The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1846-02-19

to assail US; and this, sir, they have never
atoned for. And now, because, forsooth, we
are not ready to give up territory which ac.
tually belongs to US, there are some gentle
men in this House who undertake to say
thatwe are doing injustice to Great Britain
and attempt 10 apologize for our course on
this floor. Why, sir, the moment that Great
Britain takes any hostile position towards
this country third time, ten thousand
swords will be ready to fly from their scab-
.bards, and million of rifles will be- taken
down from the pegs on which they hang, and
will be carriedsto the field wherever English
hostility is to be repelled and, sir, l under
take to say that those swords will never a.
gain see their scabbards, nor will those rifles
ever be replaced, until they shall be drench-
ed with the blood of the foreign invaders Of
our soil.
Mr.. PENDLEToN here rose, and said thai
if the gentleman would give him leave
he would ask him now TO place him (Mr p
in proper position as to the remark the gen
tleman had made about question ofveraci-
ty between himself and the gentleman. He
wished the gentleman to explain that it was
not question of veracity, but merely one ol
inference.
Mr.. s. | did not intend anything per-
sonal. l will repeat, that | understood the
gentleman to say that England had atoned
or apologized for every outrage she had com
mitted upon us. ! say she has not done So
have pointed out instances in proof of my
assertion. If any gentleman can show that
England has apologized for those injuries
which | have referred to, | will yield the
point. She has, from the very first settle.
ment of the country to this time, wronged us
in the most vital points. Why, sir, England
claims Canada, but she has no right to it.
and I'll show it before get through my re.
marks. | stated, sir, in these remarks with
the position that the Americans have an ex.
elusive right TO this island, for the purpose
of making her experiment of the adapt on
of republican principles to the wants and hap
pness of men. advanced the doctrine, sir
that this North American continent, orisland
as for some purpose deem it, belongs ex.
clusively to the people of the United States
The principles upon which we started were
enforced by George Washington, who estab.
lished the metes and bounds of Americanism
and they were afresh marked out by Old
Hickory, and, sir, Gen. Scott.
We were colony dependent on Great
Britain when we conquered Canada in the
war of fl745. This we did before we were
an independant nation; and all the rights
which Great Britain now has in Canada were
obtained through US. Canada was conquer
ed by our valor and our means. Even Vir-
gnia contributed to it. Therefore, (said
Mr.. s. have said that Great Britain has no
right to Canada, and that it belongs to Amer
leans, who originally conquered it from the
French and Indians.
| will put case, sir to the gentleman
from Missouri, [Mr. L. H. SIMS, which he
we'll understands. ] will suppose this land
but one great farm; Eyes, said Mr.. SIMS,
understand that perfectly.) suppose that we
occupy this farm by American farmers. q
subscribe 10 that, said Mr.. SIMs.) What
farmer will undertake to make his crop Of
corn, or wheat, or what not, without going
first to work to get rid of the weeds? He
will hoe out his weeds.
But here we have Canada, Nova Scotia
and other British possessions. around us
which are tares among our wheat. They
sir, are the weeds. How so? They pre-
vent us from spreading our principles through
out the continent, and from fully carrying
them out, and establishing free institutions
They diffuse monarchical principles amongs
us. The seeds of these principles are car
ried abroad upon the wings of the wind, auG
spread among us these obnoxious weeds
Now, Iconsider that these obnoxious weeds
must be eradicated, and that no more oi
them ought to be propagated, through these
means, on our soil. We must grub then
up by the root, before they infest the whole
country. Let US eradicate all these odious
federal, and monarchical British weeds.
The moment that England, or any foreign
power opposed to our system, obtains foot
hold on our soil, and we permit it, we lend
a club to hreak our own heads. What would
Great Britain say if we got foothold on hel
island, and put'ou institutions into operation
there? We have just as good right to dc
it as she had to establish her institutions
here. Would she permit it for a momenti
No; our principles are so different that they
must produce a perpetual collision, and we
must drive out from our land all governments
founded upon antagonistical principles
This country is nearly large enough to en-.
able us to make the republican experiment
that we have endeavored to make.
A gentleman from Connecticut, Mr.
ROCKWELL has told us that the shipping
interest will greatly suffer in war; and he
read to us several letters from ship-owners
on the subject, advising us not to give the
notice, because the shipping interests would