The Hillsborough recorder., 1846-04-16

Et0rs tnieuiin& AZ to cohssA u tnAe w.
IN dangerous pSrsidenlizl. trsion.i. anti
Democratic. snli-AdminisJlaiinn qursiions
and ssch olhers N prescribe tl.oss she
eannog lay aside our original faith a We
do our rlalhes and. therefore. alill BE-
lieye that lhisis aa ;. American" qurslign,
and ihsl. lie Texas, Ihe .iwin sisler 10
Oregon" he boundaries Of 0rrgou ought
IN be lef % settlement BY nsgosisnon
through the President and Senate Of The
Uniled sgaies--lhe only eonssi utonsl
organs fOr treating with foreign Gossrn.
menls.
Bun more than lhzi. Dir. Presidenli
this creed i in lasor Of The :. lte-Oceupa-
lion ol Oregon" And that is whahrs.
commended 10 our party. All -rs-oe.
cnpalion /" hats The ~ord: not oceups-
lion, bul re-Oceupaiinn. Now. we can.
not . re-0ecupy," what We never " oeeu-
pied" before. We never occupied lhs
Oregon that lies north of ,he compromiss
line Of 49' before. but the Oregon on This
side Of that line We have herelofare oe-
cnpiej. TheIefore We cannol Te-uceupy
north of 49a. but we can re-ocenpy all
sonlh Of that line. And that is exactly
wha, the President has teen endea, oring
10 DO. and exactly What an in favor Of
doing. +" light OF no fight" Sir. II De-
mocral thus comes fully up 70 this creed
BY his scaion. what gave Senators here
the privilege 10 denounce him a. unlrus
10 the Democratic faiihi This eonsirus.
,ion Of the creed is not hypercritial. Whist
is "0rsgoni" The country on the Go.
lumbia and south OF il-sll lying btlnu
the line Of 4go--used 10 be Oregon. The
old historians. maps, and geographen sl
had il so. Its thing Of modern origin 10
call any part Of the territory north OF az
"0regon." There is, then, an old Oregon
4 snd modern Oregon. The old Oregon
was once occupied by us. Outside Of
that we have never occupied any portion
Of the modern Oregon; and, lherefore,
if this creed had gone FOR an sccups.ion
of Oregon, il might well be construed
al all OF Oregon" old and new. But. a.
it only went for "re occupation" u is
as clear as day thai the creed must be 10.
ierprried 10 mean The old Oregon up 10
49o; that same Oregon which we once
occupied; that same Oregon which lies
south Of 49o; that same Oregon which
The Democrats all go for still, only some
Of US are not anxious 10 fight for any
more. IL we stand 10 the faith. and keep
the bond as u was writer for us, will nj
that sufiicef ihiak, Mr.. President, I
\ | gssSe.d.snessd- -f'f- -Ral,annrs rasallniinns.
With unaffected pain did I hear q
cl srse of Punic faith" brought and II.
pea,ed against the South in this Senate
with respect to this Oregon notice. &s.,
and in way that challenged q reply To
il.
Personally I care nothing about Is, a. [
voted for the Oregon bill last session; and
some Senstors know that my reason ior
voting against il the session before was
, that its form appeared to me 10 violate the
Constitution. Mr.. III. here explained
at length his objections to the form of
that notice. He alec excused himself for
voting to take up the Oregon bill las, ses.
!, sion, by stating that if he had known Al
; The Time las he does now how the nego.
/ ia,iOn then stood, he would moi have 70.
; ted for so much Of that bill as proposed
: to take jurisdiction. But the Senate dld
: not know the facts at that time, and they
. had not been told 10 him, He did not
, wonder at the offence lha, was taken by
4 the British Parliament, who, no doubt.
e believed lha, we knew it all at the lin .
r the bill passed the other House But L
{ do not feel myself at liberty To let such
an accusation grow into pr"verb against
!, the South. The South is my home and
r such accusations have baleful influence
a in kindling and preserving sectional ieel.
f1 ings; shall, therefore, expose its inius'
= tice, and then iorbear. ! shall do that by
h the Jourals Of the Senate now before me.
e | will read from the books If any Of my
!! statements should be questioned. This
e charge of !" Puaic faith," theSena,or will
!. remember, was introduced here soms
$ days ago. when the. honorable Sena,o,
h from Georgs (Mr Colquh,) had spoken
: of The course OF the Senator from India
1 ma (Mr. Hanneganl upon the Texas CUES
= ZION. TIE honorable Senator from lndi
i ana said. IN substance as | understood
f him, q have not his words be ore nIe.
lha, he had for some ume desired g.
l occasion to explain his vote agains, Fex
$ as, and now he had il; and that val
a simlpy because he had fore seen "pu
y mic faith punlc faith. Then. or at som,
J. time, he"more than intImaled that he ha,
at found that PUnic faith in the SuIh
p, Other Senators were formally called 4
ne the floor to vindeate that Senator by ihei
al statements. showing that he really va
M suspicious Of the South, oi which | d
b. no. complain. Altogether the compile,
10 ion given to this matter before the pupli
he eye was, that this "Punhc Iaith." hs
ed been praeiised by one or mare Soasher
is Senators OF the Democratic party an