The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-03-28
NUMBER IS.

icdNc u uenClency IN your nnanceS rs great Is
1t found. ! have a few additional remarks to
make en- this subject. In the first place I
rcpess thai Tre,Ssry notes, although they may
enaole you TO anticipate your revenue for u
short period, can never supply a deficiency
Sir, our object is to anticipate oay ysyenuv,
but not a revenue for the prrseas~ So Ieng ~
this war esssinnes, it must be obvious to every
Senator who hears me, that the deficiency tam
not be supplied. II, therefore, we wish to an
trlpate our revenue, we must look forward 10
ttIme OF peare; we must look forward for an
indefinite period, sp3 We Rssst sNss ipate the
revenue after chat period has arrived Well,
SIR, IN THIS state OF things, it is perfectly appa-
rent that no relief can BE- c~flectual, unless il IS
by obtainln. money, in some shape or other.
ON a credit which shall cover the continuance
al TINS war, and carry Us forward to q state Of
peace
| have finished the remarks which Ifntend-
eel to make upon this branch OF the subject.
| should be- willing to leave it here hut after
all that has been said and done, and after all
the anxiety which has l~cn expressed and
felt. and wlISh s&il feIt, ] NAV lie permitted
to follow the example OF other grntlr men. in
presenting ay the Senate, and to my own corr
stitucnts;. some other reasons for the vote
which / ah about to give.
Sir, What IS the Object of this war? Nos
conquest, it has been said; although, >I. this
subject has aS>uHird n great ninny phases since
We entered ulnH the war. But the object is
said to be in,l,s'REp, For what? Inicmni-
ty Tor the sum of SOME Fur or five millions oi
dollars for claims Aesipst the Government OF
Nrxiro in favor 0f our citizens? Well, sir,
the collection Of this paltry debt has already
cot us some fifty odd millions, and, II we are
to regard this matter in a pc,uniary point 81
view, it will vet cost us much more. We hai
much better abandon the project of recover
ing our debt IN this way. But the President
hats tod us, (what Is undoubtedly trur.) that
the Ncyican Government has no means cfin-
damniiyin. us iOr o~i c%.vnscS. They lave
no MONEY. What. fheTs- are nc to have ~
way 81 indemnify lie tcIIs us that we must
have land. But ] am ~info:ani ;,i". Lave 10
public domain. You VIII therefore get no IL
tie tcfs~ Ersrs, YOU NAV get a ccSsion of ter
ritory, and whse Hoes it amount to? Why il
amonnes to- tAr acquisition OF Jurisdiction over
Il horde Of PcoSfc. which will prove Re1Aing
bnt a burden and a curse TO YOU a. Eonc AZ
they are on your hands SIR, - r5B be vorS~,
infinitely worse, than the fazliaS populations,
which has cost this Government ~ n,srh troub-
le and so much money. What will YOU do
with them? Will YOU assume the same rela-
tiOns to them that YOU 10 to the Indian tribes?
T1rst cannot be- lone ID you leave them n
form Off government, as you lrsve to the fr-
DIAN tribes, your relation to them must be one
OF perpetual war. No man can expect. that
quiet possession can BE- held of that corMtry. 20
long ~ they have their own sovrranarni, and
r-TrcTdllt II We Tcco2niSc Il. There Is anotlt-
cr project, which is, 20 hod it as n pro, fnc~.
This has been already demonstrated by sem
ators to be impossible. Place them in the
condition Of a province, and they will knovk
at your doors until they place their rrpsrsen-
tafn ~ IN these -raf.. This will be IKE una-
,Oidablc result. There is Az esd to he ilra
of 20, ernins these ~pcorIez. q pro, mar. Tie
fcSAf will be-, rs Il matter of course, aBnexa-
tioaG They must be taken into our Union.
They must be brought in upon the footing OF
hsscrcan citizens.
Sir, for one, want no partnership With this
people. lido non desire 10 see them brOush,
into our political famisy. ! know, cir, that
what was once considered as a problem is now
ronsidcrri Us settle,I-that extent OF territory
is no serious obstacle to u free and represent
tative government; but, sir, whether your ter
riiory tr CREST ~ sss4ll, it is Indispensable ter
The mliEiainarrc Of representative govern
mcnt that its population should b. Il hOnogc-
ncous people. Sir, have had under my eve
lor years an experiment which shows the utter
impossiLility OF bringing a people Of a diiiereI;.
origin arvi o+ ,iSyr.nt habits 10 barn,onizc
under II representative form M ~-cr.lEhrht.
\ few wears sine it was the policy of the
iEHr9fsh Government To establish Il Parliament
AND y system ~ representative government in
4 Canada. Wlraf W. fk- result? We all
know that the Frc1s.h I~r-Istic-r a the Csa-
ALIAS are IL distinct no~ Gor1 the English 81
they were whrR the English sGtrrn acy was
established Gicre. They are rs distinct fyt,ht
thu: RAAsiish ~ II the two classes had resided
ill., G~s4t'rent hcmi>phercs. Tie rc,u!, va, -.
whHii they came To the polls they were arrayed
on dAc side OF their respective races. and tL.ir
diSScn>ionS, instead Of being diminished ~
lapse Of time, were Only increased. The in
terpo>iiion Of the Crown became necessary IN
order to cOunicraet the superiority in iiI-
beTs a the French population Of The lowe, ~
,faar. and thi$ bed to the pal;rv rrbcll;Gn
Cd which we have heard 50 murh. 1t bec;ne
necessary at last for the British Parliamen; To
unite the two provinces. in evd-r. BY the IN
PRODUCTION OF the En=Ikh, Irish, and Scotch
psJnlation Of the upper province, TO eoun-
teTbalance the pOitsal weight Of Frcnrh pop
olstiOI IN tIE lower Now, j undertake to
SAY, that II the people Of Canada were left \:
this moment with an independent and repre-
sentative form 0f .overnment, five years would
not pas over their heads without presenting
10 az. ~ the result of the experiment, n ci,il
WIZ ~ that couDtry. The population Of Mex
iro 81 a. distinct from the Anglo-Saxon rare
y. any two races are dis;iDrt upop Earth. Sir,
do yoa expect the descendants Of the Puritans
to harmonize with this anomalous population =?
Can YOU reconcile the love Of order, the sub
mission TO law, and the attachment to peace,
which has characterized the descendants of
the Puritans for centuries past. with the law
less and turbulent propcnsitics OF a people
whose element from the Peri"i Of their FIRST
national existence to the present day, has
been anarchy ami revolution? j need only
say TO you, sir, that If surh an event az the
Incorporation Of that country into this Union
should occur, we could not make i:s popu!a-
ton harmoDize with our own. Sir, | ain not
disposed to intimate authoritatively, nor in 4