The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-04-15


lOovernmqnt, is 10 assemble about the middle OF
next mouth
Mr. BeNroN Tin his seat Ut will meet on the
2Oth Of next month.
Mr.. CALHouN.-Iet US await the importani
event. Let us await the action of the Conven-
ton. That will be wise and prudent. Let us
not act with precipitation. / move, then, to lay
the resolution on the table.
Mr.. DIcKINsoN.-I ask for the yeas and nays
Mr. UsDERwooD.- the gentleman from
south Carolina withdraw his motion for mo-
meat, that make single remark
Mr.. C,LHoUN.-.l cannot withdraw the mo-
ton.
The call for the yeas and nays being second
ed, they were ordered, and were taken with the
following result:
NEAs--Messrs Bagby, Baldwin, Benton, Ber-
rien, Butler, Calhoun, Davis Of Miss, Dayton
Hunter, Mangum, Miller, Phelps, upham and
| lulee--l4.
NAYs--Messrs. Allen, Ashley Atchison,
Atherton, Bradbury, Breese, Cass, Clayton,
Crittenden, Davis of Mass, Dickinson, Dix,
Douglass, Downs, Felch. fooie, Hale, Hanne-
gan, Houston, Johnson of Md, Johnson of
Geo. Lewis, Moor, Niles, Rusk, Spruance,
Turney, Underwood and Westcott--29.
so the motion TO lay the resolution on the ia
BILE was not agreed TO.
Mr.. ALLEN.--ln moving a great question
like this, | would not be guilty Of the petty
trickery of trying TO force vote Of the Senate,
UNDER the impulse of great feeling recently
| excited by so great event. | do not desire
the thOughtless, unreasonable Judgment of the
Senate, il this body can be supposed to be ca
pabe of such a judgment upon such PROPOSE
ton as this. seek the deliberate Judgement of
the Senate, in full view of all the facts upon
h esla fh.f ss -
order that there may be time Cor that Judgment
to be made up, move that the resolution be
made the special order Of the day for the first
MonGay ia May. ..'
Mr.. B,LDwIN.-There is a motion to refer
now pending.
The PREsIDiNG OFFrcER-The motion is to
postpone till the first Monday in May.
Mr.. JOHNSON Of Maryland.-I understand
that the motion was 10 make the resolution the
special order for that day.
Mr.. CHTTENDEN. not the motion TO re-
fer take precedence
The PREsIDINC OFTicER.-The motion to post
pone is first in order.
Mr.. UNDERw ooD.--I concur eaiirely with the
remarks made By the Senator from South Caro-
lina; but | voted against his motion TO lay the
resolution upon the table, because | conceive it
placed me in a false position. Ii we had laid
the resolution upon the table, il would have
been an sct from which differences might have
been drawn unfayorable to those who so voted,
ia reference to their sympathy with the great
movement which has been made by the people
of France, and | am free TO admit that my heart
is with them in every step which they have la
ken. have reJoiced in every movement which
The French people have made from time 10 time
with a view To the establishment of Il Repub-
lie. But although these have been my feelings.
and now are my feelings, strongly cherished,
am Admonshed To caution by the fact that in all
their former efforts they have sigually failed. -
That signal failure, heretofore, admonishes me
of the prOprety Of obse rving that prudence
and caution recommended by the Senator from
South Carolina. | think with him, that it is
wise 10 await the result of this great movement.
II France succeed, her example will be followed.
doubt not, by more than the half of Europe.
If she fail, not only may the chains Of monar-
chy be rireted more closely in Europe, but her
failure may seriously affect the safety of Repub-
lican Institutions throughout the world
Now, what ought to be done7 II seems TO
me, ns we are notified through the press, that
the elections in France will shortly take place,
that the National Convention will soon assem-
bic, aud that the result Of the deliberations
Of that body vii! reach us before we adjourn,
that We ought 10 await the event. before, as a
Government, We give expression to our opin-
ions In the meantime II will be quite becom-
ing in any Of us as citizens TO tender our con-
CALCULATIONS to the french people in this move
ment. Entertaining these views, and there
is no prospect that We shall obtain the result OF
the iabors of the French Convention on or be-
fore the day named BY the Senator from Ohio, !
move TO postpone the consideration Of the reso-
luton till the first Monday in June.
Mr.. DoUGL,ss.-l regret that the Senator
from Ohio has consented 10 the postponement
&C. liz Int. 60
In my opinion che events which have already
iranspired fully Justify us in expressing our
sympathies with the French people, aud that
there is no good reason for deferring our con-
graiulations till May. The same argument
which ia now urged against our action till May,
might then require the postponement of the
resolution until December, and then for series
Of years do not suppose that the people of
France will be able 10 reduce their system of .
government Il perfection, either by the first of
May or during the present year.
The change Of an old form of government TO
new one-the Organization Of the various de-
pariments of the government-the putting of
the whole machinery into operation-the ia
miiiarizing Of the people TO the new order Of
things, is the work Of time. But they have
mace beginning. They have made glorious
beginning. IL is, indeed, wonderful achieve
ment, and forces our admiration. A revolution
accomplished in three days, almost without
bloodshed, by moral force, and with no other
weapons than hymns of liberty, and shouts of
"down with the kiag,' 'down with the Min
isiry," We have before us the first acts Of the
Provisional Government, and in my Judgment
they present sufficient ground for hope and con-
hdence that the Government will be able to car
~ out what they begun, with sobriety, wisdom,
and determination.
In looking over the DEGREES issued by the
Provisional Government from day TO day, IL ap.
pears to me that human wisdom could not have
devised more prudent course than they have 1
adopted. They intend TO effect a radical revo-
luton, They design to make the new Govern
ment Republican in all its principles and forms;
ana they have commenced the work in man
ner which discovers that the men engaged in il
understand their business. Never-if we except
the Continental COngress--has a body of men
assembled, which has discovered so much skill
and wisdom as has thus far characterized their
proceedings.
Why, then, ask, should we defer our con-
gratulations. What credit shall we reflect upon |
ourselves, or what support shall we render TO
France, If we withhold our sympathy and our
till the struggle is overt Now |
is the time when our sympathies needed. |
Now is the time when we should extend all the /
encou ragement aud support which the express |
sion Of our feelings may afford Now is the /
time when the peopie of France deserve our 4
Now s the time when our sympa-
thy should be given. They would not thank us
for il after the struggle IS over and the grea,
work is completed We propose to make our
dependent upon their SUGGEST ? |
suppose if they fail We are 10 regard them as
rebels and that il is only in the event Of their
success that they are TO be regarded patriots.