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KDITEI) BY THOMAS RITCHIE. I oPK iftttti Union SRR trssr 11 jig and the ok.titvtion." Id 00 INtJMiifcjR of (till coiitroviriy, The name of no will be oaterrd upon out A honor will bttmpaiied if we now falter WASHINGTON CITY, TUESDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 20 1840 2u? m4 UI, --ii. w'" pa tags ou wbirb will lie petit end all assessed it. am ia tu wl? IramniUtioii. urn Ilia oeuntiy paper will be publuhr.t trt-wvehly uurnig lite teitieiu ol ongrass.

end scmiavrhl) uiuif tft? Sitbtcrihsri will be notified Jsyt in advance of llir time when tbelr iitberi-lptlont will eeplre. w-( lor a pel iod tt jeer alU be reealv. i on piopoitismJ ibe ebete annual A el lemiltoncv. iu went to. ot oi ill a mfflournt receipt Ifji (briefer.

The of tpeclr pejlnj t.elib will be re- cenad. paiCtt rol ADTEft I 11 Na. liner or lene.tbree iaiertlene 00 Every eibtiitoiutl iaeertioa So "1 Loufter edveiUeafttrtiU i berfted ut pntportieu. tri A liberal dieceuot luede to tboee vt bo advertise by the an In CONGRESSIONAL. SPEECH OF MR.

GOODYEAR, or Ktw roRK, to In Ihi ILnue t(J ULtjii Janum 16, ilnv resolution authorizing the I'reepJ' iil to give the notice tor the lennutnuon of the joint oo asi eapancy of the Oregon torrilory. art 'l'he House being in Coinnutier of the Whole oil w' (he etatc of the Union, Mr. GOODYEAR epokc aa follows: Mr I ahearea (hat (ha tateiaet in line tliacuaeion, though not iu the subject, hue necea- 1)01 eerily, from Ita protracted character, very much aba- led, and 1 (MM hope to claim the attention of the ll 'tiae to any lengthened exposition of my news regard therefore, propose simply a very brief druit of the cotMideralione which will conlrol "0 my action in connexion with the vo'e which I ehah Url deem it my duty to rive upon the Anal disposition au' of the early pari of this dcliata the or msitar seemed to lake sectional, and aoniawhat character) it waa aaid to be a western measure, so tl" tar as any advantages arising from an addition of tcr- ntory and aafety from foreign invasion is concerned) and to bare a auulhern asfiect ao far aa thedeaolatrng effects of war asere to tie apprehended from Ma proa. Cre ecutioo. it might be difficult ta give any very good KUI reuson for either view of lha matter, i cannot eonccive how the Wrat can claim any advantagaa over the real of the Union, either by way of exemption from military bnrdena, in caae of war, or by the addilian of tract of uninhabited territory upon ct 1 the outer verge uf Ms already almost boundless I' -L 7 c- ikr wiidernrti; our now uiecviuui, mnj wc deemed more vulnerable in consequence of her own 1,1 peculiar institutions, cnn claim any exclusive inter- we eel in the peaceable settlement of thie conlroverey sal oilier equally expoaeil, end wilh far lucre interests al stake.

But however that n'1 be, llie Wost tlie South had, for a lirite, thq dfc- Jle liaiaalinoat exclusively to thorrteslves, Snd edilaaiflhey alone were interested in the issue; ami yet, sir, in looking over the map of thisconfed- crar.y, even a casual observer would be likely to die- cover that New York, as well as other Atlantic Stales, must necissarily have some slight interest in any question, the agitation of which threatened a 'ar rupture of our peaccuble lelatione with foreign pow- ers. With a lake and Atlantic coast more extensile cl rnd exposed than that of any other State, and ith a commerce more valuable than that of the hole ove lestduc of the Union together, a war wilh Great fort Britain, at this time, would fall upon her Interests arid resourcea with a crushing, a blighting influence; and by yet, air, 1 stand not here to ask for the State of i tug New York any peculiar avmpathy on account of lect her doubly exposed condition, nor to claim, in 1 ami imitation of the example of most gentlemen, In who have spoken upon this subject in be- I be half of their respective States, any particular it pgriS, for patriotic devotion. It is sufficient for I tr.tr to, that she asks no exclusive regard for ant lie; Ir.tertstfl, ahd that nowj as at all timeejshe is dm ready to discharge her whole duty to the common- the wealth. And if national rights, interests, or honor due shall dytpand the sacrifice, ehe counsels no craven eve policy, though the issue should involve tne fnr latton of her commerce, the decimation of her eiti-! zrna, aud the exposure of her towns and cities to the plunder and conflagration; aha is even now sfieak- tin; nig upon thie momentous subject through the por dtumofherown Stale doubt not I tb that her Voice, when heard, will awaken a eeq' ment in tyvery bokt hi, end an echo from every of wrtfrlhy all reepVcts of this Eiripire State. I tins But, sir, without regard to any action of my own State upon the auhjec', I had, in the early stages of put this debate, for reasons satisfactory to myself, come pes to the conclusion that this resolution should pass mu this Houae, and that lie President should mei mediate action under it.

Thirty years of unsuc- offe cessful negotiation would of itself seem to demand but some more efficient action. Diplomacy has ex- con hausted its skill, and a more auspicious period has con been sought in procrnstinut on; but the one has'only gun added to its embarrassments, and the other vtc? plied its difficulties and dangers. 11 cc May I permitted to afk gentlemen wlto fcouH- our pel further delay, when they propose to terminnle kilo thie controversy' Are we to bequeath thisdeferrcd thai quarrel, rendered doubly complicated by delay and httv unauccesarul negotiation, as a legacy to our chil- the dren? Ah( sir, even if that tiHiid arid tardy policy Hpp Could be deemed honorable and patriotic, it is no cldi longer practicable. The time lias gone by when inlf safety might be found in supineness. The relations like of the two countries growing out of this controversy hivft A rillfrtl mwl JtUl nlilW ixfllliirlr.

Tim Wn feverish and esctcd state of the public mind de- ami me.nds immediate action, And mighty interests fenc await the result. The of the joint cob- 1 ren Venlion n'dt bS observed iii though they be not hnhttHued in form. The efforts of the two coun- abl tries will be stimulated by recently excited jealousies, bur to fortify and defend their respective claims. Confi- tliit dence and friendly intercourse will be destroyed, and to n'l the commercial relations of the two countries, an I "dv with the rest of the world, will be constrained and em- eas bnrrassed by the every-recurring danger of an im- lit" mediate and fatal collision. The effect of the exist- tior ence of this state of things between two of the the greatest commercial nations upon earth is too up- this parent to leave room for a doubt that it cannot lorg Ha continue.

