Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-07-29

lay, Mr.. CRITTENDEN SAID that the remarks oil Mr..
CAss, according 10 his understanding of them con-
Keyed an assurance, and from very high authority
90, that War might be looked upon almost in
'vtable; these remarks being, as far as that Sen-
leman could make them so, a Declaration of War.
Mr.. WEBSTER having put the same construction on
Mr.. CAss's remarks, and deprecated them as hay-
ing tendency to produce unnecessary alarm in the
country, Mr. SEWER took the side of his friend
the Senator from Michigan, and made light Of the
nervous anxiety which, he said, appeared to have
been excited relative to the probability of war.
In his humble opinion war would come, because
Britain never had receded from any position which
she had taken unless she was forced to do so and
adding, Now she must be forced to recede - say
ing further, also, that under existing circumstances
Of billing and cooling" between France and Eng
land and the supposed disposition of Russia in
gard to the Northwest coast, ne "felf disposed
TO settle the Uhoie matter at once BY FORCE
OF 6UNPowDER." Upon which declarations by
these two leading champions of the Administration,
Mr.. BERRIEN, in the course of some remarks on the
occasion, sad thatby intemperance ofanguage in the
British Parliament the one hand and in Congress
on the other, the People might become so excited
that war might depend upon the turning Of hair;
that he who should be instrumental in plunging
these two great nations into for such an object
might earn immortality, but it would be such
one as belongs to the name of Erostrafus. 1t was
on this occasion that MIR. ALLEN, standing side by
side with Mr.. CAss on all these foreign questions,
said that one of the best modes of preparing for
was TO prepare the hearts Of the People for it. Up
on which Mr.. CLAYTON remarked, in the course of
some observations, that great motive of the pre-
sent discussion seemed to him to be that the hearts
ofthe People might be prepared by this discussion
for war.
No one objected to the inquiry proposed by Mr..
CAss, but to the spirit of the remarks of himself and
of his associates in support of it.
On the 18th of January Mr.. ALLEN, who had,
about month before that date, proposed resolu-
tion without qualification, directing the notice of
termination of joint occupation to be given Great
Britain, introduced joint resolution respondingto
recommendation in the Presidents Message,
which, according to its title, was to be "declaratory
of the principles by which the Government of the
United States will be governed in regard to the
nterposition of the Powers of Europe in the po-
: itical affairs of America This resolution fell
through, with the preceding proposition by the
same Senator, but that it did SO was through no
fault of Mr.. CAss, who sustained in an elaborate
speech, more remarkable for what it evinced of
hankering after war, or, at least, of desire to
be thought very much that way disposed, than for
any thing else pertinent to our present object After
dwelling upon Recommendation by the President
to make such declaration, Mr.. CAss avaed him
self of this occasion to endorse the sentiment of
Mr.. ALLEN respecting the necessity Of preparing
the hearts of the people for war. He desired, he
said, that his own country should be aware of her
true position, and prepared to meet her response
bility; prepared in head, in hand, in heart"
Yes, sr," said he, Notwithstanding the severe
commentaries which a casual expression of the
honorable Senator from Ohio has encountered
from portion Of the public press, toM repeat
the eerpression-PREPARED IN THE HEART" And
on the same occasion he repeated, also, the idea
that war; for the Presidents whole-or-none claim
Of Oregon in which claim he (Gen. C.) cordially
concurred, was all but inevitable. I" No man can
doubt" said he, I" that if the measures suggested
by the President are carried into effect, and if
England does not recede greatly from all her for
: mer positions, Uar must come" To which he
added ION the same day. again repeating the senti-
ment of Mr.. ALLEN about preparing the heart Of
the People for war And, sir, | do hope, il war
comes, it will find euery citizen Of the United
: States PREPARED IN HEART"
The several propositions for giving notice to
Great Britain Of cessation Of joint occupation Of
Oregon including that which had passed the House
Of Representatives, gave rise to considerable dis
cussion in the Senate, the principal debate being
upon the Resolution introduced by Mr.. CRTrEN-
DEN declaring amicable sentiments and intentions
in giving the notice, which proposition earn
estly opposed by Mr.. CAss, Mr.. ALLEN, and others,
and, having been afterwards moved by Mr.. REvER-
DY JOHNSON by way Of amendment to the naked
resolve OF notice from the House, at last agreed
to by the Senate, and became an influential argu-
ment in the final amicable settlement Of that ques-
ton. against that amendment Mr.. CAss poted
with Mr.. ALLEN and.other in a minority Of four
feen--(40 TO IA being the division upon it,) Mr..
SEWER himself, who was for trying the force Of
on the question, voting with the majo-
riy though Mr.. CAss, more bellicose than even be,
would not Another Sempronius, his voice was
" still for wars