The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-12-23

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be the result should the rebels,be able to ge
hold of ves1(ae on the bays around Lake Hin
ron, put canp4p on board of thend and all thil
engineering q war. It would soahls them Il
Milwaukee and the other citisS. there wa.
no way In which we could prevent their pass
ago through the straits of Mackinsw. There
fore the Senate ought to put it In the power O
the President to build floating, betsesies to dc
fend the straits of MackinnW and the com
Mr.. Doolittle continued, " hope tina
the Canadian authorities are interes
ted In the determination to prevent, in future
| any further hostile, or piratical incursions from
these provinces into the United States, bat i
they do not prevent them we all know wha
the consequences will be,-s'wAR." Coz
|. grant 1t may be averted. q, I hope and trust 1
may will labor and do ali in my power
CONSTANT with the honor and integrity of tn,
country to prevent it, to preserve the peace, O
TIE government and to save the world and civil
izaton from the great spectacle which mus
follow war between the United States ani
Great Britain, but if the terrible necessity
through their neglect. or smothered hostility
must come let it COME we will end the cues
ton, when 1t does come, n by perfectly fret
trade between the United States and Canada
and put an end to the Jurisdiction of Great Bri
tain IN any other provinces Of North America
do all that reasonably can be done to prevent
1t. / believe it can be prevented but the wi
sest.way to prevent It is to be prepared fol
any contingency that may arise hope this
resolution will be referred to the committee on
foreign relations" 80, ," ~ -
Mr.. Wight trust the Senate will not be
moved by passion into any hasty action on any
nf fhn Hnce t. ls.k Z
will be considered carefully and calmly on its
merits according to the custom of this BODY.
This surely is the dictate of prudence, and I
cannot doubt but that it Is the dictate of pat
riotism too. .,.<s..,
Mr.. Summertime question before the Senate
Is simply in reference to the bill; 1t is q ques.
ton Of the order Of business. Now looking at
marty and essentially foreign relations. It is
this circumstance that gives to It q peculiarlih-
terest. If it concerned merely an additional
levy Of troops or the building of forts or change
in our commercial policy, there would have
been little question With regard to 1t; nor would
the Senator from Wisconsin have accompanied
its introduction with remarks calling attention
to the outrage on st. Adams.
l assume It then that it relates to our foreign
relations, and therefore according to our usuge
1t should be referred to the Committee having
charge OF that subject. This is all have to
say on the subject of reference, but the Senate
will pardon me if glance for q moment at the
outrage to which the Senator referred.
Only few weeks since the village of st. Al
murderers, highwaymen, house-breakers, and
horse-thieves and robbers coming from Canada
After breaking open the banks and obtaining q
certain amount of specie, and the murder of
citizens, they succeeded in making their way
to Canada where they declared themselves to
be agents of the rebel government Such are
the main facts, Now, Mr.. President, does apy
one suppose that these agents of the rebel gov
eminent were moved to their enterprise, merely
by considerations of plumber; that they risked
everything merely to rob q bank, or steal a
horse? No such thing. Their object was
much higher and more startling. In one word,
it was to embroil the Government of the Unit
ed States with the government of Great Brit.
ain. cannot doubt that this was their object
to my mind as plain as day. These agents, or
rather the men behind them who set them on,
knew the sensitivenes of our people and how
naturally they would be aroused against the
foreign country in which the enterprise had its
origin. They saw excitement, anger and pas.
sion on our part were inevitable that out of
these some complication or collision might en-
sue; that any such complication or collision
must necessarily help the rebellion more than
q victory on the field of battle All this they
Jaw and acted accordingly.
The whole proceeding was trap in which
to catch the Government of the United States
1t was hoped that in this way the rebellion
would gain that powerful British Intervention,
which would help to restore its fallen fortunes.
For myself, sir, l am determined not to be
caught in any such trap
There are many things which Great Britain
has done since the outbreak of our rebellion,
which to my mind are most unfriendly; but /
am unwilling that anything should be done on
our side to furnish any seeming apology for
that foreign intervention which has been so
constantly menaced, and which was foreshad-
owed In the most hasty and unjustifable ces-
sion of ocean beligerants to the rebel slave
mongers, who had not q single port or prize
court. ~ Ia. ,4.7-. $3.50 =
While never ceasing to claim our Just rights,
I can forget that we are engaged at this mo.
ment In 2 war for the suppression of long
continued and most virulent rebellion, which
has thus Tar tasked our best energies, To this
work let Us now dedicate ourselves without
arousing another, through whose alliance the
rebellion may be encouraged and strengthened.
Let us put down the rebellion. Do this and
we shall do everything. > : u 1,
90 I'D ,.x.r - i =: Il wAsH1soros, Dec. 10.
! HousE-Mr. Davis, of Maryland, offered a
resolution reported by him Thursday, and
which was then tabled, declaring that Congress
has the constitutional right to an authors
tative voice in declaring and preecri-
bling the foreign policy Of the United States and
that it is the duty. of the Executive Depart
ment to exercise that voice, &C. &.I
Mr.. Farnsworth of Illinois, moved to lay 1t
on the table-disagreed,t I'd, nays 20, yeas 40.
The Honse adopted the Arst branch Of the reso-
luton as given above. 4,G
The second branch ofthe resolution was then
read which Is as follows, "and the propriety
Of any declaration Of any foreign policy BY