Every nerve and fibre of the body poll- pen tic is tremblingly alive to the slightest indication of tior nierace or aggression; enterprise is restrained, bit- I siness at a stand; the public pulse is madly bound- iug with excitement; and if the adjustment of the rigl difficulty be much longer deferred, either a aurrcn- der of the whole territory, or war with all its con- sequences, will be sought as a relief from this wild fever of apprehension and suspense. I Beside, sir, I said there were mighty interests the awaiting the issue. The progress of events within vicl the few past years has Vastly enhanced the value of rig I this territory. When the convention was Rrat en- cov Icred into, the disputed domain was deemed of little Rrn moment; it has even been questioned whether it tret would not more properly constitute an independent wit sovereignty, than a part of our confederacy But the recent improvements in the facilities of transporta cup tion and intercourse have rendered the ports on the per t'acinc coast contiguous to our territory of immense importance. It Can no longhr be doubted, that, un- the onward progress of our country is checked has by a devastating war with Europe, the mouth of the of lludson and the Columbia will, ere long, by means of the railroad and magnetic wirea, be brought into close communion.

However stupendous the 'ha project may appear, its iarly accomplishment neverthelesn within the limits of the enterprise and i highly stimulated energies of the day. The into rev- 'he olntion in the foreign policy of China ha? awaken- s'r, ed the attention of the public to the importance of this overland communication between our Pacific and Atlantic coasts. I can ocnceive that the whole tho trade of the Celestial empire may be diverted through her this channel, and that Europe may find her India bgl msrkst where she now purchssca her cotton, tohac- mis co and corn. 1 But the first step in the prosecution of this vast gift enterprise cannal lis tsken until this convention for 'he a Joint occnpaacy is abrogated Again, sir, our cit- has izens are owing to that irrr tory in one conlinu- oua lido of emigration. They leavohehind them to" the graves of (heir hut carry with them, cerl together with our language, our manners, and cus- (en; toma, all those natural affections which attach them to the land of their birth.

They demand the protec- 'en lion of our laws; hut this we cannot grant them dur- 'f'1 uig the existence of this treaty for joint occupancy BU( Perfect prelection to the citizen admits of no ivided sovereignty. And yet we cannot denv it thein.with- out being rerreant to our ditty and fuithleaa to our trust. 8ir, I admit thai the Roman republic, although frequently alluded to by gentlemen in the progress mil of this debate, furnishes no model for our imi- 'ha tation. I should deeply regret to read our future in the nage of blended virtue and jus- the lice snil magnanimity and mean- 'If fidelity and pmfitse gene roe- tin I "nd the most grasping glorious I wh victories and widespread desolation. Which mark Icot her pathway to universal empire.

The deep aha- lows of her dacitna and fall stand out, too ready pertinent a commentary upon the bit lich contributed to her elevation. The justice wl licit broke the sceptre of her power was too ha oinpt ami retributive, and her final degradation po is too dark and despairing to make tier Career pri object Of rational ambition. I cherish the hope mi a brighter page for my country's to is lieepolted with blood, less sullied with tears, ue it the varied page is before us, and a dis- he sition to prom by the teachings of the past, we si? aeleet the virtues and reject the crimes. If in the tiolc history Of Roman greatness there ia any one lit vlhich more than any otiier challenges imitation fet approval, it is the protection which her policy na conjunction with her power afforded her citizens. Tl that age even of lawless violence, Roman citizen- at ip, alike in the wilds of Europe, the wastes of do and the deserts of Africa, was a talisman tin men invested its fortunate possessor with an in- Ineiable panoply.

Our citizens, to say Ihe least of ure entitled to like protection, within our own coi ntory and upon our own soil. But il is said, sir, that all our purposes may be im by delay. As tar as I have been able to till xrlain the state of par ties upon this subject, there evi among others, two, both of winch claim the die lole of Oregon, but widely differ in tire means of bci laming it. The one proposes to give (lie notice and sir mediately on lis expiration take a forcibje pos- do mtom of iao whole territory, the other, lo defer the lice, and, by a matUoly in the more prewsive and nieuning phrase of the gentleman gat Virginia, Bt oim.sk by a quiet but cf- wo cut the same purpose. The atg it, as i shall attempt to show hereafter, would, in ma view, be inexpedient and unjust; the other, ut- un ly impracticable.

With England uwakened lo the glo that never slept upon her rights coi left her interests would be worse he kii folly, il would be madness, lo hope to gain by ly I u11ti what we dare not demand by open defiance line islen un, as you please, the emigrant armed with in i i axe und the rifle, and for every hundred men tnl( 0 crossed the Rocky mountains, England would 'he ct another for', mount it with Iter cannon, and con 'liaon it with her troops; she would draw uround in closer alliance the Indian tribes, and arm P1" in witli the implements of their savage warfare; 1 alter the lapse of given period of "masterly Th clivity," we should fititi either the tlrilisli in quimiliary possession of the whole territory, or the rap precipitated with all its horrors, whic the gen- I bis ncn so much deprecates and dreads. Then, ree lie gentleman's own eloquent language, might the hear buderiiag every breeze from the west, the the age yell and the shriek of torture; then might we the nut ill imagination but in fact, ths bones of the ten igraiils whitening the prairies, and his own favor- fete uttering his wild cry above their mutilated, Th Jttubd, and festering bodies. No, sir, if we wish but tvoul (he horrors which the gentleman has so sue jurntly depicted, we must settle this question of puled boundary before our people ure madly ullc usi upon the danger. What, sir, is il proposed bca send our citizens forward into the wilderniss, pui beyond the reach of aid, them to all sun vicssitudcs of a forest life, and the more terrible tyc pons of a powerful nation, united with a savage wli itmuriHi null fjirlitliils a It k.ss rcome ail obstacles, and their industry made the isle cut hlooni around them, to exemplify (he be- pm influence and protecting care of our government brij kindly extending over them our and viai(- eye them with the tax-gatherer? Such was the pro- eve lion which England vouchsafed to her colonics, I which they indignantly hurled back upon her. put my judgment, this policy pursued, the wsr will Putt speedy and inevitable; and by giving the notice, if rill he equally cerlaiu to be avoided.

The notice, hui riven, will be in pursuance of a treaty stipulation; pea I its effect will lie simply to throw into our ex- poj sive possession a large portion, of this territory, con title to which is undisputed, and leave the rest- ma to he settled by negotiation, accompanied, how- mil with an admonition which may not be disrc otli ded as to the necessity of its speedy adjustment, agg the direct or necessary result of 1 Var eannoi 7T, notice to abrrgnte this convention. wo' will depend upon another and far more im- qua tant quest (on, to which 1 Shall presently allude. irtlbss that, if War were tb be the necessary oon- bttr as sdme Seem to apprehend, of the psssrtge whi this resolution, I should hesitsiei tit all events, is II a certain, other measure had ftrst found iu through this of providing for the knu die defence dd not Subserlba to the oft-rc- eqii led doctrine, that the genius of our institutions (he st necessarily subject us to defeat in the com- rig! ecement of a war. We need not be prepared for we nsive operations; we want no atunding army, our the material for defence should, at all times, lie rem lplete; we should be satisfied by the report of of tl ipetent engineers, that the requisite number of 6i is are mounted upon our defences and fit for scr- in we can at all times find hands to man them, and itlld not consent Ihnt, by any hasty action of uhl the ImpbHant seaports of llifc Atlantic coast dut uld life exposed to a hidden an I fulfil attack, nHr pro I our country should ever again be disgraced by ing the very walls of her Capitol blackened by chu loreil nil in nun ig ivc. I'm ii" 111,1 tfehendet) fVom thin measure.

