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I car. ?surr turn, mjtne nrst pcc thLIutcvrr may be the ocmptr 6! Be coamuaity in tliat state jwhich he ia cart represents, that however iro- jnBtic ion aoral drjmpossible they BiycoDSidrrtriecooqutnOT viai, fce fOpuUr feeling is ver different b that portion of the country - whi ch if cds toe to this house- a portion uru d-iitedly is popul us, as inlightcn- cdacaas piuioiic as inc ipmcMiaic itcuoncl that gindeman'stresidence UiH iut presume to sayj sir, more popaons, more en igh,cned, or more paretic ThedeUt's', diststers and CJisraceour aims have sustained in the todeatbr to invade the Canadian prcriorti, e Jo not '- consider, in PctciTiratiia, as reasons for aban dcaing the attcmpu We lo not ac ccuot our misfortunes 'irremediable. Wcdonotsce in these di&CQlties at ttcdirg the American military ap- I prec: tt ship,the evidences discovered brthar gentleman of natidnal indcli t'C discredit j nor motives for clo i t-S rith any terms that may be "of fered cf peace : but, on the contra ry ve hold them to be a Calamitous prrof of an ignorance of the art of ar, whiih it is high time ta ovcr o ice, tad most powerful incitements toptrseverance and fortitdde io hos cj. As a separate cause of war, drpendent of all others I will not tsdenae to s3y hat the popular Knthrent may be with regard to the iiioa and conquest of Canada. as aniostrument forj.vuging it ticctuJiy, and as a desirable acqui I'tion ia ifcc course of in prosecution, t ceruinly wedolooktupon thote Iiniiih provincesin ur httghbortood l all important' in the atcoboU It hirdlv lw druihtrrl Vnt tht thereafter wiUbeas will defenefcd oeen in me nrcwit contest i c?a it say more be drawn Into iuef.on that our efforts to poaseaat Quirts of these terrjtbiies .will in- j "aoiy 5c a, unfortunate. and .dis'-1 raccfol as they have bfett; sinless j T peuist long enough -tooppose ! apl.ne. to discipline otherwi te t ? Q'sastrous 'campaigns succecd ach other, when the whole "poptj. onofthe New Englnid sUtca.wa, btuciioo wna cr.zy iry.ir-as hnedonr, faUaiihnve doqe pandit ovcr.to a third descent,! wy morurying andaisrayA unsuc luU We recoUect sti-and tale conslderaticmio th ' our vie ws 1 lhis subiecu ivhat it cmt-Enplan "ttu it. from 'France, now mi. tmHodftdYor, the conquest underlUii roost experienced military men Grea Britain xould place at their' .head how they.neverthcless failed .year-af ter year, till Wolf at Jast atchteved it, what taid the, English ; nation- of its vronni lorn, sir, totnoso nistories to which thec gentleman from New- Hampshire has referred, with which he is' no doubt to much more 'con versant than I can pretend to be ask the 'annals of the timrs they wiU tell you that the acquisition was ac- coonted a ncn. indemnity ior,ay tne blood and all the treasure it had cosU They will inform you the English deemed it a prize inestimably valua bid If such was theirviewcf this conquest, such their perseverance to accompusn it, snau we reckon it so little worth when its importance has been so much enhanced r. Shall we foreoo the endeavor to obtain it with . out exertion commensurate wun those made so long ago by England i it is true tnat our arms nave iaueu failed repeatedly failed most disrepu tably failed almost unaccountably. But have not the arms of England been as often and as signally revers ed ? It is n w more than a century since England has been striving to be come a considerable military power and hat has been her Kite f Look toFlanderStto Holland, to Wulche ren dunntr the present war without irfi ti artnimeni, the Iruitlcf some j recurring futhe back-to Portugal, to' bDam. Whtre have tney not been defeated and disgraced? Till finally after three years of continued overthrows aud failures in Spain, they have at last been beaten by their masters in the military art into an c quality with those masten Let it always be recollected, sir,that our pre sent misfortunes in the fielJ are the natural result of thirty'years of peace and prosperity thirty years of total neglect of every thing like . military scieoce or acquirement. I am given to understand, sir. by officers of un questionable merit, that in the late affair at Wiiliamsburgj en' the llth. f November, the superiority of British discipline was r as manifest on the, one