The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-04-01

ducing war. IL actually led 10 peace; for the
Queen, taking part with Mrs Masham. ouarreIled
with the Duchess, and then with the Duke of Mari.
borough, and so recalled him from his command,
stopped inc career OF victory, AID then made peace
the very peace whose benefit we are now claim
ing, that Of Utrecht. And thus the incident of IN.
gown and the water throws its point and power on
the other side and actually connects with the yery
point have been establishing.
MIR. Il. had not voted for the purchase Of Green
how's book he had but poor opinion Of books
compiled in closets for the instruction of men of
business. They were generally shallow, Of no use TO
the informed and dangerous TO the uniformed.
whom they led sstray, and TO the INDECENT who would
trust to their superficial CLOSES without going TO the
fountain head, and seeking truth at the bottom Of the
well. So of the book in question. Had il not been
for Greenhow's Oregon the senator from Michigan
would have sought the history Of the treaty Of
Utrecht IN the authentic documents which our libra
ry contains, and would have found the truth, and
would have been to-day free man. and not pri-
soner, as he constituted himself Yesterday in the
hand ofthe forty-nnes. He 10 now their prisoner.
doomed to dwell at 20, He is not killed but Ia.
ken. We may say ofhim as the consoling messen-
ger said to Penelope:
IN, Irss Uly''si iIH.i dead,
But, Tar from wife and son,
ne hUss PrtsonsT, on q dssert iiis
will not follow the poet and say
"Dsiainsd BY Har0g, msn"'
For the forty-nnes are not savage but peacefuI
and merclful, and will allow the captive the full
liberty OF his person, on his parole Of honor yes
terday given, condition now become abso-
lutte, never to pass ~ never to use again that
name Of omen, the Russian line This is a sad ter
minaton-amoSt ridicuous-of his warlike COM
mencement. IL is the fruit Of his dependence on
Greenhow's book. That book has been the little dog
OF his catastrophe Henceforth the senator's occupa
ton is gone. War-inev:table war-can no longer be
he hatr de nnFh NU.H n
liability has reversed its application. It's peace tina,
Is now inevitable and henceforh we must hear that
dulcet sound.
The effect Of this change in the senator's position
must be great On the Grecian band Of whom he il
the Agamemnon, it must have a most diminishing
effect. That band for some months has been sitting
for the picture which the poet drew Of our grandmo
theirs in the time of long-waisted gowns and tigh,
stays
Small by degrees and beautifully less,
But now the sudden deduction Of so much
weight and strength, in the person Of their chief
must leave them almost nothing. On the future
conduct OF the campaign il must have a decisive
effect, for the axes OF this petition, both big and
little, renounce il when their great chiefhas inn
posed the penalty ofslence and inaction on himself
On the country 1t must have fine effect for the
alarms of war will suddenly cease. On the treas
ury, tho effect will be delightful. The twenty-one
millions ertra for the armament Of the navy and the
eight or nine millions erfra for the army will cease
to be wanted. The Military and Naval Commit
tees, if not wise, have at least been lucky. They
delayed to report bills for these thirty millions and
to-day they become unnecessary. Inactivity, in
them, If not mastery, has at least been profitable;
it has saved thirty millions Of extra taxes, or loans
to the people
But conclude have made no speech upon
oregon, and will make at this time And
here | will answer publicly a question which is
often pat to me privately, "Why don't you speak?r
Answer: | profess be friend to this adj
ministration, and mean to keep myself in a position
to act according TO my professions: | do not mean
10 run ahead OF the administration in its appropriate
sphere: do not mean to take negotiation out of its
hands: do not mean to undertake to lead it, or
drive It, to come in conflict with it, or TO denounce
with or without hypothesis, or before or after the
fact The Presidents position is arduous: his re-
sponsibtes to his God and his country are great.
believe he is doing his best to reconcile and ac-
compsh together the great objects Of the peace the
honor, and the rights of the country; and believing
this, | shall hold myself in a position % view his
acts with perfect candor and with the strongest dis
position to support him in what he may find 1t ne
cessary TO do.
When the honorable senator resumed his scat,
there were some rather audible Manifestations Of APP
probation in the gallery; but this breach Of decorum
on the part of the auditory was Immediately rebuked
by the President
Mr.. HANNEGAN then rose and said Mr.
President, have a few words to say. would not
have made single observation on this occasion had
1t not been for particular expression, accompanied
by very significant look towards this quarter
which fell from the senator from Missouri Ger
tany he was the last man here from whom | ex-
pected an unkind look unkind alluson As
said before upon certain occasion here he has been
to great extent my political teacher !; and sir,
learned from him on this Oregon question more than
learned from any other living man. | learned il
fro IN he Aohh
from that hour has been to him the constant theme
of deadly and unmitigated hostility against the ne
goator who made that treaty and the senator's who
voted orit learned mainly from that speech my prn-
cPles and relation to the Oregon question From that
speech OF the senator from Missouri, learned that
the American title to Oregon up to latitude $50 was
good, not only against Great Britain, but the whole
world That speech was made here only four or
five years ago, and IN 1t the senator taught me those
principles which, powerful as he is, he never will
be able to eradicate from my mind. He planted
them there, but he cannot now pluck them up at his
will. learned at the feet Of my Gamalel; have
passed from thence; have proclaimed the ..rinci-
PIES which found there. He may do as he lists
He may, before his country and the world, abandon
those principles. will not. | make the same
pledge made by the distinguished, and patriotic, and
honest American who occupied that seat yes
terday, Mr.. CAss that whenever it il shown that
the line Of Ago was extended to the Pacific ocean,
will not only close my mouth and seal nv lips
ogainst the uiterance Of any claim to the country
north OF ago but to any part of Oregon. But, self
confident as the senator is that he holds "the Ag,.
memnon Of our little band" prisoner, he NAV find
himself mistaken. Not single document to
which he referred-not one paragraph which he
read has reference to foot Of land with the excep
ton Of his alluson TO Lewis and Clarke. west IF
The Rocky mountains. What right had Eng
and and the United States to settle n line d. |
yidlng country belonging to SPAIN The SEN
,tor from Missouri is perfectly aware that such
was never the lntenton-such was never in the con-
emPation of England and the United States. Blu,
his was the pledge made by the senator from Mich
gan. BY this he is bound; and by this, after ali
hat he has said, express myself also bound
Whenever It can be shown that the treaty of
Utrecht contemplated the establishment OF The n,r.
llel Of i9o west Of the Rocky mountains, I ctoao
ny mouth as to Oregon. Spain was a partv 10 |
hat treaty, but she did not come in. III resoIlsc,
ight, till some time afterwards | sneak from, re-
'neeuo9' and DO not make the statement with per-
ecu confidence Gifts accuracy, but such is nv mpres
ION; Spain came into it afterwards, PROTESTING ,bs,
ne did not yield any rights on the northwest coast
nd only when that protest was concurred in Aid shs
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