Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-04-17
THE DEBATE Is the SENATE.

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The Rs-o.rrirn-, offered ~ NJ C.ay-op.
railing ur0u he President ,or any aide
ucnal correspondence TN, may have ,s-
ken place l.rv.sn ,ais Governments AID
Great Fra,a u relation To Oregon, le.u-
aufrrroa-.f.miioa,
Ar. Webster zoe and said siaf sa-
v.-- i.y atn0r.tir :riprd, the msmtef from
u-.Fesfa. 90 fnl.ear irom pressing ibis
fp-1'u' o. TOR q fcw dave.
There e. m douat th,l there are lausrs
'I~m Ns. Nci,71ci bu-, as ,he Chairman
of the CoHri.,re on Fn.eiyn Relations
0uP0-e- i''- motion, afn "a rrer1sna ,nrt
tie r.nruutr BlseTuu-Ht E1d- 10 iHr0u-
yehirutlD rcuuHnlca.a lu0-n Ia,iaTs to
tie Sr1rre, A. iha present 00rlanL
Zee, +. IS olviuu-. tuat r- DE -rga:e T.
rallied Ur 10 perform legislative act u
ought, briale the hour OF BE- deg.sicn come
10 ba pat in ro-ses-.ou Of every Ihj g ike
iy 20 Influence i,s Irdzmrns orhrrwise, f.
Hnu.d te required to prelorm high Iey'-'a-
urP functions on mere confidence. Z irrs
e certainly some en'arrar-maui IN ,hr
na-r. II the EkecUtiv- iinyrrnurnt fraHne
tha roumnnratirn Of size rnrfosros ostc4cp
iuronvrHisut. Il can oriy la eryau-a nr-
g0la.0r l- still en'Hg pn, or II suspended
j. expected 10 be- resumed, 50 Tar av np-
goliafiou i concerned. the Communication,
or pul lra,i1a, Of the Corre-p nieHce. may
very properly be thought iacDurpuirrr.-
Eni. thcn. thr President has recommended
the passage ola law, or resolution. ty ihr
Two Houses of Cong e-s. In support
this recommendation, no himself sent ue.
uUa-kcd, az tie ro'umauremrni Of the s0s-
sion, IT," correspondence Up 10 that i,rur.
Now, II tbat was Necessary. the Iest 4 ne
rcseary. five are emitted 10 part, We
are eulit'ed to the whole.
In my opinion, the mistake was in call
ing on Congress 10 aulhoGz- lOticp TO
England OF the discon;inGtHce Of WIS., ha-
leen called the join: occupation uu!I ns-
godation h.g been exhausted. Neg0lia-
ZION should have been tried frs,. an Z
when that had failed, then, ard not IT,
then, should Congress have teen called
upon.
now go on the ground, or coursp, hat
the notice Tor disseminating The joinl oc-
rupanry is properly to he given 10y author
iy of Congress, point which do not
now discuss.
| Ii Is said. indeed. that notice is 70 ht
/ used as ? weapon. or an i's'rnment. H.
4 negotiation. hagdiy understand this. i
Is a metaphor Of not very obvious applica
ton. A weapon sperr- 10 imply, no, Ia
ciIlty, or mere aii, Int the means either o
deferre against attack, nr ~ making az
attack. II sounds rot altogether lri,ndl,
and pacific. doubt exceedingly Wh, IN.
er. under present circumstances, notice
won.d hasten ncgoiiaton, and yet such
are those cjfLnm.'aucos that there NAV
te a. much Inconvenience in standing still
as in going forward,
The truth is, tha, great embarrassment
arises FROM the extreme preleGsUus and
opinions put lorw ard 10y the President, in
his inaugural address, year ago, and in
his mes7agr last Dprcmhpr But TOR these,
uo,ice would have been harmless. and
perhaps wo. Id have been authorized by
both Houses without much opposition, and
received by England without dissalslac-
ton. But the recommendation of the no.
tice: coupled with the Presidents repeat
ed declarations that lie held our title to Ihp
whole of the territory 10 he "clear and an
questionable" alarmed The country. And
well il might. And ifrn,ce were lequir.
ed, in order - enatie the President 10 uush
these extreme claims to any and every
result then notice ought to be refused hy
Congress, unless Congress is ready to sup.
port these prptensions at al! hazards, Here
lies the difficulty, Congress is not pre-,
pared, and the country is not prepared, as
| believe, 10 make the Presidents opinion
! of a clear and unquestionable right to thu
whole territory an ultmatum. Il lie wants
notice for such a purpose, he certainly
must see that it becomes grave question
whether Congress will grant it.
twas great, a very great mistake, to
| accompany the recommendation of notice
with 50 positive an assertion of our rght
| to the whole territory, p'd the President
mean to adhere TO that, even to the ex-
tremty of war; If so. he should have
known that, after what has happened in
years past, the county was not likely to
sustain him. Did he mean to say this, and
afterwards recede from it, II so, why say
it at all! Surely the President could not
be guilty of playing so small a part, as to
endeavor to show himself to possess spirit,
and boIdness, and fearlessntss of England,
more than his predecessors, or his couu.
trymen, and yet do all this in the conf
dent hope thai no serious collision would
arise between the two countries. So low
in ambition. such paltry motives, ought
not 10 be imputed, When the President
declared that, in his Judgment, our title TO
the whole of Oregon was "clear and un
questionable" did he mean to express an
official or a mere personal opinion! If the
latter, it certainly had no place in an off,
cia communication. II the forrer-ir he
intended solemn oiici4i opinion, uror
wh.ch he was resolved TO act officially
then it is very grave question how ia
he is justified, without new lights. or an,
change of circumstances, to place tn,