The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-03-27

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will Be Gms snessA when ws shsj
conclude that ~ sasgsstion b sdop'
ted. y
The suggsstiens Of the Secretary 0,
War, thsa. ere, In substance, that q
more setivs policy than that harsto.
fore ssted % b adopted in Ssinsina
into .uss ths rses1e imprsvsmsnta
made IL Streams sad munitions oi
war that The laeao Of artissns now
employed h tAsis maaufaeturs b il.
crsassdi end tAst . full sspply ei
armamsaas foe tsstifeatieas, ammu.
milton. aeeeutesmsats, and military
suppliss sdap1oa " thsis ~ b pro,
vide4 Ih(1e ~ ~ prepas. .suAj4eh
Of inQliy IT ~ CQmmlttss % vi.
itary A4aiss. Il skikes n hat thsse
saegtseieas ~. q III times. proper
for ~ ssasidsssdea Of Consrsss.
Besause w ses q pesse, should we
not Improve evr military service :
Does the msssaes Recommending
these suSepssioss necessarily imply
that ~ Executive anticipated . state
Of wasf Yet ~ gentlsman from
Kensueky. M. H. MAassALl,] on yes.
tcrdsy uadsrtesk 70 pronounce shis q
war msssses. He seemed TO think
thas Il bodsd i.upsndiag war with
England. Nov, Il sssma to me that
he 10 unnecessarily alarmed at Q rec.
ommsadation that w more rapidly
than heretofore svsil ourselves Of the
imProvsmsnsin 10 ths srt Of war, espe.
cially whsa shsss inventions have
originated IL Tie genius Of our own
people. u Il . cause Of alarm that
we should endsavor not 70 be behind
other nations il spplyine 10 our mill
tary service invsntiens which have
sprung from Amssicsa intellect7 Sir,
! see. in this message, Of the accom-.
panying letter Of The Secretary of
War, no sllusion to our relations with
other Powers. Neither Of these doc.
umeats bssaths . hint that such q
state Of things il likely 10 occur. Yet
the honorabls gentleman from Ken.
tucky pronouncss it 2 war message,
and sherefers desires to send il to the
Committee ef ~ Whole ON the state
Of the Union.
] knew no more Of the sentiments
Of the Administration on this subject
than may b collected from the public
sources which srs accessible to the
gentleman trem Kentucky but in my
opinioa, W shall have no war, unless
England and France, IN the expecta-
tim of ~ pacilcatios of Europe, are
bent npos iatsetsrsncs With Alneri-
can affairs. When they do %, my
voice, end ! trust that Of the whole
country, will be for war. Such inter
ference, however, BY Arms, ! do not
expect 10 ses, iaasmueh - it would
indicate "a entire change Of policy.
The failure Of that ambitious Power,
Great Britain, 10 resort 70 force on
the annexation Of Texas, her failure
to inssrpose in tho wsr with Mexico,
are signiAcaat svsats, and lead my
mind to the conclusion that, whatever
may have been her former designs,
she had Determined not = pursue her
schemes ofconquest or acquisition in
America, at the hazard Of . war with
the United States, but rather t. turn
her efforts for national aggrandize-
ment to other parts Of the world.
She may, BY diplomacy, BY intrigue
with our neighbors, aadby fsmenting
dissensions amoag ourselves fatal to
the harmony and reposs Of these
States. attempt 10 cripple ~, whom
she regards - . great rival Power
but she will scarcely venture to pro-
woke actual hestilities with the United
States. There sre ties which restrain
her with oil her pride, and which she
cannot sever without producing polit-
ical and social coavulsion among her
own people. Not only do many Of
her subjects sympathize With our lib
eral institutions, but it is estimated
that near three millions Of her citizens
Are dependent Tor occupation and
bread upon The Gotten with which we
,upply her. ! will not cay that that
yrest and proud Power fears 10 meas {
lre arms With %, but British states. {
men know fall we'll, that were once
he military saergies Of this great
people aroused, We would exhibit a !
power in war rarely equaled. They ,
have not forgotten the war Of 1912 Z
,or have hey iailsd 70 dsduee lessons t
II wisdem ffem The extraordinary {
'uceessss sf our arms in the more re- s
:ent war With MEXICO. lnssmuch, t
hen, - d not believe that war ,
our ewS country and Eng q
and willeve ssiss out Or mere diplo- q
matte misundsrstandings, and can {
'nly grow out Of . change Other poll 9
y in regard 70 the extension Of her s
dominion On this continent, I shall 4
lot expect Il until such change Is fur a
her indicated. To return 70 the sub Y
ect Of discussion. h
II this messaes, under the view Of L
taken BY he gentlemaa from Ken n
acky, should b refsrsd 70 the Com 4
,itsee Of ths Whole o. the state Of il
he Union, win Il not 10 forth to the p
ountry - he opinion Of this House 4
aas it We iasssasd By he President o
. . Wse messags, end tAus not only q
md 30 smbasass ear negosiasions v
nth Eaglasd, bus b alss productive E
innsaisse J. ssa = esriess istuy q n