The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-05-10

refuse TO act she Will do for she is acting IN advance
she has taken the hrs, septhe governor OF Jamaica has
been already appealed to- and he will probably respond
10 that appeal before act. II we fold our arms and
refuse to render assistance to drive back the savages and
protect Yucatan the probability lsnay certainty
that England will seize upon Iucatan, and afterwards
upon Cuba There feature in this correspondence
TO which especially desire 10 call the attention of the
Senate, 10 show the design of England The allusion in
of the letters OF Mr. Sierra the commissioner OF Yu-
caan, is broad not 10 be Observation-Disclosures Eng
land is absolutely through her agents. furnishing these
10 pursue this horrible massacre
Mr. JOHNSON, of MARY land Does the senator say
that the Brush government is doing this
Mr. HANNEGAN. Yes | say that England through
her agents, is furnishing these Indians with The
Indians who are driving the inhabitants to .the
are armed with British musket, bearing the mark OF the
Tower OF London. II rs than suspected that they
are supplied through the instrumenality of Mr. Patrick
Walker the British agent at the Belize, where England
has established q depot Of arms Where else do they
procure them In one OF the communications TO the
Secretary OF State, the ausion 10 this fact is so broad
that II almost amounts to distinct charge | put it,
then to the Senae--if we stand quietly byif we are
deaf to the appeal now made TO usif refuse TO
spond to 1.-THE inevitable result will be, that England
will seize upon both Yucatan and Cuba The honorable
senator from South Carolina has declared that this
most lnopporune and improper moment for the Presi
dent to express opinions of this kind Why? What is
there in the affairs OF the world to make il so! If Eng
land the anticipated when he made the re-
mark was upon the verge of internal commoton, would
she therefore be incapacited from carrying her de-
sgns' England says the senator, viii! more think of
tkiIB Vi or troops mo
that province, than he, individual, would think of
seizng upon that province. Will he then be good
enough to account 10 the Senate and the country for the
steps which she has been taking, and in which she per-
ssis? She has seized by violence or by fraud every
foot of land which she holds south of Yucaian Sir,
am satisfied that under no mstances will England
consrue our language dsrespeciful to
her But even she does it will not matters hair with
me. Ii we ntepose the great principle laid down By Mr.
Monroe, reiterated by Mr. Polk, England will hold hands
OIL Never-never will she plant her foot where we
have placed ours firmly 1t is only when hesitation
ameness shall encourage her, that she will pre-
sent her advancing front trust senator thinks that
No! The English heart never knew fear But it is not
her interest to fight For short of the sacri-
flee OF her honor-o her character-of her reputation
would England fight us; simply because it is not her in
teres to fight us. Ii her interest led her to engage in
conflict with if her honor involved, if her char
acter or reputation were at stake though she had read
in the book of doom that the result would be her ma
honai humiliation, believe she would fight any
other nation the face of the earth Such is the ndom-
table character which England has exhibited Blu,
she has an eye ever open TO her interests. The desuc
ton OF British interests would be the consequence of
with the United States. This she knows full well
Mr. President, the senator from South Carolina in the
course of his remarks brought before the
phanoms OF debt and taxation, in order to deter from
taking step in this maer-those frightul phantoms
which are continually held up to our view errorem
No proposition looking to extension OF domin-
ION looking to our ACKNOWLEDGEMENT or to increase of
the national prosperity can be made without being met
by such opposition this. Why, sir, what
debt that must follow--f are not to reach out
hands and secure position vitality important to the inter-
ess of the country, because little debt must followwhat
to do' Are to fold and stand inert!
No alternative is left We will find ourselves in the
position Of the Portuguese government some centuries
back When the question of constructing canal was
agltaed the resolution was taken that would be i'm.
pious to construct it, BECAUSE if the Almighty had
designed there should be communication he would '
upon such position ths' Our population has in,
creased prosperity has advanced all the elements OF
national greatness have been multiplied and yet because
our annual expenditure has propoonably increased, he
regards it as proof of wastetul extravaganza The
senator points us to the present condition OF Europe and
directs us to the example OF England and France. He
says that in the accumulation of debt necessarily lead
ing to taxation, of them. old long exist
ing government, has at last found its graves and the
must be similarity in systems, before there can be
any similarity traced in results. There can be no
possibility of true parallel being drawn between the
governments of France and England and that of the
United States The nature of Institutions the extent
of territory, everything in and around orbids the
idea that shall the hour when our people,
like the people OF England and of France, will be COM
PEELED pay tax Tor the very light of heaven 1t can
not be- sir The senator from South Carolina, too, by
way OF censure OF the existing state OF things pointed
back to the administration of Mr. Monroe, during the
whole eight years Of which, believe, the senator was
member OF his cabinet
Mr. CALHOUN-(in his seat) Yes, sir nearly the
whole.
Mr.. HANNEGAN The senator stated that the aver
age annual expenses during Mr. Alonroes administration
was about ten millions of dollars
Mr.. CALHOUN-(in his seat) The ordinary expenses
Of the govern nent
Mr. HANNEGAN Now, does the senator require his
attention to be directed to the striking contrast between
the crcu instances of the country that period and the
present me' We had not at any period OF Mr Monroe's
administration ten millions of people. Where were
then our boundaries Since that period population
has increased three-fod believe it is moderate esti
mate to place it at twenty four millions; and how vast
has been the extension of borders 1t is only neces
sary to point TO Psburg, Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louis
Nny nr ,Iluofra nfn
extraordinary increase and progress all the most essen
tia elements of national greatness Look at New Or
leans, already rIvallng the mighty commercial emporium
Of the north our Atlantc border; and look at
St Louis, with its hundred thousand lnhabit-
ants; yet at the encement of Mr.. Monroe's
administration, il was little more than collection
of huts of Indian traders Then there is Pisburg,
with population of hundred thousand inhabitants,
which was then mere point of embarcation for
lucky TMr CRITTENDENl knows how long it then took
to perform the journey to Washington on horseback
Since that time, have shot to the foot OF the Rocky
mountains--have passed beyond them-and are now
resting on the shores of the Pacific All the OF
vast territories unrvaled for productveness and fert
ity have been brought to light Our internal commerce
has literally grown up since that hours for before we had
comparatively Yet the senator from South caro-
lima complains that expenses have increased from
ten to thirty millions Well, there something to show
for all this augmented expenditure Is il to be supposed
that persons shall be able to subsst on that which
only sufced for the sustenance OF two?
The senator admitted the other day that II would be
Unsuitable to on ground presented in the message
of the President He remarked that would be JUST.
fed in acting on the ground of humanity; but he said
at the same time that he did not know how far or to
,l, d. .1onfo q To-