Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-03-07

tans Mr. D. said he might have thought the language meant
for irony, and the btteres Of irony would have been But
from the well known courtesy Of his honorable friend from I'LL
nc he obliged TO conclude that il all meant nothing but
The Senator examined the strength Of the British navy,
and informed the Senate that proportion Of her ships wefe
nothing but rotten huks which had been the Nile and
sss A.. M that I AsF were e, 4. sound shs had r..
that the Senator could have forgotten that that very Of
which he made little account would itself Furnish her with
men The moment the commerce Of the nson was sus-
pended the great mass q Bfsh sar yould nmsdiais
during tie last wal Soon s hardy seamen were
driven from their whaers and their fishing boats. they in
sncyey took their place At the guns, and rallied beneath
their counrys flag. collection OF seainen such as were
collected ia that navy the world saw When the Con-
stution met the Guerrero she had board ~ her three
hundred common Yankee eehbders and who did not know
how they discharged their duty When the John Adams
destroyed in the Pcnobco and her crew Of three or four
hundred men were consequently dismissed t1en sommander
Capt Morris, (now Commodof Morris, said to them My
lads viii YOU not meet me 4 Portsmouth y Portsmouth
was two or three hundred mills Distant but they went there
foot sn when Morris appeared again TO take command
Of hem they reported themselves to man No nation could
show such collection Of saors-and God forbid that he
should breathe word in their depreciation But still his
friend ought 10 remember that would man the British
navy just it had manned our own The military marine
Of Great Britain amounted y no. 000 and her subjects adat
100000 And yet the Senator said she could not get men
Ba hsh he said that preparation did not consist in the
number Of ships ready for con not at all il consisted in
the capacity ID prepare he Senator told them that we were
better prepared for than any haoh in the world To DO
sure, had not got many ships but the e had the faci
for building them and our packets could quickly be
tered into ships OF Mr. d. thought the honorable Sem
6to had not very fully examined the subject He thought
that the steamboats, the Mississippi might be turned
pleasure into seagong vessels Of Did not the Sen
ator know that the eco Of single boadsde would shake
Of those boats to pieces He said they could carry guns
No doubt they could, but carrying them thing and
firing them another Did he believe that in the storm Of bat
tie structures like these would avail Us against British eh Of
war They had not the shape they had not the strength
Of mbers they had almost none of the requisites Of ships
Of war; Had no packets, merchant ships in the last
war Yet cut down green timber and built navy
Why did we not use our merchant ships which lay rong
the whaves hauled far up rivers It was idle 70
talk in this way l. s
Something had been said about heavy stsaets Great
Britain had Of Glass; for si1s and efficiency, hi
therto unknown II WAS however, experiment in naval
architecture we had none such. h
Mr. D. Was inclined to believe, in the language Of the Sc
nator from New York. (Mr DIX, that at Britain never
in better condition strike heavy blow against
enemy. Let Us not unjerrae her power
But this all aside from the question He should not
enter the merits Of il in any way he could not but feel
that all argument the relative power Of the two nations
all rating and berang Of England, in very questionable
taste II we resolved to touch her shield with the point Of our
lance let be done with dignity with chvarous delicacy and
decorum with regard Tor the honor Of the nations and them
when the onset eame might cry with confidence, God
defend the right"
would resume the Of his previous remarks.
The President spoke Of settlement of this question. But
on what termson what basis II did become Mr. D. to
express different opinion but he would offer one or two re-
marks ON this part of the subject
The navigation of the Columbia claimed side
and denied upon the other, with penacy which by
proporoned its intrinsic value II was true that
the mouth of the river and for few miles up, in some
h.rff fonu aofItG
stream consisting Of successive shadows, bars and rapids had
always seemed him Of but little practical Importance
Ii the object Of the British have the of the
river in time Of peace to allow the Hudson Bay Company an
opportunity Of floating down their furs to the Mr. D.
did the strong objection to it, would not hurt but
the highway and bring the voyager customer to our
markets. He would not however, commit himself on that
point Bot why might we not allow them the down naviga
Of the Columbia, Great Britain had yielded the
down navigation Of the st. Johns Or if this was considered
Objectionable permanent arrangement might il not be con-
coded for time Or if that too inadmissble might not
equivalents be granted habos above below the river
But he would the time Of the Senate this
point. One thing he of if we got from Great
Britain any thing than past Offers must be equiva
Tents rendered But he hoped those equivalents would be
connected with the subect-mat in controversy.
But Mr.. d. inclined to think there might be
dersandng between the officials Of the two
implied understanding among the ofcasthat if this Oregon
question settled ample remuneration must be made in
other way In ether words that to avoid the destruc
destruction of another class Of interests get clear Of
r. So the proposed equivalent the destruction Of
the tariff let them 60 When the time there were
those who would have word TO say. Meanwhile let this
Oregon difficulty be settled in some way.
few words the subject Of sng character abroad.
II had been asked, Who reads American book :"
There end Of such questions An American book
become the very pabulum of the House of Lords
We young nations but had headed Great Britain
the doctrines Of ee-trade at single jump True she had
roeed Under the protective system 70 degree unknown
might be very necessary for young and rising people might
not be at all adapted old and long established nation
True the objects of individual pursuit in the might be
wide asunde the poles; yet the system TO develop and
strengthen both now it seemed identical! There
great mistake somewhere. But this . DEPRESSION.
He wished this Oregon question to be settled. He had
Decd sometimes thought haherc great political party that
disposed push him and his political friends the wall go
far they would that this party resolved to farther
IL he went to 49, with the navigation Of the Columbia, they
would 60 for 400 without If he up that mark then
they would go up to $40 4V and he refused to follow then
the political cadron crater become hot thathe did
from Ohio had told them laugh. But he satisfied
pursuing the road which in his judgment would prevent
difficulties He prepared go before the people
the question Of compromise He believed they would
tain the manhat they would sustain tho Administration
that went for an equitable compromise.
was said that the would be popular, and that the
war party must become the popular party in the country He
did not believe il error, and that daily
producing mischief for there classes Of who would
go to any party they supposed likely to become popular
and powerful The easily explained. II was very
that hitherto had been popuar and the
obvious thus far had not been for property but for
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