The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-04-09


British MiaisIsE. our claim and tide 10 file
whole Of Oegon--Hhieh letter has not
been answered
ThsPresideEi does not say that then
gosiaiion has been abandoned. nor that il
viii be concluded by him without waiting
10 receive another offer. No such ding.
lie does not inform Congress thathe will
or will.not renew, or thai he will Or will
not entertain, his own, offer, which he.
adopted u that Of the nation. for compro-
mise. repeat, that il was, under tbs cir
cumsIances, impossible for him 10 DO that,
provided he considered compromise still
admissible. But he dses say thai he has
receded. Notwithstanding his opinion Us 10
title. 10 The hne Of go as : compromise,
and his reasons for II are gisea-reasoas
quite as conclusive in favor Of accepting
the offer now as they were for making u
last year! And a. | understand the Pre-
siheni's position, he stands this day upon
that line Of 40 as a compromise, If COM
promise is To be had. Once for all, let
me explain. that when ! have spoken or
shall hereafter speak Of the /" compromise
fine Of 49'," do by no means intend 10
be understood literally. But | mean that
line in slihstsnce--not every inch"--l
mean the same compromise substantially
which this Government has frequently Of
lered withou, regard to slight variations;
which may be left for settlement by
equivalents" lido not measure my own
or other peoples patriotism by the " inch. /"
! shall not recognise that measurement IN
deciding upon the merits Of The Admins
tra,ion or the wisdom of trealy--not at
all, at all.
Mr.. President, | disaEow any auihori.
iy 10 spssk for the President. | have 81.
ready said that he could mol speak for
himself, nor anlhorise another to speak
Tor him, so long ss negotIstion' vas pen-
Jis 2, or not concluded. Oh! | wish il
we're so that he could speak out. Blu, ]
mus, be SLOWED 10 speak Tor myself, since
The Administration has been 80 perssser-
iugly put where ought not TO stand by
il; and will dare to speak 10 the presidn nj,
aud Of the President aud HE Messages.
Eom my station upon Ibis floor. as Judge
him aud them. And say, in answer 10
, certain Senators Of my party, ina. the
Piesidep, did right, extc,ly right, In con-
tinuing this negotiation for compromise
which he found on foot, and in renswing
the offer Of 40 deg. az line of conpro-
mise. And IN reilly 10 them further, /
say tha. be oughtno and my convictions
are as strong as death itself that he cannot.
will not, disgrace himself. and his Admin
isuatiou by refusing his own offer, should
u be returned upon him--refusIng, |
mean. 10 entertain il; repulsing il. and rash
ly putting final termination TO his nego-
tlstion for a peaceful compromise: and
madIy forcing his country into war,
without even consulting his constitutional
advisers, The Senate; who are this day
assembled. Yet that 10 said Of him day
ster day in this Senate. A war for what!
Why, Mr.. President, q war between Two
great Christian nations upon the meaning
OF the word settlements in the Nooka
convention A war. perhaps Of twenty
years, TO determine which of these Chris
IAN governments shall enjoy The privilege
Of cheating the poor Indians on, oil The
largest portion of Oregon. No, sit; 10
sir. The Presidea, will not DO that. As
he loves his county, and values his own
lame, he dare not think oft.
But have said the President did right
in Offering a compromise of this contIo-
vetsy. 0rher friends of ibis Administra-
non have said he did wrong, particularly
The Senators from Ohio, Mr. Allen,
Indiana, Mr.. Hsnnegan. and Illinois,
! Mr.. Bseese. Friends and enemies. iii he
has an enemy here, will you hear snoth-
er friend 10 his defence! II is a serious
charge, il il be true. What are the facts!
lie, him be tried by these, and there can
be no doubt of The decision. Hear them.
He found it in our own history fact.
an undenlsbls fact. thai, so long ago as
forty years, IN negotiations between this
Government and Greas Britsin. the Uni
ted Ststes had maintained and asserted
tina, the true line Of our national rights.
west Of The Stony mounalns. was 81 the
40th perslisl on The north. in virtue Of The
treaty of Utrech. and Of our treaty with
France in 1903. He found that il was
urged by our Government upon The or.
| pcsle parry as a fact. toe, that commits
s,oners had been spponted to designate
!. The line west Of the Stony mountains. con-
sti,u,lng the south boundary of Great Br,'
! tain and the north boundary OF France.
tho sold US LOUISIANA: and that lhs. line
| had BEEN settled at 40 deg; and this fac.
was assumed as the basis of very impor-
tan, negotiations at ths, time in progress
between US and Great Britain. He knew
tina, This was in the days oil Jefferson and
his compstriots.
h Nobody, believe, ever suspected JEFF
!, fesson OF being" Btitish!"
f He found that, in subsequent efforts ia
| sdjus, this ong-pend,ng controversy. e
/ wit, in 1917, the American GoSernmen
had proposed this same compromise lint
n III n :.