. Great debates in American history, from the debates in the British parliament on the Colonial stamp act (1764-1765) to the debates in Congress at the close of the Taft administration (1912-1913) . J^v. PEESIDENT (C)ASS BEGINNING OPERATIONS, LOSING NO TIME [General Taylor on left and General Scott on right.]From IhelcoHecHon of the New York Historical Society Senator Cass.—I am a firm believer in the sure and mightyefficacy of the great agent Time, but I believe that Great Britainwill not herself permit this state of things to continue. Who-ever has Oregon will command the North Pacific is th
. Great debates in American history, from the debates in the British parliament on the Colonial stamp act (1764-1765) to the debates in Congress at the close of the Taft administration (1912-1913) . J^v. PEESIDENT (C)ASS BEGINNING OPERATIONS, LOSING NO TIME [General Taylor on left and General Scott on right.]From IhelcoHecHon of the New York Historical Society Senator Cass.—I am a firm believer in the sure and mightyefficacy of the great agent Time, but I believe that Great Britainwill not herself permit this state of things to continue. Who-ever has Oregon will command the North Pacific is the lan-guage which has been used in England; and is it to be expectedthat she will quietly witness the occupation of that country bya dense population of American citizens? If she will ever aban-don the country, she will do it now, when there can be no dis-honor in giving it up; not when there has grown up there agreat power capable of resisting her. The evils of war have, in my opinion, been too gloomily rep-resented by the Senator from South Carolina. Admitting that awar of ten—of five—years will be disastrous to us; it cannotexist without bringing into collision the great questions of our
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