Litchfield enquirer., 1845-11-20
wHTG MEETING IN FANEUIL HALL.

WHTG MEETING IN FANEUIL HALL.
 The Wings of Boston had a mass meeting irf Faneuil Hall on the Friday evening preceding the election in Massachusetts, Among the speakers was the Hon Daniel Webster, who delivered an eloquent speech, the whole of which we would present to our readers if we could possibly spare the room. As it is we can only give the following extract in relation to the Oregon question.
 have said, will not undertake to express an opinion as to the manner in which the question may be settled. 1 will say, however, what ap- pears to be natural. It is we'll known that the 18th degree of north latitude is the boundary line between the western part of this country and the British provinces as far as the foot of the Stony Mountains. It seems to be natural enough, if the two governments contemplate change, that they should agree to an extension of this line west ward; that the two should keep on abreast, side by Side. with the same line of division till they reach the Pacific Ocean, It is we'll known, that a. bout where the Columbia River crosses the 49th; parallel, It makes turn and flows nearly south-- ward. Very well. Suppose it made a sudden sweep to the northward. England would then nat urally say ths river, which has been making vest ward, sweeps to the northward instead of making with 1t great bend to the north, we will leave it and go on straight to the Pacific Ocean on this par- aliel of49 degrees. For the same reason it is not unnatural for the United States to say, since it proves that the river makes a circuit to the south -instead of following that circuit, we will go straight upon the 49th parallel till we meet the shore of the Pacific Ocean.
 This very proposition has been made to the British government three successive times It made in IS, in '24. and '26-and again to fol- low up the 18th parallel westward from the Lake of the Woods. not only to the foot of the Rocky Mountains, but over the mountains and onward to the ocean.
 am not about to say whether this is a proper division of the territory or not. But eo say, that as It has been so often repeated in this man. ner twenty five, and twenty, and eighteen years a. go, Is an admission that there is something to ne- gotate about, and treat about for either side that it is not question free from difficulty on either side. (Applause)
 Now, gentlemen, who is the man at the head of either government who will take upon himself the responsibility ot bringing on war between :wo nations like Great Britain and America. open a question of this kind. until he is prepared to show that any thing and every thing that he could do. has been done to avoid such terrible ultimate re- suit MT. w. was interrupted here by renewed cheers If British minister under whose admin lstraIon war should ersue on the question, can- not stand up in Parliament and show that it is not hls fault. cannot show that he has done every thing which an honest and sensible man can do to avert the conflict, undertake to that no power or popularity can uphold his shaking position for an hour. Cheers l And in the same sense and sPirl say, that u III lIS connlrVs any party shall, before we aware of it, plunge US into war up- on this question, it must expect to meet very se- vele interrogatory from the American people ; must expect to prepare itself to show that it has done all it conld, without any bias from the pride of success or the love of war-all that it could do to keep the nation safe from great calamity, with the preservation of its rights and it's onor
 No, gentlemen! the man who shall, incautieus- ly, or led on by false ambition, or party pride kin die those fires of war over the globe on this ques- tion. must look out fer it,-must expect to be him. self consumed in burning con1agrat ion of gener- al reproach. Prolonged cheers.1
 There will be public indignation before which no popularity public or private, can stand,-it will melt down every monument of the dead, 1t will de- sroy all respect for the living it will burn up ev- cry vestige of respect for individual worth, if un- necessarily, if recklessly, if ambtiously it las plunged the subjects and citizens of two civilized Christian States of the world into a war "a war which shall cause the loss of millions Of wealth. shall turn cities to smoke,-shsll cost thousands and hundreds of thousands hves.-and those smo- king cities, and that destruction of property, and that sacrifice of life shall be found all over the whole globe, in every latitude and longitude, sur- rounding the ball on which we live.