The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-05


the Bible 10 swear 10 hx own arg uments, ana 4. 4.
isyed he would stand aghasl at The idea. The 49,.
retary know that we had no perfect tile 70 n,
whole Of Oregon, and there was 40 doubt that 4,
had been very much astonished 10 ind inIsis,1,
gentlemen on this floor adopt the conclusion H.,
We had. The secretary had argued ss a awe,
wou for his client and his fee; such was hs da,s
bat that gentleman, Mr., q. thought, did not NM
self believe the conclusions al which he had aiI,,S
nor did he expect any other man ~ believe lAso
What Was 10 be the stfrct Of this notice. He L.J
endsavored briefly 10 reply to tbs srglmenls mad
in It's favor az means at inducing a speedy .nj
peaceful adjustment He believed that il y, MA
have the contrary efeet--to produce war WI,
was To DO donel The President had eommn,1
this government, 80 far as he could commit II I,
this position, that the whole Of Oregon was oan
he had asked this Congress 10 place itself ia d.
same position, and 10 give this Doise; and Il AZ
so, Congress would then have eommit,ed ilsslf %
all the measures necessary 10 carry u out WIZ
Was To be done at The end Of the twelve mon,A.
Would il be consistent with the honor OF thu n.
ton, afleI this notice should have expired 10 u,,
NIT the eross Of st. George 10 hoat over al lb,..
forts Of which We had heard 80 mua b. OF u ,d'
nit Brush lave 10 have any effect there woos
not The United States be compelled by its own -
to exercise all The rights and functions Of absol.,.
sovereignty over that territory We would do -
We were bound 10 do 40 by this trst step, and :,
could not, without bringing disgrace and infsm,
| upon the country, reeede from our position No,
Ing short Of the whole OF Oregon, and Of the .b.o
lutte right Of sovereignty over the whole Of orsre.
would preserve the national honor, II CoAsr,.
should pass the notice "a the form In which 4 Aa
come from the Commiuee on Foreign Affairs
Could this be psaeeably done, How xsrs -,
to substitute the laws ofthe United States for As.,
of Great Britain without collision. What ~
TO be done with the British magistrates, Ia,
were we 10 break up these forts and esls.Aishm,n.
over which the BRUSH Gag waved Would lAsr
not be conflict OF jurisdiction that must ins,abl,
result 10 war; Would Il W consistent with the honc,
OF Great Britain, that We should drive her subi.eu
out Of the territory, compel them To take the DAD
Of allegiance 10 our government, alter all tia. la
Iranspred and after We had ourselves admitted I'M
she had rights there Would Rnsland smsly sue
nit 10 IL
But what il we were to have war Il was, SON,
gentlemen seem 10 think, ANAL calamity; -,
could whip England and all creation; IL wAs mss
holyday work, 80 easy Of accomplishment vas d
He did not intend 10 undersalue the palroliam snl
the yalor Of his own eountrymen. lie believed Il
had proper estimate Of them And whilst b, ss
convinced that neither England, nor all naIou.
! combined, could subugate the people Of the unisl
States the idea that the United States could eonQ.
and subjugaie England was so absurd lha
should never have had utterance here 10 disgraes
Il
We had, indeed, in two wars, when we were msd
younger and feebler than We were now, won "A,
/ victory; but IL was 10 he borne In mind that a
the frat instance, Great Britain was engaged n
war with France, who was our ally IN tie zoo
quest; aud that in the second, the power Of Eae
and was concentrated 70 mighty struggle assas
the colossal power Of Napoleon.
| Mr.. G alter glaneing very briefly at a few Il
the considerations Of interest involved on eilha
side, and expressing the opinion that VIC must har
Oregon to the 49th degree, and not inch fur,hsr
concluded by observing that, in his judgment no,A.
ing could prevent peaceful settlement Of the COZ.
troversy except unwse action on the part Of Con-
| gress. That action he trusted would DOT bs tAken
He did not believe that this JOINT resolution eouA
pass. il seemed impossible. II would be sds,
ton on the patriotism and wisdom Of the Amenon
| people -- ..' 49,
Down went the chsirmsns hammer, and d.
magic words "the gentleman from Alabama"
| fell on the ear Of ...-... n
Mr.. DARGAN; but, no, giving il up so,
| Mr.. GENTRY finishing his sentence, said, n
that patriotism and wisdom are represented ia hs
House. $3.50 .....
Mr.. DARGAN said, when he took his seat in tka
House, il was with the resolution thai his vois
should not be heard in IL upon any question Of n
bate. He nowAlspartcd from that course which h
had marked out for himssIG and he rendered no
apology for it, save that his views seemed at least
tention, and he regretted that he could not ssfs
with those who opposed the notice on the one hand
nor with those, on the other hand, who urged IL
adoption Of the resolution now under consideraisa
He believed that notice Of some kind ought 10 h
given. Should We fail to give the notice in sons
form, or of some character, he would ask Of ,hs
House what would be the consequ. nee Suppoa
the difficulty be not Ae,tled by negotiation--suPpoe
they refused to give the notice under the exisig
circumstances of the case, what, he asked would "
the consequence Would it not become a political
hobby Are not the American people taught 10 b.
lieve that the whole of Oregon IL ours, and would
not he urged that we are afraid assert our title 10
what is clearly our OWN Mr.. Chairman, j, would
sweep like tornado from Maine 10 Louisians; and
you could scarcely hear any Of the people who, u
response the action Of their representatives would
stand and say, 'give not the notices am afraid Of
war" The notice, then, from the beginning, be he'd
| thought, in some shape or other, should be given.
But the question was, in what shape or form, and
under what circumstances, shall il be given, For il
we fail to give it, let one more year passet il b
he subject of political discussion at home and We
will convince the American mind thar we own up 10
| $40 Az; and when they are once thoroughly con.
need of il, we will have them reused To arms, and
war must decide the contest, unless England, per.
chance should fit to yield up to US all We claim.
! To avoid the conflict OF arms was his (Mr. D,S)
wish to avoid that evil, he thought, was the wish
of his constituents. But at the same time they
would be unwilling, he knew, to yield inch, ons
foot of territory, that is clearly and indispu,aby oar
own. $780, t...-.ss. ,. *.
This was the position occupied by the people Of
Alabama, TO claim all that is our own; and il csa.
test comes from such cause, they would maintain
| heir rights, but by no means TO assert tide 70
more than does bsiong TO US. lie was NOT tho n
vocaie Of the BRITISH title; hut before this House,
and before the American people, he would declan
what their rights are; and although high fupe'
tonares TO this House might say they were mora
yet he would give them his opinion Of the extent n
their rights; and if they did inform The Amenss
people now, by this resolution, Of the extent Of h
rights, he believed the question would lie ssnbd
without war, for England would admit them. Fc
our ,ighs are founded on the principles Of justice
on the broad principles OF international law lei ",
then, fix Them on this ground, where they can y
maintained, and The question is settled, justice
done, the honor Of the nation is untarnished, and
peace is preserved. Rs,tI So ,5s sys j, .si !,
They were urged to pass The notice in Ito simple
unqualified form; but connected 90 il would be with
the positive declaration from the Executive, that the
whole OF Oregon is ours--that our title extends Y
$40 &0, il would be an endorsement Of that decls-
ration TO the American people. Should they make
this endorsement. or n II Ifthsy did make il, what
| wuud liz the cdnsAuu, nceAt Whv. IN VAS folly 10