Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-04-28
THE ENQUIRER.
REMARKS or Nix. pENNYBACKER,
OF VIRGINIA.
az THE OREGON QUESTION.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Is s.S.r., Tues, p,s, Aru,L i6rH, 1916.

would deiain The S;ena'e but Very few moinsn''
as h,, oh.ct M rising VI. simply 10 explain IN
grounds Of the vote lie should be called upon 7
give.
Il may be remembered ny the senate, SAL
MI P.,) thai, cu The "celrbrated Ihuisuiy
which The Senator from Arkansas W.. SEWER
snnL. a week or iwu ago, he hI. L had mad
.nne remarks which inaica.ei the views b
iben entertained ut The subject beiole The Senate
Ne had stated i, 10 be his purpose TO woe Tor lh
nn,ice. and he went tor il as means oil Proino'
Ing negotiation aud a srulemen, OF the fuesl'oi,
Before he had brought himself 10 thd' ae s.,ha
nation he had necessarily conSideIeu, 80. -
the giving of The notice would Ok =. 49,
III. results which he had anticipated no 1,ht Ee
h. h.a satisfied himself il probably "oun'. ne
=. . 10" ~ are Thai The President had expressed 'he
'.';',r ,bst no compromise which me Unilet
Sp",.S onoht 10 acceIt conl1 ever be elected;
~, s,iu he mir. Prnnybackerl had entertained
rhe belief that the mater might YET ue honofa
bly adjusted. II had never entered INTO ms
head Tor solitary moment that, II the Brush
Government should propose 10 settle The nlat'rf
upuu something like the terms which Inc Fresl-
d,n had offered, the question might not yet SUI
he 81 adjusted. On The occasion alluded 10 he
hal assigned very briefly so,nr Of The reasons
for the belief entertained. In the letter OF MI.
Rncbanan in which lie had demonstrated, as Inc
prsuIen, had supposed he had demonstrated, the
lille Of our country To the whole OF The territory
in that very letter the proposition was mace 10
c,umpu,ni,. a, the f,'riy-ninth parallel OF lai
tnd.. IL is true, ii was said Inc president hsni
made the offer in Difference alone 10 what max,
been done BY his predecessors IN ONCE Dut SUI
lie DFr was made 81 The President, ana me tan&
= re. oi,er had mol ceased 10 exist. In The
c.ncludins paragraph, also, Of the leler o' The
Secretary ofS,a,e in which the proposition to coni-
rr.,,nisr at lhs 4a.h parallel Of latitude was with
dravu by The President, the hope was expressed
,hai the long pending controversy might yet De
a,iu,,rJ in such manner as not lu disturb or M
lrrruut The peace uI The harmony then 80 happily
sub>i:ing between the two nations. In Inc ltl-
lei also in which the proposal Ia aro'rale was
declined by our Government, il was einphalical-
IL said. il not ia words, IN substance, Al esS.,
that ,here was no nece>si'y Tor referring 20 q,
Iraliun; that two such Governments as 'hs oni
tel States aud Great Brian, nounn 'ose,nel ny
such ties of commerce, uushtlo be able, and ought
!, he willing. 10 settle their own differences, with
uul resorting 10 admiration; aye and 10 do each
cher jn,tjce Ton IT, then the President should
have an opportunity 10 Settle the question as ne
had proposed IL do, would mol Inc difference
which was tue To his predecessors nay, would
ph The ,espec, which he owed 70 himseit-re-
uui,e him 10 take what he had offered t. giset :
Then how could the hope be entertained by ihr
President that the ons-pendInS controversy "
tween The Two Governme MIS-, in regard 10 Inc Ter
,;,nrv might vel be adjusted, without disturbing
m p.ace or in rrrupting The harmony 80 happily
.ui.sisriug between The Two nations-'r IRE tnStst.hg
ANN, horinp tie whois al The counira anf yief,ith.
n thing 10 Great Briain rtaarc'? How could J,
IL. expec;rd that The two nations ought 10 ne ao'e
and willing 10 do each other justice, ana thal too,
wi,hon, resorting 10 arbitration, he one taking
all, and the other receiving nonei For these
reasons. Mr.. p had been III opinion, on The &C.
ca,ion alluded 10, that il an opportunity should
b. afforded The President 10 accept what ne had
in good faith offered he would yet be bound 10
take il. though the Tile Ind been asserted Ia The
whole OF The territory. And such was Still the
,o;ni,n of Mr. P WHY, what did The President
sa7 in hi, message7 Li>,en 10 his language
aThs extraordinary and wholly inajmissitlc
demands al The British GcvsIDnl,ni. and The re-
irclion vi The proposition made ~ difference alone
l., what had ueen done By nv predecessors, and the
,nplj.d obligation which their acts seemed 10 I'M
pose. afford satisfactory evidence that 20 comPro-
ini,r which The U. 5. ought TO accept an &c effect.