These conflicting star mi ftxlsicd bfelbtc ih'i was entered 0fle and no war ensued; they may exist again upon gov terms. But the gentleman from Alabama ailji the convention was a substitute fur lim r. No, sir; it was wretched substitute for firm ofo I efficient negotiation; it was this putting oil" the pre oUntering of difficulties, which time itlOne Imve rhei defed formWdble. Tlierfe have been Several pe- clai jsatwhich thdl adjusted It is now well known that Lord Ash- fJl. ton had full instructions from hiq government upon i question, and it is believed that lie was prepared mat nake liberal concessions in tlic northwest for the pan antages which he uctually gained in the north- rigl without them.

If the government had, at that onh firmly insisted upon connecting the two ques- und is, we should not now he trouhled with this; but our then administration preferred the continuance of rno' i substitute for diplomatic firmness and efficiency, for ppily we have at length arrived at a period when nes tlier the state of the affair itself, nor the inclina- unq i of the administration will admit of longer delay, cite lot I proceed to the consideration of the more im- this tant of the extent to which sur hen it to the possession of the territory should he ss- under the notice. It is the uncertainty of the org icy of our government upon this question which ried alone multiplied the chances of war. Hint Jpoa tills brrtccli of the subject, tiller looking over lion whole ground, I cannot rid thyself of the coll- thin ion that England has some rights in Oregon? rein its commencing in some pretensions to early dis- a rc eriy, continued by a partial occupation, lind con- i ted by thirty years' negotiation and nttmefoufl is entered upon olid conducted (J the avowed purpose of settling a boundary, not mat and terminating in treaties for the joint oc- dur mtion of the whole territory, hut conceding no mi- sou ior rights or paramount title to cither party. It pov vith thin view of the matter that I arrive ut the tcri icltision that the action of otir oWrl government It. i conceded to tSnglahd ahme rights in tlie territory i Oregon.

But the extent of thole hav- Wit the better depend entirely upon our IjIoi ereign will nnd pleasure. The determination of ism: will has been repeatedly expressed by our gov- sub ment, and recently signified to the British minis- of i resident in this city, hy a proposition to divide ces territory by the 49th parallel of latitude. Thia, or I I take it, is the extreme limit to which eoneea- ces i will he carried. This division of the territory aloi been repeatedly offered to Great Britain and crei so offers constitute almost the sole foundation of thei title. Whether it be viewed, then, in the trai it of a gratuity, or a concession for eompro- bra the just pride and acknowledged power tier the nation alike forbid the resumption of the less The American people ahotild ecorn to retract I charitable boon.

But I have said that Britnin gre claims to this territory which, by our own con- elm sions, have ripened into rights. Let us for a the ment reverse the picture, for the purpose of as- evil taining the more clearly whether this position he. adv able. Suppose (which is the imth) the two tha ntrtes had conflicting claims to the whole of this ilory, claims resting somewhat in illy nothenti- mo rd journals of navigators and in vague tradition; late pose (whith is also the truth) thai, for the pur- awi ic of stilling these conflicting claims, negotiation con mid be resorted to, and should result in unsuc- out sful propositions on both sides to divide the ter- Co iry, but hy different lines, and should finally ter- nio late in a convention for the joint occupation of rie, whole territorv, conceding exclusive rights to see ther; that this male of should continue for ant period of some thirty years, and in the mean pre the citizens of boih countries should make par- feci seitlemenls upon those portions of the territory ty eh, hy all the pmposilione on both sides, were ry ceded to be the cxelweise property of their re- me ictive countries. Suppose, then, that Britain, pai th the samp show of better title which we now ex- sot jit, should turn upon us and claim the whole lat would be our answer? We would say: jro ve conceded to us rights; our citizens have ufcei session accordingly; they are entitled to on otectinn, and an impartial world will justify us i limaming those rights, if a resoi arms.

And we would do it. We would feel i creamy to go further back for title; but would un sttatingly hurl back the threats of England by irn defiance. I am aware, sir, that a claim in our faror pare to all others lias been set of mam it destiny. It runs thus: Uod natli given to thi tion the western continent and the fulness thereol lis, as I understand it, overrides all titles and set defiance all reasoning. This claim to universe minion was put forth in the commencement is debate, and lias been frequently urged in III of it, and more particularly by the gentle in fVotn Michigan, Chu us a final on nclusive argument.

I legielttd to bear the aeuti snt avowed in un American Congress, because I plica doubt of the vulidily of our own perfei le, and because it has ever uecn used to juslif try act of wholesale violence and rapine that graced the history of the world. It is the rob i title, bat its record is accompanied by the in active lesson lliut it ultimately ihecla the rubber' oni. The Macedonian conqueror consulted tit ipbjc oracle, end having obtained fro to the prieu i an equivocal answer, which, in Iris construction re him the right, by to conquer tin rid, be pursued Ins career of victory amil lis, and tears, and blood, over homes and bearthi du desolate, cities wasted end prostrate thronee fit, standing on the verge of the then hubttubli be, be wept that he bad not another world ti iquer. Confident in the omnipotence of hta fate drew around 111 in his niMierial robes and proud boasted of the endless duration of lus dynast) I his throne. Hut death struck the conqueroi i drunkeu revel, and his fated empire was brokei fragments, and disappeared from the earth, Itkt sand before the simoon of the desert.

Home, too isulted her oracles, and sought, in omnia uiui us, her title by manifest destiny to universal snv s. The response of the priest was propitious, I her legions proceeded to execute the decree title lost nothing of its force whilst there was lib to plunder or rubious to subdut; under it, the actty of the Roman pnetor knew no bounds, cruelty no remorse. She checked not her ca of victory until the spoils of every nation, front pillars of Ilcrculcs to the ludtun ocean, swelled triumph of her conquerors and contributed tu luxuries and magnificence of what etie fondly med the Eternal city. "Whilst the Colliseum ir.ds Rome shall stand," was her proud boast, Colliseum sUll stands, majestic in its ruins, the Eternal city, long since dcpsoiled of ttsg.ory I im power, ia now owy Known to Hie traveller lite city of shattered columne and mighty rtcctions The modern conqueror? the man of uniting heart und of iron nerve, who pursued hit pouts with like unbending firmness upon the da of the snows of i never quailed, and whose heart never faltered? 0 ussert'tl and proved his title at the cannon's uih, until victory, even, seemed ihe doomed of lus stern and unrelenting too, nu-d to his alar and talked of destiny; but that ght luminary ''us in peipctua' night, and the that gazed upo" hi ighlnesa WBB closed forr upon a barren rotk hi tir? steep Atlantic wave, ho lialh read the book of fathomed the jHiaea of the Almighty? tsn-, we may read the tire by the I have no doubt of our deatmy, re limit our ambition to tlie development of the nan faculties and the cultivation of the arts ol With a territory capable of sustaining a largei nilalion in comfort and opulence than any other intry under one government upon earlh, the hull mind can scarcely limit the progress of our dolion, either in duration or extent. But if, on the er litnid, we should be stimulated to territorial rnndizemenl by the prospect ot successful war, ave na little doubt that the western continent aid soon be found loonurrow a sphere for our l'''" ''Oip'at'on before we should retriemhef lit lit fill hwwry "aiujui dened with the admonition, that the nation ieh is destined idea lend its territory by conquest, qual'y fhted to perish ih the, midst ot its tieto.

