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XXXII CONGRESS- end Session.
WASHINGTON, Thursday, Jan. =.
SENATE,


Mr. Mangum was in favor of postponing tn,
subject until alter the 4th Of March, when Mr
/ Clayton would be pr, sen, to defend himself
All this debate looking towards war had nc
practical tendency, loi no Senator would avow
The purpose was war as a party policy. Nc
one conlempIates a war as likely TO arise out Of
this matter. The country would not susta n
| them IN II. why then con,iuue longer this
warIlke debate, and discuss this Monroe dnc-
lflne concerning little island on which could
not be cultivated respectable potatoe patch
Mr.. Cass said he was not to be deferred by
any charge Of not meaning to 90 to war, from
following up any investigation of any subject,
in'oivii . the rights, interests or honor of his
country. Slavish submission to wrong would
produce war sooner than firm and timely re-
sistance.
Mr.. Bell said lie hoped the resolution would
not be pressed AT present. He thought the SEN
ator from Michigan might now forbear a little
III pressing these questions of foreiun relations
on the attention oi the Senate, and allow some
time 10 be devoted to practical business. He
also thought the sentiment OF the country on
thus subject was pretty well understood; and
thought some gentlemen, in medding with it,
have burnt their fingers. lie argued at length
to show that The construction Of twenty war
steamers, and supplying the necessary military
delenceS OF the country, would do far more to
preserve peace and prevent aggression than any
amount of paper resolves.
Mr.. Ma>'n said ne had no objection to the
resolution, for lie thought it a very proper mat.
Ter to be euqulred into by the Senate, for the
information OF the country, as to what effect
The ratification Of the treaty mad on the treaty
Itself, aud whether the treaty had been chanued
by tie subsequent addition Contained i'm The
note accompanying the exchange of rarfca.
lions. lie bad not said, as was supposed bv
some Senators, that the colonization OF the Bay
Of Islands was "A violation of the treaty, bur lie
had sad, and now again ssid, that if tue colony
was established, no matter whether it was or
was not a violation ol the treaty, one thing was
certain, that the culony would have to be- dis
continued. lie gave this as notnng more than
his own opinion, as a Senator. BY it he did
not mean thai war was imperative. War was
the last resort. II 1t could be 81 shown that
lie colony was not consistent with the honor or
safety OF the United STATES, he had no doubt
but Great Britain would discontinue it,.
Mr.. GwIn moved to lay the resolution on the
table. LoSt--yeas 9; nays 81.
Mr. Eurland pronounced glowing eulocy
upon Mr.. Cass.
NJ. lac thCug lt the theory of the Constitu-
'loa IN respec, t. the org ,nz, of the Senate
was !" S"''tH. IL WAS lnten ed tat the = 'nale
shuId be a grave and deberatiye body. ana for
lhat reason no man Was TO be allowed to be a
member OF it TIL lie had reached the ar. OF
l"iTly years. The House was set apart for
those young men, as arena for making
spec cliea to nave all effect on the country. tie
leit rs kindly toward- the Senator from Mich,-
gan as any one dad, but he would not now eX.
press his ieelIngs, because he thought the Sen
dlor hdd received as much from the Senator
IRON Arkansas as he could conveniently digest
in day. Laughter. The Senator from Ar.
Kan'as preaced his remarks by stating that he
would not strike vanqul-hed man. nor dig Il
corpse from It's grave aud htn pitched pel
nell INTO an attack o the Wing party. From
ihis, 1t was to be supposed the Wing party was
neither dead nor vauqnlshed.
/ liree years ago, certain statesmen asserted
lhht me Cnlon was III danger, and to preserve
H. made great personal sacrifices. Ii was now
generally asserted that oGr peaceful relation.
with The world are to be disturbed lie can
oidly believed there was no more danper of a
war than Of dissolution of the Unlon three
Yeas ago lie was opposed to 4. these reso-
Iu.lons, but consoled himself with the retl.c
ton, th't all the terpclous things said, are in
tended entirely in FIcwckIan sense, though
there was danger that the Senate would not
act up to the dignity of Mr.. Plckwlck, in the
cry me ont OF alarms Of Il war with Great Brl-
tam. lie saw by the last news from england,
that while we were grayely talking. with Ion
faces UPON tie probability Of war the; have
been IN Liverpool gn M a banquet to our
Munster AT that banquet, they toasted the
Queen and the President and with pltrlotlc
forecast they went further, and comDincnted
the President who Is TO be. I hey then took
up tht If gneSt our Minister, aud put it Oh 20
/ ~ ,h,, I,to,l., L. ,l.-
kansas t!ils morning on the Senator from Mlchl,
gan l4feat laughter This showed the way
they ieIt over there and among the people Of
th.s country there was no observation-disclosures
Was no fear of any war. There was a greater
tempest IN the bosom Of the Senator from Cali
iona at tins nonent, regarding his railroad
DH', tlan there was regarding foreign affairs.
In III" anxiety, that Senator did what few
others dd-llstened TO hun with impatlensc.
Laughter.
But there was somethinl contagious in this
Geoate; Inc grave and deliberate Senator
from Mas 'achusetts, yesterday, spoke, an b..
tore he sat down said some Things which
sounded warlke. The Senator from Ceorgil
rose to counsel peace, and declared war be-
fore he sat down. Fearing he hl.nself nipLt
do something slm'llr, he would say no mere,
nut urge the Senate to 60 to business on some
E'"Nb'~'' lt8l> idllbls
Mr.. Underwood SAID the wing party was not
IN such miserable condition as the Senator
IRON Arkansas supposed. He read several
statements OF the votes at the recent election
to SHOW that Mr., Perces vote was not IN the
states north Of the Potomac majority Of the
votes cast.
The question was taken on the motion 10
postpone the resolution TIL the 4th of March.
and decided in the negative.
cas- = Bell, Davis, Dawson, Fish, Geyer,
Hale, Manguol, Miller, Norton, Seward,
Smith, Spruance. Wade and Wel,er-l.
Nays %.
The resolution was then adopted
Mr. Casa' JOINT resolution rc-aifiming the
Monroe doctrine was then postponed Til mex,
Thursday.
The Pacific Railroad bill was taken uD. and
Mr, Chase's anenlment was further debated,
III ne2? four o'clock, when without t4kIug any
question the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Nt Phelps, from the Committee on Ways
and Means Iepored biIl for III appropriation
Tor Transporting the mail. in Ocean STEAMERS
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