The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-02-13


home OF the winged eagle as floating with graceful
in the blue haven OF delight, the upper air, it
reves in the very righteousness of luxurious con-
tent. GENERAL PACIFrcAToR.
TyyENTY-NINTn CONGRESS-.
senate.
WARRINGTON February IL.
solemn ant.war prayer by Rev. Mr.. Tustin. Read
ing of the journal.
Message of the President showing tho operations OF
the branch minis during the past year
The Vice President presented memorial for certain
harbor improvements in the Delaware.
MIR CHALMERS presented resolutions from the Legis-
e Of ns Senator's
the public lands
MORE MISSING INSTRUMENTS.
Mr. JARSAGIN moved resolution Of inquiry upon the
Secretary OF State and the Secretary Of the Treasury
respecting the Mexican indemnities, Voss Hargous
Co. and other personages-the resolutions embracing
variety of nterrogaores, sufficient to the whole
ground OF these fraudulent transactions solemnly
believe them to be- The resolution adopted, and
we do hope that some light will be thrown on the sub
ties of April and July, 1874.
Several reports from committees.
The fertilization bill from the House, read twice and
referred.
The New Hampshire indemnity several private bills
and the case Of Goddard Co, were passed BY.
The bill fer the relief of Elijah White or for indsmui
ty for robbery by the Pawnee Indians while his way
e the 81 thu
called up.
Mr. PEARcE hoped the bill would be passed over for
Mr.. ArcHIsoS expounded the validity Of this claim,
but agreed that be passed by for the present Passed
over Informally.
Several other bills were passed over.
THE OREGON NOTIFICATION.
Mr. ALLEN resumed his remarks with the resumption
OF the special order OF the day being the resolution OF
tho Senate for giving the twelve months notice to Great
Britain of the dissolution of the compact of the joint
posed to said resolution.
Mr. ALLEN toek up the point that Great Britain could
not and dare not 60 to with the United States single
handed He examined the pamphlets OF the pamphleteers
and said that smong them all right question
cd but that the power OF Great Britain said to be
such a. TO coerce into submission 1t had always been
the policy of Great Britain to ntmidate the
csssion of her usurpatons He contrasted with great
power tbs different pursued hore from that GO
verning the English cabinet the Parliament the states
men and the people of England. You heard procla-
nation Of ;%id coun,els in Engand-no getting up on
every there stands out for the ability Of his govern
ment. as well as for her rights Mr. Allen protested
that England could not 60 with the United States
single handed because she dared not do it, 1t not
sequences, that England could not 20 to war with this
country, singc-handed. What were the conse
she bad reason to anticipate She would inevitably lose
the whole OF her North American possessions. This she
we'll knew would be the result OF with the u 8.
The enteprsing Senator reviewed the colonial system
In order to show that all the warlke
OF England were required peace establishment to
keep her colonies In subsection The colonies of Eng
land divided into seventy four parts and compris-
ed population Of one hundred and thirty millions Of
human beings In all this population there but two
millions Of white Europeans -o-e million nd half of
whom were IN tho Canadas leaving for the control Of
the 600 OF all all her colonies out Of Cana
da some 600 600 Europeans The slightest issue of
diverng the power of England to any great extent TO
any given point, would create a general uprising of
these widely detached colonesa Of moral earth.
the navy Of England was by means so tremendous
represented to be-. There was TO apprehend
that in the event of war there would be line Of British
9s from the Cspes of Florida to the river St. Johns in
the North, as some gentleman had represented. She
could not spare her ships The internal strength Of Eng
land consisted in line of water Of twenty four miles
wldethis water line had enabled her defy continent
tai invasion yet IN lsoa5, Napoleon had collected
enabled collect the existence Of
the empire depended upon repelng the impending
invasion At this crisis, she recalled Pitt, her war
minister, and placed twenty-five millions of dollars into
his hands as secret service money which he promptly
employed in exciting alliance upon the Continent
meot and disperse. The invasion of England thus
cut on by stratagem not by the superior strength of
the British forces at sea- for il was actually interior
navy OF England was greater. compared with that of
the rest OF the world, than it has been since.
Her navy was required to the control of her colonies
But, If England has been considered mpre enable, be-
cause OF the line OF water Of twenty miles WIDE
the line OF water Of three thousand miles wde inter
vening between America and Europe Mr.. Allen next
looked into the steam navigation system BY its intro
was greatly reduced. Steam ships not required
to calculate the hour OF the wind and the tides Napo
icou Compsued might put out 10
In defiance of the elements steam therefore had
rendered England as fully exposed as the continental
suggestions Of Fulton he might have crossed this line
OF ~ miles water and prostraed the power Of England
in the dust Under the old naval STEM the strength Of
navy was in the number Of regular sailors that could
be produced Herein had been the superiority Of Great
Britain as exhibited for instance, at the battle of the
Nile. Bonaparte had the money and the ma ans for
building thousand ships but he wanted the sailors
and sailors were only to be made from half q lifetime
spent in the bufetings Of the But steam had al
mat Ann nus mi fbo
was the power Of England reduced. The perssverng
Senator passed to the position OF England as dependent
upon her commerce and her colonies for her very
encs. The histories Of Carthage, spain and Holland
show that nations founded upon commerce aud upon CO.
lonies even in the midst of their power hold but pre-
carous existence, and ultimately tumble to pieces The
unhsgging Senator next inspected the position of
England as standing between Russia and the United
the two latter conrssted with the resources Of the
former There was great difference between an army
ana an armed nation France presented, in 1898, some
thing OF spectacle OF an armed nation when the CON-
bned powers Of Europe were pressing in upon her on
all her frontiers an invading force Of 500 900 msn
France was then in state Of civil nsurrecton-shs
was without government, except sort Of central
committee She divided confused and disorganiz.
sa But wnsn the word o. nva,o1 vas gives order
frontiers drove out and defeated the Ave hundred thou.
sand invaders, and shortly after wards followed them
and defeated them upon their own soil This was sam
pie OF nation rising In itself for the resistance OF
reign invasion. MIR Allen then parallel between
and that 81 he United 'ns o.
changes OF the British Minstry-the composition OF the
Englsh Pariiament-the taxation of her people, only
ten million pounds less than during the twenty Ave
years war with Napoleon when she paid and fed the
armies OF one halt of Europe Thi heavy taxahen was
from demands for the OF the interest Of that
great debt growing out Of the Of the French
luton Besides the pauper tax Of England exceeded
the revenues Of government and the entire domes
tic tax Of her people exceeds the value OF all her ex
ports-an example, the like Of which could not be
found under the He pronounced the COVE rnment
Of Great Britain TO be pauper The examination into
this branch Of Mr. Aliens argument elaborate We II
sustained and sbounding with excellent deductions
from historical fscts Next again recurring to the pc
ouliar Vaccinations Of Great Britain, the unnnching
Senator from Ohio reiterated that the policy Of Great