It duh, dir, to the American people, to iw that tVir title in this InStanie rieMs ho Sdch ivocal In the, appropriate IsnguSgi of gentleman from Tennessee, fMr eur it is our destiny, noi oJr destine our right. But are led to consider, in this connexion, tiie diitv rf government in cane England should propose to sw the negotiation upon the basis of the division he territory in the spirit of amicable adjustment, iswer, she should be met in die same spirit; and ase she should offer ihe terms recently tendered withdrawn by this government, they should be lesitatlngly accepted. If it Was consistent with the les of government to make the offer then, it is per to aocfept it now. The interests and its of thfc two eobntHes hate ip no rCypCct nged in regard to this territory. I do not say the negotiation should be reopened nt our inice, nor that any more'favornble terms should be red or accepted.

On the contrary, I think our ih the of its disposition to ist this difficulty, has approached (lie Mtterrtfeflt it which the rights, the interests, or the honor ur country will warrant; and if England should fer to try the issue of a resort to arms, we shall he restored to our belligerent rights, and may rri abd take the whole. England well knows wiir id a gable Which more than obe cab play ir, the inference I draw froth thia fiejiv of is, that the notice being given, the joint occucy terminated, and England remaining rpiiet, our its to exclusive jurisdiction should be asserted up to the 49th parallel of latitude. This being erstood to be the policy and determination of government, the chances of war arc entirely rei'ed. England will not incur Ihe hnzards of a war an inconsiderable tract of unproductive wilderb, the title to which she knows is clearly and in us. This being known, the exrnent upon this subject, as well in England as in 1 country, would entirely subside, and we should little more of Oregon.

(tit if the extreme policy, of the Whole or none, ed byn few gentlemen upon this floor, is to car I out, I cannot see how a war can be avoided, eland cannot, consistently with her national or, accept less, In the division of this territory, a has been repeatedly offered her; and however ictant she may he. I see not how she can cecnne sort to this Inst dread alternative, proceed to cttnsltler for one moment whether it nt interest to drive her to this ettttemitj'. ur national honor is Oo way concerned in thfe ter. By adopting; the parallel ns our bouny we make our own terms, and dictate them, too, lewhat imperiously to the haughtiest nnd most rerful nation uponcarth. It is, then, a mere matof expedimcy, and as such I propose toconsider 'he value of the territory in dispute, compared the, expenses, the sacrifices, the sufferings, idshed, and horrors of a war, is the question at te.

8lr, I address not my arguments to those limated gentlemen who assert that the existence i right precludes the consideration of conseqocntn its assertion. The gentlemen have forgotten, isply never learned, that a regard to consequents the first duty of a statesman; that it is that le for which impartial history will give him lit for sagacity and wisdom. The notions of se gentlemen are somewhat too abstract and isccndental for my present purposes. On Ibis nch of the subject, I prefer addressing the gennen upon this floor who have been educated in a ethereal school of statesmanship. hrst, then, the territory comprises sonti six dees of latitude north of parallel of 49.

The nate in that latitude must necessarily be severe, face of the country is broken, and we have no rlenee that any part of it possesses any peculiar antnges for purposes of cultivation. Indeed, in view the territory is entirely valueless to us. have now a territory which centuries of the si uninterrupted national prosperity cannot popui to th? full extent of its capability. I am well nrr. of the adventurous spirit and impatience nl itiguity of the Weal; but I think if the moat r.cali pioneer will join a caravan for the mouth of the lumbia, and pursue his pilgrimage for some six nths over a boundless expanse of forest and praiwithout the sign of a human habitation and rce the sign of human life, where the wild horss I the buffaloe have revelled for centuries in the iftision of nature's bounties, he will be moet efinally cured of ell scruples on the scire of densiof population.

Nor is this portion of the territoof any greater value with a view to that comreeto which I haveheretoforealioded. The 49tf rallel secures to us the straits of Fuca and Puget'i furnishing, for all the commerce of the Kant, the beat on the const of the Pacific; and for this territory, no valueless, in every reaped, it Id the United States, gentlemen propose to lake the chances of at bent a disastrous war with Qreat Briln tin. 11 Sir, I aru not satisfied the remarks which It have fallen from the gentlemen who insist upon the i- whole or none of the territory, that they themselves a 1 have any very clear conception of the means necessary to accomplish their purpose. The one of these gentlemen what haa been i- termed a "masterly inactivity;" the other, tins mediate and coercive Though I queaf. lion not gentlemen's sincerity, tior doubt their a valor, yet 1 much fear that the lofty pred tensions of the first, compared with their tupiiieuess of action, will pass in the eye of the world aa a vety shallow covering for timid cwun: sort of whistling to keep one's courage up.

The other has more of the bravuilo in it, hut i- seems equally wide of ita purpose. True, the genii lleniun Irotn Michigan (Mr. Cmimsam) pledges the I Stale ul Michigan alone to lake Canada in ninety days. This, at eii events, looks like but it have occurred to that gentleman, that in the lael war, Hull proposed a anmiar feat, and issued a like boastful pi-tlarnaiion, and in a Ices than twenty days thereafter, he and hta gallant army passed beneath the cauduie forks. I intend, air, no improper betwnaa Mtahiguu then and Michigan now; 1 metely jvlhidn to it foi the purpose of showing that lofty pretsiuuyns and 1 high-sounding promisee are not ulwayd the beet evidences of faithful and efficient performance, l'er, haps the gentleman will make the application An oilier gentleman seems to think there will be a great deal of valorous bush-fighting in Oregon; end in the exuberance of hie fancy, talks about the fountains of the Pacific coast spouting blood until they shall have tinged the bruad ocean with their crimson currents.

Sir, lliere will be no fighting in i Oregon. The few inhabitants of that vast foreet will be conient to remain quiet arid await the fear, ful shock which to uproot and unsettle the nations I of the earth. The war will be in Canada, in the British colonial islands, on our own frontiers, on the ocean, wherever the two nations may be deemed most vulnerable, or can meet tn deadly and mortal i Combat. The blood and resources of the two nai lions will be exhausted in the fruitless stiuggle. All the worst passions of the human race will be aroused and brought into fierce action, commerce i will Ire destroyed, civiltrulioii retarded, and the progrtis of impiuvement rolled back fur half a i century; the bonds of society will he ruptured and the affections crushed; the page that records the triumph will be streaked with blood, and the cheer that hails I he victory Will meet with no response at the desokuc fireside and in the breaking heart It i ifl well Mllfl tllMl fill 111 I'm liter PS It heraaftar uaoarl between these two greet and powerful nations, no war ol and detachments.

