Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-07-02
MIR. SANlER'S SPEECH

W e need not ask an attentive p,rn,1I of ile .,,.
ut MI SAWYER. He may not be very r. fined in Ina
''i We 90 h9' defend his lanchns upon saasass
IN the lobby of The House. We question Whether he
collects, by his talents, Department. or sraolmq any
'ft upon his district his state Bur of one lhlag
mere eau be no Doubt VIZ; that he is bold aud nd.
pendent man, aud has had the courage 10 say on,r,h,
ha' winch all ct the party who sincerely believed IN
'nr tile to The !ine Of 80 10, think We shall never
ease 10 honor, in political friend opponent, lha moral
outrage and independence, which induce man TO spurn
he ties OF party and speak his thoughts, however
anpalalable to Presidents or Score aries.
There can be 70 dou5t that Mr.. Polk has eaten his
'wn brave words and backed from all the strong
ground he took upon The Oregon question. We do not
say this IN the His iauii and folly consist
I'd IN setting up such extreme aad vulnerable claims
1ol IN Welding To and abandoning thc, When lie
pnnd they could only be maintained agans, the dtb
rate opinion Of nine enltS of the people, and The Ger.
tam expense ii long and bloody This the me
ri which his friends should claim fo him. Instead ii
THIS they pretend that was 10 his measures-Le
commentator OF the notice. the rejection Of arbitration
&c', that the country owes the settlement of the De
eo' question: Sequence in point Of time dues esab.
aNh between events the relation of cause and effect
MI. FOLK dd recommend iha, notice should be ayen
{" termination OF the iDnt occn pancv-and did refuse
the ntier OF arbitration but il by no means follows that
these acts cansed the settlement of the question There
was scarcely an act or an eXrresslnn OF his and Of his
pecnllsr friends in either House. which did not h,yca
direct tendency 10 bring about a war lint war was
avoided and The question settled in an honorable and
satisfactory manner due, under Providence, 10 the
9'd sense and patriotism Of the Senate The truth
c1nnni be fully aseertaned until the niunct,on of sec
~ Is removed lcm the proceedings of The Senate which
may be expected when the news arrives of the British
Government having IA fled the reaty-bnt il has been
confidently asserted, by journals OF both PARTIES and IS
we conceive virtually admitted by the Union. that in
NE Message, submitting the terms upon which Great
BRIAN would prIn treaty, he announced thai his own
views remained unchangrd and thar, unless tire Senate
sh"uId by constitutional majority advise him 10 ac-
cri The terms, he would decline them and persist in hi,
demand oi 90 40 as the boundary. Some hnk thai
IN thus yielding his own views. he debard the dignity
oi the Executive office and trucked to the Senate O,
hers contend HAT his course was marked by nothing
more than profound respect and Difference for CO odi-
nate branch q" The ireaiy,making power which he cons
suited IN advance, alter the example of WASHINGTON
" hlle PERHAPS The greatest number of all believe
that his object was Ia himself from responsibility
However ihis may be. aud whether the Treaty be dis
graceful or hnRorabr, the disgrace or the honor dor.
not attach 10 Mr.. Polk
We have no means of knowing how far the f,rce Of
party cohesion may retain in The support Of he admins
fallon the ardent advocates nj the extreme claims
which they eSpousedal the bidding of the President
They are defeated party utJcced 10 many tanns-and
entertaining burning sense of having been BETRAYED
ana moreover are sustained by popular sympathy Al
Tern ,I II.
ihe'f Sc 'eSSlon Is question merely Of Time.