aide, as that of American en thusiasm was on the other'; and that but for this ardent, tho' ill regulated spirit, we should probably have aus tained a total defeat.; , The know ledge of war is dot to be obtained in a day, nbr thro' any theon 11 laU rf mortification and constancy are in dispensable to the mastery of any art, tiirely they must be, .nd be expect ed to be, in that of miliury affairs. How was iu ir. when soon after the organization or tnepresent govern ment. anatteropt was made to suS due the Indians Ion bur borders ? Whrn General Washington wasth'e President, Gen. Knox, at ihe head pf the War Department, and Generals Harmer St.Xlair and Wayne the commanders of the several expedi tions 1 foreet which ofthe two tor mer went first : but;they were both entirely unsuccessful ; nor was it un til the third attempt was made, that, with all; the supposable advantages of such an admraistration, this petty foe was ultimately overcome Have gentlemen forgot " tie. first blow ot the- War ot the revolution, e v'en b for q the declsfatidh of indepen dence, was aimed at Canada.? When Gen. Washington sent Col. Arnold to penetrate with his detachment thro th district -of INLnne, while Gen. Montgomery advanced to therco-ope ration by another route. The course and termination of that expedition are famlHar to every body." Gen. Moot-1 gomcry, ipii lnjineauaca onfctueDec, after; thersbjuganoo of Montreal,' & when the conquest of the' province 'was so r)car Its accbmplUhinenU7; He fclL at'a seaxoocrthe yearWband under circumstances which cannot be called to' mind, ; wi tbouti- contrasting them with the present aitaatioa and latterrbnstitunbnof our armies who fortified all summer nd. hutted, all winter, Brcar Tisve lost the spirit of enttrpriprixe anI hardihood I by whicn American oncers and soldiers were -formerly characterised. ' ScVc ral years after this j invasion, m the ycarii7 YS; that fcotfgres's; whWe con- siancyy patrioiism- ana taients cannot be ioo mcht applauded,' whose eulp- giunhas been resigned to our enemies t. i.: - --n . uwmni ujr uuruwu viusuists, uiauc every, arrangement preparatory; to $ aeebnd'incursiohi v,The Marquis Lk raycire was senc into tne state-or w; Vqrk to take the - preliminary mea sures ; and the design was finally sus pended fof reasons which it iaHnot now essential that I should enumerate Many jrears. succeeding, this period,' at the.Adoptionxjf the federaroohsti (ution, clause was placed in that in strument, as is wef known, for the j express purpose ot making adequate provision for. the future incorporation ofthe Canadas, at any time into the union : - I - . ' . . ' .But the conquest of Canada is said to be unpopular ; and that is the rea son why it fails that is the reason why it will never succeed. A defenv eive and a maritime sphere is alone to be occupied by American hostili ties. With a large majority of Jhe country, the conquest, I am confident is not unpopular; but looked upon' as even a strong independent induce me nt to the war. The embargo, of which the gentleman from New-Hampshire deprecates the existence even for a day, will not interrupt the prosecution of those maritime adventures he re commends. Your public vessels are not restricted. They are hastening abroad. Your privateers will not be confined. Iqey are gliding down your rivers and bay to the ocean Within a very short time, I am told a considerable number has effected their clearance out to sea from the wa ters of the Chesapeake ; and ho doubt from other quarters- others will not be backward in going forth. - I he gentleman from Ns-v Hamp shire is not correct when he avers that the present war has not added a sin gle ship to our navy Ships of the line, the favorite scheme of that gen tleman,' I presume, are in the process of construction Several frigatea and several sloops of War are also in pro gress ; some nearly finished ; others not so far advanced Large ships ire not the creation of a day but i ima gine as much industry has been e'xert ed upon those now building as could be of any Use I was surprised, how ever, at the broadness ofthe: honora ble gentleman t averment in this re- spect, wnen the conquest ot Canada tas his topic, and when therefore the' L ikes should have been full in his yiewjv 'lfie ships with which Com. Chauncey conquered .the command of lake Ontario are the production of the present war : and so are those with which Commodore -Perry obtained his . transcendent victory, unparal Iellcd by any achievement on the high eas -v "'-';- . - .Mr Spe ker, this of all others is not a moment for relaxation from the exigencies of the crisis. Most unex pectedly, within these few days, a flag of truce has arrived from England bearing as is supposed, pacific over tures to-this country. ' Whether 'this advance is to be considered as sincere or insidious, itiequalry behoves us to strengthen the belligerent armtof the nation. 