It will be England, with all tier tremendous military resources, matched with the aroused and terrible energies of a nation of long-deferred contest for the dominion of the western continent, and for maritime fearful death-struggle with i which foe grapples foe, and falters not nor yields, until death unnerves the muscle and relaxes the grasp. It would lie well for gentlemen who talk thus flippantly of a contest where blows are to be given and not received, where laurels are to be won without the cypress, to turn their attention for little to the magnitude of hostile piepsralions, and learn to look the realities of war steadily and stern, ly in the face. The time for the exercise of all ineir cuurage and may be nearer tlian they suppose. War will not ensue from any dis-1 puled boundary in Oregon, unless it be precipitated by our own indiscretion. If we yield to England the teriitory north of the 49th more than that she should not War ther; ensue, (he disputed boundary will be the pretext, noi the cause.

If, in her newly-awakened apprehensions for the safety of her colonies on the western continent, it is the purpose of England at this time, in conjunction with other European powers, to humble the pride and cripple the resources of this republic, concession on our part Would be than useless, Give her the of Gregtfrv And qtarrek she Wffl ffnd1 It in California, In reefs of Florida, or the banks of Newfoundland. She wm. 'l wftetevsr the red cross meets the flag of the Union on the ocean. Cdnaession on our part would not prevent nof long poslpotte struggle; and the morf resolutely we meet it in the asserlidff of the principle of nqihlnfl fyrt what is elearly right, and submitting to nothing the more may we hope for a sppedy and favorable issue. Sir, ttie ua.igif rev be may be causeless.

1 am inclined to think that the time has gone by when the combined interests of European monarchies could seriously think of arresting the progress of human rights, at least on the western continent. But "coming events cast their shadows before." The insidious suggestion of a balance of power upon this continent manifests a trembling apprehension that the Atlantic is not broad and deep enough to protect the East from the all-cncroacltihg influences, of rational iitlt democracy. The political of Europe has become dark and lurid; elements never be- fore combined arc now found in close alliance. Our ancient friend and ally is prompt to suggest to its knci'eht and hereditary enemy ilia readiest means of checking the progress of the fitr-rcachlng republic The gathering storm is preceded the deep mbt- tcrings of the distant thunder. No human fore- sight can foretell the fearful catastrophe which may be produced by the hold assertion of a political when the contest is stimulated by the passions engendered In the warfare of conflicting principles.

Hairipden, by resisting the collection of a six-penny tak, aroined a tplrit ifi Englahd which never again slept until it had oVeftutited the throne, and brought the head of. its moh urch to the block. The colonies, by resisting an equally trilling tax upon tea, dismembered the British empire, and laid the foundation i-for a great and now powerful republic. What I mighty revolutions mity now lie on the verwe. of meir nccnmpiisniiicni, in impossinie lor us 10 lore' sec; in (lie meantime it is our policy to await coolly the progress of events, with firm reliance upon our undoubted rights, and a stern determination to maintain them all and every hazard.

Sir, my allotted time has nearly expired, and I have but a word more to say. I hope that the boundary of the 411th parallel may be understood to be our ultimate oiler, and that it will not tie renewed, but that it will be considered the limit of our claim, whilst the peaceful relations of the two countries remain unbroken-, but if, contrary to my judgment and my sense of Justice, the doctrine of the whole of Oregon or none should provuil with the lion, would then say that I am Sully aware of the objections to engaging in a war Grant Britain I upon the issue presented in this controversy. Po haps no American citizen now living nould be peri no no 11 benefited by the result of the contest, however favorable. It would imply, then, a large draught 1 upon our national feelings to expeot a cordial and unanimous assent to measures which must, of cessity, involve such a mighty sacrifice. But, sir, I can easily understand that there may be conditions i of national rights and national honor which impeI riously demand this Inst evidence of devotion to one's country.

Fully impressed with the fearful responsibility resting upon the representatives of the people, I would then renae to inquire into the justice or expediency of maintaining the stand taken by the Kxecutive; 1 would merely counsel the most prompt and liberal appropriations for the public defi nee, and, if war lie I believe it would be in that prosecuting it with vigor; for, whildWny sanguine hopes for her future prospciity prompt the patriotic country, may she ever be right," yet the knowledge that my for. noes, by inclination, if not necessity, are inseparably connected with here, impels me to add, right or wrong, still my country." My feeli ings ana sympathies are associated indiseoluhly with the land of my birth; and if her fair promise and 1 high hopes are to realized in her future greatness, I shall, in common with the rest of my countrymen, jeninythe glory of the alliance; but if the cloud i which is now lowering is to burst with fatal fury, and her bright star is destined to act in darkness and eloom, I cannot, I seek not to sepnrste my fortunes; and mine, and all that I prize and love, must share i her fate. I OW'S SAND-WASH comI pound renders the hardest and roughest skin i soft, fair, and delicately white. Ladies riding, gardening, or gentlemen bunting, fishing, rowing, Ac will find the sand-wash balls efficacious in removing all hardness, aiain, redness, or other rutaneoua disfigurement, preventing the hands from chapping, and forming a i rich lather in hard Or sea water. Price 25 cents, i For rale by J.

F. CALLAN. Jan I SPEECH OF MH. DOBBIN, or or NORTH CAROLINA, L.y In the Houst of HrprtunUiivtt, January 15, the resolution authorizing the President to give for the notice for the termination of the Joint oceU- the pancy of the Oregon territory. out The House being in Committee of the Whole on the slate of the Union, Mr.

DOBBIN addressed the J'" committee as follows! '1 Mr. Ctisiasuii: I do not arise with the design of indi ting so hour's speech the committee) and while lliuve not the vanity to indulge the hope of entertaining the committee with the of aplcil- did declamation, or of illustrating this vexed question more elegantly or more clearly than other gen- tio1 tleinen, yet, air, such la its magnitude, such the solemn responsibility its decision imposes on sv-ry the deep und tntenae interest with which our countrymen sre all watching our deliberatioua 1 feel excused end justified in proclaiming with undisguised frankness and can- doi, and as remedy as poasible, at least a tion ol the uuintirous icosone which animate me in the course 1 feel constrained to pUreue. Sir, 1 believe the present is an interesting crista in our na- tional history, when legislation should be the otT- of calm, dispaaaionals, uuexciled, patriotic, and statesmanlike deliberation, when the illiberal and otnuat ted snnwsuons of sectional prejudice should be sternly discarded, when party animosity should be and forgotten, and thui grave American question, involving American honor and American rights, lie settled by the suggestions only unc of American pairuilisut. Mr ChaurOail, had a stranger entered this hail, and listened to the thril- ling and beaiitiful dissertations on the loveliness of ncl, frightful deacriptions of the horrors of would surely have been impressed with the opinion that we were really discussing the question of declaring war against England! For myself, I avow my determination to vote for the te" resolution of the Committee on Foreign Atfuira, to give notice to Orenl Britain to terminate the joint 1 occupancy of Oregon, in pursuance of the treaty of tlu" Itftid. 1 repudiate the charge that this lea war to measure.

