Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-03-04
MIR. wEBSrEgS VIEWS OF TIE ORE.
Con NEGOTIATIONS.

tiOu must b. expected to act, II, charged a.
BE- MAS with the defcnc. of the coum,I., he
cXp-ctcd ans dtngcr OF its bsiug assaulted by
tis most ionni liable Power Oh earth. | sull
~ ihcoc ~ iothi1g la the Executive coinmu-
nica,ious to show us that the President does
expect q Mar. Hc must, then, expect no
thing but a -co1tiBulncs ut thc pT sent dis
pttc. % . settlement oi IL b, ucgocisti"i.
but how * ittoh- s,ttlcdf Ca what tcun,l
ia Whist hisi-l Al that Ne hear i, the
whole oi Oregon or none" Aud yet there 4,
IA h. urgo,iation. We cannot conceal lrom
ourselves or tia world tn grpss Inconsistency
ui such c%olrluct. II j. the -pint OF ihc whole
ncgoCiltiun ga our part, that Oregon l. ouns
lthrry is nothing like admitting even a doubt.
on the part oi ourselves or 9th r.. - 10 That
position and yet Ne are Ia negotiate! What
~ neEociation Docs any gentleman eXPcct
uiat tbt Administration are, by n.goCiSiion,
lo puc.ua,ic Great Britain To surrender 'hc
Whole cot what she holds in Oregon They
may do this. | cannot say they will not. IL
that &. their cNpectation. let them try their
hand al ~; | wish them .succsss. That ~, !
wish We may get "sli op-gon' II we can but
let our argument b. lair, AMI let Ia s-t,lc the
question reasonably.
But | TO not understand the position we
,tc placed in. Thc Executive seem, Ia be Tor
negotiation. bat against taking any thing
but the whole of Oregon. What y 10 bc
the gruuui ot ncgocistion2 What Is the ba-
si- ON which il j. Ia proceed Ia the EXccu-
tive has made up TAI, miud not Ia treat ior
less THAI ihe whole. hc should NY ~, aDd
throw hima-li az once on the two Houses oil
Cou.rcs,.
! am entitled 10 make t1is remark, because
IL cannot d. disguised that the prolsblc effect
OF this uutice j. viewed very differently by
very intelligent gentlemen, all friends oi the
administration on this floor. The Senator
from Georgia (Nir. ColquitO regards II o. a
mcasufc tending Ia pcacc Ilc expects IL hopes
pcaoc from it,sudi binks The eIPr ssio0 q such
opinions a. lac avows will enable the Adj
ministrsiion to secure the pcscc of the country.
There are CERTAIN other gentlemen. and among
them The honorable Senator from Michigan,
(Mr. Cass) who are much less atlcn, IN theIT
hope. Il peace. That Senator'S impression
has been, that, u NE pass this notice, there ~
4 possibility and q prospect OF war; and ~
against The genilcmnn'S own declarations am d
~diSvowals, his speeches generally terminate
in The expression that war is inevitable.
Mr.. Cass here mS'. amid a general smile,
and said, No, Imach laughtetl no; ] never
used the word aud ! bcg leave TO contradict
the statement. | have been uiraid OF war.
This, ! allow, has been INV position; and |
hope ! shall neither br misunderstood nor
misrepfosented. l do not mean la ssy that
the Senator from Massachusetts intends 10
misrprSnt me.
ML Webster. Certainly not.
Mir Ccs.. Whatl laid wss that We were
called on by thSIpsidcnt 10 give this notice;
that II we gave tt md there was no negocia.
ton, aud Enrlaod dad not rccete, and We
went on to carry out the other mra.urcs re-
commended by the President. that then a war
should b. certain. IA laugh / will repast
my position. say, II we give this noiicc,
and there shall h. no negotiation aud II Eng
LAID adheUs Ia her pSstcnsious, and We 80 TO
take possession Of Oregon while She Is Ihenc
Ia possession, then there will be- - gentle
men 'nay u>e ANY term they Ploaoo. Much
m%crnmrut.
Mr.. Wcbstcr-Thc only contingency the
SENATOR fears j. that England will continue
her claim. Now ! would ask the honorable
Senator whether he expects that England will
ever surrender al OF Oregon To aay power on
earth.
Nj. Cass.-i have my doubts that she will.
! asked, aSioug ago ~ m Octobcf last, when
she had ever rciinquisheda claim 10 terri
tory she had ever setup.
Mr. Wcbster.-E 1ocily; aud 1t comes 60
,he same dining. Tie gentleman thinks we
shall not reCedc. aui England will not r.ccde;
sni then what mor Likely 10 happ~n than .
war; IL Was the Senator's argument. and
not aus particular expression b. employcd
which gave gnc the idca that such was las ian
preston. ] do not charge she gentleman
with saying tlat IVA was inevitable but
what lac did say yet rings iu my ears. anI
ON every rcium OF thc like Language. / an.
reminded of tho sentence with which the Ro-
man senator ended hls speeches, "Ddmda esf
4 CDTiaor0.
lam dr,irnus of~ expressing tlis sentiment
-tWlthout wishing 10 ,mt0rrsss tie Admin
iwiiun U negotiations are pending ! will
huid my touEr my tongue shall b. biistefei
bcipft J will SAY anything against onr tide
50 long a. registrations are pending but the
President must ,"c tsc omlnusssmrnis undef
which we stand. ] am willing To aid the
I Administration. 5nd NIil aid il to obtain all
tO which We arc justly cntltlcd)- that ! must
know something al the views, expectations.
ends aud objects Of he President la recon.
mcndiug this notice. | Caunoi much longer
b. quiet in the existing postufr Of affairs
when no measures If defence are fccommrs
ded to as but ucgo,iition B. held out az ike.
" to hung tic question tn q settlement IA,
katglsul giving az thc whole matter in DIS.
putr, NJ doubt ol tiidt j. as strong a. that
expressed by the senator lfom Michigan (Mf.
Cas-
say here. - hrasmy " know edrc poo.
that 81 Is not Che judgment OF this country Thai
% - not the Judgment ot this senate. thai the
Got,rument oi ihe United States shall run the
hazard ct a War Tor Onrgpn, bs renoancing as
no longer ht Tor consideration proposition
made b, OURSELVES ioGrcat Britain thinv wears
ago sad repeated aEsin and sgain briore the
Wndl ! DO nDt ~pcak og sny si~cifr rropo
siuuns. lost 80 tlr general his. ~ the general
plan 30 justly suggested by the senator fr,m
Missouri tMs Bcnton) 81 n farating the 10
tsust Ut Hulsh SUBJECTS and American riii
nens beyond The Rocky Mountains. lrpea
tie as, ftion ihut "a y not the judgment O
ihis couuty tlnt we aTe bound ia reject ou
uwn propositions. made over Bni over agaii
thing ant twenty wears ago. DO nut hslic,,
that sBsh D. the iud mcu, ol this Srnatc.
have the fullest belief tltt tAe proposition
pfoposd hy tho grntlcman iram Grogcis con
ruu y ith ilic views ol . large insjonU Of thi