Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-02-28
MR.. DAN SPEECH
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notw outstanding the estimation OF his mood
Trend from Pennsylvania the spv,ci, he hssd
formerly delivered on The subject betose the
mmi took from him the right Of address
iis t'e COMMITTEES at this time. The only
.occassou when he sdicss.l the Hou-- nj nj
dining the present session. was ON The hill
brought here b. the chairman oi the Commit.
tee oi Military Ansifs foe tho raising OF two
rcgi"ient, lar rtir,ncn fs thu army. So lar
from IN, question then bsing the same a. thu,
now ott"rc the committee, the main Drift uf
the lew remarks Mr.. Adam. had then made
was the complaint that he had understood. by
Z 'nerai mPoSt, current through the city. that
ms Ccrnnittec on Foreign Affairs had deter
m'n.s' ~" report IA favor ot giving notice
I'D "nrat Britain oi the termination OF the
convention respecting Oregon at the expiration
oil twelve months. On that OCCASION, the
honotable chairman of the Committee ON
Foreign Ailsirs (Nf. Z. J. lngersoli) had sta.
teal in his place. that no such determination
had becn absolutely taken by that committee
AMI that no member of the committee was
authorised Ia make any such statement.
Whcrcupon. gentleman might, perhaps. re-
nelubcr that MIR. Adams had expressed him
self "a bcing glad to hear il. and as hoping
that iu a lew days, a report on that subj-c,
would b. made, and that. when made, i,
would b. made the first subject of cansidcra-
tion by tbs HOUSE, a. b. ing QUO al many
highly important uI assures, the rest OF which
wrTe Ia follow IL. To his great qualification.
within three da,s after, the rport now before
tho committee was made; ami as he hal de-
sired. ~ was made the first subiec, ot AN, ma
terai importance Tor consideration b, the
houss, and had - continued from that day Ia
the present.
MIR. Adams had then said that hc was ian no
condition Ia address the HOUSE. having nci.
ther thr requisite power oi boIy nor mind
aud hc was ia n situation now which rer'e c
him lar more incompeten, than lac had been
thcu.
AT that time he had stated expressly that.
after great drlibcmtion and great reluctance,
he had, twelve months before declared that hi,
mud Was made up la iavor OF giving notice TO
Great Britain that the Convention respecting
Oregon should be terminated alter the .xpira-
ton OF twelve months; that he continued To
think -, aud that he wss ready. then, 10
adopt any res ,luiion giving that notice.
Since that Time, III House had been enga-
gel with all the ability he had ever witnessed
aud which, Ice must s1y, was Indispensable
ani with a patriotism unsurpassed by any
deilDcrdte assembly al any people la the world,
upon that question. II his mind had not
been made up already that III. time wa, come
Tor giving sucli notice, il would have bren 40
from tlrc Arguments brought forward during
Tie debate; a debate a. ably conducted aud
contaminated on both slider oi the auesiion A.,
he had ever WITNESSED, lie had endrsvorc,l,
throughout, 10 keep las mind in ss calm and
impartial o state as il he had not considered
,heqnestiou before. Hc had listened with ell
TIE attention he could command to what had
ocen advanced on both sides; aud ii his mind
hau no bern made up Iva the most positive
aud ia flexible manner, he did not know wha,
might have been Ia, result al the debate npon
las opinion. Every sfgUmcnl. every TACT.
every considcraiioa of every sort that could
have power over the human mind, had been
Brought forward on both sides. A was not
ior him the hilsnce al ability between them
bat he would sy that never had there been a
debate in which the subject in dispute hsd.beon
m~ofethoronghiy examined and more perfectly
exhausted than la Tho. The drbst- had lett him
Just where lac was when IL commenced: with
a convection fortified by oil that had been
ssid, that dbc time had come in which notice
ought bc given Ia Great Britain that, at the
expiration at twelve months, the convention
~ regard To thc Oregon t%eniiory must be ter
minated and that ai that time the United
States would pat an cad To its further coniin
uance.
GA this point, however, Mr.. Adams had
bat little Ia say IN addition tn what he had
observed before, aud TO aid that he adopted
all the argumeniso OF those gentlemen who had
maintained thu same side oi the question.
But lac could not help saying that, in some
parts of the debate, the discussion had been
drawn too much Into personality. Mr.. Adams
bad been charged with inconsistency i'm his
rwn conrs., aud gentlemen had sometime,
imputed To him motives no, the most PATRIOTIC
OF puaiseworthy. II had been ssid that q rcat
Britain had some clsims. there some words
were lost b. tn reporter. and no claim beyond
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the TWO nations.
Mr.. hiamssad that his situation was such
a. might ask soine apology L, the committee
ior the d~rsultory character OF what be should
say, and tins tor reasons with which he should
not trouble the House.
Hc had been recently urged by his friends 10
say something on the question before the
committee, bat for a time he had thought il
not io b. necessary and when he came 10
The House this morning. be was rather des-
pairing oi an opportunity tn take any part in
Uhe discussion noe should he have attempted
To 80 now, but iOT the personal appeal made
to him BY a gentleman (Mr. King 81 Georgis)
Tor whom b. entertained great respect. and
with whom his personal relations had always
b'"n oi tic mpst friendly kind. and who had
hitherto ever observed the duties of that rela-
ilon. but op the pIcsrut occasion, the gen
teinan had commenced by what he conceived
% bc Il d'sonicriy appeal 20 him OF e personal
character, and which was not in conformity
with the rules laid dow to regulate the course
OF debate IN that Hum-r. IL was irregular in.
smuch - ibe gentleman had put this question
To Mr. Adams IN p rsDn. instead a a ldrcss.
lag ~ 10 the Chair. What right had TIA.
genil man 10 ash him. rcr o1siIy. anything ca
that foof.
lMr. king. by leave. spoke in explanation
lie had addressed his question To the Chair
he had said that, with all due respect, h,
should like 20 ask the honorable gentlem-r
iTom Massechusctts ono question. the gentle
VA 'n seem Il to sSS-nt, aud ils n he had pu hi
question. This, "a Ice understood IL, was no
unPsd'ame lisSy as iurgulsr. lie ccuainl,
had iuicndet nothing that was unpahiamen
isTy oT d~isrfspccuul
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