The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-24

CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, but not 70
make CREEDS for ne partly lSome one re-
parked, .'of course you are MOI bound I'd sEsA,
ToRpl Very we'll il is a Ssnar talB here,
- Senator | vote here, and as Senator heord
these resolutions read here; and yet as Senator
am not bound 10 hesd them, That is strange re-
suit after all we have hea!d Of this matter, And
IN behalf OF my democratic neigh6orsy the Senators
from South Carolina, would respectfully INQUIRE
whether they were bound, and how far--since
South Carolina would not join the convention and
bsd no delegates in IL. Several voices, ooh, yes;
her delegates came in after."l | understand il;
South csrolins delegates came into the nominaiion.
However, susp5et thet much Of all this, intended
or not intended viii be -td 10 aid the cry Of "Pu-
mic iaith''-"Punic faith, !" Of Shish shall speak
hereafter. . rr a..re ~ 49,
But in the next place, Mr.. President, presdtns
10 tell my Democratic associates who thrust this
new CREED upon me as test of orthodoxy in
the party that they seem to me not to understand
II themselves, and y were well TO look 10 that be-
fore any cry of treason sf be got up either against
the President or against the Serefe or against an
humble individual like myself l charge ths sena-
tor from Illinois, and all other Senators who sub
scribe this as a cKrrD, and yet 60 for $40 40,
with insisting upon moro than the Baltimore Con-
venton have recommended the party To believe and
do; and here b my proof IL truly says that Texas
and Oregon great american" qucstionsl You
insist that Oregon is a " fYsstevrl" question. and
sometimes il is treated by you as "p@ty' ques-
ton; and am afraid that, by bringing il hese, you
will soon induce other persons without Senators In
tending ~ To convert Il into very dangerous pres
idenual--sectional--an democratic, anti-Adminis-
tration question, and teach others TO PRESCRIBE
those who cannot lay aside our original faith we
do clothes; and therefore, still believe that this
is an american" question, and that, like Texas,
the "tvin-sster To Oregon" the boundaries Of Ore
gon ought to be leh To settlement by negotiation
i IL - Il
States-the only constitutional organs for treating
with foreign governments.
But more than that Mr., President this CREED
is in favor OF the "REoCCUPATloN OF ORE
CON-" And that is what il recommended to our
party. All "reocenpationn-thats tho word not
occupation, but rsoeeupaiion- Now, we cannot "re-
occupy" what we never occupied before. We
never occupied the Oregon that lies north Of the
compromise line OF 49o before but tho Oregon on
this side ofthnt line we have heretofore occupied.
Therefore we cannot reoccupy north Of t9o, but
VIC can reoccupy all south Of that line! And that is
exactly what the President has been endeavonng TO
do. and exactly what am in favor Of doing-'fghi
or no fyhin Sir, IFS Democrat thus comes fully up
TO this creed by his action what gave Senators here
the privilege TO denounce him as untrue to the
Democratic faithl This construction Of tho CRIED
is not hypercritical. What 10 "OREGON9" The
country on the Columbia rpsr and south Of it-all ly
ing below the line Of 49o-used TO be Oregon. The
old historians, maps, and geogruphers all had il
II ia thing Of modern origin to call any part Of the
territory north Of 49o "ORreos." There is, then,
an old Oregon and modern Oregon. The old Ore
gon was once occupied by us. Outside Of that we
have never occupied any portion Of the modern Orc
gon and therefore, If this CREED had gone for
eupdion OF Oregon, II might we'll be construed call
of Oregon" old and neto But as il only went for
"RE-oceupaton," II Is clear as day that the CREED
must be interpreted to mean the old Oregon up to
~. ,ck ~.
that same Oregon which lies south Of ago; that
same Oregon which the DEMOCRATS all go for
st;-only some OF US are not anxious to fight for
ANY MORE! If we stand to the faith, and keep the
bond as II was written for US, will nor that suffice
think, Mr.. President, have disposed Of the Balri-
more resolutions generally and specially. ,,,,,-
With unaffected pain did hear charge Of "PU-
MIC FAITH" brought and repeated against the
SourH, in this Senate, with respect to this Oregon
notice, &c, and in a way that challenged a reply
to il. H d. t.....-" ....,.
Personally care nothing about it, as voted for
the Oregon bill last session; and some Senators
know that my reason for voting against it the
sion before was, that its form appeared to me to
violate the constitution. Mr.. II. here explained at
length his objections to the form of that notice He
also excused himself for voting to take up the Ore
gon bill last session. by stating that if he had known
at the time Gas he does now how the negotiation
then Stood he would not have voted for so much Of
tnat Dill as pfOpOSeu 10 Jake JuEiSuICuOH Out inc
Senate did not know the facts at that time and they
had not been told to him. He did not wonder at
the offence that was taken by the British Parlia-
ment who, no doubt, believed that we knew it all,
at the time the bill passed the other House.. But
do not feel myself at liberty TO let such
ton grow into a proverb against the SoUTH. The
SourH is nv HOWE; and such accusations have
baeful influence in kindng and preserving sectional
feelings: shall therefore, expose its injustice and
then forbear. shall do that by the journals of the
Senate now before me. will read from the books,
if any of my statements should be questioned. This
charge of ''Punic faith" the Senate will remember,
was introduced here some days ago, when the hon
orabe Senator from Georgia, [Mr. CoLauITT, had
spoken of the course Of the Senator from Indiana
[Mr. HANNEGAN upon the Ttras question The
honorable Senator from Indiana said, in substance,
"a understood him--Q have not his words before
me)--that he had for some time desired a fit occa-
sion to explain his vote against 1eras, and now he
had it; and that it was simply because he had fore
seen "Punic faith-Punic faith" Then, or at
some other time, he than intimated that he had
found that PuBic faith in the South. Other Sena-
tors were formally called to the floor to vindicate
that Senator, by their statements, showing that he
really was suspicious of the South, Of which l do
not complain. Altogether the complexion given to
this matter before the, public eye was, that this
Southern Senator's Of the Democratic partly and the
sagacity of the honorable Senator it seems enabled
him to see it beforehand. In that way he explained
his vote against Texas. r,' 80. rr,''. aaa. ..r9.
Now, Mr.. President there is grave mistake in
all this thing. In the first place, the Senator's
memory deceived him to the fact Of his ocn poie.
He did not role sgains 7sra! Upon the treaty he did
not pose al ALL For the Texas Resolutions, the next
session, he voted syi The journals are before me,
and these are facts. II contradctcd, will read the
votes. .e2 h'a.n., on uN. "'tE . .y ".. &c.,.
IMr. HAsNEcAs remarked 81 WINS present, and
did not vote on the treaty."] e.. ,"a. +.
No doubt of it, but present or absent was all the
same. No single vote was worth having upon the
treaty, for everybody knew in he Senate, almost from
the beginning that the treaty could not pass. The
Senator will admit that. Then what basis for his
charge is left
In the second place, Mr.. President, the resolution
for notice. &c. on Oregon was rejected at that SEES.
sion--before the Baltimore Convention met II was
rejected by ayes and noes on the 21st Of March The
convention met on 9th May Now, what does the
Senator think Of his charge Of "Punic faith--Punc
faith'I XXX. .'. -' %
In the third place. every Democratic Senator
save too--tbe two from South Carolina, [Messrs
HucER and McDufrIEl voted for the Oregon bill
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