Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1846-03-05

lineament the effects of that awful calamity whilst
on tie other hand consecratcd still TO this hour bears
witness of the heroic soul of the Greeks who dis
daned at the hands of invading millions to purchase
peace. Princeton, ami Trenton, and Yorktown, bear
witness that solemn truth Every part of this land
is the enduring and eternal monument of those who
preferred resistance to submission, and encountered
all the perils of dreadful and unequal strife rather
than purchase an ignomlnious peace Oh, it is said,
IS Take care of our commerce-let us traffic" Ay,
"let US TRAFFIC." Alas that descendants of the
heroic Of the revolution could be heard express
ing willingness TO buy peace with their coUntry's ter
rtory, and that priceless jewel, their country honor
TRAFFIC! Ay, traffic, like the jew who. for thirty
pieces of silver, sold his Savior and his God Traffic
on but, for the love of heaven traffic not with the
allegiance Of your citizens the heritage of your faith
ers, and the honor of your country. Traffic not in
the freedom Of your brethren Traffic as long as it
seemeth good in your eyes, but bring not their BIRTH
right into the market
Here few brilliant sentences were almost inaudi-
ble.l
Why, sir if this is allowed to the treaty-making
power, if they transfer any portion of terri
tory, and the allegiance of American citizens in Ore
gon, what stands in their way prevent them from
regulating entire system Of from imports
by commercial treaties regulating mportatiOns 1t
IS In vain to say the Constitution reserves the right
of laying taxes, &c, TO Congress, if the same Consti
tuition expressly refuses TO Congress the power of
regulating the territory of the country and public
property. Where is their warrant for alternating
single foot Of the American soil If this government
has the right of transferring half of Oregon, it
has just the right TO transfer the territory Of
Iowa or Wisconsin, if Great Britain advances claim
to t-lust the right TO surrender this District to
Great Britain, ii she comes forward with slme
anquated and unfounded claim to it, Just Ike that
she makes to Oregon l care not how far the Princ-
PIE is carried. it is all the if established
applicable to the transfer of Virginia of Oregon
But it has such power, and trust in God it will
never be asserted by majority in this Senate. Who,
sir, will that any portion of our population could
be abandoned under a principle OF this kind any
part of the bone aud sinew OF their country. as had
been well said before Would the Senator from N.
Carolina be willing transfer away the hardy pio-
neer who first penetrated the tangled forest from the
smoke of whose cabin the Indian first was appraised
Of the approach Of the pale face! Shall we have
sympathy for him because be is but the pioneer Of
freedom and civilization The Senator from North
Carolina. who spoke days ago, must have known
their character that, although far away the pioneer
may be- he has his domestic altar, where his God and
Freedom worshipped together. He has his house.
hold goods which he loves truly as you DO your
selves. He has the names which his mother taught
him whcn fair haired bow, lie held by his side he
repeats them daily from his childhood. and first among
them is the name of Washington. Where is the man
of iron heart who would break down this altar trans
fer lis allegiance to another government and change
the Of Washington upon his lips for that Of the
English Queen.
ask vou in conclusion, to visit in imagination,
the distant plains of Oregon and there enter the owy
habitatons Of the adventurous settler who in the
remotest wilderness of this western world has erected
an altar to God and liberty. Behold HIM there sur
rounded by all the cndearing influences of home and
family-his cabin the habltaton Of peace ard con-
tentment where honorable toll lays its head upon the
pillow which industry spreads with soft and sooth-
ing care for her children. Behold him there, with
| all his warm attachments 10 his beloved country-wh
all the household aff,c which follow the good
man TO the uttermost ends Of the EARTH leading
him whence they themselves came - heavenward
And vet sir sooner than relinquish foot of that
soil which rghtfully is ours would it utterly
laid waste and made desolae. / speak not for myself
The mighty west speaks as speak. Our brethren in
Oregon speak as speak. lspcak for my well beloved
State She forbids all compromise by the surrender of
single foot Of our territory tits not the West alone that
forbds History, speaking from the sepuchre of the
sainted dead, forbds it. The shades Of Washington
Of Adams of Henry, and of their immortal compeers
forbid it. The still small voice of Camden and Con-
cord forbids it. The holy blood that fell in torrents
in the parched fields of Monmouth, and Camden, and
the Brandywine forbds it. All the spectral forms of
the Past. they sweep along in shadowy array, with
mournful voices forbid If. The Present forbids it,
Seven-tenths of the American people forbid it. The
Future, crowded with mighty events and big with the
fortunes Of mankind forbids it. BY all the power
and glory Of country-in the name of past-in the
name of the unborn millions whose proud fortune it
will be direct the destinies of free America pro-
test here in the face Of heaven and all men. against
any dismemberment Of terrtory-the surrender Of
our principles-the sacrifice of our honor! Here
take my stand on the side of our national rights
Here abide the issue, be il good evil Come veal
or wo come peace war, here hope to stand. And
let no man impugn my motives. | have studied this
question not as a party man-not In the spirit OF
faction. That this question has wound itself around
every fibre of my heart, frankly confess; but my
Judgment has not, trust, been blinded One thing /
know and | repeat-my motives pure, and to the
truth of that, if | know my own heart. appeal in
this august presence 10 Him who searches the hearts
and tries the rens of the children of men; and of my
sincerity in all this matter trust TO be found ready,
with deyout and reverentia awe, to appeal TO the
omniscent Judge in that hour when | shall breathe
my last faint prayer for mercy, before find myself
alone with eternity and Thee
Having long since to the conclusion that a
modest man stands no earthly chance for political pre-