1 llmg back the war cry. If there be a ne? war party and a party, I belong to the peace party. But, sir, this incessant alarmshout of war, war, war, shall not deter me 99 from voting to give this notice, when I entertain the sincere conviction that national honor demands police demands to treaty alip- ulatiou demands to our adventurous pi- onecrs in Oregon demands it) and in my humble 8 opinion the pui'a ptact Irill bt nunt surely promoltil Vc' by it. Mr. Chairman, genllcnien who have inge- l'' tnoualy sought to make this war measure, may express surprise at the declaration.

Bui here in my place, before this House and the country, I declare iny solemn belief that gentlemen who oppose this measure are openly advocating and a course of far, far more calculated to plunge our happy coun- nrok try into an early war with eva- Uon i mot surely to multiply diffl utiles in the ad- jusunent of this already too long protracted contro- Wl" versv, and more inconaiatent wt'h (tie candid and honorable bearing of thia great and proud lepwbliy. What, sir, is the relative position of parties on this 01 question? All, all believe our country's title to Ore- If on, if not is at least the bat. All concur in hr.ni the opinion that the emigration of our und reJtl of British subjects to that Pnd l)ie lies and confusion necessarily produced by nflict-1 log jurisdiction and laws, loudly call for a termma- (ton of the present convention between the two coun- tries. All note reject the formtrty avowed policy of "masterly inactivity," and propvit action. But, sir.1 i invoke the attention of the House to the character iff thfc jih'licy of gentlemen who discourse so vclie- tneiitl? against liiiii a War meaauic.

The distinguished gentleman from Vi rginia 1 Hum r.a,J whose eloquence afld patriotism all ad- 1 mit, proposes, not inactivity," but the passing dt "eucii tneasuree as may encourage our eettlements in the dtspulad territory without contravening any 0 treaty stipulations. Ho thinks that thousands dollars may be iudiciously for coldtiizing 'lie thdt tf our twtftemmilfc are firmly plsntsdsouth of the, Columbia, the crack of, cur American rifled, and the stfupd of the Oi'pur western pioneer, will in due time We hefrdj not only north of that river, but north of the Is'th parallel! Another gentleman, opposed to the notice, I ventures the hope that soon a hundred thousand I 01 Anlefico" smigrants could be eneoftraged to settle' there, and StnOftf Ihem twenty thousand good rifleUtfirr Other gerKh-msii who concur in this mucallrd pa-' 1,1 cific poli'cy, eohflu? In the opinion that this is the 1 wisest policy to sicufe tttrnotf, not only to the aa degree, but "the Whole of noulj even, in tliiir mdor, stoutly scouting the idea of ever allowing to Great Prithin a of, its a rock, a tree, or shrub! And this, Mr. Chft'ir- man, is gravely urged by gentlemen as the pcaHtful mode of securing the "whole of Oregon." For what arc emigrants to be cncut to go to Oregon? To seme possession of it? What are the implements they liear with thsrn? The axe and the rifle, What is to be heard after they reach there? The 1 sound Of the but the crack Of the rifle, alio. What part arc they (o occupy? Bre 10 settle south of the Columbia, but In flue lime thev are to press on north of the Columbia and norm jen of the 4'Jth parallel! I usk, what means this rush of emigrants, bearing not the olive-branch, of but the instrument of war? Does this Uc plan, even til the tKUttiflg point, wear the aspect of peace? I the scheme' while 1 respect its originators. It UdubtlSflS was suggested by a desire for prace; but it is deceptive, anu must lead to wur.

Reject this resolution, and refuse to give the notice in accordance with the treaty, and adopt the other policy, and whut will the .10 Britiah ssv? What the Hudson Bay I Company? "VVhat the o'thfcr powers of the world ssv? Would not the British minister here inform his government that, although the Congress had rfc- I fused to give notice, not to be lulled into apathy; that the American Congress had discussed the poli- 8'mr cy of giving the notice, hut that some distinguished nnSc gentleman, being last it might produce war, had persuaded the adoption of another policy, called the peace policy, by which emigrants, under the "le 1 guise of settling the country, were to go armed rifles; that they were first to plant themselves south of the Columbia, but that, "in due season," the crack of the American rifle was to he heard even north of And that, by this plan, "the whole of Oregon" was to be secured I Think you, sir, that the British cabinet, ever sen- sitivc to British interest, would hear all this and he idle? Would they not promptly and energetically adopt a counteracting policy startled at the developnient of this new scheme ol ours? Would they not encourage British emigrants, ftnd send British sol- evl'" diers, loo, to settle in Oregon to save it from falling W88 into the hands of Americans? Would they not feci aroused, even to excitement, on learning that, in- stead of giving notice, we had resolved on resort- vc mg to scheme professing pence, hut ultimately our designed for the exclusive seizure of "the whole of "I'01 Oregon?" on And, Mr. Chairman, when the American emi- grants and the British emigrants reached there, what would follow? The cross of St. George, and the rt stars and stripes, would be seen floating in danger- our proximity. Under the one would tie seen ral- lying the Hudson Bay Company, with their savage 18 allies and British soldiers; unaer theother, the hardy and adventurous Americans, attached to their soil, 80,1 and bent on its exclusive possession. How long, sir, could such jealous adversaries eye each "uf tending rivals lor sovereignly in Oregon, and remain i- temi wncxciiru qnu ucm-ciui.

in hui, sir, under such circumstances, Ihnt soon there bun would be collisions, skirmishes, snd violent out- ain 1 breaks? Would not the rejwt of the first gun be 'yra the signal for general conflict? Would not the news be hurried over the mountains to our bold sr.d dsr- 'n ing countrymen in the West, who would rueh to n'al the defence and aid of their sons and brothers in Taib Oregon? Would not the news fly to England? Anil then, sir, would not nil the horrors of wnr be 'bat the early fruit of this peaceful mode of saving Ore- 'beii gon? spill Much has been said in this debate about the im- airi portance of having the sympathies of other pow- Patr ere in the event ot war. Would not England, in graa such a war, have the advantage in that particular' Would she not say to the other powers, when asked bee? what produced the war, that Americana refused to hon give the notice according to treaty, but avowed a inflt determination to eeir-e it by other means, and that Py she was bound to defend or lie recreant? I appeal, be sir, to gentlemen to look calmlv at these natural ehai consequences of their policy, and tell me if its peace- pf 'I fill character can comment! itself 10 their judgment. ligh Sir, it would begin in an nodfgnified scramble for that I land, and end in war. by I Again, Mr. Chairman, I cannot avoid the con- I vtcuon, that if we have resolved on terminating this wai Micifi itiovoray, and exercising sovereignty over Oregon, of taking possession of it, we arehonorabl bound the treaty of 1W5W to give twelve monlbe' notice cmmls Ureal Britain, or hazaid our national reputation fidelity to treaty stipulation.

