New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-03-19
NJ carsonn,a Speech.

-
tae,re our readers il we could spare the
-, II ia characterized by great clearness OF
.,,,e,rent. force of reasoning and moderation OF
,one-oualitiea In striking contrast with those OF
mos, of the speeches made this question by other
members of the dominant party Its influence mus
be highly favorable in REFRESHING still more 'e al
ready tagging spirit OF War, and preparing Inc
country for peaceable settlement OF the oregon
difficulty
Mr.. CALHOUN waived ali discussion OF the ques-
ton of title but assumed thet our right to tue t'@ois
territory as not perfect At first his objecuonsto Inc
No,ice were insuperable, because the measure was
conn,a3 with the idea conveyed In the PRESIDENT
Message that the measure was preliminary TO the
o..ertio bv force of our claim the whole territory
Now. however the whole aspect OF the question was
changed and il was seen thatthe Notice would leave
omen the way for Compromise There had been q
mighty change; public opinion had developed itseIi
mot ONLY ON this but the other side OF the Atlantic
and tba, voice Of public opinion had uttered itse most
audibly and clearly in favor Ell compromise Here TOO
the same change had been manifested insomuch that ne
hszarded nothing when he said that large very large
majority Of the Senate In favor OF compromises an
honorable compromise The change consisted in this
that when the Notice recommended there existed no
hone of ompromise but the highest and most con-
6dent hope felt by ALL Now therefore there was no
great interest connected with deciding this question
OF Notice. way another JUST In proporuon as rue
prospect of compromise small the importance OF the
Notice was great but as the prospect OF compromise
increased the of Notice became OF less ana
less importance. ,,..
should be given substantially as has been proposed BY
the gentleman from Georgia, II consent to the notice
viii be- as have said to keep this agitation from run
: tinI an6 mall IN
terminate the question and if we give 1t at all let us
give it precisely intend, expressing the opinion
that the difficulty should be settled By compromise so
much feel inclined 10 vote for.
Rnt This whole measure is subordinate TO higher end
viz the preservation Of peace and the settlement oil our
difficulties without resort to arms My vote In regard
to notice will rest the question Wnetner the notce
will advance that end And shall. therefore, ra-
serve myself until shall be satisfied that point
90 for compromise and against war. Although wars
may at times be necessary yet peace positive good
and war Is positive evil and cling to peace so long as
can be preserved consistently with the national safety
and honor; and against war 40 long as II can oe
avoided without sacrifice OF either. l am opposed 10
war in this because neither oil these exgencies eA
ist il NAV be as conceive avoided without sacrlncng
either the national honor or the national safety But
these dangers did exist, 10 certain extent war Is st
highly inexpedient because our gnts IN gan oe
sustained with than equal chance OF success
without war than with It. He who goes SO stouty to
war for a of Oregon or none, may pessioy come out
of with 'none" concede to my country1nen the pos
which can be claimed for them but we shall go into this
contest with great disadvantages on our SIDE AS long as
Great Britain hes large force In the East ana NILS
tess Of the sea- she carry on the war ut ucn less
expense. =, -. ,L
There Is another why am opposed to 1t; the
war would soon cease be for Oregon; the struggle
would be for empire and 1t would be between the great
eat Power in Europe the side and the greatest
and most growing and epirted people OF the west on
the other 1t would be pressed OF upon both sides with
all the force. vigor energy and perseverance, ., Two
I'D braua each
the most vulnerable point, and the blows would De ire
mendous. Amidst the uproar OF such contest oregon
would soon be SUPPLEMENTARY forgouen 10 De re-
covered If ALL the contingencies oil success OF Inc
reverse.
MY next reason is, that though is alleged that we
must fight in order protect our citizens In oregon
instead of their protection would ensure their utter
destruction It is tho most certain way to sacrifice them
This will never consent 20 do. They are American
citizens-our brethren and kindred. We have encour
aged them TO 20 there and never will give vote the
result of which must be their utter and speedy destruc
ton But five make compromise on latitude 490 they
will all bic SAFE for II rightly Informed there is not
of them to be found North oil that ne. ms WIN
carry all the points have In view instead OF sacrnc
ing them all. -.
am against war. too, for reasons common to the
whole Union believe that the most successful war we
could possibly wage-even if years we should get
ali the most exravagant advocate Of war has dared to
hope for-f could take the Cansdas and New Bruins
wick and NovaScoia, and every other BRUSH posses
sion and drive her flag from the whole continent and
prosecute our advantages till we had accomplished the
downfall of the British throne and she should yield up
spear and shield and trident feet 1t would be to US
the most disastrous event that could happen do not
now sude TO the and desoatons OF warfare 10
tho oceans obood that must dow and the various mice
res that accompany the contest OF arns
have that statement othese things had
any great effect upon brave people No doubt the evils
would be very great because there no two nations IN
the world who do each other so much harm IN war
or so much good In peace great Britain and the Uni
ted States The devastation would be tremendous ON
both Sides But all this goes for nohing-for this may
all be repaired. The indomitable industry and enter
prise and perseverance of widely spread and sh
spreading and multiplying population, will soon md
ways and means Of repairing whatever merely ply sca
disasters war can nic But war hes far heavier nic
lions for a free people, 1t works social and political
change in people themselves and in the character OF
their institutions sucb az this will be OF vast ex
tent-every nerve and muscle on either SIDE VIII oe
strained to the utmost-every communicable dollar VIII
be put in requsition-pot portion OF onr entire IRON
tier but will become the scene OF contest 1t Will De
Mexican war on the side, and an Indian war upon
the other It's flames will be all around it will be
the Pacific. and war on the Atlanac-" VIII
rage on every side. and I'LL the land
Suppose Oregon shall be abandoned. we mus; raise
seven armies and naves: must rsise and equip
an army agans. the Mexcans and let no man sneer at
the mention of such Power Under the guidance and
training of British officers the population can De
rendered formidable enemy. See what Britain mas
made of the feeble Sepoys of India The MeXcans are
Drawer and harder people, and they VIII iorsn the
cheapest of all armies With good training and COCO pay
they NAV be rendered very formidable force Ihen
we must have another army guard our Southern iron
tier and another to protect Northern frontier and
another TO operate North Eastern Boundary, and
still another TO cover Indian frontier. At the least
estimate shall require force OF not less than 2oOoo
men in the field. In addition 10 that. the venerable
and intelligent Alder, Galatin has calculated the cos; OF
such war at sxty.fve millions OF dollars but that
amount Is too small hundred millions Is not an over
estimate; and of this sum Fifty millions must be raised
annually by loans o. paper that allowing the war
to continue for years. shall have an amount CT
FIVE hundred millions of public debt Add TO this the
losses which must loans 1t will be very diff
cult TO get these negotiated in Europe for owing
to the unfortunate manner in which this affair has been
conducted the feeling in Europe will be generally against
u.s. We obtain the requisite sums under an in
teres of thirty and forty per cent Add all these ex
penses and total debt will not be less than seven
hundred and ffty millions.
Blu, this is not all. We shall be plunged into the pa
per system deeply were in the days OF the Ne
voution and what will then be situation at the end
of the war We shall be left with mortgage Of seven
hundred and fifty millions OF dollars the labor Of the
American people, for it all falls the labor OF the
country at last while much OF the money will go into
the pockets of those who struck blow in the
test, We should then hsve the task Of restoring circua
ing medium of sounder character and thar from the
deepest degradation OF the currency This is hard
;oh G. NIL of us know who have gone through with