New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-28
xxxuD CONGRESS. SECOND sr''Ios
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door and said may not DO cut Of place 20 cay thesc
IaS,en are on exhibit day and niglt at Iron Hall,
ssirh oocasioned great laughter.
! VII SywARp presented petitonsir0m various
.s of NewYork in favor Of ersnts Of land 10 aid in
x contribution Of SHIP Canal oToand tho Falls OF Nj
ssrs Also petitions IN favor OF line o. Mail Steamers
S<ween Brooklyn and Germany,
Mir. CAsss resolution directing inquiry by the
eo,mtee on Foreign Relations to what action fthe
srste sny is cary in consequence Of the qua
fssons added TO the Buwer aud Clayton Treaty being
TMr. MASoUM said he was in favor of postpon-
s,te subject til the end Of the session. when could
called up in the Executive Session after the 4th OF
r,rch The gentleman who had conducted this matter
spler Gen Tsylors administration would then be here
"A spesk for himself AID defend his own course
his was matter. Mr.. Clayton reported this 70
he President who communicated il the uouse short.
sftex 1t occurred He hoped the resolution would be
,osponed. All this debate looking toward war had
70 practical tendency, for Senator would the
prpose ives war a. party policy. No one contsm.
plstes war "a likely 10 arise out Of this matter. The
&untry would not sustain them in IT, Why then con
Snue longer this worlke debate and dis uss this Mon
roe doctrine concerning little Island On which could
not be cultivated respectable potstoe patch Way
hould goto for such object with the great,
ct maritime powers Of the world he said he saw
bene6t to resu from prooDging this debate upon the
pibject Of war which no one contemplated. twas posi-
cvely injurious TO the business OF Congress. Hemoved
pat The resolution be postponed tai the 4th OF March
scxt
Mr.. CAss said be was not to be deferred by
charge OF meaning from following
any investigation of any subject involving the rights
feresb honor OF this country He TOO old b be
frghfened by such remarks Peace was more secure
preserved by strict attention all matters affecting
he national rights than by On inuttention 10 them
srish submission to wrong would produce war sooner
fian firm and timely resistance. There Objec-
Ton 10 this resolution which had never been presented
him till yesterday. II was that had received
he assent of the President which considered by the
Senator from New York. az indisponsably necessary.
The Senator, from his acquaintance with Lord George
he nat Orno at.
sntion to Lords. But Lord Ben,nick had he uttered
such sentiment in the English Commons TINT propo-
ston could be made without the assent Of the King,
would have been he deserved 10 be- scofed at and
hdiculed He admitted this resolution was open to that
etecon and perhaps the Senator had better move that
aComnttee be appointed to wait upon the PRESIDENT 10
obtain his consent
Mr. BELL said he hoped the resolution would
not be pressed at present He thought this subj Jet had
been debated enough He thought the Senator from
Michigan might f0rbear little in pressing these
questions of foreign relations the attention of the Sen
afe That the Senator had introduced resolution after
resolution had been heard upon them ALL and in supple
mental and amended expeditions Of his vs.s,-he
thought this courtesy shown the Senator oughto be sat
isfhctory to him. and that he ought to allow the
Senate time to devote 10 the practical business of
the SENATE lie thought the sentiments Of the country
on this subject pretty well understood-thst some
gentlemen in meddng with ~ have burnt their fingers
There now question Of veracity concerned in the
matter and what could be the object In referring this
solutont 10 the Committed II the Committee re-
port what measures 10 be adopted the resolution
should be examined before adopting it, There had been
enough Of War Speeches 10 public sentiment on
the subject In the debates which have already taken
place. without going further SO far tho declarations
of Senators could produce an effect foreign govern
lnents bad not enough been said already had nothe
rogence and impotence OF England and France
eral points been sufficiently rebuked far debate
could do IL If the object of this resolution to d.
rect the Committee TO report in favor Of giving notice of
the repeal Of that treaty then he opposed 70 passing
II now II the object any less than that then
The resolution ought to go over until Mr.. CLAYTON
Gla no IN glepdh IIp
10 show that the construction of 90 War Steamerp and
supplying the necessary military defnces ofthe country
erosion, than any amount of paper resolves
Mr. MASON said he had no objection to the
resolution He thou ht it very proper matter to be in
quired into 10y the Senate for the Information of the
country, 10 what effect the Publications OF the Treaty
have had the Treaty ITSELF and whether the text OF
the Treaty 'hss been changed by the subsequent add
tons contained in the note accompanying the exchange
Of Publications Until this Session these letters Of the
negotators had not been known 90 the Senator and it
but right thst tho country should know what effects
II any, had been produced 10y them TIE Treaty The
subject was before the Committee-but still he
would vote for the resolution. He had not said as was
supposed by Senators, that the colonization OF the
Bay Islands violation Of the Treaty but he had
said aud again soid, that ii that Colon was so es
ablshed matter whether Il was or was not viola
ton Of the Treaty one thing was cert'intat Colony
would have to be Discontinued He gave this nothing
more than his own opinion as Senator. by it he did
not mean that imperative. War was the last
resort in all difficulties II II could be 20 shown that that
Colony
the United States he had no doubt but Great Britain
would discontinue il.
Mr. BoRLAND said that it was evident from
the of the debate that gentlemen weIecombned
10 attack the Senator from Michigan The Senator from
New.York commenced II yesterday and to-day 1t was
continued by the Senators from North Carolina and
Tennessee The Senator from Michigan needed not his
aid for in vanQushng and defeating the Senator from
kewYork Yesterday he had proven himself competent
10 withstand host He (Mr Borland) would not strike
aysnquished man, nor dig corpse iIoni the grave
ard therefore would not reply TO the Senator from New
York He then replied TO Mossrs. Bel and Mangum
contendng that the Wing party he'd always shown
dsrust for the virtue and intelligence oi the people
and therefore every occasion sought TO prevent In
formation being given 20 them TO the administration
of public aias IL for this reason that the people
90 seldom and for such short periods conferred power on
that marty He then referred the and senti
ments of the Senator from Mohganin thehghes terms
of commentator and assured that Senator Of his sup
port TO the end
Mr. GwIN moved 10 lay the resolution on the
table Lost-Yeas 9. Nays 81
Mr.. HALE thought that the theory of the
Constitution in respect to the organization OF the Senate
was forgotten. Ii intended tina, the Senate should
be crave and deliberate body End for that
man Was 10 be allowed TO be member of it till he had
reached the age Of thirty years. The House was set
apart for those young men, as an arena for making
speeches to have effect on the country He felt as
kindly toward the Senator from Michigan any one
did but he would not express his feelings because
he thought the Senator had received much from the
Il tor rom Arkansas he could conveniently digest 4
in a day Laughter The Senator from Arkansas
preaccd his remarks by stating he would not strike
vsnquished man. nor dig corpse from the grave, aud
then pitched pen nell into attack upon the Wing
party. From this il was 10 he supposed the Wing party
was neither dead nor vsnqushed Three years ago
certain statesmen asserted that the Union wasin danger
and to preserve t. made great personal sacrifices IL
wss now gravely asserted that peaceful relations
with the world are to be disturbed He candidly be-
ne'eu eere wac no more danger Of now than OF
ylssols.S: OF the Union three years ago
He was opposed to sill tnsse re4saors bu. consolod
simsel with the reflection that al the farocous things
which were SAID were Intended entirely In pckwick.
len sense though there was danger that the Senate
would not Keep up with the dignity of Pickwick in
vhe CRYING out Of aisrms Of war with (rea. gritan