It ia well known it British statesmen, and eminent statesmen in owu country, and in this House, deny that it 1,1 a a treaty for "joint but a cornmtr- diss ale I convention for the purpoaes of trade and commerce, hislorj hat be tlie true construction, I aak, can we, with "fher treaty staring us in the ftnx, decline giving the Jack ice, and pass nieaaurea to colonise Oregon for avmeeil purpose of ultimately ihertby seizing the 10 hole of Oregon," even to 54? Mr I'he committee will mark the manifest dietinc- lunger a between protecting our adventurous ptneere in sgott, by throwing the rlneld of our laws around 111, and encouraging tliem to settle therefor the iwed policyof seeing Ilia country, to the ultimate mouve iluaioti of the English. we" klr. Chairman, statesmen should ever hesitate die sta I ponder uell when national hooor and national i) is at stake. And, air, with great deference to let eminent gentlemen who differ with me on this onion, 1 appeal to of honor and rik and manly dealing, if the policy of emigration I colonization, for lite purpose of ukisvg the lerriy virtually btftrt giving the noUce.couipoits well the magnanimous, bold, and manly bearing of p. rood aud high-minded nauon.

Will not the na- Glaae of the world taunt uo with is, as an unmsnly ce of management, partaking move of the charcr an artful game than uf cat did, independent, Itagutsed action And, air, will ihey not iiavr much cause to doit? 1 beseech gentlemen to ise, to pause long, before our nation is made to jjUr) a part even bordering on dishonor. lut, Mr. Chairman, when gentlemen seem con- Mah red of the iinportaitcc of terimiialmg this dispute Mah England, and that difficulties are annually uc- Mah lulaltug, their tuiagtualions are haunted by the tfic war ingeniously depicted here, that Cans lie lltey talk witii burning patriotism about the tie of Oregon," they urge the policy of coloniza- and aay if war mual conic, tune, time, lime la Pnch chieve our triumph. Sir, this cry of Plate been laised and sounded here for iily-clght years Difficulties are conatantly mul- Wit! yuig, and still the aauie cry is made. (Jemlc- 1 argue as if giving (hie notice is declaring war.

(M wtn admit it is ol Itself not finl.it of war ami, Mr- iirman, instead of producing war, and shutting Tern door uf negotiation, I advocate it because i firm- elieve It lends to promole and hasten uegottitfwn to preserve tuact. Sir, have wc not smuggled? mitre than quarter of a century egotists with England ulihoul giving this notice! I after tlie lapse of that time, can It be called mesa. War, madness us give the notice May Will relying ott the strength of our an( and righteousness of our the that, when the notice is given. England wij 1 cothic l'i ict, vfiM appreciate our earnest nees, will lie tied-by the preasing importance of prompt nr.to act the part in negotiation of her own tubals, which her own senae of justice wilt ite and the public sentiment of the world admonish her she ought to do) Sii, I aud the President for lua effort to settle question in that apiril of liberal concession, redileblc to his heart; but I equally applaud the with which he took an independent anJ f'old tioaition, wltfn thj British monster so hastily that liberal With a iblc which lio lid man can hesitate to pronOflttca heller than Antiq he still, in the concession, spproav bed Hhe discarded our otfer. Wr have done our "hit fof homproiniae; if she desires it, let hrr now Sir, let lis do our duty, and give the nonce.

not negotiation, ttUittlK the notice, bullied the is of our wisest statesmen Did not Mr. Clay, his lolly genius, the ndiniration of so many Of Pcctcd. tountrymcn, try and fall? Did lie not mgverl noat liberal otfer, while lie said that England no "color of title to any portion of the country?" riot Mr. Monroy, Hush, and the able Ciallann, atfetrtpt it, and fail Ilaa not Mr. Calhoun, TjCT'SI se giant intellect can any subject, and who VV I evinced so much deatrt to adjust it, attempted 53 Real tailed And have we not all perused with pi idr and i masterly correspondence of our present efrunen' ncle, elary of State, who has also failed in his taif I got ml km? When Lord Ashburton came from lti5 Tut land as a sjwcial minister to adjust our contro- lets, ies, do trot gentlemen remember well that the cry Jan 1 was to "Irush op notice will insider'd (hrnut, and check negotiation? And rrt gentlemen kmiUr thoi Ins lordship returned content with the laurcia and land Ire acquired JL Ac northeast? leaving it to some fortunate eucces- inat 0 acquire laurels und land in the northwest I st re, a 1 not the same suggestion made when it was an- viz: iced that Mr.

1 akenham was coming? And Maltoj leuien know- the result of the elfort to negotiate card, ant hint. And yet, Mr. Chairman, after all these robes, cl nl concessions, these anxious efforts at nrgotia- clocks, jtllliout nutici, by our rrioal eminent and learned ery, Ac. nitaiists, struggling in spirit of compromise, also, UOj i quarter of a century, we are told to wait 1 tile lunger, to pause still, and thereby literally to Britain, by time, to strengthen her pretensions 1 le, and increase the difficulties in the way of ad- gs lent. Sir, I think our path of duty is clear mid 5 bu Fidelity to our treaty, demands that we first the notice, for we ure hound to protect and de- Jan.

1 our people, who are daily flocking to that ternomw-r the belief that it is and that this no- AH will be girttt. Pur mtlemen say thai perhaps war may follaw. I court of not, and trust that England will do Iter duty. Colun sir, ntusl we be alarmed, frightened from the approvet large of what honor, and justice to our people ty and I mods us to do, because England may in her 1 Withtmt eauae, involve us in war? Peace has Tuesday larms, atitf wilt The mind delights at 4 o'clt ntcmplatc the holy and benign influence wnich honorable peace exerts on ttulioPS, science, 820, froi Th. church.

check it in its progress, promoting happiness cated, ar prosperity in our beloved country, hns neither 8 if' heart of a patriot or a Christian. 30 ik with abhorrence from contemplating the car- Term: und bloodshed, and wretchedness that mark equal pa esoiating track of war. Hot let us "be just and interest I not," as haa ofl been said. Think you, sir, if trust, great and gallant Washington and Lafayatte ''y the tl revisit us, they would not blush at our de- served t( racy in shrinking from duly at this cry of war? The title ild they not remind us of our early history, and lnP pl is that the "rnce is not always to the swift, nor west wn jaltle to the. strong;" but that a just God conthe destiny of nations and of men? Sir, while ened with pleasure at the charming eloquence i honorable gentleman this morning, who vin- Willi ed so ably our title to Oregon, I wn) struck 11 in an no little surprise at jwirt of his argument for cash, hi time, and against the salisfsct cive of the scarcity of more solid reasons.

It that John Bull was getting older every dsy, that already he had gray hairs upon his head, that time would do much for us An If AH xsnry does us much wrong, and keeps from us 1VJ. of must hear it in if the eirei: 1 oliservation we discover few gray hairs county his head, we nrc to leave him for the expose i ent to persist in his wrongs, calmly con- day of I ig ourself that us our adversary is already house lie gray, lie will become older and weaker in the lowing ine of years, and lA-n the fight shall lie made! Lot shall an American Congress seriously act upon ington, principle, in reference to our valuable territory anue, a le northwest, in which we have already suffered seized ai inch by delay? Surely, surely not, sir. Sup- Bender, i our glorious sons of tober tei three millions only, writhing under a sense of satisfy ist oppression, and indignant at the unholy at- favor of jls to crush them with still more intolerable executoi lens, had concluded that "Although Great Brills rudely pressing us down with the yoke of nny, wc will wait until she gets older!" In- 1 of this proud, indrfiendent republic, America, I probability, would now be in a state of eolo- vassalage. But, sir, such timid counsels pre- not in the days of Washington, and Adams, Franklin. No, sir, no; the moment they frit the principles of true liberty were violated, and remonstrances despised, they flew to arms, and ed their hlood on many a battle-field Hnppose, in our last, our second war of independence, our iot and gallant statesmen, in the glorious Con- of that day, had listened to such timid counof waiting for John Bull to get o'der, and had market, i seduced and frightened by the panic, cry of the ors of war! Who, sir, can now conceive of its on the repnlstion sod destiny of our hep- Our hardy tnra, pertiapa, would Will 1 our floe "till inaultad, nnd our mer- rpHF it vumIr plundered on every aca.

