The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-10

ruinoos and disastrous TO France in war Nor
over, Tins Is The inference from our own politic
] maxims. Can We YET invoke the pTincinles cons
0 Grated by Louis XVR A great empress ICs,bern,
OF Russia, holding herself aoof from strife and ba
ties, acquired great glory in the world by the mair
tenance OF those principles, and by the
! OF those truths before the nations. Yes there ar
/, great fundamental msxms belonging to the polio
Of civilization, IN relation to which England has /,
: ken stand OF opposition against other nations
all her acts since 1884 in all her orders in eoune
OF 1905, 1906, and 1907. Upon every oocasio
II when England has presented herself she has main
tanned her fundamental, her almost Hereditary po
icy.
i AL the nations which have risen TO greatness hay
fulfilled this condition. Every maritime power he
asplred to rule the seas. Portugal, Spain, Holland
each In turn has aspired 10 such dominion, and hs
produced lis jursts TO establish the theory Of tn
| tyranny Of the seas by single people.
4 The nations which have aspired TO that universe
| empire which you dread have always sought tina
European monarchy which yoa do not seek, az TIA
tyranny Of The ocean which = now sought By Eng
! And you have not fell what this sovereignty O
the ocean Is, what is the doctrine which II seek,
TO establish-l mean the perpetual threat aeains
neutral rights the noD-reeegniton Of the principle
That the nag protects the merchandise in the sbir
mat bears AZ. That question you have not solved
You have not wished that France should sanction
those maNims Of neuIs law which proclaim, in
case OF war between two nations, that commerce
shall not lie interrupted by those paper bloeksdes
which prevent communication between nations at
peace. You should have established these prudent
msxIms In advance good policy plainly indicated
Inc preeauton. i have considered that precisely at
the time when nothing is yet determined while the
questions yet depend, though the solution be AT hand
II have thought that this was not an affair In which
the future could be waited for. Il IL an affair of to-
day consider that 1t concerns the dgpity and the
nIE ranf anHIk h. Il :
10 proclaim-ln view Of the Discussions which now
agitaie other nations, and in view Of possible war
NE policy Of 'ssnu', the only policy which BELTS
France.
Let France tell the world tina, this reserve il not
assumed by reason Of her present prosperity or re.
pose, or ethsrgy, but in view Of the maintenance Of
those maxIms which are alike the glorious remem-
brsnce Of old monarehies, and The power Of new
goyernmenIs-those French maxims-"ihe aar COO
srs the goods ~ mo paper blockade ;" mo block
ade but real boeksdel" So should France speak
Such position is noble. More influence, more as
tendency in the world will be gained by such
course than by battles and victories.
ask, then, that the chamber this day recognise
that state OF things upon u.s. full of peril and In
which we summoned 10 play our part We
must have policy, and the moment has come TO
commence that policy. Let US commence it, con.
Jure you, not by succession Of mysterious de-
spatches addressed 10 agents, which may be fal-
SHED in our communications TO a foreign ambassa-
dor, but by declaring before the world that il war
breaks out, France holds herself in reserve but in
reserve watehful to maintain those principles which
belong to the protection Of the world.
insist cannot think deceive myself or 70 too
far; am convinced there ciH be no pa. We NAV
speak freely OF the affairs OF foreign nations. Let
consider this matter. When war is spoken Of
and deemed imminent-when we are disposed to sub
the interests OF one Of the begerents-when
we can thus be led on TO acts hostile to our an
A "a Af,,lf -
Of the power in favor Of which, and in subser vience
TO which, we are called upon to act.
Do you believe that England will make war;
Consider the events Of the past thirty years.
In the month Of December, 1914 the treaty Of
Client framed to adjust the differences then for
some years existing bctWoes the United States and
England. In the month OF January, 1915, the trea-
ty was not yet known; the English troops harden
ed TO war in their struggle against the French sol
diery in Portugal were at New Orleans; jackson /
attacked them with his riaemen success was not
with England, and then the treaty met no more OBJ
staces, and ratified. What has since occur
redl Difficulties in 1918. The Oregon cues
ton was agitated. The first treaty agreeing upon
occupation IN common as a temporary and provs-
ional arrangement bears date Of 1918; on the very
day Of this first treaty England yielded to America
the restitution OF Astoriathat is say the resto-
ration of the mouth of the Columbia, which Eng
land had seized during the war. Since 1873 nego.
tiations have taken place in 1856; a Canadian
boundary question has been settled; settled, for in
fact England hardly went beyond the limits of a
demand.
A great question like the Texas question, unhap-
PLY for u.s. cause of disagreement between the pol
icy Of France and the policy of America has been
agitated between the United States and England i,
is the question of the independence of the hag-of
the protecting power of the flag.
The Americans have their marine as We have
ours they have defended it, and have persevered in
its defence England has yielded, The Americans
have not agreed TO that which we have admitted IN
our last treaty. America would not supulate to en-
gage in the pursuit of the vessels of other nations.
In refusing this stipulation, the Americans have
said, conduct for ourselves the police OF own
vessels; we have power enough and consideration
enough before the world to prevent any other nation
from coming to see how we do it.
In this dgnifed stand the Americans have MAIN
tanned themselves, and England has yielded
England has been deeply ANXIOUS In the cues-
terest in the question, when annexation was deci-
died. should have said nothing; but England, which
must attach great importance to it--an inheritance
which we well know-Englsnd had said no more
than we; she has yielded.
Now, the Americans claim that their right shall
be recognised up to the 49th degree they grant that
the 49th parallel Of latitude shall he taken their
frontier limit. They grant that, because they wish
to hold the ports the harbors and the access to the
Pacific. The English are willing to grant then,
only the mouth OF the Columbia, and they say the
navigation shall be free--that ia, England would de.
prive the Americans Of the ports; and at the last
state Of the question, this is the English psoposi-
lion; "ihere Is small point of land presenting
good port, we will yield it to YOU"
The Americans have replied, "you mock us
We will have..none Of your ports, surrounded on
every side by British possessions we will carry
our frontier at least up to the 49th parallel" And
so negotiations have ceased, and we are told that
they cannot be resumed,
They will be resumed. The AMERICANS WILL
NOT YIELD; England ,oiH yield. prolonged sensa-
ion.l l could wish that this question were wholly
French could wish that we had been at the point
which the Americans approaching--to yield
nothing, and to throw back the word which was
hurled at France by the mouth of Lord Melbourne.
tSensation--loud applause at the leftl Certainly,
gentlemen, there will be no war. Negotiations will
be resumed. There will be 70 arbitration, because
arbitration was rejected last year, and there now
no arbters, France might have been this arbiter,
had you reserved yourselves If you had shown
no oompaisance-ify you had not compromised your
negotiaor il the bad negotiations of the English ne
gotiator; il you had not made the Englishman the