Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-01-16

h"Fh-NF OOh thF NHnlet tut
when Oregon Is concerned, il is aIl prouer
and right 10 give away an empire, II Egg.
land asks Il. SO far A. Oregon il CONCERN
ed. j, Tor one, representing the reople do.
w''i never vote for any treaty yielding an
inch Of ground below So degrees and 40
minutes north
Mr.. CALHOUN said he merely rose IN
allude 10 single remark which sppIied to
himself personally. The Senator from In.
diana had ehdeavored to draw a conusst
between his Mr., C.s) course upon the
Texas question, and his course upon this.
! pursued in reference to Texas what
| conceived 70 be the best course. If
ted boldly and promptly on that occasion, il
was because bOldness and promptness
were necessary to success. Il was the
golden opportunity: and one wears delay
would have lost Texas to us forever. Ii
| am for more deliberate measures on this
| occasion, il is not because | am not friend
to Oregon. On the contrary. Oregon has
no better friend than myself; there is no
one who would venture more to save it,
But it is asked why do not pursue the
s~me course Of action as in regard 10 Tex
az. II the gentleman will refer to nv re-
marks in I843, he will fqd that the views
which governed me then are the same
with those which govern me now. be-
lieve that precipitancy will 'ose you Ore
gOn forever-no, not forever; but it will
lose you Oregon in the first struggle, and
then II will require another struggle here.
after when we become stronger to regain
| it,
will not go into this question now;
am prepared, when il comes up for discus
sion, to show, il argument can show, that
the principle involved in these resolutions,
50 far FROM gaining Oregon, will for the pre-
| sent lose every inch Of that territory; and
IL is on that account, as much from the fear
Of losing Oregon a. from the desire OF avo-
ding war, that | have proposed amend.
ments 10 the Senator'S resolutions. Sir, il
my advice had been pursued we should
never have hePn involved in this conlrover-
sy tall. | now act under circumstances
not produced by myself, and | will do the
best can to save the territory Of Oregon,
which hold as valuable as the Senator
from Indiana himself can do. If you in
sttule a comparison between Oregon and
Texas, ! would say that the former is as
valuable TO us a. the latter, and would as
maniully defend it. If the Senator and
myself disagree, we disagree only as to the
mears OF securing Oregon, and not as tC
its impo tance. Sir, intend to say moth,
ing about censuring the President; sim.
| ply said that, by implication, a censure
would he conveyed. do rot suppose that
the Senator intends 10 reflect upon the
President; but there can be no difference,
as far as this question is concerned, be-
tween the time when the proposition for
a division at the ioriy-ninth parallel was
made and now. 1t was as sensible then
as 1t would be tn repeat the offer now.
Mr.. HAYWOOD said he rose merely to
submit la motion that the subject should be
made the special order for a given day.
After having given a great deal of attpn-
ton to the SUI iPct, he had arrived at the
conviction that it did not become the SEN
ate TO interfere in the matt at present.
He had a reasonable confidence in the
President, and inasmuch as the Constitu-
tion Of the country had conferred on him
the power of conducting the negotiations,
therefore, until he saw proper to call in the
aid OF the Senate, or until the Senate
thought it incumbent on them to advise
him to surrender all negotiations, and the
subject should be transferred to the Senate
legitimatcly, and the Executive should
have washed his hands of it, he thought
until this took place the Senate would lie
acting improperly to interfere in the mat
ter. But when once legtimately transfer
red to the Senate, he would then be ready,
in the love OF country and the fear Of God,
to take part in The settlement Of the ques.
ton. But until then he should oppose all
proceedings which would have the effect
either Of censuring or Of landing the Prps-
dent pending the negotiations. In max
ing this remark he did not mean any
more than what the Senator from Sou h
Carolina himself meant in reference 20 the
original resoluiions- namely, that a cen-
sure might be understood to he conveyed
by implication, that the passage of a reso-
luton declaring it u violation of honor to
surrender any part Of Oregon was an inn
piled censure upon the President who had
authorized proposition for such surrender.
He was, on this ground, adverse to the
original resolutions, and he was quite as
muchopposed to the amendments; because
they might he considered as conveying
species of praise which he was not prepar-
ed to administer TO the President. When
the question should come up hereafter, he
intended to make a motion which would,
if it prevailed, preclude oil further proceed
ings upon the subject. He intended to
move that the whole subject be laid upon
the table.
Mr.. CALHOUN discIalmed any inten.
ton of lauding the President, nor did he
accuse the gentleman from Indiana Of any
intention TO censnre him. 1t was very GER
tain, however, that the sense of the SEN
ate, when taken upon the original resou-
tions and the amendments, would show
very clearly the views entertained with