Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-03-26
30 Tks CON 4. ne HIS y.
FlRs SESSION.
spEcIM. ORDER. QUESTION, Sc
MR. CAlllOtN's SPEECH
IN tut L. 5. snNArr.

The Senate prnf eeaed the consider nj the spe4
eial orler hrng the innt resolution ol the Committee
nn Foreign Relations. proposing 10 give notee 10 Great
britain Of the intention OF this Government 10 aonn the
treaty ur the lolut occupation 81 the Oregon effory.
and the resclu ii Altssrs annega talhoun mt
tendtn and ,elqaiu having relation TO tho same Oh
iect.
Mr.. CALHOUN, heinQ entitled 10 the foor rose mud
addressed he Senate very nenriy rs iollows:
The qnesoa nndfr nrdet or discussion Is. wheih.
er notice shall TIC given o.feal Britain that The enns
vehnn ol nt occupancy between and her shall tiers
inmate the end of the yea. To that question shall
cnntne my rcmgtks. limiting them 10 that aud 10 the
questions Immediately connected with It. shall shy
nothing ia regard Ia The title Ia Oregon, Having been
personality connected With previous negotiations N
which that question MAS concerned. II will be seen by
MI that IL is proper that should rass il hy without no
tee. shall abstain tom thing ot personal char
aeler. and from every thing ealcnAed n wound the
feelings OF any geuleman, but. AT the same time,
shall express myself freely, iay and, cahdidlp on all
the suhjrcts which | shall consider II my duly TO
touch With tlcse few ptealoly remarks, shall pro.
coed ut To The question o nutice,
There Is ore point on which we must all he agreed
and HAT IS thar great change has aiken place since
thu commencement 81 thu session IN the lapHanee Of
this question: and IN is hearing upon peace and war. Al
TINT imc this mrasue ot Hoiee o the greatest and
mast weinhy importance involving AS II did the ques
iian whether peace with Great nfaln should OF should
nal continues Now it has berome one q" comparailse-
" minor impariaroe aud may he drclded ellhet way
without cNctug any veiy decisive elect on These I'M
patlant Interests So nredt, ud"ed Is s ohhuGe. that
the very reasons hch are urged 10 the Executive
SAGE support OF the recommendation thai nnce shall
be given. lave Longer iher Application. he bearings
both nj The and of the several parties ~ the
Senate Nleh have ptonn out n H. are entirely altered.
That the Executive recommendation 10 terminate the
natlce is tuundd uu the conviction that pending such
naiire. there be compromise oil or dticuiles an
The 0reton question: musl be, ! think, addmcd ON all
sides ndeed. the llngaage ui the message l. explicit
n a.. dub 4tt.,,
that no compromise cou be effected which we ought
10 aceept. Il that lac made 10 the ln>
I-h commissioner eler OF the parallel ot d9o. but
that. that e having been rejected. he ordered that
should be Immediately Withdrawn. And on that same
ion he recommends Ia Congress the passage OF
ths notice, with n view The removal OF all impede
the assertion u liglt In the hole oi the
q eaan friri,ary. Assuming that there would he nn
clnpfumise. tie President tells Us that, at the expires
ton al Nese months. period will have arrived when
title that country must either be Abandoned or
hml, maintained. Throughout the whue message
there is nr the slightest ntimalion that any compo
mise is xpeced hui. The contrary, the entire deus
meni assumes the opposite yie".
YET admit that The grounds on which The President
hasos this his couvi run n derived from The negnla.
IN itself and maioy from tie fact that his offer If a
C ,mnsnnise on 49o, rejected ! admit that, pro-
pedinq that tuuudatiun, II Is lar Inference ihAt II
Eunland shall renew her pltt the proposition which
when made cure. size rejected. there would be no
impedinrni in the way s acceptauer ut the same
time the President aiaaes not The slightest expectation
hat such an offer Will be made her part, " that any
com pranise III be effected.
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