The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-29


:, ,vould be accepted. He had seen more than one
- hose who now rejected the DEGREES which were
WSsd NV the Baltimore convention with therown
n.ssnt who now thought that the 49th parallel wsss
ss,y reasonable point Of compromise Il had seemed
" he forgotten that the party which elected Mr..
on had 80 recently declared that our title was
.ood up 10 the line Of $50 40
He would ask whether, il Great Britain would
al, Five 10 the territory now, when would she
w. Ass n upy Would any oss answer him this ques-
'ool II she intended TO give It up at all, at any
,,op would she not give IL up after this notleef
II sbe would not surrender il now, Il was evident
b,t ,he never would do so, and that she would new
a. hermit US to enjoy the advantages OF any OF Its
- ar harbors or Of any Of its facilities for nay
a!3on and commerce Entangled, as Great Britain
g.. m her European concerns, she would not deem
CS.non worth the struggle of war Her fears for
,hs safety Of her American possessions and for the
',ssge Of her glory, would, as he thought, render
her Wiling to surrender oregon now; and more
.sneeially 10 nation whose population was spread
I into H. and had long asserted its right to the ter
'f 10 which il neither could nor would abandon.
o., r we must fight for Oregon, why not do Il
=. well az at any future ume' Some said we were
~, nrepared for a conflict with such power. IL
vas true that We had not expended our money IN
sb,,s hut our money still remained in the hands Of
The nsople. ready TO be brought out al any time
h.n II MIGHT be needed for the public defence. lie
Al ma, suopose that we would be called upon to do
anything more than TO strengthen our iorhhesiions
mill the crisis actually arose. When war dad arse,
II would develop wealth, ana strength, anu means
of defence in our mines, and in our forests ana IN
our waters; and from the land, everywhere, would
spring up armed legons
Gro,lrmen said that a war would cost two hun
dred millions; ia voice; Five hundredi some say
that il will cost five hundred Millions ana the geo
,ls,nan from South Csrolina, who sees such dark
s,gh,. m the air. will probably estimate Il at thou
sand millions. IL was SAID too, that the govern
nent would have no credit in war. How was II
during the Last war; The country went through u,
under the greatest possible disadvantage what
vas eredil IL consisted In The stability and CHARGE
Ter of a government II, amer thirty years Of peace
and OF unparalleled prosperity, this country would
r,her Weld up It's soil than defend IT, then II did not
deserve the character Of stability and would be en-
uted to no credit But he believed that with Just
regard To our credit and wise and prudent course
. ofeopduct we could 90 through third su uggle for
terory with the same success that crowned our ef
forts IN one war against taxation, and another war
,gsinst impressment. No nation would deserve
any credit which was not always ready to defend
itself
CURED US TO fight, no one could say that we would
be unable 10 find the money TO carry on the war.
With such resources the United States possessed,
there could be no danger from war and the mereena
~ spirit Of dollars and cents would not prevent Us
from asserting our rights for whenever people
rather than defend it. il was token that they would
not exist long as independent nation.
He had been told by an intelligent gentleman
from Montreal, that il had been announced in some
publication in that city, under the sanction OF an
association that the disrupiion of the American
States was at hand, and that New England, New
York, and the western States would be united with
Canada under the British dominion, but that the
South must take care Of themselves He would not
be willing to be annexed IN this manner He men
toned this TO show how idle the sectional dis
tinctions which had been drawn in regard to this
question. T.. -.
The speech Of the gentleman from South Carolina,
lMr. HoLnEs,l he said, seemed TO have much more
regard for the interest of the cotton gro wing country
than for the hoaor Of the nation The question seemed
10 he regarded AL western questlon-as one in which
the West had some peculiar interest; but she had
none that he knew of. In the last war, the West
poured out her blood freely did any portion Of
the country. New Orleans and the River Raisin
would forever attest to this Bnt now, although we
must have California, and perhaps all Mexico, after
having taken Texas were told that the assertion
Of our title to Oregon was matter in which the
West was alone Interested. IL had been said that
in time OF war, we should be obliged to resort to
direct taxes which would fall heavily upon the prop
erty on the seabord. II was true that their costly
equipages their wines and plate, would be subject
to taxation; but all these were Injuries; while the
West would be taxed, not for luxuries, but for the
bare accessories Of life. What was the West to
gain by IL But the West would go Tor II, and
stand by it, because thAy had been told and believed
that the soil was our own; and moreover, they be-
lieved that was our manifest destiny to occupy and
peopls it.
What (said Mr.. b. was destiny Was il moi
the duty of every statesman to look, not only al
what country is, but to look forward and see what
(by the blessing of Cody it may become'
He claimed Oregon, because it was contiguous to
our own territory, and would be peopled by those
kindred to us in blood, in language, and in every
thing else. He loved peace aud despised war; but
when war should come, he trusted that it would be
met in such manner as to insure TO our children
and our children's children, the whole territory
rghtfnly belonging TO US, as long as our country
shall be true to its manifest and ultimate destiny!
Mr. HOGE obtained the floor, and on his mo-
ton the committee rose,
And the House adjourned.