Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-03-20

the circumstance that time had bcought.
lie hoped ina his friends who went for the
Whole cot ORION had themselves changed these
opinions sing ihe meeting Of Congress. They
saw a divildi party, ani a divided people,
aud a dividcdopinion. Did Il then become
them TO give The notice, TO refuse compromise
aud to claim ihe whole of Orgonl He APP
pcaled Ia his lrientsss patriots TO decide this
question. In regard To notice hc should OPP
pose IL unless given ina modified form.
The Houss Resolution he could not vote
for. because was cQuiVccal IN its character.
II notice was given. lctit b. given in a plain
and meauing iaunyr, so that The President and
the world Cou1d understand what was meant
by IL. He was inclined TO give the notice in
such a form as was recommended by the R.so-
buttons oi the Snator lom Gcorgia,-but he
held hls vote subordinate 10 another question.
which was that the question be settled peace
ably and without an appeal TO arms. lie was
resolved to nothing which would prevent an
amicsble adjustment of the whole question.
Mr.. CalhouR then viuiiratcd has consistcn-
CIV and the position h. took in 1913. He was
then Tor alhrTing 10 the convention and
thought the time hah come for abiding by It.
Oregon was easy Tor US 10 c%olounc, and diti-
cult for England to compromise. To England
the territory Was ot comparatively 40 value.
not 30 muchas New Zealand, while tho colony
itself was 10000 miles oil. or neaHy tho cir
cunlcunco OF the glob'. We emigraicd like
the rar,Ors, by i%liuilics, aud at comparatively
no expense.
All was going on well. hut the times had
changed. The People of Oregon. went there
20 avoid high duties, aud would b. oiienatcd
from us by any other principles than free trade.
Our laws should b. most cautiously extended
over this u ople. They had ar infinite capo-
city TO govern themselves. and IL was highly
proper that they should do 50.
IL had come now to point that we must
have compromisr upon ihis question. The
time had come, IN . worl. when the basis of
this compromise mu,tbc iorty-nine. lie tried
tu resist this i'm 1913. and to pursue the Am
cucan policy tina, every men must see now
ought to have been pursued. His friends who
were Tor extreme measures had been forced
into this question without due reflection.
] am for compromisc and against war. !
have no uumtnly fears upon the question, and
| may appeal with confidence TO ,ny past his
tory that | am governed by no such fears now.
though wars are necessary, | rcgani peace
as a positive good and war a positive evil
Asa good ! dcicnl peace, and will oppose
war a. long a. IL would b. honorable. IL we
went To war for the whole OF oUgon. or all
or none. the end might b. that we should come
out with none.
II we went Tor Oregon itwould b. a contest
lor empire, and Orgon would hc lost sight oi.
No good would com, of warto the people OF
Oregon or to any bpl, else. Should we loSc
the territory. II Ne compromised upon 10,
not ono of oar people would lose their proper
".
But rs a naiional measure he was for com.
promise. Though war should give us Canada
aud oil oi Orcgun. sill hc should b. opposed
"a war. The work Of wbr wonld accomplish
a mighty social aud political change. There
was no power which could ID us - much good
IN peace and ~ much harm in wat a. Eng
land. and the gool and evil were every way
reciprocal.
lie believed that a war would plunge vs.
in debt. Seven hundred aud fiiy
al dollars. would he it, cost at least,
and oil To- meet The cost OF this useless war.
should b. oveT helmcd with debt a. We
were IN ,ho ReyoluI,ou.
\ war would b. the death OF State rights,
and forever establish u military ,,-spotisru. !
Losses of property aud losses of life would
come also from war,-butth these were nothing.
for time could remedy all this. A. the friend
oi humanity. civilization and progress, he was
FOR peace. How then could men who were
Democrats par cTcoleHce be- in favor al H..
when hanks aud paper money were It's small
est consequences.
Steam aud Electricity were the modern in.
v%cniions not before applied To- war. The L.
y. aud England were now, through their
mighty commerce, d~iilusing blessings over the
world. The world a. well a. we were to be
sufferers from war. let peace continue and
the time would como. predicted by poets and
philosophers, when there should bc war no
mon.
Peace was prc-cminently our policy; other
nations might resort To war to obtain great
ness. eut we were great already n nation
covering twenty three degrees Of latitude.
Our great mission was to occupy this wide do.
main with a VlrtuOus population-to spread
towns and cities over the whole surface
War was bat an impcdimcnt in this great
work. Establish Peace, and time under the
guidance OF a wise aud cautious policy would
effect all.
Avis Snd mastery inactivity would
prove profound wisdom with ~. Time would
effect every thing. We had u growing popu-
laiiou oi GOO 900 a year. aud il would H. a
million soon. Before some ct the Young
Senators were as gray as he was we should
have a population OF IS, 600. 600. Before an
other generation we should have eighty mil.
lions extending from ocean TO ocean.
Mr. Calhoun closed with some remarks per.
sonnl 10 himself about Texas. lie conieiid,d
that Texas was not q Southern question in CIV
respect. Bot II he bad pursued a policy dif.
icrcnt an the one case than thr other. he had
acted with view OF securing the greatest
good ot both In both cases he desired "a
avoid war. Time would have lost Texas "a
us, while u would have given us OREGON.
Mr.. Brrdcn Of Ga. now obtained The ion,
and moved an Adjournment.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,
The crowd ~ tho Senate aud the absence al
All subjects OF interest here has left nothing of
moment 90 record.
The RirsT and Harbor Bill was before the
ii"use during the day, aud speeches were
made 10y McssIs. living Of Tenn. Ewins ot
70. feup at Md. Rsuibun, ct y. y. aod
McClemand Of Michigan.
NEW JOHN GII.PIN.-TI,c Lch,uo,
ONO Star elisa good railroad ancc,lote. The
Other day. when tie cars stopped. on tho ,ys,