1 v When we advert to the date at which these despatches left Eng land, there is; certainly something to oe gatnerea iwnicn seems to maicaie that odr cadse there is jiotldeemed a hopeless one Withip not many "day after the most signal success" that ever the allies of Great Britain, according to their account, have gaine'd on the contincpt of Europe during fiyesficV cessivef coalftion'sVaiddcniy & some what strangely, a flag of truce is des patctftd to accpst'ius. v Information, has been received,.! arfl told, that the Araericaojoans are at an: advance qf twelve percent.' m market-tf ! evidente: certainly ;- pt their entertaining doubts of jpur oa-. ttonal riesourcesunanirbity or dctcr .minationV, I infer from' aU.ihese cir- cumstanceSjtnat the Emperor of Rus sfa, whdstproffercdlnediatioriGrVat Bfi tain declines, havi njr a t la st: ro wn ledhislnvincib!e,Tesistanci6 to the eon- tipental dominion of France with suc-j 1 1 cess, has ihdicad symptomof . rsolution to turn tne same unponquer- spi.muoonn,woruu,r : . ablrspiriiagainst 'EnncI;: apdr curljfrilikenerfe raderrathe pationf- paiance unquesiionaDiy. io prqsBuwmcrt wwicMiwoH.Wwrrr,5. : r. tr sectjiniv 6f the world.r 5 Should such be the caseysirl it opens bnon Us Srof-s pects of peace and man ti me prope- rity infinitely; beneficial. - TtrtistU may be sofsir. T I hope the Gotterii burg negociatiotr may end in an d-. j'ustment of our difficuf des. But to be thrown off our fcuard by-such re liance' would be-the'mbst fatal-impo ucy ; ia rest on our arms in mc.racan whHe,' every way deplorablci f --liettii strengthen them, increase our boun ties,( multiply . our sqWieinstnict uui UlUtClS. Jill JJIUVC MiC iuvci vat w redeem and establish bur military re putation. Above au let us not be deluded by the prospect : of peace into a auapiqation ot tne means or war. If the-English are sincere, so are we anU there can be no difficulty to a fair accommodation. But Jest - thev should be insidioua in this dangerous proposition, ; let tne motto or c man beit least for the 'prbseht. f , Timed Dcnaos et dOnaferentet On a succeeding day, Mr. Ingo;- soll jsaid, ' I : ". 1 want Canada and the rributhi of the St.-LaWrence npw, as ye want ed Louisiana and the mouths-of tiifc Misssissipi ten years ago. We want the latter for, reasons similar to those which induced our desire for the for mer.1 The-same policy which dictat ed the, necessity.' in the one case dic tates it in the other. , We were anx ious fdrmerlyto be liberated from the neighborhood, the contiguity of the great France, . We are anxious now o be liberated from the neighborhood he. contiguity of the Grea? Britain. We want noisuch flanks to our body politic, on .either side . We tiave possessed ourselves of the one, and we need the other, 'Jto consummate the continental integrity othe A meri can republic, v Asto a pecuniary' value, that gen tleman indeed may mention it But But what would the : reception be vof such an iotinaation from this side of the house ? What was said, when, in wine, ui praiounu peace, aou wncn ;our policy was immovcably pacific, the wish was expressed " to purchase Louisiana. 1 Out upon itferieef an hb norablc, Senator from New York. For shame, lidded another, at - that time frbm Pennsylvania.' Cohtempti ble,pitiful, wretched policyf Bay' wjiat you ought to take by force' f .Meanly purchase what is yours by the: righ( of nature ! 