The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-03-20

been " dismembered" by the separation oil
Texas. Did the speech OF the Senator
from North Carolina sustain the principle
or this declaration MIR. Ii. would leave
il 10 the world to say.
lie further quoted the letter where II
declared We ought 10 assert aud hold our
right OF dominion over the whole territory
OF the Republic.l Who defined the limits
of Oregon Did not the President hum
self Mr.. IL. here quoted the following
passage from the President message =
1.-THE extraordinary aud wholly lnadnlssl'
BILE demands OF the British Government,
and the rejection Of the proposition made
/ in defereuce alone 10 what had been done
| by my predecessors, aud the implied ooi''
cation which their acts seemed 10 impose,
afford satisfactory evidence that no COM
promise which the United States ought To
accep, can be effected. With tins convIc'
ton, The proposition Of compromise which
had been made and rejected was, by my
direction, subsequently, withdrawn, and our
title TO the whole Oregon territory asser-
ted, and, as IS believed, maintained by IT.
reirayabc facts and arguments. W hat
did this language mean! The olirr oil AZ
degrees What compromise could he
make short of the Russian line OF "a dc.
prees 40 Did he not assert our title TO
be clear and indlSputable 10 the country
between 40 degrees and 81 degrees 10
Besides, Mr.. II. held the language Of the
Secretary OF State to be virtually the Ian
guage Of the President and had not Mr..
Buchanan claimed tie whole territory up
10 81 degrees 40 ! He had. MIR. H. here
read from the closing part OF Nh Buchan'
ans last letter to Nh. PakCnham. Mr.. Is.
here declared lha, II Was still the oplnon
Of the President that our tile was the best
in the world to the whole territory. Dad
not the Secretary here speak for the Pes
dent And did not the President see this
document before II was scn, Aud did not
the President adop, the language as Lls
own and plan, himself upon 81 degrees
40 It was his own ductrnc--hls own
position he planted himself Oh - degrees
10, and nothing short Of that Inc.
Nh II. well remembered that Mr.. Folk
had mol been his own first chuice, nor that
Of the Senator from North Carolina. Nel.
Their OF them had preferred him for the
office If Chief Magistrate. They both
preferred another; bu, lie was happy 10
see that Mr.. Polk bad won Ius way so fast
in the regard uf the Senator as 10 induce
him to volunteer his defence against the
attacks Of men " hu never mode any.
But Mr.. II. would here say that Il the
President had betrayed the standard OF The
Baltimore Convention TO It's cucmles-he
would not do as the Senator from North
Carolina had threatened to do-'uu hl,
t back upon hint the Pfcsldeut would cart
; bu. ltlle If they both turned tier back
upon him but he would dcnounce him u,
rectcau, to his own avowed principles
g rccreaul to the weighty trust coutided Il
his handS-rccTeaut to the generous conf
c dence Of the American people. Mr.. Ii
: would not on that account abandon HI
u principles, nor abatc one Jot or u'ile Of th'
: demand hc set up Ia the whole If Oregon
He would speak of those who did, IN th
!, language Of truth and icaressness
Z The Senator fr IN North Carolina Ia,
; undertaken to give to the Senate the Ian
r guage Of the resolution Of the Balllmor
e Convention on the subject Of Oregon. IL
II understood him as protesting 10 read It a
c ii stood: # that was wha, he proicssel
u what he did was unworthy Of Senator.
> Mr. Haywood said that, IN reply to this
f; he would read TO the Senator part Of Nj
e Dresses speech: and lie quoted passag
N from tba, speech.
Mr.. flanagan, resuming, said there va
r. a great difference between tins, rs explain
At ed BY the Senator, anj the resolution q
n adopted at BlIlimofc. He would read til
resolution Is it was. Mr., II. here read d
d follows:
?. Resolred, That our title to tue whoI
u Of Oregon is clear and uuqucstiouable; III;
c no portion Of the same ought to be ccdc
z to England or any other Power aud III.
lie the re occupation Of Oregon aud the re al
oi nexatl0n Of Texas, at the earliest practices
ble period, are great American measure
cs winch this Convention recommends to ii
cordial support Of the Democracy Of II
at Union"
i MS I'IliluliAtu tllt IGlIbtidllG par
nc To the whole Of Orcgon-every foot Of
Let any Senator rise IN his place, aud tc
re IN wha, quarter Of the Union the names
e Texas and Oregon had no, flown, side /
III side, upon the Democratic banners
Wherever Mr.. II. had been, it was So.
o. Texas and Oregon Oregon aud Texas
Va always went together,
az Did the Senator from North CarohG
NJ ilauer himself that he could win the a
10 plause Of the Democratic party, aud blu
their eyes, as lie seemed to think he hi
ar ilckled their ears, while he withheld fro
or them the substance Of what they were co
OF tending for Ii he did, he was great
ny mistaken. Texas and Oregon were tw
IT. measures, aud they dweIr together IN ev
ry American heart. With all who 1t
n gone for Texas, and (as he was told)
o. Texas itself, the two names floated {,
n gether on all the Democratic banners
at And now, when Texas" was admittc