Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-01-10

, lie would do so now He should not be driven from
that by any diversion of the question TO Opinions. ne
would again read The senator own "olos' ihey We"
| in his printed speech:
"rhe Senator who produced 1t (the maP) coulo see
nothing but the microscopic dotted line running OH III
Sortheasery direction; bet the moment other eyes
were a.Dlied to IL there was found, in bold relie,
strong red line indicating the limits of the T. States
according to the treaty oe peace and colncdng mnute
ndrracy with The boundary traced the Mp OF MIR
Sparks.
would conine himself TO day, was, that the fact was
not az stated IN the passage just read lie asserted that
the fac; was not co. the presence oil forty eight
tors In the presence OF these forty eight Senator'S n
statement was that the facts were not as represented I'D
those words that he c0uld see something else BESIDES
the microscopic dotted line; that he did see something
else-,bat he sa the broad, s'rong red line before
any other Senator saw II on that occasion, ana that
did not require "oher eyes 10 be "applled 10 Inc
man TO discover that broad "srong red llne TO nave
il made known TO the Senate that It was in existence
| Wiz, no asserted was tina; there necessity Tor
uo,her ewes 10 make that discovery TOR The moment
| the subject of Mir. Sparks secret wos iirugeo he
mir Benlon) proclaimed aloud that here was The very
same red line Here then, was the question OF tact
I, lav between the assertion Of the printed speech he
ind ouoed and his own assertion now and yesterday
IN the face of the whole Senate; and that assertion was
that he did see something else besides the microscope
dotted neihat Instead OF anything like conceang or
: unt
claimed il aloud: and that his proclamation of 1t was
The first announcement, the Senate OF the lire this
man corresponding with the line alluded TO by Mr..
Snarks The first iniimation TO the Senate oil the ex.
sisuce of that line this map was made by him 10 the
Senate-and that loudly so that every one could hear
il, The fist intimatIon did not come from any other
nerson He had stated this yesterday. The Senator
from Virginia did not then reply to tins assertion HE
took twenty four hours 10 consider the matter and now
he came forward with opinions and inierences 10 answer
ttnn CtypYp nj foCfc and m.
thing but facts He met with nothing but asser
lions Of opinion and inierences
Mr. RIVES said that the question Of fact vas this
and he d;d not mean that the Senate should be drawn
from il by any arlihce special peadlng-the object
for which the Senator from Missouri had produced the
: map He (Mr Rves) affirmed that the object Of the
!, Senator was 10 nvadae the map Of Sparks, and TO
show that it vas entitled to no weight This was The
question of fact Yesterday the Senator had done him
81 The Justice at least introduce the whole context but
,odav he had repeaied single sentence, VIZ: "when
other eyes were applied the broad, red line was disco
vered" This not pese ming the true question: it
was s,ck in The letter. and he Who sticks in the letter,
sticks in the book His assertion was that the Senator
had sought to undervaue the red line, by saying any
school miss might have traced IT, Aud, in reply 10 the
honorable Senator, lie had gone INTO good many rca
sons why the red !.nc the true boundary One Of
those reasons which lie would rerea., vas, that in
the shadow Of tbs broad, red line there chain ct
strong marks gong entirely round, nd distinctly mark
ng the boundary, il the red line had not been
,dled If he had been betrayed into error, he could
only say i, was which large majority Of that
4 body shared with him.
MIR BENTON will bring this matter point
! will not make speech about opinions. ! want the
facts only The Senate will recollect that, OF the time
of the about these maps, had not spoken
on the subject Of the treaty IL was the next day that
= made nv argument So that. SO far from It's being
! mar, of that argument, the argument itself was not
made till the DAY after the occurrence. When the
Senator from Virginia had gone through his exposition,
and produced what lie called our attention 10 as L
= Grand secret of State, the moment heard what II
= vas proclaimed the red lines on this map. / said
: aloud "lere are your red llnes-n is secret ct all
. Yes, Sir, proclaimed it from my seat-"lierc are
:, your red lines And identical were they in both
r maps that could but think, for time, they
e we're the same. did produce The map TO rebuff MIR
, Sparks First, TO SHOW that this grand State secret
was no secret ALL and, next, 10 show that there was
4 no evidence in il that Dr. Franklin drew the red line
- which Sparks relied upon as his ANY schoolboy or gr
might make il as we'll US DIR. Franklin did produce
the map destroy the differences drawn by Mr. Sparks
- TO show that his secret secret aud that there
was not particle Of evidence in i! That Dr. Franklin
ever knew any thing about it. | 60 not complain o
gentlemen entertaining opinions or drawing inerences
, bu, do complain of statements beng made as iacis
=, which are The reverse OF facts; and 10 keep To ts
- point | Shall read again the words OF the printed
I, speech of the Senator from Virginia They are:
"The Senator who produced 1t the map Gould So
nothno bit Tie microscopic dotcd line running eff in
applied TO it, there was found, in bold relief, stron
as red line indicating the limits Of lhe s ;ap Of ii
Of Here is the point of which do complain-,lat
could not, or would not the 'srong red line blu
IN could, and did, the microscopic dotted line which
,e pressed upon the Serate the boundary conceal
n ing the strong red line. complain of the assertio
70 tor fact that not until "other eyes applied 10 III
20 map, was II discovered that "sirong red line
rs II, corroborang the line on Sparkss map Now oil
Of fart iedy for,c
g. Senators, who were present on the OCCASION that
IA e iirst TO proclaim from table, "licre your
ID lines On this question Of fact stated yesterday
IN the presence OF those forty eight Senators, who
,e know the trnth, that took my stand; and will
at row be driven from it. stand now, as we'll az then
j. on the question of fact, that did wait for -" ohe
0 eyes to see this ''srong, red line. These ques
c. tons OF fact on which take my stand and nothing
that has yet been said can drive me from IT,
\, Mr. RlFES said he certainly did not deem il neces
n saly to say anything further upon the subject Thu
Senator from Missouri must know that they speak
n ing IN The presence Of gentlemen who were well aware
II OF all the circumstances Ills (Hr H. y belief was
IS that his representation Of the transaction was lhoroug 9Th
L y borhe out III the Senate would not decide between
'hen, the Senator must be left TO entertain his
E, opinion.
/. Mr.. BENTON. / will read the words over again
, slick the words sir:
|. The Senator who produced it THE mani could set
nothing Ia" the microscopic dotted line running off in
norheaserny direction; but the moment oer cYes were
r. applied 10 H. there found, in bold relief strong
red ne indicating the limits of the United States
cording TO the treaty of peace, and eoncidng infinitely
and exactly with the boundary traced the map of Mr.
Sparks.
MIR. RlFES. will the Senator be go good as 10 reat
the whole paragraph from the beginning;
e Mr.. BENTON. make complaint about thai
part complain only Of the assertion The part have
# read, and that assertion deny. Yes, Sir, deny the
assertion deny it in the presence of forty eigh, Sc
II na,ors, who know
The CHAIR inIcrposed 10 say that the whole Of th.
was quite irregular.
? Some indications Of desire TO continue the contro
versy manifested bu, the Chair called the Senate
10 order by the usual knocking of the hammer The
d table and other business proceeded.
f OREGON TERRITORY.
f The bill to authorize the adoption If measures fol
the occupation and settlement Of the Territory of Ore
gan for extending certain portions of the laws Ct the