'Neveri j-Call buf our' troops, your regulars' and your volun teersMarch' down' upon the. pro vince take- it keep it, cohciuer it---and enjoy the conquest. ' ' r Sir,v we cannot purchase'. Cap ad a whilp. waging war upon its bwttersor I do'not know whethef f sVch bar gain' mighi not be worth considering. tWejdid purchase j Louisiana when i we nan tne opportunuy ranuau suc ceeding eaperichcehas" tended to cs-J tablish4 the in'estirriable value of that acquisition. I cannot leave this part of the subject wfthbut obserin that should tHq annexation of the Canadas to our r confederacy, by any means, ever give us on thisflbor republican representatives frbni that quarter of the continent willing and able to re pel the colonial ideas brEn'glish preV cedent, and!to assert tief independent positions i ofAmericaff; principles in as masteriy a manner as we have this day heard from: the gentlcrhan from LouisianWI; am frde tosaV; fqir one wai a new :anu ;ioiercsiug niuucc ment Ts superadded to - the' 'manVlal ready extsuogj and fa miliar to usV Wh- webould peseVeile in eVer en deavor to actomr-lishthebjecf iTbe honorable ?eentleman.' from New York, f Mr. Grbvenbrl has eh- m im. . kNlrt. m-m tKa' mMttmrmr-, ment, greater, I ibust confess, than was prepared-to-subscTibe to;; i" had not considered rat an SMV wmg y; mmmmtm 1 " 1 ' ' 1 W ' . . ' ? ' ' ilt. '"' ' ' T . . ' x- 4 .- 1 " f . 'i -I j;Vi:''ii lr II' fc'-J 1' I . appeara tommiiUiemnorincir'xin4v"i; N iv -1 - v rM 4 c6gmtlbm;to iSmunttief ;hb; flawsefo teetion the honorable ceotleman f romV; I' - 7- II. H ' 'mm. A T f Ne eraey rStocopp views I now braceed to ocs reioicerhftheeS; wnose gaitant iananimi'F '".f tne iana nasj 'neycrj vcsiac ww ihe tinrivailed fearitieti. biih 1.1 I ' .1 -. " ' lmirjH-,WmmM mm, renown GrabtislGbd 1 dele mv from the cmtett sucliaefetitaehaKe yeprjsfrbminlter tlail Ami sertion of their rights and theT redresi principles.' sir-. what are they t the prospect of whose; abandonment that crintleman reibices r atfthe -thortv bfwfibledesmiottany' ; m.l-iA j'liii.t- .iii:. .Tt,'Ji 1 st. A rleulation of thc, British ? extension: by construcyoA qif biocr 2d; A limitation of tteif rflordi- nate catalogue of cpntrabahd , 3d. iv search tor men. ; v 4tha;'jA cjuaUfiefJasceta? mnHirfltfd Karr.h frir thinerfl -lliey 'tare thexfi'qeaioisfen'M those previous : bmhfighjfcliih 6lr .forefathera invincibtvibntebli-i ed, till theyiWruogvfrbtti j&t wif ft most; reluctant .acKnMWwgfMwv?! They ;are the prmlejfaih . h4 now invacles and sfipllSi printipled whith .' are so'dear to I the pecM this country; that l tnist in God they- will nvrbabamloned,' while am at$ 1 re mains ;fbr their cfefeicev1t : Ard is it' to strike the flag off heajj rights trit the presiding bficcr pfthia j house is to be taken frpm tv hia ieHjvat" ! ea siation, a geuucmuo,; wuuac;, jj- vate. work and public eminence aref tfie fairest tvpeft whicrr helfjobafsarid serit' tnree thousand) miles Europe; on thcerr and ot rus country 's , r1 ned'ar degradation f ;Is tt to stree this flkgf , . to prostrate it in the dut atUhe feet; of pur bppressbrs in aighibf alt Ed - N ropei that te pHncipairfrpresenw V Of the whole body of thplej-f prerativs feelinpsl. nledffed ta all the(i-'tiTihrii fjf!eSiisto rjedispatched frbrSWgLrH ' 1 :i ' L!w .lil- :i.....V rl;-.i!l;s jl 't ipgLun 'uiicuuuig . ls inc opcax ; ; erofthis Hoiise' to be mMe'tolrepair tp;here;ievtiges literated ofthe Northern .CPnfedira cy4 there b.ladbwo'hefb'jfettK ritime tyrants of the alienable" maritime r ,those in we which be so Need itbe so ?f-We hard been tpld more tha onee, thatAo1nii4 fal Warren is 6n the American coast authorized and ready to receive4ta ny:.time tnose conccssiuns'.wiitcnj wc, forsooth prefer; totlaatortr iri a solemn mission over ?tbe Atlantic. If then the flag of ihVcoudryis tpifis struck woliiJd itlbot berrfe'l cKeapereasierf iMsirallintp strike it . fatiytm Pyerjieaa'. with iw-capitujrilNo jpo li such Is, nbt the .motiye tp ie raissibh 1 Such t iVipot the T5ubdued i spirit iri; oia in common witn all jnqepepoy ettt neti bps$ By the (safae UniVeTsal eh arter ? !!Can thii be sb?" Sbpttld U wKichl -rthe English overture hatne , . c- 'f been met ancTacceded; tb.'4V: ineridaniflahaj-nbVte stuck JIfC" never! mut be struck. tlt qVer ' wilK - " '5' - . -; V s'l '-. L -' 4it4'ii ' it floti ancrittillieW Ofa.su, dareljr. roy in y-- m r.l mm it) 'I t2.!' : ' f . St : .? , f. ll:B,4.:t. if i'i1 J -4 7 MmUi ' . .-ir..K.--f. V. J '.V .7 r. - ' J 4- ". . .-. . .1 . . . .:; . ....4,-,.. .j - Vi - '
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