The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-01-25

greatly 10 be desi ed that our important territorial
rights IN that region should have been dehnitiyey
tabIished But If II was found mpraetieable 10
70 agreement on this subject at present. las the
President informs IL was ought that TO have been
made reason for de Ginning an adjustment Of SO
many other important ia ferests where agreement
was practicable and on whose Immediate adjustment
the harmony and probably The peace, of two great
nations was Of stake The question OF our Oregon
territory deeply lnteres ing as Il undoubtedly Is, IS
not llkely 10 suiier by waiting for brief season aod
IN the meanwhile the adjustment Of other subjects
OF controversy will enable give a more uodivd-
ed attention TO IT, and TO bring all our vigilance and
resources To bear upon H. And here sir, must be
permitted to protest against this great question be-
ng treated as peculiarly Western interest. Ii has
he hroadest possible national relations addressing IL
self 10 the pride and the interests Of every portion of
the Union and, for one beg leave to say shall be
found as impractlcable II should have any voice in
the matter, IN yielding jot title" OF our just
rights in regard 10 it, any representative OF West
interests this floor. II is henceforward the
sole unsettled point in immense boundary stretch
ing from sea TO sea, which, til now, presented 80
many dstrecting points Of controversy and we shall
be the better able In future, TO concentrate the ma
tional solicitude and guardianship upon H.
sensible, Mr.. President, what deep-rooted
prejudees there in some minds, surviving, Gun
consciously, perhaps,) our former national Conflicts
which oppose any settlement, however just and hon
orable, of our difficulties with England. But up
tpa thes Of that should be either INDUCED
yoked Whatever cause we may have had, in former
periods Of history 10 complain Of the haughtness
and injustice Of England in the present instance, at
least, she has shown nothing but spirit Of conc-
alton and peace. profess TO be not altogether I'M
read in the history Of eventiu relations with that
great power; and i take upon myself to say, that
before with the single exception Of the short
administration of Mr.. Fox, in 1906 has her Gov
ernment evinced so sincere desire 10 establish and
al audfr pIai on wit
try Is it either for interest our honor to re-
pei such dispositions
/ know the just weight and authority whici the
opinions Of Mr. Jefferson subjects o. ma tonal poll
cy have with many gentlemen on this floor. They
will pardon me- therefore, If call thC r attention TO
remarks Of his, which both for their spirit and
their wisdom seem 10 me full of instructive appca-
ton to the present occasion. Writing TO Mr. Mon
roe in 1906, (then minister in London and con-
graduating him on the prospect of Just set ment
Of our differences with England, which the known
dispositions of Mr. Fox, who had J st acceded TO
power, afforded, he says
Z" No two countries upon earth have many points
Of common interest and friendship and their rulers
must be bungers indeed, if, with ,ci such dispositions
they break them asunder The only rivalry that can
arise is the II she is Just us, conchafoy
and encourages the sentiment Of family telling and
duct cannot fail to befriend the security of BOTH"
Shall prove ourselves something worse than the
bunglers which Mr.. Jefferson describes, by rashly
setting aside delicate and laborous adjustment of
ongstanding differences which the just and concilia-
tory sentiments he invokes alone rendered possible ;
and thus embroil two powers who were but
yesterday the brink of a rupture, which must have
involved the peace of the world with their OWN
Whatever the violence Of party feeling may suggest,
the sober judgment of mankind will pronounce the
arrangement which has, through so many difficulties,
been at last effected, happy and provdential event
above achievement Of diplomacy and,
ailng il the pledge of honorable peace, and of all
the high interests of civilization aud Improvement
connected with it, will hold to light responsibility
any on either side of the Atlantic, who, by rudely
rejecting it, from passion caprice, would commit
us again TO he excitements and the hazards OF re-
newed and exa erbated controversy.