The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-04-02

tion for the defence Of the country I'D OF conf
laons Now the President had not failed to recommend
preparation for the detences Of the country as the est
mates before the Committees oil Military and Naval
First there the estimates upon which the bill
for the ten war steamers &c was founded covering an
II lies upon your table and there il is likely to lie Be.
cause you could not build aeet you would not build
ship; because you could not raise q regiment you
would not enlist man. The learned Senator read a
letter from General Scott covering certain estimates of
the War Department:
An addition to the regular army Of. . 1860 men.
voluntary enlistment Of. ........ $4,000 do
Appropriation for ordinance. ....... S4,27e,0oo
For forthcations, &C. extra. ....... 3O0O.o00
Engineers department. ............ 100000
Channel defences, SC. ........... 100000
Mr.. WEBSTER asked for the date of that letter
GEN CAss replied that there no date to it
nASSEGAN, from his seat, said II was probably the
18th Of December last.
GEN. Cas- answered that it had so come to the Senate
IN connection with the estimates from the War Depart
men as understood and referred to the Senator from
Cor. BEsros-You have stated them correctly, sir.
Mr. JOHNSON. OF Md inquired il the Senator read the
estimates from the Navy Department.
GgS CAss replied in the Affirmative, and read from the
Naval Affairs And this two months, said the hon.
orabe Senator from Michigan before the Senator from
North CarSiIs had made his speech Thus would be
the want OF confidence in the Chairman Foreign Re-
lsiiops r Alenl Gen Casa was grat6cd stsfe that
the Senator from OHIO had rendered essential service TO
the admnistration-tha he in the full possession Of
the Presidents confidence and in daily
With him The Senator from NORTH Carolina had argued
want OF confidence from the fact of the Chairman on
roregn RELATIONS on vous day ree ring the re-
the ground OF his that the
had not changed his position from his stand al 50 40 in tho
outset Gen. Cass maintained the Senator from Ohio
proper for the President to make autous commupica
tons to body before the conjuncturs had
when was right that such comau ncatons should be
made Tho Senator from South Carolina had Sustained
the view Of the Senator from Ohio that from the Ian
gage of the President, there hope OF compro-
mise General Cass next referred to the probabilities OF
war, and dwet upon the theme with all the eoquence
asoldier addressing his upon the mighty
battle. he said that though nations did not go to
war for minons and mistresses Of old that though
there was danger OF an appeal to from the splitting
sons and Of nsoSs s ss saa ne Pa
should not too soon beat swords into plough shares
syren cry OF peace, peace, when there is peace"
Nor should we calculate upon dollars or DANCE rs and
dl'as.er il the peace cannot be honoraby preserved
he CONFESSED that he saw as yet of light btoken
ing The dawn Of the millennium The lion would not vet
lie down with the lambthe triumph of peace was not
yet established docs the honorable Senator from
kentucky wish to see these estimates MIR Car.
TEspEs, to whom this remark was addressed, nod.
to him, which he began 10 read, while General Csss
pursued the thread of his observationsJ He re-
CURED to the expression that it was better to eight
for tho first inch than the last" the recent animal
versions OF the Senator from New Jersey tMr Dayton
How an Americans blood boils when YOU talk of sur
rendering inches as spoken Of by the Senator from
North Carolina. There is an old proverb whch says
iii you give inch he will take an ells Gen Cass
denounced this spirit OF concesson-it was like build
ing orsss OF gold for an advancing enemy to pass
decrepitude OF age while we yet in the vigor of
youth Here the unaagging Senator adverted to the
tremendous power Of Great Britain Unsuitable lust
for dominion, and said that If she would example
Tor the peace OF the world by the surrender Of this
rory OF Oregon, he would say s'well dooe She could
not in any event. hold il long Gentlemen had, argued
that was impossible that two great nations this day
should go 10 war Why not two great nations we'll
great aud three small ones The eloquent
senator passed TO a review Of existing military opera
ships Of Britain were ascending the Psrana until thew
hao penetrated ro the goges of the Andes the armies
which has been the home of the turban since days
oil the patriarchs the Cossacs were penetrating into
territories of the Prophet the British saug
the inhabitants oil India order TO enforce them
the blessings OF an Incorporated despotsm the Chinese
had been compelled to take the opium; and by opium
and English cannon balls system might be intro
duced into China which would yet destroy one fourth of
her population And how long has been heard
the thunder OF cannon in the mountains of Lebanon
and bombs bursting within sound OF the hills of Zion
The General then expaated upon British philanthropy
whck seeks the ostentation Of display in its works
abroad, while her people at home are starving for
bread II was that sort Of philanthropy described by
French philosopher which leaves in misery its neigh.
bors at home TO 20 on crusade Of Violence to the
North Pole In this connection the Senator expatiatod
CURED to the late Belgian war; and the Spanish war,
and the Grecian war, and others. Why, Mr.. Pre-.
Would bs a. seldom Of that Of
imperial predecessor, the Empire of Rome. There
were men living-there were Senators here who were
through the second, and may live to the third Gen
Cass next took the declarations of the Senator from
past and referred to the Presidents for the
worse of this position. England would not surrender
nor recedcnor crawl back and day the chances
of pacific adjustment diminishing. He referred
to the warke Preparations in England and the recon-
the event of collision, how stand prepared receive
her We are without an army, without militia
unurnHsd or going TO decay And what Is hs easn
OF our frontier Thei Senator as understood, made it
out TO be
1900 miles Atlantic and Cult coast
1900 on the Pacific
400 North and West running up to 81 40 or across
2,4Oo interior frontier, penetrable OF every point.
500 miles in a agreeable to the data which he had
obtained from the Library of Congress- Tho soldier Sc
enlarged upon the spirit of England defence
nator from Delaware Qsir Nj. Clayton) did right IN
giving the data which ne did of highlands navy because
Il is said there is bird in the desert which hides its head
in the sand and imagines becauseit nothing there
folly. II had bsen said that the last pack which
breaks the cames back and from the oppressive system
England the Senator from Michigan argued that she
must ultimately fall But yet predict the
day She is now as strong as ever in and in the
power of drawing upon the future for the exgen
cies. Read from London Morning Herald, to show
that could raise the means, ahd spoke in this
lstion Of certain estimates said to have been made
u out Of that war But no array Of figures could stop
the national ardorthe spin OF the people resist
less the waves OF the Wa should come out OF
third triumphany out of the first and second
Adverted to tho coalition headed BY England under Pitt
TO the reduction Of France and its terrible results in the
twenty-five years OF bloodshead which succeeded and
the enailment Of national debt which sits like
cuous upon the British Empire Read extracts from tho
London Standard the TIMES the Gsseffs the Liverpool
Courier, to show that there satisfactory indca
lions peace the other side Of the sea. 1he sena-
tor expressed his svrprse at the British Minister'S
rejection Of forty nine, without consultation Of his gov
srnmens OF tho probability Of the opening by
a rupture among the American and English settlers
in Oregon-of the commercial importance Of Ore
gon, and tho determinatIc~ Of England to hold 1t.
General next adverted to the horrors Of Chat
would be Of ten years &c) as depicted in the
speech Of Mr. Csh and asked OF that Senator
whether such an exhibit ought to be proclaimed here
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