The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-31


SUI s Sam and TsTas are conducted to the marriage
L.~ber, and there, 10 the arms Of affection, multi
y, ,gd become exceedingly fruitful.
FRD now shall his back be turned on her twin
- He did not wish 10 be understood as init
r',og Thai UaeIs Sam was a modern Solomon. But
g., sam had lost none Of his devotion 10 her twin
',,c he was still determined warmly as ever to af-
"a her that protection which he had vowed; he
". still for adopting the dao4ehter Of the North
"a she would be admitted iHto the Union OF these
s,.,s. Prejudices might be attempted 10 be ex-
40; new party lines might be attempted TO be
Irsp; politicians might seek to make political capt.
"a bat the public opinion would bring Oregon In.
M, psople were for il. Ii he were James X. Polk
9Th did not pretend TO attempt TO advise him,
.sJs these tile ciques-while these little germs Of
y. PARTIES were 'forming-he would run out his
I.r,,s locomotive; he would get the steam up, he
~ pot on the wood, and take in the water, and
Isrh h the Oregon car, and those who attempted 10
Is il he would crush them in It's onward pro-
,,,,, The people would sustain him in il; the
co., weTs for Il; the people will have IT,
Bathey were told occasionally OF the horrors Of
.,,-snd that the country was not prepared--that
"A, uantry Va In no condition TO 90 TO war. Do
,ss vanl Chinese wall from the extreme South to
x, North, and then around the frontiers from East
: ws.9 Will you ever have 10 A nation oftwen-
!, aih.oas Of freeuen, with two millions Of sol
N
,s.aasnt 10 sustain them--xi,h 600 900 stand Of
sus--~ith cannon 10 propor,ion--ean such poo
:. = caRq1ereR Why, the enemy may burn up
g. t8xns, may sack n few cities, before We be-
- entirely prepared, but the result viii be that
-. outrage. viii tend 10 excite the patriot ism of
~ sssalry 20 a more determined and vigorous re-
ssssas. the Chinese wall We want Is united
- aad united hands this great question. Let
,.s.-sll, Americans; LEI wings and democrats rally
-
a., ar rs1s and our shrines shall all be erumbled
- tssi ioxslher bsfore Nc viii surrender square
Il n Oo-eon. Let us resolve, and IL will be
A. sad he whole Of our country will be secured
!. A., pssssssioa. Yes, the females Of the coun-
~ 81 h. with us. When cities arc besieged,
,sss .oxns are .afked, when the country is in
,.t,d he frmsls- Of our land would come forward
"a Ser 40 their last dollar yes, further, as a
=. u thsir patriotism, they would offer their
-, sni their iswels from their persons and they
49, rot stop there, but they would take their
-, GoH their fOfeheads and weave them into
es..risgs = ith which 10 throw the arrow Of de-
O.. iuio The bosom Of the invading foe. Yes,
n, uonsH Of tbs day would be found as
S.,r5ts a. the wives and daughters OF our sires
n a, r,yoluiion. Ard LEI but whig. and demo-
s,,, Al rally around The altar OF our country, and
/. .gupor o. The position taken by our Chief Ma
sisists upon this great American question, and Ore
zoo al Il ours, and the country be redeemed.
b. great deal had been said in this debate
,soui ts BRUSH lion. Let him but growl; let him
ss.ams q msnaeing attitude, and on some LOFTY
al IN oueon-perchsnee Mount 81 Heen's,
$500 issi above the oessn-leyel-the armor-bearer
q Jspilsr vii be found psrched on It's veriest
,smmf, With talons more formidable than the gilt
Isnns sp,ar Of Mars, with an eye which does not
.incs, though coming in contact with the suns
brightest rsy the British lion will be deseried ia the
dsanus, Hhs shall dare approach, and II he shall
moor IA our shore he will descend from his elevated
position, and, issuing q scream Of holder defiance
,Aan be has ever before heard, will strike terror
% his hsat and cause him, covering and shrieking
bsnssIh bis penetrating taons, daslardy to retreat
VIII The rssking blood dripping from his name,
from soil that he has dared TO pollute by his
lmrious tread. We will not track him in blood
Iound the globe, but We will drive him forever
from this continent
Bot a moment Of Mr.. Us hour remaining, he
expressed his aekRo~iedgments TO the House for
10 attention, and resumed his seat
Mr. WOOD having obtained the floor, addressed
he committee. He Believed, he said, that every
~. was Low convinced that this House was divi.
d,d INTO three distinct divisions. First, those who
were against the notice; and next, those who were
for IN, notice. but IN favor OF continued negotiation;
and lssy, those who wished to 60 up to 81 degrees
and 10 minutes; and were, therefore, for war. As
he represenisd q State which would have no small
shar. ofthe fighting to do in the case OF war, and
no small share Of the glory Of a victory, he fel,
obliged 10 offer some remarks on this subject. He
would not boast Of the courage Of the people of his
State; hey were wise enough not to seek fight, and
S,an, enough not TO shun H. Alldaughts upon their
sOuSg5 or their patriotism they would pay at sight
Tn, speeches which he had heard here carried u,
back to the dark ages, and we heard the Bael
Douglass gathering his followers for a Eoray. III,
could not invoke war, which only elevated brut,
courage, and whose only effect wasa scourge on our
selves Not only 10 the people OF this country, bu
TO all ehristendom, would we be accountable fol
punging this country into war. He admired I'll,
moral courage Of the gentleman from South Carolina
mr.. RHErT, with which he had stripped war Of il
tnssl and exposed its skeleton to view. Let novel
reading girls. and ove-sick boys talk Of the glore'
DIVA Jut they were revolving to men of sense,
lie had regretted TO hear the revolutionary wal
spoken Of in connection with the war now
invoked and il appeared to him almost sac
rieglous, il was virtually confounding the patriot
with Che brigand But he had some other reasons
for being opposed to war. Let It be granted that
you may succeed, and let your plans, like Captain
Bobadil's I've imagined TO be feasible. Let us sup
pose that you may succeed: what will be the conse
guence' You will work victory over yourselves
You will infiet the greatest evils on your owl coun
Try. You will demoralize it. You will sweep away
lis democracy, aud erect upon its ruins military
arstOcracy Nor is this ALL You will arrest the prog
ess Of liberal opinions in The whole world, and espe
eay in England, where principles of free trade were
rapidy extending, and could only be put down by
our own infdelty to them. These principles would
triumph in both nations, and ultimately through
ont the world, unless they should be arrested by
war. '
TWAS very much the habit with gentlemen hert
to denounce England; but the England Of IT'S, and
1912, was not the England Of 1876. The most ef-
fee'ual means by which we could now attack Eng
land was by peace, and not by war. The only
means by which that aris,ocracy, which was built
up by wars, could he put down, was by the long
continuance Of peace He had no sympathy for
that artist ocracy. All his sympethies were with the
people Of England, who were struggling against the
institutions which oppressed them and which were
fastened upon then, by war They had been degraded
ioih,r present condition by glorious and il would
no, be the fault Of members ofthis House -four peo-
pie also should not be degraded to that condition in
which, for a shilling day, they would hire them
selves to the trade OF murder. Why was this dead
ly late manifested against England Say wha,
You will her lights OF civil and religious liberty are
brighter than those Of any other country Of Europe.
Nowhere was the liberty Of speech and OF the pen
greater than in England; and the blush came some
tunes tngling to his cheek when IL occurred 10 him
that in this respect, Great Britain farther ad.
yanced than some portions Of our own country.
The spui, Of liberty first arose IN England there