Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-06-11
30 4 III cove TSI. So.
FIRST SESSION.
SPEECH OF MIR. BENTON ON TIE ORE
CON BILL,


CON BILL.
WHICH WAS ron rnr PURPOSE OF rosrroNlNe iNplf
iNirkLy run NIT EXTENDING OUTLAWS
OWN OREGON.
In The Senate ot The United STATES.
MoSnn. May q. 1916.
CONTINUED
Six times Mr. Monfuo aud his Cabinet rennuncef
fmzer's river aud lis valley. and le 10 The Brush
they did soon the iulei2 lhe punelpe that the Bulsi
had discovered IT, aud settled II. aud The aclu
al pss, sslul o II WHEN got the Spanish clam, which
eiani SPAN never madel | pom tins principle New
Caledonia was leh le the BRUSH ia 1873. Upon wha
pr'ne,he is II claimed nonl
lhis Is what Mr.. MONROE aud his Cabinet thong l Of
our title Ia the Whole Oregon or nunr IN the year u
1898. They took neither branch o tbs proposlllon.-
lucy dld moi 90 tnI all none. hn snme They took
snme, aud lt sume; and they divided bv line flght IN
itself. aud convenient IN Itself, aud mutually suitable Ia
each parry. This President and his Calumet cary their
"unqnesllunahle rght' In Oepnn ms far as 40 aud nu
luther Ihs stNactly What MAS ,Hc years before
Mr., Gslan and Nj Rush Offered the same line as be.
ing the continuation OF the Inc ui Cirrrhi (descrhin
II 10y that name IN the despatch Of October ooh 1879
aud as covering the valley III the Columbia nyrf Ia
Which they alleged our nilc IL be mdspnlahIe Mr..
Jefferson had offered The same line in lSUf All these
oilers leave FINGERS and Its valley The Butsh
hecause They discovered and settled IL All those offers
hold on 10 The columbia river aud It's valley because,
We discovered and settled II; aud all these oilers let
the pruclre o coniagully continually work equally
nn the British as On The American side of the line ol [
tfecht.
lhs is What the statesmen did who made the acqai-
sliinn OF the Spanish clam 10 Oregon. /" 1910 In Tour
yeats afterwards they had freely offered all north u 10
10 Great Britain; aud IA thnuph nl aaignnp
them ar IT, Most oi these statesmen have enne thrnue
fiery trials slne'. and been feiee as,ulled all the
deeds o Their llves but neve. heard OF OF them be
nv called 10 account much less lose election ur the
part he acted III ofleng - Great Britain IN 1923 or
Al any other time. For my part, Thought they were
n4hl then. aud thnk nov, wus Senator then as
| am INV. thought with them that New Caledonia
b,onged 10 the rulsh; aud thinking So STILL and arl Mp
upon the first half al The great maxm-ask nothing but
what Is right siall mol ask them Tor H. much less
fight them iar II uoN.
come to the third geographical division of the
contested country, purpusey reserved for the last
cause II furnishes The subject or the application of the
second halt al The great maxim: Submit nothing thai
Is wrong. 10 the river Columbia md lis vast
and magnificent valley. once made description Of II
with an auuthema against lis alienation | described II
by meles and bauuds-by marks aud fa'utes--and then
wrote lis name IN lis face. The hul-nur turtles got
hold oi my deScrplion-ub5pd out the name oblera-
ted the lranfr,-eXpmdet the bunndatles-iuok ~
New Caledonia, aud ALI the rivers, lakes bays Sounds
Islands, valleys. luis aud settlements all The way up
81 lul Aud Then tutntd my own analhena apalnsl
myself, bccaus, Har mluds could not apply words IL
things Wen ahe unenco at this. There are
some people loo simple Ia get angry with. All We do
with them Ia The West, Is Ia have them "cnt Tor The
sImpes;o alter which they cured. They can per
iorm this operation or themselves, have done. II
by themselves all They have 10 do rub then eyes. aud
fead apan. lay others, The operator read on
lion the listening patient Ia stick The word Ia the thug
The valley al the Columbia Is ours: by dlscove.
-, by settlement, aud by the treaty oI Gitrcbli and
has aa eitra been Admitted ii her dtspouu II now
do not plead nile IN thai great country did
thai twenty ytats ago. When there were 10 repeat
81 applaud what said. passover the ground which
lrod ~ long ego uad which has been agnin much
lrodden ii late and take up the question nj fresh place
the admissions OF Gteat Btlan, aud show thai she is
col cluded by her acts aud words from setting
up any cIam IN the rlver and valley OF the Columbia
OF any part OF HE Territory south Of the 19ih DEGREE
begin with Mr.. Aslur's settlement the Columbia
aud rest upon II rorner stone IN this edice o
argument against Great Bntain. Nhat that SET
llenenl2 MOI trading posi-, Tor lempuay traffic,
down IN corner, and without The knowledge OF nations
OF the sanction al his Government. On the contra
~, 1t the foundation oi a colony and the patton
oil the whole valley Of the Columbia. aud The establish
ment Of a commercial emporium, ot which the mouth Of
the the seal, aud the Rocky Mountains on
one hand and Eastern ASIA the other The out
posts. Great Britain saw II without oliecllnn--he u
niled States with approbaion and every circumstance
which proclaimed aud egnmatod national undertaking
slgnallzed aud cUmmemofaled It's commencement. exls,
tehce, and overthrow.
II in the year Sl0-fonr years after the return
Of Lewis and tlarbe's cxpedlllon--llat Mr.. Aston
with the enlarged and comprehensive views OF mer.
chant prince" projected from the eastern shore Of the
Atlantic hls great establishment the eastern coast oil
the Pacific Ocean. SHIP cnmmandedby an officer o
The unlied States navy, freghied with every Thug ne
cessary Tor me foundation Of eoIuny, sailed from New
iofk ~ double Cape HON: overland expedition o
ninety men, led by gentleman OF New Jersey, pro
ceedcd from 81 Loels to the Rocky Mountains
In the spnne oi Sl the Two expeditions net at the
mouth ol The Columbia and Immediately proceeded It
fulfil the intentions Of the bold protector Of the enterprise