The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-03

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Their In unity that no longer Stands ntersected by a
narrow firth would make enemies Of nations which
else, like kindred drops, had melted into ONE" that
from the bosom OF that far-oH region would have
risen the mornng-star Of peace, that would have ex
banded until lis lustrous beauty should have faded
in the brighter glory Of the mienial day. Sir, that
vision has passed IL is gone. "0regon is ours and
we must have IT," Gentlemen have on their lips
the words Of peace but they do not the thing that
leads TO peace. They are about to give this notice
as peace! No, SIR, nos as a war measure. | do not
say war; il may not come; but measure of war, |
can prove il TO be- by that high and elevated author
ty 10 which gentlemen appeal with much ardor
and so great satisfaction ! appeal TO the sage of
Quincy and from his own lips will prove that he
advocated the giving of the notice last year. upon
the specific ground that IL was war power and
that the exercise Of that power rested with this
House, and was not transferable. Then, although
peace is the object yet the power is appealed to
as the means. II the exercise Of the war power in to
produce the contemplated effect without war, then il
must be IN one Of two ways-either that Great Brit
ain will retire from the territory through dread of
our arms; or from the greater apprehension Of sacr
hcng in war the extensive interests which she has
in preserving peace with us. do not believe that
an unarmed man, however courageous, would in
spire with dread man armed eap-a-ps with all the
elements Of battle in his hands.
But at present ] will suppose that there is no
war; ! will suppose that at the end Of the term
OF twelve months, you do not enforce the notice;
and suppose that you mean TO enforce II, or 10
treat (Which Mr., Polk says you cannot do without
disgrace.) But give you the benefit Of the alter
native, that you mean 10 do something. And al
ready you have concocted the elements Of action
You do mean TO make Territorial government. II
you undertake this say, by the laws of nations it
leads 10 war What will be the effect Of the twelve
months notice, il neither party moves hosely, and
Great Britain remains? The extension Of your iu-
rsdiction. What il thatl The claim of the eminent
domain. And what is hatl II is claim transcend
ing all other claims, and excluding all other jurs-
dictions. Admit for moment TINT under this state
Of things British process, issued by a British
Judge, is served on British subject: what Is the
consequence War. The cdsB bsM is distinctly
stated. Why Because it is an invasion of the
right of eminent domain greater insult could not
be offered.
Let us suppose case. Suppose that the State
Of Massachusetts,, in the effort extend her iurs.
dction over her black citizens in Charleston, were
disposed, by process issued by Judge in Boston,
through sheriff OF Massachusetts, 10 serve a writ
Of hGbeds corpus on the governor Of South Carolina:
would IT, or would II not, be invasion Of the right
Of eminent domain, and an insult, and, between
other sovereignties, cdsus btih? | put il to the
lawyers Of this House. But this never could hap
pen, because the President has declared land the
declaration has been re-echoed here) that when the
twelve months are over, you must either retire with
disgrace, or consummate your demands. There
will be no such thing as retirement with disgrace.
That we will not do. But by CARRYING into effect
his proposed measures, the President will compel
the expulsion of the Hudson Bay Company; COM
pei her TO stI Ike the cross Of St. George TO call in
her hunters from the prairies break up her settle
ments, and make exodus.
Will she go, sir' Will she go' Let me tell you
an anecdo,e that came to my own knowledge
Four years ago, the Hudson Bay Company and
the Russian Fur Company nearly involved Russia
and Great Britain in a war. Lord Aberdeen said
to the head Of the Hudson Bay Company, Sir
George Simpson, Purchase out the rights of the fur
company" He replied, II would be willing, but it
would require the outlay Of an immense capital
and have no security for the territory south of it,
because the Americans claim it," "Make the pur-
chase" said Lord Aberdeen, land we will guaran-
tee to you its possession and at this moment the
whole Russian northwest territory is in the hands
of the Hudson Bay Company, with the exception
Of the small fort of st. Michael, over which the
Russian banner floats, merely to attest the soyer-
eighty. Think you, sir, with this whole matter in
view, that the British minister would have given
such advice, if. after the company had involved it.
self large expenditures, England intended to re-
tire back before the frown or the trumpet-blast of
this nationl
Suppose you give the notice. what is the re-
suit Great Britain says, this notice was provided
by the treaty for my benefit waive it, | will not
wait for the twelve months to expire. | demand
your ulumatum. The same spirit which has so
SdlldnUy COHt up 10 the rescue OF the nation
this hail, will not shrink from giving that ultima
tum, which is so clearly figured out in the message
of the President, 1--WE mean to take the entirety of
the region" What answer does Great Britain
make THAT is very explicit; but we do not mean
TO give 1t up; and the days Of chvalry are over
we are are not gong to wait for you to arm; but
having our fleets in the four seas having the Med-
ssrranean at our command, we at once hurl back
defiance TO you, and 60 to the rescue" What is the
result The first news waited to our rich argosies
IN the Indian seas and to heavy but rich whale
men in the North Pacific, would be the annuncia-
ion by the British feet, "you are our prisoners. ."
10 every sea, before you can make preparation, or
send on the wings of steam intelligence that dam
ger is abroad, the rich, exuberant commerce of the
country falls prey to British feets-is carried into
British ports, and sold; and our Sailors with whom
we expect to man our navy, will have been swept
into the prlson-shps and Dartmoors. And here.
let me remark, by the way, will be beautiful illus
tration of that other proposition, the extension of
the area Of freedom. Oar sailors instead of being
abroad upon the ocean, will be restricted to old and
infected hulks. Methinks, in my minds eye, behold
some of these poor fellows cooped up, and looking
through their narrow PORTFOLIOS upon the deep blue
waters of that which was once their home
through which they once roamed with the freedom
of the dolphin, and on which they once settled with
the peace of the halcyon, nqurng one of the other
"why are we confined within these narrow limitsr'
when gallant tar shall reply sit liz for the no.
But again: One hundred and forty British steam
ships are already in commission, with the ability to
bring forty more Immediately into requisition; with
artificial mountains ofcoal drawn from the mines in
Nova Scotia, and piled up in Jamaica, Bermuda,
and Barbadoes; with guns and Paxhan shot abund-
onty stored at each of these stations. And thus
all the combinations which science has lent to these
missiye and destructive elements, will strike at once
Where, then, will be your potent ARM Is il in
your Notifications Is it in fortress Monroe That
may become position not Of defensive, but of of
fensive warfare Before you can march your SOL
diers from Corpus Christi Great Britain, with the
speed of hghtning can upon that fortress, and
thus command completely the pass of one of your
Medlterraneans--the Chesapeake She can imme-
diately take possession of Fort Adams in Nara
ganset bay and thus command the pass ofthat other
Mediterranean--the Long Island Sound; for at
neither Of these positions have you a single regi-
ment She can, with her steam fleet, easily pass
up the Narrows, which, from my own observation
know to be ndefensible, going up to the city and
by her floating batteries rdzing the town or raising
contributions on the town. In short time, darling
like sea bird on the wings Of steam, you find her
on your northern coast. And where ia your de-
fence against Understanding at one moment on