Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-02-20
Correspondents Of Tie Richmond Enqa,rcr. ]

WAsalSoroS Cry, Feb. 10, 1916.
The Senate, on coming together to-day, resumed
the consideration OF lie notice, and Mr.. Hanne-
gan d Indiana, mace his speech against all COM
promise with Britain On the subject. he hrsI
took up The question Of lille, and essayed TO prove
from Humboldt, Matte Brun, the correspondence
presented with The Message at the opening OF
the session, and ftom previous speeches IN 'he
Senate, that our title 10 llj -four degrees ana iof
~ minutes Of north latitude was indeed clear and
uncues,ionabie. To do this, he also reviewed
the original Spanish lille, the British ,resPass,
the Spanish capture in consequence thereof, the
difficulties growing out Of the latter, and the trea-
ty between those powers, by which the dIfilcul-
lies were settled, in which he maintained that
SPANS right lothe whole territory in dispute was
clearly admitted. Here he rested his argument
10 show The validity OF our title acquired from
Spain To prove nc soundness OF our right from
discovery, exploration and settlement, he referred
10 Gray's VOYAGES, Lewis and Clars:'s exp'ora-
lions and John Jacob Asors settlement at Astoria.
He conceived, therefore, that the American title
was perfectly valid, whether we rested il on Ell
Their branch, and that being good, il was beyond
the power Of the General Government 10 ALLEVIATE
any portion of the territory, or 10 transfer 10 a
foreign State the allegiance of single citizen
| settled thereon He was decidedly OF opinion, That
the amendment 10 the tenth article al the Con
sti,uton, denying any power 10 Inc Genera
Government not expressly granted denicd among
others, the powers 10 be necessarily exercised if
the question is compromised by our acceptance
OF ANYTHING less than Gl,v-four degrees and forty
/ minules He here instituted comparison be-
tween the phraseology of the resolutions OF Mr..
| Calhoun, and those introduced by himself and
! maintained that the former, By substituting 10"
word elaim for title, virtually acknowledged lhal
the General Government Could not exercise such
powers in the premises, -four right 10 the whole
territory is "clear and indispu!sble." be, there
FORE conceived that the resolutions OF Mir. G. old
moi meet The question, but tended TO an mma,eri-
| al ISSUE and admitted in effect that Engiand's
claim is as good as our title. he next look up
the question 0! The value OF the territory, and By
reference 10 different authorities made an eiec.
| tive showing 10 prove, that j. IS in'rinsicaly Of
great importance 10 rs. Next, he approached he
proposition 10 partition the erritcry BY any ccM.
| promise, which he denounced in strong and un-
measured terms, declaring that ne would as rca-
Oily consent 10 give up The whole country from
ioriy.iwo degrees of Norh latitude, as from for.
| v.nine. He discussed The character Of the third
of his series OF resolutions, which ne warmly as
serted did not embrace Iepfoo;oI Inc cIe. made
! hy The President 10 settle tie question al ic!iy
nine. He was Of opinion thai squared Ia
respects win The administrations management Of
the subeci-maler, as, after making The ie der
| which wa. refused they had promptly withdrawn
and rc-asseried oar RICH, 10 the whole. he es-
saved TO sustain himself in this position oy quo
| tatiops from The message.
The arguments Of Mr.. Clayton were hrough.
under review, and we're characterized as efforts
10 aHec, the nerves OF ,hs people. To counteract
| them, he wen, into series OF quotations from
ancien, and modern history, showing that where
the question Of right is concerned, the lesser pow