extTaordi-
nary way OF answering them, He did not think il
requisite TO 90 over ali the gentleman SAID; but one
principle he would notice which was laid down by
him, and that was in regard TO the confinement Of
the powers OF the Senate until committees should re-
port on matters referred To them. Now what would
be the state OF tho question by the application Of
such principle as thats The constitution required
the President 10 communicate TO Congress- at the
opening Of the session, his views Of our sfairs in.
ternal and external IL tho Presidents message
comprehends all those subjects, il ought to do,
its different portions referred as a matter Of
eourse) to their several respective committees.
What them Why, as a matter Of course the Sen
ate must SIT there dumb until II may please the seyo-
raj committees to report. The Senate loses its pow
er over those subjects, and every one Of its mem
bers is gageed-all are muz1led by the Presia
dents message which happens to aude acci
dentelly 10 the matter. The Presidents message
recommended appropriations for the army and for
the navy and that portion of II 10 REFERRED TO the
Committee on Military and on Naval Affairs; there
fore, according to the senator from South Carolina
no senator can originate a bill, or make mo-
lion on the subject, because that reference ex-
tracts out Of the Senate that principle Of vitality
giving il control over the legislative field; il pnr-
lyses the Senate, and, according TO his doc
trine, member of that body could originate mo.
tion. No where else but In the Presidents message
there to be introduced great questions of
interest. Well the question ID referred, and being
referred, not u member Of that body was to make a
Htoton, OcCauoc 10 sent 10 COM
mittee. Now, suppose the senator himself should
happen TO get into power, and take up every subject
matter his Imagination could suggest possible for
Congress to touch that his message came there and
was referred; why then, according TO him, not a
man could offer resolution because the Presidents
message had taken the matter up already. There
was something monstrous in that doctrine that it
was quite unnecessary to say another word on H.
MIR. CALHOUN here arose under the impression that
Mr.. A had finished, but Immediately gave way
The senator from s. c. in speaking of the declaration
OF MIR. Monroe IN his message, had said that il was
SPECIFIC case and that there specific case con-
tained in the message OF Mr.. Polk. To that he
(Mr. A. would answer, that the President did not
name specific case in words; but there was some
thing named In words that came more home TO them
than the case Of the South American republics; he
alluded to the mention made of the interference of
the British and French governments to prevent the
annexation ofTexas to the United States. There
was case Of nterference-of palpabe political in
reference. Yes, those powers had cndeavored to
come between and Texas, and had offered high
boon to bride that gallant people, and the people of
the United States were now under an obligation
not TO the prompt energy Of their government, but
TO the ncorruptble honesty and stern patriotism of
the people Of Texas who had large boons offered
them TO become, not nomlnaly. but substantially
British province. Why, did not every one see
why Great Britain and France should wish TO see
Texas become a British province On the part of
ernments of Mexico and Texas to compromise
their difficulties, that Texas should annex her
self Mexico; but they did propose to Texas, that il
she should stay out of this Union they would recog-
MISE and sustain her independence. Why Because
she would SO be frontier an independent peo-
pie, who would have to look abroad for protec-
ton, and 80 necessarily put herself under the pro
lection of France and England. II was on that
ground he (Mr. Az had said declaration ought to
have been made against the interference of France
and England; and If they had said against it that
war ought TO have been declared, that would have
been the right and effective course Those matters
were alluded to in the Presidents message The
object of that interference Of France and England
was to keep member out Of the Union. There
would be as much right to induce member to go
Out OF the Union as % prevent one coming in; and
Great Britain and France would have as great a
right to hold out an inducement to one of our dis
contented States to leave the Union as prevent
Texas from coming in Well, there was the sub
ject alluded TO in the Presidents message in 80
many words. Mexico and Texas were called bv
their names; and still the gentleman asked, Where
was there an allusion to specific case, He (Mr
A. had stated the case of Texas And now he asked
to be alloWed--snce the discussion had spread gu,
further than he wished ito say in reference to
the condition OF Mexico, that the British and French
governments being at the bottom of that audacious
interference avowed il, that would Justify the resist
ance Of our government. He was not to be fright
ened by the cry Of war. He had no hesitation in
saying that if any effort should be made to place
French prince on the throne Of Mexico, or to re.
store Texas as a province of Mexico, it would b,
the bounden duty Of the United States to prevent
those results. The gentleman from South Carolina
Mr.. CALuoUN,l to strengthen his views of the
question: took care to get the other side of the
goal. He went all the way to Patagonia, whilst he
Mr.. A.. staid at home, at the mouth of the Missis
sipPi; he kept by our own shores, to show tina
there were matters occurring so solemn as to cal
the attention fthe President of the United States
occurrences no less important than the Interference
oftwo powers Of the holy alliance with this govern
ment within couple Of years past. When he said
that these powers were both members Of the holy al
lance, he did not say England was so on paper, Of
that Lord Castlereagh signed the articles agreed to
by the Emperor Of Russia the King Of Prussia, in
1914. Great Britain did not sign Il, neither did hel
minister but the fact is the only reason stated by
the minister, why twas not done that while tn,
other soveregns signed it'n person that thing
called the British constitution required it to be sign
| ed by responsible minister, thereby causing
an Incongruty which alone prevented the signature
But substantially for giving effect to the project pu
forward by the holy alliance, Great Britain was al
much member then and now as the other SOW
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