We may take it for granted that the American Senate has voted for giving notice to suspend the Convention with
... England respecting the Oregon, in terms not very different from the Lower House. These good people wave their fists in our faces, and then declare they mean no offence. They bully and excuse in the same breath, and there are many of them who think they do but blend valour and courtesy in the highest degree. The speeches of the war-orators in Congress are, indeed, highly amusing, and startling ...