The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-04-02
SPEECH OF NE. CALHOUN,
Of South Carolina.
fxrAE sExErE. March Is. 1876.

@ss @AAA " A-1 t0hANAaAoa " guaut O.
cup@ny.
Mr.. CALHOUN. bring entitled 10 N.
hoor. rose and addressed The Ssnsls very
nsssly as { low:
Tie CUES in nov under order for die.
esssinn whrlhsT notice .ha!l he given
IN Gss.t Bsha,n Int he CONVENTION Of
mi oce0p ,nsy beIwr' n ns and hsr .hsll
lfrmlnais ~ tas end OF The yesr. To N.
qasslinn ] sLa'l coa6ne ny rrmsks. lint.
ing lhsm 10 thai and Ia the question i'm
msdislels r0Rnesied wuh T.. I,hsll cav
n thing in regard III Ihs ui'e 90 Oregon.
llsslug been per'onslly e"nt erird- y i,h
preslsns negeIa'lnns. 90 y hch that ours.
lion vas concerned. It sIlI be seen BY IL
sh.i IT'S proper that . shout pas. IL By
nj hoxi noIIes. lsb.lI ab.IsiA Gom every
thing of . person ii character. aud frnm
every ,hirg ealeulat d TO wopnI the f,.l-
ines Of any g~ntl-msr; but. Il the same
the. shalt express nv self f,sely. fully.
and eshdidIy on all The .Utj-cw ON Shsh
! shall rLnsI'ler q ms duty tn touch.
Wah these fs~ ptefs,Ury ssmsrks. I shall
pfnrcrd al Onre 20 tie question Of notice.
Tnfre ~ one poi,i ON shirh We mus,
ell be sgreed, aud ILal 10, that a great
ehsnge Ia. taken plars since the con.
mrncemeni Of the ,rssin IN the imp'r-
lance VI ihs gu. ssian, aud in us hssr,nR
upon peace and wsr. A. Iha, time, this
msssufe OF no ice was OF The gre.l aud
most wsighIy imppIi.nre. involving as il
did The qnesllsn shsiher peace y ilh Gtest
Brila should or shnuld no, cununu..
Nos. has become one Il cOmpushs.iy
MINOR imp1rlance. aud msy be drci'ed
e. her wy without eKsiling any very de-
cisise effect on those imp"rt.ni int. rests.
So great. indeed. 10 this change, that the
very reasons which ere urged 10 the Ex-
eeuiise message in support a The rrcom.
meudai'on thai notice shall be gwen. haze
no lcnesI their application. The bearings
both ~ the mss.ure aud Of The ssversl
parties in the Sena which hs,e gown
out Of il, are entirely altered. That the
Exeeuuve reconme ndsilon 10 terminate
The nosies. 10 founded on The conviction
that psHding sueh notice. there eau be no
compromise Of our difficulties on the
Oregon question, must be. | iLink, admit
ted on ~ aides. Indeed, the Language Of
the msvsgs 10 explicit to that effect. IL
txpses-es she Preside t's con,icuoa lhal
40 compromise could be effected ~hich
we ought TO accept. II snnounre, 10 10
tina. he made 10 the British commissioner
sn offer If the parallel Of 49'. but that.
,ha. offer having ben pjec ed, be otder.
ed that il should be immedi,hly With
drawn. AID on that same convection be
recommends to Congress the passage OF
this noucr, With q view 10 tie removal OF
oil impsdin,ents 10 the assertion OF our
right 10 the whole Of the Oregon Tertiary.
Assuming tha, there would be no compro.
mise. The President tel. us ihsi, 81 The
expiration nl twelve m"nIhs. . period " i'll
have arrived when our title to that coun.
uy must er,h,r be abandoned or firmly
msinta,n,d. Throughout me whole mes.
sage ,hers 10 mol the 81 gh,e.l inum sAons
thai any compromise 10 expected; but. on
The contrary, The entire documen, ss-
sumes the opposite 'iew.
le, sdmu thai the grounds on which
the Piesiden, bases this. his conviction.
are derived from the neg"hs.ion itself. and
mainly IRON The f,ct tia, his offer OF q
compromise on 400 va. rejected. | adj
mt that, proceeding on that ioun'at on, It
!, TAR Inference that. Il Englnd sh>ll
renew on her part the proportion wh'ch.
chen made on ours, she nj rcied, there
would be no impedImet In The ~ay 10 1t.
acceptance; a, the same line The P,e,ideu,
i"tms,es no, the slish,es, expectation
lhs, such an of T will he made on her
part. or that any compromise will be ef.
ftcled.
Such 10 the view which | have been
con. trained 10 take, al CT the mos, careful
ex,m,nsiiun which | have been able to
give - the message oI The President;
and IL | may draw sn inference hon
The opinions of those membes OF the
Senate who believe 10 the soundness Of
our title to The whole territory, they con-
cur IN this view. lndeed. The grounds
on which they place themselves " II no.
admit. "f ,heIr supporting the no'ice under
any other as,umpuon. They 60 Tor the
whole Of Oregon. hecanss they assstt tina.
our tile TO the whole ,errItory, even up 10
SO 40, i. cl.ar aud uuquesuonable; and
they think il better that We should ssse,I
ths. tile BY arms ihsn abandon any par.
or p"ruon Of j.. Hence il 70 mot msniIss,
,ha. If they thought The notice could poe.
s'bIy result IN compromise, they would
vote against it.
And this view which I take of The mes.
s'ge, and in which these gentlemen c"n.
cur, is. as l believe, The view entertained
BY the country !. large. Csrt'inly il is,
IL We are 10 draw our conclusions from
the general tone Of tie public press; or il
wa are 10 la"k at what is, perhaps. . still
better index Of public opin,on--the cours,
Of our Intelligent bus,ness men: for The TO-