Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-01-22
TIlE OREGON DEBATE.

or Mr. hHIr1 sREMARks
But, admitting all that could be asked
admitting ha, we were Iosng instead OF
gaming every diy rs the longer conlluua
non Of tins Convection Of JOINT occupancy,
hc asked gentlemen TO tell him how ",
were gong to get Oregon How won
the giving OF notice and the extending oi
our jurisdiction put us N the possession OF
the whole of Oregon 2 We could not get
II Aud when gentlemen ASSERTED that oil
those ho were against giving notice. md
against taking immediate possession OF The
t.r vh.'.oi Oregon mp 10 81 deg wrr, rec
ran, to tarIi pledge, aud dead 10 a 60 hsc OF
NATIONAL honor hr told them IN reply. thc'
the taking Of the county was lmpracIcable
aud the notion absurd
GIVE this notice aud 20 on aud Fight was
the lncv liable Consequence, The fight
would begin for Oregon, bu, gentlemen
might be very sure that those who were
not N TIA, region wonid soon sge tho nb.
surdnv Of such a conlrs, they could sson
contrlve to patch up their local difficulties,
aud leave the two governments 10 fghtft
out In such 6gh, who did not know
Irhat the handful Of Americans now IN o.
tgon must quickly be ovcfpowerod Gy n
nation which had entrchchod themselves IN
forts. and had the absolute control of nll tho
uuumerabc Indians In thut country .
Gentlemen sad tina, they WIRE rca'y 10
fight No doubt But whom were they TO
fight to get Oregon Why tho people IN
Canada, and people IN Nova Scotia, and
the people IN Nrw BuoswIck Bu, how
could that get Oregon There was but
one way ia which we could ever cd Il by
/ force. aud that was 10 crush the power Of
! Great Britain aud bent boz into the dust -
We must FIST tear down her magnificent
and mighty cmpue, aud pm her whole
vast power under our foot then we might
take it bit DOT bolore Did any man doubt
%hd vas The suirt n t'.l' pcnpl : Could
We not tell II from the spi II that beat IN he
bosom Of US, Their children The spirl Of
both nations was the same and when they
went to war II would be 20 lutte war As
lt.e Duke Of Wellington bad once well sad
/ ~ Parliament No war with the UnRed
/ Sa,s can be n Iule war II must be- Il
/ mis by Struggle The commerce II both
unllous covcnd the ~ord, and ll.fy possess.
+ II more power than Hnv Of the nations ia
tho world Some gen,lrmrn however seem.
/ 81 10 look upon "a general war, involving
all the civilized nations Of the ,anh. as q
giaucr highly eXpedltut, aud desirable, be-
caut- Il would soon become war between
Two opposing 'lst'ms OF government which
mean, as be- understood It, that republican
'm and the prmclri's Of American liberty
would be nunyfi on one SIDE. and the mo0.
auhus and lhc tytanLI,s ., the old word
on the other.
MIR did not L.u', rha Gr'al BnImid
would at once uGl GLADLY tlze On that Yiew
81 the mhltcr. md use magazine o. " llh all
,h.Govefnm,uls OF Europ .sh" would press
the warning on cscry throne. that We were
Ggh,irg fJt Repuhirau system, sud meant
f., carr, ont nur form OF government over hli
o.hrf. hpl ,slabi-b II 10 Triumph upon their
RUNS Whether such an attempt wns our
pylry under Ne etisling fiits o. things was
p o.pa.n uH it.fe Wa hardly child IA
ire country Who could ~ nos YER II sue b
con,tsl WBs eysI 10 Gene. ume was al leau
~ imror,ln, 90 us a. u WAS 10 Great Brit
sin W. could gain Oregon 90 Tune nay
we might eaLloe the World on time bu
what coulI l.. mor' rnsh aui uneise than
10 ptccipitai- oufselv's "a such a eontrst
no,il Ar llot secured STALLION, and a stand
iug anI pyNt, which should IL Us 10 con