The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-03-20

sa,ion and consideration he wished TO move .
n reconsideration of the vote, but ms
friends would not consent that II should be
done. Ia the House Of Representatives
but four out Of fifty Southern Democrats
had voted against the bill. These were
the reasons gwen to him why he should
no, dlstrust the South on the question o.
OREGON; the results were now manlies'lnS
themselves; and let the speech just con.
cludod by the Senator from Norlh 0afoh'
ma show whether or not he was justified IN
his distru,t.
The Senator pu, language in the ffes''
dents mouth which Mr.. ii. would here
undertake to deny not that he appeared
here as the champion of the President
he claimed no such position. lie only de-
Tended the right: and, personally, he would
prefer doing II IN behalf OF the humblesi
man in the c, uutry than OF the greatest
But he would here deny for the President
what the Senator from North Carolina i'm
putcd TO him. If the statement OF the Sen
ntor was true, and the President meant
what the Senator understood him TO mean,
then he was an Infamous man. The gen
ileman from North Carolina had told The
Senate that, IA the message, there were,
here and there. in various parts oil II,
Stockings in parenlhcllcally, TO crafty
the ultfalsms Ct the country, Nli when
be never meant to carry out. The mean
lng OF this could only be that the fresi'
dent, IN these Stockings IN, employed
false and hollow words To hide his real mo.
tycs and purposes. What was this bat
deliberately and wiIfully dccci'ns tho
country. Ii tins WIS true II must soor
come to hight; and then What must be his
fate hut disgrace The story of his nla
my would be circulated from one end o.
the land Ia the other, and his peihdiou'
course would sink him IN an niauiy So pro
found, N a damuaton So deep, that the
haCd Of resurrection could never reacl
him. 4 traitor TO his country 50 supefa
lively Lasc need hope for neither forgive
ness from God nor mercy from man. VII
II. cared no, It tho Senator from y. Car
olina va, charged with missNcs from tht
President or whether (ns he should sus
pcct from the dogmallcnl style Nr, ii
sometimes display cd here hc made Ties
assertions on his own responsibility.
Mr.. Mangum here called Mr. H. 10 or
der.
Mr. flanagan Immediately apologlzcd
saving that, It he had used language thn
was d,,respcctid TO The Senate, ii had uu
1 l..
lngly forget Cor moment the respect du
; to the body aud what lac owed 10 himself
He would cudcayor 10 reply ~ the sp,r
which tie Senator from North Carollua 5
repeatedly prulesscd, declaring that b
meant nothing personal while he used III
plaiuest language.
The Senator had told them that III
= country had been asialed from one end
the other fol the sake Of putting snn
men INTO large Offices" Mr.. II. had sec
l. such things before to-day. Small me
c IN large Offices :" And tic country agil;
ted far an end like this Mr.. II had see
j small men IN large offices. There vas q
old proveIb which said that men who live
in glass houses should not throw stones
{ ii was true to the letter. Mr.. II. mi.l
5 turn on the Senator and reply, that he ha
l. far rather be a small man seeking hig
Office, lhan be o supple subseruenl too
> bending before the iools,ool Of power ut
T. considering 1t honor CROUCH TO runlfom Il
g back salrs Of the palace, on cuaxts
win The favor Of great man.
Is ,,,,lI g., -. L., T., H..
p Europe such spectacle as the tclnquts
IS mcnt Of all Oregon north Of 10 degree
u aud the acceptance Of fine commerce
- treaty with the bonus OF free trade. Fr
trade, Mr. II said lie dearly loved, but
'e never should be bought by him with d
u territory Of hts country.
~ 1t was outrageous ~ nny-a'd in
al Western Democrat il would be treason.
u moral treason Of the deepest dye. To 81
i render any part Of the sou OF an emp
> destined To stand through all time, "
'' treason. lie did not speak for other par
u OF the Union; but for his own he cou
speak and this was its sentiment. FL
, trade with the surrender Of Vancouver
~ Island and the hlGbor of Nootka-tand
u, It remembered Britain had never offer
u 10 make this a free port-shu uudersto
y It's value too well--what did IT amount /
Who did not know that the opening OF h
ports was forced from the British Cover
menl by the frantic cries Of starving m
lions! Aud that the naughty n,rstocra'
- were compelled to submit TO It, 10 81
=, their lives from the ayenging knife Of 4
~ assassin and their palaces from the torcl
~ But he was told we must put Oregon a
:" the Tariff together; that the West was
- have market, a vast market, for tho
> bfead.siulis and pork and beef Was sh
=" True it is (,aid Mr.. H. We in the We
are born III the woods, but there are sou
- among US who know n Iile, and, among
:" other things, know lhat, long before o
" supplies could reach the British mark
: the granares Of the Baltic and the Bla,
w. Sea and the Mediterranean would ha
- been poured into II 10 Overlooking.
~ In conclusion, for he would not long
- dciaIn the Senate, he could only say of /
81" whole tone and rncnuinu pC tho erccrb