Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-03-12

'irf.ir gable facts and srgum.ns" What did ihs Ian
gass. mean The elIer Of 1901 What cumffofnisi
cenld he make shut Of the Russas limo Of 5io 40 i
Did he tile be cles and nJspuafe Is
The clun,ry between Age and 5io s0' Besides Nj
H. held the langasge Of the Secretary o Safe Ia be s
iaa'y The language Of the Pfesldea aud had not Mr.
bnehansn claimed the "hlc territory up 10 54o 1Ol
tie bad. Mr.. III hera read from The closing psn oi Nr
Bachsnsn's last letter 10 Mr.. Pskenham Mr u. befs
declared ha, IT sill the opiniot of the President
Thar tille the beet in the world 10 the Whole
terriiery. Did The Secretary here speak for ihs
President And did no the President This doc0
ren beore j, was sent 7 And did mol Tho President
adopt the language his own, AID plant bimse uon
5io 4Ui II was his own dpctrine-his 1sn p,silinn
he planted himself SIC 40 and noliog shof Of that
line
Mr.. H. well remembered tia, Mr.. Polk had NIL been
his ST choice, thai OF The Senstr lnm Nurih
Carolina. Neither 9f them had preferred him Gf the oi
fee Of Chief Magistrate. They both preferred snolhef,
but he WAS happy that M. Polk had his way
~ fast 10 the regard Of the Senators induce bun
volunteer m defence against attacks o men whs
made any.
Bu Mr.. II. would here say Tia, if the Presiden, had
betrayed the standard OF the Baltimore Convention il.
enemies-he would not 90 as the Senator from North
Carolina had threatened 10 do-turn his back upon the
President for he rather supposed that the President
would but lille II they both turned Their backs upon
him but be would denouBce him fecfeant 10 lis
own ayowed pfnciples-fecfeant tolhe weigh,y trust
con6ded To his hands-rec sBt to tie generous cuff
dence OF the American people. Mr. IT, would mol on
that accoun, abandon has principles. abaie one pot or
tile ef II demand he sci up 10 the whole o ORGY
lie would speak Of those who did Ia the langual. Of
truth and featlessness
The Senator ffum North Clf,iua had undertaken To
give the Senate the language Of the res ulon Of the
Baltimore Convention on The subject OF Oregon he IN
destuod him protesting 10 read IL stood: II thai
was what he prolessed, wbal he did was worthy el
Senator
Mr.. HAYWOOD said that. 1, reply 10 this. he would
read to the Senator a part ofMr BafrsE's speech aud
he quoted passage from that speech.
Mr.. HANNEGAN resuIning said there was a great
difference between this, explained by The Senator,
and the resolution adopted a, BaIumure. lIe would
read the resolution as II was Mr. H. here read IT, rs
follows
"Resoired That title TO the whole of the terrific.
~ OF Oregon is clear and nnqnesonsble that portion
Of the same ought 10 be coded To England any other
Power AID that The re occupation vi Oregon and The re-
annexation 0t Texas, al the earliest practical p,fd
are great American measures. which this Conyentiun
recommends 10 the cordial support OF the Denoeacy OF
the Unor."
This committed The Democratic party 10 the who'll.
II Ofegonevery foot Of II. Let any senator rise in his
place. and tell In what quarter III The Union the names
81 Texas and Oregon had moi flown side by side. uppn
the Democrallc banners. Wherever Mr. H. had been
!, vas so. Texas and Oregpn-Ofeyon and Texas-
always went together.
Did The Senator irom North Carolina 1litet himself
That he could win the applause Of The Democratic Marty
and blind their eyes. as he seemed ihiuk he had ilc
led their ears, while he withheld from them The SUBJ
stance vi what they We're coniending hr2 II he did he
was greatly mistaken. 1eAas and Oregon were twin
measures. and they dwelt together in every American
heart. Wnh all who had gone for Texas and las he
was told IN Texas ITSELF the names nsaed tpeib
ef on all The Democratic banners. And now when
Texas" was admitted hen they had stretched Firth
thc hands and seized Of the twn and secured The
prize, did they mean 10 turn about and say we mean,
by 'otegon just So much Of II We would chnose In
give ysul They little knew the penple of The W., #
hey dreamed thai they were going be lrampled ON in
thai way.
Let gentlemen look their own recorded yo,e, in f.
vor ot taking up the Oregon bill al The close If The Ias
session. ana Then let them Look The langnage l Ina,
bill, and see II II did moi propose 10 tax. n,sSess, az
oregon up To DO aO after giving unqual fed no.lce To
Great Britain that the Convention mus, ce,se Al ,h,
time we sl held Texas IN our ha nds; aud this was
TEST question: and every man IN the Senate voted Tor it
save the senator who there (nndtrsood To refer IN
Mr.. McDuffiE.) and the peerless lIusyR- And ina,
most exctilent Senator (HuoER) had Afterwards Lld
MN that he had voted IN the negative because il WAS
suggested 10 MN HAT unless he did The civil and d
Plma,ic bill would iail which was then penJing bn,
On iufiher conversation aud consideration be Wished In
move reconsideration Of the vote but his iriends v,,l
not consent that II should be dune lnte House nj
representative but iour out of fifty Southern Democrats
hah voted against the bill. These were the reasons
gwen 10 him why he should dstrusi the Souih an
The question OF Oregon; the results were now NANTES
'ing themselves; and lei the speech lust concluded II
the Senator irum North Carollna show nhe,lsr ~, ~
he was justified IN his disirus,
ne Senator put language IN the Presidents moulh
wh'ch MI H. would here undertake 10 deny; not that
ne appeared here as the champon Of the President
claimed no such POSITION lie only defended the roh,
and personally. he would prefer doing il in bebaIf al
me humoes man IN the country than Oft The greatest, =
But he would here deny r the President what the SEN
aor from North Carolina imputed 10 him If The stair
men. m 'ne senator was true. and the President mean,
what the Senator understood him 10 mean then no . Ne
an Infamous man. The geneman from North Carol,na
had told the Senate that, in the messaye ,Lo,o ,,
mere ana ihefe, IN various paris OF it, "sckinos in ma,
fenhe'cay, I" CRAFTY the ulaisms of the coun,rv
oui which ne never meant 10 carry ont The meanln,
OF this could only be that the President n these ,irl
ings ~ employed false and hollow words 10 hide his 70
al motives and purposes. What was this hui dsIh.
ralely and wlliuy deceivne the counityi inns wss
true II must son come To light and then what mus, he
his late but disgrace The story Of his infamy woud
be circulated from end of the land To the other and
his perhd'ons course would sink him in an inhmy 3,
pfoounu' IN damna'ion So deep that the hand o re
surrecon could never reach him. traitor Ia his co,,
Try 50 snpeallvey base need hope for neither tor,ye
ness IRON God nor mercy from man, Mr. H. ard oot
II The Senator from North Carolina WAS CHARGED with
usslves from the President or whether las he sbood
suspect from the dogmatlca style Mr. H. sometimes ds
played here he made these assertions un his own re-
sponsbility."
Mr.. MANGuM here called Mr. II. 10 order
Mr.. HANNEGAN Immediately spplnoizoJ s,v,,,
that, u he had used language that was ~,
he senate. II had mol been his Intention He would
u" knowingly forget Tor 4 moment the respect due Il,
the oody and What he owed 10 himself He would en-
1ea'or reply IN the spirit which The Senator ft,m
No''n eafona SD repeatedly proessed declaring tina,
he meant nolhlng personal while he used he PLANES,
language. f
The Senator had told them that the country had peep
agaed from "ne end To The other for the sake of poi