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unless one was provoked by the action
of Congress. He went somcwha, al a
hazard, into a stMemcnt of The defence
less position Of the country and the dam.
age England might do to our frontiers
md cities by her war steamers.


The debate was cut short here hv the
Of the death Of DR.. Pey-
ton. member elect of the House Of Re-
prescnlatIves. and after customary reso-
lutions were passed the Senate adjourned.


The mex Idav--'hr .9Ih ins'an,---the
debate was continued by Mr.. Niles, who
though the President had done all he
could do in bringing the neeoiaion 10 a
point at which it was broken Of, and in.
forming Congress of The fact. He
thought The resolutions lnnoccni enough
in themselves, and regretted that Spna-
tors had departed from the object con-
by Them. TO speak Of the Or
egon question. He, however, thoueht
that matter no longer in The hau1s Of the
Executive, ~ others Sremed to think but
with the Senate. He did not think a
war would grow out Of the subject. He
considered ii more probable that Great
Britain would compromise when she
found that we were not 10 be nimilated
or buIied ont of our rights--hul if war
should come, we ought 20 be prepared,
and therefore he hoped the resolution
would hp adopted.


Mr.. Crlienen said he would vote
for the resolutions; they were such as
might be property adopted in time of
peace, and especially appropriate when
there was a contingency of war. He
would have given silent vote. but for
the remarks of the mover Mr.. Cass,
whom he understood 10 say that if the
twelve munlns- notice to terminate the
Joint Occupation were given, and he
thought ii ought 10 be, war was ineyl-
table.


Mr.. Cass explained that he said if
Great Britain should continue her iuris-
dicion over HE country after the year,
war was inevitable. He gave as his
opinion that 1--WE were on the verge Of
Immediately, but at the exp-
ration Of twelve months Hot"c.


Mr. CritIenden resrmed, and deprcca-
ted the effect such declarations would
have on the commercial prosperity Of
the country. He could not bring his
mind to believe that two enlighrrneduo,
lions could engage in a war, If, never,


were on the path to war, we
should pursue il silently, hut firmly
He suggested that it would be an evI-
lence Of a desire for peace 10 extend
the notice To two years.


Mr.. Webster thought that the rPsoIu-
tons dld not charge the committees wSh
my new duties though he regretted their
in the sprI-hy which they
were brought forward and discussed by
Mr.. CaSs. lie would discountenance
every attempt to excite unnecessary
alarm as a great evil. He did not appre-
hend war, and he thought tha, the
President did not. There were Two
ways in which we might proceed either
10 create alarm without providing for
war. or in a quiet steady way 10 get
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