The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-05


British allies and tributaries 50 they are to be called OF
course, the necessity Of this movement il undenahe
neighbour Tor the interests Of humanity are at stake With
out an enc en government aternory soon becomss pub
lie nuisance the hATbor OF danscon and Outrage this To-
Gus oi Intrigue the nhTseTy Of revolutions uhd wes u ~
enough that territory Is In dsorisry condition TO
nisnt and expensive precautions Is enough that IN,
wolves more oppressive police large standing srmy or
any other Interference with the liberties and mmnnes Of
peace Such is the state Of all that region enclosed within
the upper Indus aud It's tributaries Bloody revolutions
nsosnt and rebeous soldsry ruined end distracted Peo'
ton compes the neighbos TO sbae the nuisance Such is
the necessity fno the duty which now deyoives on that
great power which Prosdsnee has made the eente Of
unity and OF order 10 the whole peninsula Britain
which holds the seePre successfully wrlded BY 50
many barbarous conqueTOrs the pace the uniter IN
word, the supreme governor, Of Hindostsn''
And this government CONTINUED Mr.. MeD) was
10 carp at US about the extension OF territory This
government 10 place herself in the great moral
chair of the nations TO lecture Russia upon her cruel
ties TO Caueasa, France upon her barbsres towards
the Aigerines, the United States upon the acquisl-
ton Of Texas and the extension OF her slavery sys-
TEN, while at the same moment she was TO wrest
from Central America the Mosquito shores, 10 lay
hold Of Borneo, and 10 cut to pieces the army Of
Gwalior, to seize Chusan, and to invade Pnnjaub-
thus completing her conquest Of the whole Of Hin.
dostan, and literally adopting the principles avowed
by Sir Robert Ped, that "political morality is a
matter Typography" And We were to take les
sons OF morality from such country a country
which talked about religion and morality when her
skirts were literally reeking with the blood Of the
oppressed and down-trodden Of her own country.
Il seemed TO him that the time for negotiation
that the time for nacton had passed that the ex-
posed coalition of our seacoast East, West, North
and Souh, and that THO threatening posture Of our
affairs called upon us "a place country in state
OF defence. lie asked OF those who talked OF peace
when there was no peace, when all the clouds Of
war were thicNening around us when we were
/ standing on the brink OF political volcano
that is 10 conyulse the nations OF the civil
ized world, and whose result was to be the
conflict Of systems and of governments which
were TO mould their destinieS for centuries--is il n
time 10 be talking about peace and about negota-
ton, and 10 be wasting our time in inaetion, and
! without moving for preparation to meet whatever
contingencies may befall us' IL had been beauti-
fully remarked, that the systems OF government in
the moral world very much like the system that
governs the planetary world. In some extent, il is
true, (sad Mr. McDD they differ only in this: tina,
though the orbits Of nations in the former were
variant, they were not unchangeabe England
has fixed orbit in which 10 reyove; her reyoln
tons in the last century have had higher power OF
expansion, and in the ratio OF the correspondent
dminuiion in the spheres of the governments whose
orbits are contiguous to here, and where political
and commercial vitality is literally absorbed in the
Increase Of her power. Who ever dreamed, when
the East India company was incorporated, that now
in the 18th century il would be welding imperial
power over the whole of Hndosan, comprising
| $50, 100000 OF inhabitants. Who could read the
history ofthe erueltes and of the conquess Of that
company, without having his heart filed with indig-
nationi The history Of the Hudson Bay eompa.
ny bears very striking analogy TO that OF the East
India company five looked back to It's creation,
in the reign Of Charles H. and looked al its constant
and gradual usurpatons and progress to the present
who could help saying that its policy, as engine Of
the British government, grasping poicyi That
whenever 1t committed an contrary to the laws
ofthe country, Great Britain denied her hand in H.
but whenever gets possession ola country, by what
ever means, she sets her foot upon il, and claims il
her territory That company was confined originally
to the waters that run into Hudson's bay. Where
were they nowi They had extended themselves
into the broad region Of the Oregon on the Pacific
and there they had reared their Notifications, and
flung out their flag, and were contesting this day
for empire, backed by their government! And yet
talked about treaty about further negotiation
when every day she is planting her foot firmly
soil, and hurting defiance at our government.
Is the American heart dead (aslSed Mr.. Med that
pulsated nobly in the war Of the revolution, and in
the last war Is il dead, Have we no regard to
the liberties of our country Will we permit our
selves to stand by and that country or any per-
ton of It; wrested from us, and offer resistance
he was glad to hear voice the other day from an
aged man in this House, [Mr. ADAMS who had
lived far back in the eighteenth century, responding
TO the declaration that ell Of Oregon is ours; he
was one of the noble band who had watched over
this government its early years and who had add
ed ustre to ito history, he was one of the last OF
those glorious consultations whose light had added
glory to our country which was reflected to other
continents, aud had lit up the hearts of their sub.
ects to just appreciation of liberty; and although
time had palsed his arm although the spray of the
political Jordan still ruled on his locks, thank
God his heart still beat with the pusaons of lib
er,y. And he fMr. McD.) hoped TINT his feeling
would be impaired to this House, and to every ndi-
vidual in this whole country and that we all should
be Americans in feeling and in action upon this sub
| ject.
| He fancied he could hear the voice going out in
thunder tones responding to that sentiment in rea-
| ton to the whole of Oregon; he fanced he could
witness the throbbings of the heart Of that young
giant, and that he could the clouds gathering on
its brow, which would frown down forever the man
our claim to the whole Of oregon. The West asks
nothing of this government but what is right she
will receive nothing that is wrong She offers the
breasts of her sons a NOBLE a Iving-he had al
most said undying-bulwark againstth attacks and
| the usurpatons Of any power on earth. She asks
the liberty Of bearing aloft the colors of our coun.
try, and of planting them proudly the shores OF
the Pacific. She asks that that flag shall wave in
triumph till liberty and Christianity shall have encir
cled the earth, and have moulded the opinions and
the principles of men into love to God and universe
! love to man. Will you grant it; (asked Mr. Med
should deprecate the vote Of this body that should
say that this subject is to be left open for future ne
gotiation. He repeated, millions for defence--no
| one cent for tribute"
Mr.. RHETT remarked that the gentleman from
Ohio, who had just taken his seat had said that IN,
Baltimore convention determined in favor of Texas
and Oregon; and that any man who should fail :,
vote for the notice of the dscontnuance Of the trea
i ty Of 1927 would be put into the black category
those who should be condemned to eternal disgrac,
| and infamy.
| Mr.. MCDOWELL (Mr. r. yielding for explana
Il tom said he had made no such charge. He hat
spoken only Of those who would vote against bill
for the taking possession Of the whole of Oregon
He would be the last man TO make any such insinu
alton against any southern man.
Mr.. RHETT, resuming, said he was exceedingly
happy TO hear the explanation Of the honorable gen
tlenan. The gentleman ought TO I've the last B,
make any such charge because he voted with hin
(Mr. R. against this notice al the very last sesso,
of Congress. At that time this question Of MOTTO
had arisen, having been introduced by the gentle