The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-04-23

question. The shtjeef. IN 80 present
shspe. he eonisnded. onghi not 10 have
been iRlFadueed into either lIHnsr u I on
gress. particularly. he ssid, as il Wss in.
lTn1ueri - = EsE or gsaAi var ques-
ton. The Senale should not be called
npon. - Il now vas. Ia sei upOn The re-.
sponsibilily Of the ETeen IEe Wilholi hav-
ing the sane iainEmaiion - IL possesses.
In his opinion, no public affair hal eEeT
heen 50 boiehed nT mismanaged - this
ease had been. II was introduced as =
party questions IL had its origin in tie
BalIlm"Ee Convention IL was Kept hrI"Ee
The public in the Presidents insngnTsl AZ
dress md his annual message. he claim
ed inr the small band IN tie Senate iih
which he acted a conservative temper and
spirit. This was prominently the char.
aclerislie oi the Whigs. and for This they
had been charged with oppnsiIinn 10 pro-
gressiye principles. There Was also =
portion Of the party on Ihe other side nf
the Senate which Vas under the guidance
al eonversative principles. lie lsmenled
TO say that The business n The country,
al Al its great questions and interests. had
been rendered subseT,ienI o President.
making.
Mr.. Mangum examined. in some de-
tail, the reporis Of the s, creisries Of War
and Of the May. lie said he had rea-
son To know that The resolutions inlrndu-
ced by the Sena'or from Michigan, at tie
commencement Of the session. had re-
cieged the approximation Of the Executive.
Mr.. Csss said that they had certainly
been shown TO the Secretary Of State. and
also 10 some leading members Of the SER
ale an the Democratic side.
Mr.. Mlngum resumed. These resn-
lnIions, he said, were no doubt designed
10 operate To prevent further disseniiors
~ the Democratic ranks, than q ose which
had. even then, began To exhibit ITEM
selves. II was known. he sad. and he
stated II on his own responsibility, that
much more than constitutional m inrily
81 The Senate was prepared to raliiy a
treaty, relative 10 the Oregon trTIi DRY,
founded on the bass Of foriy.nine degrees
north latitude. There was propably in
the temperament OF the people Of the U.
States proclivily tn war, bu he lhoughl
a very strong principle with them also
was I, take care OF their money; and be-
fore they would psri With a in the pro-
section d war, they wnnld require !
much stronger Ease u Be made ont tIisn
had get been presented ii Them. lie cor.
sidered the Executive as responsible for
the large estimates Of the Departments.
The Chairmen Of The Committees on
Military and Naval Affairs were entitled
to the thanks OF the country for their moi
having countenanced these enormous es.
Inmates. t A.. id --
P The President had declared that no
man had RICH, to speak 10 hun, and rha,
no man knew his opinion upon this ques-
tim. beyond his Cabinet. This was to
be deprecated; ii was unfortunate tha,
he was SO unRpproachable. This was
not the portion Of General Jackson.
W1'ld it have been Mr.. Clay's position.
had he succeeded to Tie Presidency, or that
at the Senators from Missouri nr South
C"ro'ina. if either of them filed that Of
iice He thought not. The lea ling
characteristic Of this Administration, he
thought, was secrefnsss, He was Of o.
plnion that the President was ready to in
cline either way; he hoped he would se,-
NE al forty-nne degrees, and he believed
that an overwhelming majority Of the
people would concur in such an arrange.
ment.
He deprecated all the terms of con.
,umely and reproach against Grea, Brit
ain which hal been roduced into this
debate. The opening speech of The Sem
ator from Ohio was II The most violent
nature; it vas more opprobrious in its
dIction than any thing he had befnre
heard. If any thing in the Senator's
speech could give glimpse Of satsfac-
ton, il was his declaration that the for.
clgn nation which he was treating with
so much contumely, and whose enmity
he seemed 10 care so lille sboui exciting.
needed only to have lis power touched,
and It would tail away into utter nothing
ness; that. in fact, Great Britain was the
weakest nation in Europe, Every exer-
lion had been made 10 excite the pnblic
mind, and To prepare itfor war: all kinds
Ut old and long-setIled and adjusted ques.
lions had been revived and pressed lnto
The service, The Northeastern bounda.
y question, and all the subjects oonnec-
ed with the treaty BY which it was adj
listed, had been brought forward. The
episode occa.ioned by its Introduction had
ed to three days discussion. lie hoped
hat tho honorable Senator from Massa-
'hnsetts. who had felt himself bound by
due regard to his own reputation to no
ice the matter, wonlI not condescend to
,ay any further attention 10 it. The ,
les who huzzed about this matter world
'nly receive an undeserved fame ty bring
preserved in the amber Of tho honorable :
Senator's notice.
MIR. Mangum said that he was in favor =,