Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1846-06-13
COL. BENTON-OREGON.
81 40--"ALL OR NONE"

lengthy, and displays research which is
very creditablo TO the man. We have but
room to make few extracts. In this sec.
ton, we have heard big men and little men,
big papers and little papcrs--principaly
locofoco--thundcr and squeak about as 1
4O--"all or nome" We just propose to
extract from his speech, COL Bcnton's
views touching call or none," and 81 40.
Speaking of the 81 40 men, he says:--
"Ther notion is, that we go Jam up to Sd deg,
10 nlin., and the Russians. come jam down 10 the
same, leaving no place for the British lion to put
down paw, although that paw should be no
bigger than the sole Of the doves foot, which
sought resting place from Noah's ark. This
must seem little strange 10 British statesmen,
who do not grow so fast as to leave all knowl
edge behind them. They remember that Mr..
Monroe and his cabinet-the President and
cabinet who acquired the Spanish title under
which we now propose TO squeeze them out OF the
continent--actually offered them six degrees oil
latitude in that very place; and they will Ger.
tainly want reasons for this so much compression
now, where we offered them so much expansion
then. These reasons cannot be given There
is no boundary at 81 deg. 40 mn.; and so far as
we proposed 10 make it one, it was for the British
and not for ourselves; and so ends this rcdoubta.
BILE line, up TO which all true patriots were TO
march! and marching, fight! and fighting, die! il
need be. singing all the while, with Horace
"SWcet and decent ii is 10 die for ones country"
And this is the end of that great line! all gone
vanished evaporated into thin air-and the
place where it was, not to be found. OH noun.
tain that was delivered of mouse! thy name
shall henceforth be, Fifty Four Fory And thus
Mr.. President, | trust have exploded one OF
the errors into which the public mind has been
led, and which it is necessary to get rid Of before
we can find the right place for our Oregon
boundaries"
Now for the "all or none" boys
81 proceed 10 another of the same family the
dogma OF the unity and indivisibiity Of the Ore.
gon title, and its resulting corolary OF all or
none. 1t is assumed by the 'Jriends of Oregon
TO be all one title, all the way from ~ deg. up
TO 81 deg. 40 min.--no break in it; and, conse
quently, "all or none'' is the only logical sou
ton which our claim to it can receive. Well,
this may be brave and patriotic, but is it wise and
true? And can we, with clear conscences, and
without regard to consequences, pass law upon
that principle, and send our agents there TO exc.
cute it? These are the questions which present
themselves to my mind, and in answering them
wish to keep before my eyes the first half of the
great maxm-"ask nothing but what is clearly
right" answer, then, that it is not true that
our title TO what IS called all Oregon is not one,
but several; that it consists Of parts, and is good
for part and bad for part; and that nothing Just
or wise can be determined in relation TO it with
out separating these parts into their proper divis.
ions, and giving to each division the separate con.
sideration and judgment which belongs to it,
Thus the title to the Columbia river and its val
ley was complete before the claim TO Frazer's ri
yer and its valley began: and the claim to the
islands and coasts rest upon different state OF
facts, and different principle of national law,
from that which applies 20 the continent.
The title to the Columbia river and its valley
rests upon discovery and settlement, and was
complete before our acquisition OF the Spanish
title in 1919. The claim 10 Frazer's river and
its valley, and TO the coasts and islands in front OF
it. began in 1919, and rests upon the discoveries
OF Spanish navigalors; ard Of these discoveries,
the islands and the continent have very different
degrees OF evidence 10 exhibit. | mention these
differences Of title as facts too well known TO re.
qure documents TO prove them. and the bare
statement Of which should be sulicen: TO ex.
podo the dogmas of the unity and indivisbility
of the Oregon title. 1t is not "oH one tile 1t
is not good '.for all or none" 1t is not a unity.
There are breaks in it, and these breaks are sui.
lclently large to cover large geographical dvs
ions OF the country and require separate consid.
Grafton and judgment. That consideration will
be given at the proper place; at present limit
myself TO the correction OF the error, so widely
spread over the public mind, that the Oregon title
is all one title, from ~ deg. to 81 deg. 40 min"
Col. B. here introduces his testimony
at great length, and concludes as follows
"To conclude this last and browning piece OF
testimony, | have 10 add that the evidence OF it
is in the Department Of State, as is nearly the
whole OF the evidence which have used in
crushing this pie.poudre insurrection-'MiS pud.
die lane rebeLlion'-againsi the truth and majesty
Of history, which. beginning with a clerk in the
department OF State, spread to all the organs,
big and little; then reached the Senate Of the
United States, held divided empire in this cham.
Der Tor four months. and now dies the death OF
The ridiculous
1t is too bad that our neighbour" "Claib,"
the "Rcgister," and all the "little organs
they being the "big" onos-are thus doomed
to "die the death Of tie ridiculousl"
The editor of the democrat" as in duty
bound is defending the illuslrious head Of
the party, Gov. Edwards. He says that he
has not been informed whether the Cover
nor is on bond peddling expedition or not
and, therefore, nothing ought to be said
about it Again, he says the editor of the