Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-04-17

Iquezuon " hsth-f .he effect vii OF be
dItetlv e. ,rOs.t and, o. arJ rouBte. sure
T. Gie.l Bdau, whether IN h'gh or iog
station, shall wear either p0ut or sor-
caste mile, wheiher u Is not more Ike
" to be originated by what has passed
on the other side OF The chamber than on
thi-.
But one wnrf on a matter more impor-
tant. The gentleman says that have Of
iered "a boundary the river Columbia.
PRAY, let me Ue understood. Such mis-
apprehension Of my words ani meaning
as this shows, il seems to me, that | was
not very lar ou. when | took the pTeeau-
zion Of reducing what intended to say to
wiring. What | said was land presume
not TO dictate TO the Senate, or to speak
Us er caiherG) tha. in NY Judgment pntlc
opinion In both countries tended To a union
on the general basis OF the proposal made
Iv this Government 10 that OF England in
1926. And | now ask the gentleman
from Ohio whether he does not think 50
himself! [Mr. Allen expressed dlssenLJ
Well. then, does not ho think that in his
country public opinion is in favor OF taking
as a basis OF settlement The parallel Of 49
degreesl
Mr.. Allen, in reply, said: | have no idea
that public opinion IN this county ma hA-
ed or will fix on any line south OF The Rus
sian boundary. "a general laughl lhe
supposilon lhot the pulIic mind, IN both
nations, is in favor OF the proposition, OF
1896, will ue considered as amounting to
this, thatwe are willing to give up the ma
vigation olthe Columbia river.
MIR. Webster resumed. Well, II my
opinion is 20 very Tar wrong, ll It Is 50
wide from the truth us all t1aL why, o.
course, it will 90 for nothing. In relation
10 wha. the gentleman lat said, / leg
leave 10 state that what said, w0'h tau
tious care, was, that public opinion was
settling on the line Of 40 az It general Casts
Of agreement. | did not say the prrcse
basis of all that was Offered in 1926, le-
cause | Immediately added that taking
the parallel Of 10 as general iGsis, that
then h. navigation OF the Columbia el-
ther permanently or for term OF years,
and that Of the straits and sounds and Is
lands on the co1sI, m ght all be made a
matter of friendly negotiation dld not
recommend that we should decide either
one way or the other us to the use oi the
Columbia river No at all. What meant
and " hat | said was that if 40 should be
agreed on as a general Lasis, was salts
fed to negotiate about all the rest. But
the gentleman from Ohio and the Senate
will do me the Justice TO allow that ! said,
as plainIy as | could speak or put down
words in writing, that England mHd not
EXPECT any thing SOUTH # .JoHD-HiHe de-
greps. said so IN 50 many woIds.
1t is my op.nIou--l may L. mistaken
but to ne it is as clear as the sul at noon
day, that the strong lenIency OF public
opinion Is, that we ought to stand hy our
own offer made in 1926. in sul-,ance, b.
effect. And wasHot that the dor,rjne put
forth by the honorable Senator from South
Carolina (Mr, Ca.houu,) the other dov!-
And has it no! been proved tho; tbut has
always been the extent OF our cam! ]
think there are reasons why i should be,
But | rose to explain, am Of opinion
that this question must be settled, aud set
tied shotly on the parallel Of DO. As to
the navigation Of th' Columbia, and the
straits, and sounds, md isIlnds--aIl that
il fit subject Tor negotiation. ut Eng
land is not to expect any thing south Of
that boundary, And am persuaded that
the People Of the United Smtr--a great
majority Of them-are content now to a.
bide by what their Government offered to
Great Britain in 1926.