But, inatead gig) ilie American a thrill of patriotic do- lrrm? I aa hia mind to the nohle triumph" of war, and the laurel" won on land and on 8ea, promptly daring to maintain our righta. would lr. Chairman, gentlemen have aaid much of our it of prepatauon for war. I do not expect war; Dee, it; but if it come. let ue beyiu it ill honor, will cud in triumph.

England will be the or. And if, air, for the went of preparation, and darkness obaeure our horizon awhile, I the name protecting power that bore ue ly through the dark end da ye of volution will sustain iu ogam. And if hieiforma that, ui the war of lbl'd, defeat end coot a gloom over our country for a season, alao informs ue that aoon, with a boat of Haul wc had a Brown and a S. ott ai on to make It terminate in blaze of glory and our Huila, and Perrye, and ik the apell of British Invincibility on sea. Chairman, I will detain the committee no It la my misfortune to dillcr on this occu ith many with whom it is iny pleasure concur.

hile I regret it much, 1 fell amwith consciousness of the lecitiude of my The riaea, Mr, deinande I aa prurience, and true patriotism adiiumiahru teaman, in iba glowing language of a no thai? "Be jiut and loar aol, II tha thoo ila'it at Vte tovsirv'i, thy IV a ml truth then it thou leil'il HI Isli tl a kU.eeil e.orlvr." By Boieitr, Donn, t'o tensivk balk OF SUPERIOR furmrURE, Plated and Britannia Qmida, China, Crockery wars, Wednesday mornKHMtry aim, at 11 o'liaak, we ahaii salt, ond floor nf our auotion a largo mlof auperior inaliogany furniture, China, irockrrv, conaisting in part of? sideboards, divans, dressing, and plain a ble-top, centre, and aofa tables ogany chain, mahogany roc Iters ogany and painted wardrobes ogany lounges, mahogany, cherry, and pnp leads, hair innltrtaaca isnd wool-seat chain, mahogany arid painted suds, French China dinner set eta, toilet acta, basins and ewere era, tumblers, wines, and champagnes candlesticks, Britannia tea seta and japanned waiters, clocks. i many articles not named, all of which will rly be sold without reserve. The room will fortnbly warmed. The ladies are particuvitad to attend. it: AH sums of and under $40.

cash; over id not exceeding $100, from one to four i over $100, from one to for ipindersed notes, bearing interest. The now ready for examination boteler, donn, a co be added, 30 American and English ao'ar, 1 oil lampa several pairs of ailvcred girandoles and iall lampa. A CO A ict VM( Hli.ll HINA hie day received an invoice of line China and which will be added to the above sale, ne in part? and painted tea art, 110 prig taa sets. 34, 44, and 40 pieces and green coffee cups and saucers lurid fruit baskets lely of neh and card baskets and minted nurse lumps cologne llowrr pota French Chmn, flow if blue, ami drnL-boidtr nrr niflcent (nilet with other all of which are order-d itf sell without to price. may, therefore, he cxBOTELER, DONN, A.

CO. 9 IEW YORK AUCTION NOTTCE. t. KOBBE will 'eib II, at 19 o'clock, at tver street, cnahmere ami plain smbrotdered, now landing, an entire new arand well worthy the attention of the city rorade. I kish fine silver, gilt, and enamelled bractlatest style.

By H'm. Marshall. NITURE, GROCERIES, BOOTS, GUNS. AT Thursday morning at JO o'clock, 1 will aell, in front iny lot of handsome furniturr, groceries, Ac jany sideboards, sofas, bureaus, dining, 1 centre tables, canc and wood chairs, wardlerry tables, washstands, looking glasses, arpets, andirons, shovel and longs, crockWith an assortment of kitchen utcusila, sair of boots. double barreled gun mat'e by "Mm London English duck-gun illona superior New ifork white vinegar rrels sugar, tobacco, Ac.

WM. MARSHALL, Auctioneer. UABLE BUILDING LOTS FOR SALtT suant to a decree mnde by the omhtn's the county of Washington, in the District nbia, on tne 10th day of October, 1845, and 1 by the circuit court of the aforesaid counliatrict, on the the let day of December, he undersigned will proceed to sell on the 17th day of February next, at auction, p. on the premises, if not sold berivate sale, lota No. 9 and It), in sauare No.

iting on street north, near St. Mathew's Tne aforesaid lots are handsomelv lo id of a good tile for building, being each 24 ches front, by 150 feet deep, with an alley ride in the rear. One-fourth cash; the balance in three ynients, in one, two, and three years, with from the day of sale, to be secured by a deed If the terms of sale be not complied with iurchafcer within three days, the right is rct sell the property at his risk and expense, believed to be indisputable; persons wisliirchase will please call at my office in the ig of the City Hall. JOHN D. LINTON, Attorney.

R. W. DYER, Auctioneer. sold, at the aame time and place, lot No. ime square.

Terms will be for this lot dance in 6, 12, and 18 months, for notes orily secured, bearing interest. j.H. LINTON, Attorney. R.W. DYER, Auctioneer.

LSHAL'S In virtue, of two writs fieri far'iai, issued from the clerk's office ot lit court of the District of Columliin, for the Washington, and to me directed, I shall it public sale, for cash, on Saturday the 7th February next, at the front of the courtlog of said county, at 12 o'clock the foljroperty, viz: ro. 1, in square No. 352, in the city of Wash fronting 87 feet 10 inches on Ma'ryland nvnd 87 feat 5 inches on 10th street west; nd levied upon sa the property of Jacob A. and sold to aatiafy iudiciala No. 25, toOrrm.

1845, in favor of Walter Gody; alan to judicials No. 72, to October term, 1H45, in Thomas H. Giilis and William B. Todd, rg of Seth J. Todd, against said Bender.

ALEXANDER Marshal of the District of Columbia. subscriber having enlarged his store on nnsylvania avenue, near 12th, for thu ptirdomg a and retail business, has from an Baltimore unit iXrw rant wing which he for nhIc on the monaMe Champaign, nindeira, and in wood andbotllea; Iriah whiakry, Jamaica and gin, with frenwtment of family All of which len carefully aeltc.tcd for the Washington J. COLOAN. All delivered free of charge in any the District. 18 1 subscriber can accommodate seven or It gentlemen with bonrd, or very reasonable houae iaon Capitol street, vary ronto the Capitol.

of who omfbrtahle at reasonable lo wall to call. WM CLARE..