ell w iih this conviction, the propositions ci com
promise which had been made ana rejected YES,
by NV direction subsequently Withdra Al, and our
t,le 10 he whole OF the UIeg N territory a>se:sca,
and. as is believed maintained by ineiisyable
facts and arguments"
III,
puaee. The extraordinary and irhoiig i,tadm,s
siJe demands ol the British Government and the
,eeeiion Of The proposition made alone in deier-
encs to what had been done BY my predecessors,
aEuG satisfactory eridsncc thai no compromise
which The Uuiled States ous... 10 accept can b.
effected "Ipllh ihis c0arieton, the propO iinn oi
compromise which had been made and rejected,
was. by my direction, subsequently Withdrawn,
and our little to the whole OF the Oregon territory
asserted" &c. Now l ask the question, (said Mr..
Pr il the British Minister should suggest 10 the
prrsiden, thai her Majesy's Government AZ home
would be willing To settle the matter on The terms
proposed by The President, or on something
like The terms proposed by him, whether The
demands of the British Government would any
longer. in The opinion Of the President he consi-
dered aex,raorlinary" and "wholly inadinissible,"
and whether the "rejected proposition" now re-
turned upou III. President himself, would afford
satisfactory evidence" that no compromise which
the United States ought 10 accept could DC effect,
ed I Would there be conviction" on me mind
the President, in The altered state oil HE Ques-
lion Thai no compromise which the United Slales
onsht TO accept could ever he effected III MOI,
wunld he not be willing thai the proposition oil
compromise which he had submitted might still
he eonsdefed as pending for The purpose of fur.
,her nrsnhatiun2 and on the suggestion he
fNr. Pr had supposed the British Minister TO
make. would not the Prcsi.n, Withdraw his
withdrawal oil compromise, and reinslate what
had originally been proposedl i appeared 10
him (said MIR. p thin, something oil That SOFT
would necessarily and inevitably take place.
Rn, the Senator from Georgia (Mf. Berren)
thinks that this is not sound reasoning. 10 his
reply 10 a portion OF the remarks of the Senator
from South Carolina, MIR. Calhonn,) who glanced
very slightly al The same view o, the subject the
Senator from Georgia said ilia, The distinguished
Senator from South Carolina had mol b'en as To-
yical in thai part oil his speech as he usually was.
How was the Senator illosica III his speecht IL
The facts should change, would not The opinion
change? If The cause Of the opinion should
cease, would not The opinion i'seli ceascl Ces-
smile cmusa, cessni .pcctm; vas not that logical!
MIR. P. conceived il TO be The very essence OF
sound reasoning. And he submitted Il 70 Sena-
Tors 10 know whether il was right or proper
nav whether il was fair-tu hold the President
bound TO an opinion expressed upon certain
state OF facts, when the facts ihem-elv.s might
afterwards be changed in important and essential
particulars.
Blu, suppose (>aij Mr.. P.) thai the President OF
The United States should mol feel inclined himself
TO settle The question on The terms which he had
proposed: think you, Sir, if his own PROPOSE
lion should be returned upon him by the Bri
fish Minister he would mol consult The Sena,ei
1htn8 you, or, 'udt nc Wouiu '"". ufo' '''i
self the responsibility Of rejecting his own pro-
position, and thereby incur The immense respon-
sibiiity Of assuming upon himself The question OF
peace or war1 Would he not consult his consli-
iutional advisers, the great Executive Council of
the Nation, which had been erecle by The Cons,'-
lu,ion for purposes like lht>e2 Who Guild doubt
il (asked MIR P) And il he should consult The
Senate, did any one doubt what the advice would
bel The Senator from Mississippi Chr. Cha-
mers) had said that lcur 6rhs Of the Senate would
be willing TO conp;omi>e az the President had
p,optsed 10 do, and that ihrce-tuurths of his
friend. on that side Of the Chamber would be
found among the number. Ii that should be so,
(said Mr.. P.,) and he thought the estimate a lar
and nruhable one, who could doubt what the Pre-.
sident would do
Entertaining this opinion, Mr. P. said he could
vote most safely for The House resolutions he
had no fears a. TO wha, lie Presiden, would do il
he should have an opportunity 10 do IL. But