Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-01-08
No. SO.

y war And if the whole Senate were of
me same opinion. instead Of adopting
resolution OF inquiry which they were
now called on 10 adopt, they would az
once employ''hemselves in making every
th'ri al preparation. and putting on all
their arinor without deIav." "a 45a.Hess
hr Ca~s desired to explain. Ha did
hh Sav t'la' war was inevitable. but that
u England. Al The expiration Of the year.
persisted IN the pracncs assertion of her
claim to the Territory OF Oregon, il would
Lead 10 a war. He had stated Yesterday
and he would repeatIt now, tina, he be-
lIeved England would persist in that,
claim. tasr IS fsgs. ~ !nrrra
Mr. CRtfTENDEN. Under these
imposing circumstances, we NAV we'll ask
! the walchman, What OF lhemgIt. What
are We TO do! / take II for gran,ed that
we shall give the n"l,ce The termination
| OF the Jmni occupancy; and, il we do, the
Senator tells US there must be war. slt
Nr CASS. M Blu! added rs now do.
u England persist. as | believe she will, in
| practically asserlingahrr claim. aas ta LII
MIR CRi fTENDEN. Then The Sem
ator wishes to he understood as speaking
| qrial'hedlv | would be very glad To hear
any explanation irnn the honorable Sena.t
'or4by which public anxiety might be
renewed. Ea.f sas8ff
Mr. CASS said he could give no SUCH
explanation. HIS opitinn, II the Senator
desired ~ hear 1t. was. thai we are almost
on The verge ut WARRIOR he believed that
Eagland would persist in her claim. fIs
Mr. CRlEFENDEN SAID tia, these
mamentous apuouacemenis were calcu-g
lated. he thong hi, to creatr very great
approximations III the public mind par lcu-f
larly when coupled win otirr remarks Of
The same nature made by the honorable
Senaur Alter, Tor instance, informing
The senate that England was nor IN the
tiabt of reredmg from any pretensione
which she once sets Up. though we cannot
settle the differences IN any other wav, he
1 yet repndiates the idea OF arbltrauoa
\ Well. then, what WAS the conclusion al
which The honorable Senator arrived IL
\ was that war was inevitable. $3.50
! Mr. CASS observed that he did not
wish to convey any other idea than that
/ he very much feared war would ensue,i
because he believed tina. England would
persist in her pretensinns aa7- a6l fiiv
Mr. CRIT TENDEN now understood
/ the Senator to say thar he believed that
/ England would persist IN asserting her
claim 10 the whole of the Oregon terrific
/ ry. @ (" ew HEe
Mr. CASS. That is it. Jss .4 i sssssar
Mr. CRIFTENDEN. Well, after the
speech OF the Sc iaior of yesterday, thatis
something OF a retraclion. a lt7sa#ao aat
Mr. CASS. do not retrac. single
word. | will repeat what | said. Mr.
G. here produced copy Of the repor. Of
10. ..a. l..--.~~-ad hr Kim snif far thsr
Union, and read the passage referred TO. D
Mr. CRlrrENDEN. Now I am
totally al a loss Does the gentleman
mean that if we give the notice, and he
thinks we ough. TO give II, war will nee.
essarIly follow! r 4TE1-
MrCASS IL. at the expiration of the
wear, England PERSISTS in her claim; |
cannot say wlal she will do, but believe
she will n~sisl. Hsass s6 sd
MIR CIFTENDEN. The Senator
then a,ieagih, instead Of announcing an
new &ble inference, makes his Inference
cn.ingent upon the happening of other
senis-upon the concurrence of other
circumstances. Ills conclusion. to be
complete, vii require various other facts:
such as Thai Gfe-i Britain will, al the end
OF the year, take hostie possessions of the
whole territory. 1t migtr-La vprv f,;,lv
inferred iha, such course on nsS r.
| Great Britain would lead To "A war; anc -
| tho Senatnr desired TO make out a .>.se
somewh a, stronger let him suppose sh'..
| lirea, Brtain should land her iorces aha
! take po,sessinnr of the city OF Ciiarlestoh
,r Norfolk or BalImorr.t In shari, lhe
me ming ef the Senator, alter ALL was
,ha, war would neviia ably take pioeo'
nrovided the grounds for war were ne'e
after supplied lie had al - = .. .""'
,.'...,,.,e,, ma.e BY the Senator
10 .eSct to create false
"o''' - 70, j, :. effect he thought the more
' "'''" ue produced By reason Of the
Cha acter and standing Of ihe Senator,
10, from his personal and private charac-
ler and standing alone, but from The init
mate and confidential relations which he
was supposed 10 bear to the present Chief
Magistrate of the uaiion. Ii would be
very naturally supposed tina, declarations
of so mnnsntnus y character would NOT
be made without knowledge at ihe seI'
tt,nenls entertained by ttle Administration.
fakiag all these cousideraaons'ngetaer,
he Was somewhat under the imprHss.
ion that the authority given 50 apparently
IN earnest must be- set down as an csi-
ti,.pcp that there was 10 he war. H
Sir, continued Mr. Criienden.) 4 dc
no, my self believe. speaking win all due
difference for the distinguished Senator,
thai we are to have var. have never
been able 10 realize to my mind that a var
could possibly grow up between two such
, na,i,ns as The United States aud Great
, Bri,a,p, ont Of such cause. Is II posi-
f, bic thai we cannnl settle the boundary OF
, a distant strip Of territory OF no great
yalae elher, aithonfa war' Cannot the
diplomacy of the whole country settle
! question of this sort. without lnbfning
: the hands of The two nailOnsfin bluod!-