The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-17


~Ifh the honorable member from Aazz4ehaS<tis
Who s1ts usually beAind me, Mr.. WmTHsSS,l thai
&C saoold speak PLAINLY IN tins Mater. Whatever
ear nights An had eoansry arc, 90 foS maintaining
hen al every hazard
Bat ssr, even amoax those Who are agreed a. q
oar nset 70 ths ~hoss % oseson th<se diversity
Of opsnssn 80 10 INC brad Of q .ss<EsinS and
srconns our rights therr- WhIlsE one portsOa Of
"a friends arc decided IN ihs oplaiou Ih4t &C shOad
come boldly oas-e<Staye our Claims before the
soSid and prepare N telsaA II NJ necessary ~Eh The
slrOos might Of Inc c0unlr,s srm-xh<re \
another pertton ~hO arc for leaslng Il To time and
snlsrznon qaS~ty and peacefully 10 eifeet the same
result IL appears 70 me mat time and emi<rsIiOn
have osea looked 10 Io0s eooash 10 sdudse and As-
esd> tbs n4Iier. T~enty-6ts os thlrty wears asO
ths sane matter eft the sEhs,raInsnt Of Sine
and nay .. asked, ~h.f no. the ssa.s Of The
eas~ WAY, Gar, ~s arc Bo~ further from deco
ssoo o. q tA2n sAea II kG s9bmlttsd 70 thai Tn
esnA IAc t~o sOsernmeass are actually settiuS
faftAsT snd farther apart all the While IN Iheir sorts
70 bring about saissfaelory sAJ1s<nsnt Of thsi mat
Ter Add pay, ar, what has eznlxrsloa sioae al
The shLe IL TOO has been Iarty aid "a and
- nO~ aioseshsr hopeiesz- II . true, that IAers
ass Doc m Oregon soa< s<sea tkO1zand Americans
o9t The un~ ~n<a rhe~e seven thoasan4 p<ou.~ went
here . an lmportzai inqahsy IN ms eoaneaioa.
would asa, II u Be not Tue that thsy have nearf,
OF qaar an % 'Asm soo< thsE< sines the spnnS o.
1874. ~hen the denosn<ue party IN oOavensioa al
baluElOse declared titb- the Whole Of Oregon
ADD n II be not tue, that yet brzsT portioa OF
th~se haEs gOos there The peopls Of thIs eoan.
ny, IN the great popular election Of Is4I rsu6ed
and ooohuDed this teelsrsr1oas Mr.. Gr.enkO.r
States, m his HsloSy Of oEeson, tha, 90 ats as
Inc faA Of ls+3 hsrs oaI four han4r.d
Anseueans m The whole territory. ThSss thsa are
the s-soranees that have carried them there-1zsa-
rsnoes that the country vas ours, that ~as 10 Be
taken under our own dominion, and mai they
~Oald be prOSeeted by our avs Refuse now 10
49,
our ute, q back sardDess m adopting MEASURES
20 MAINTAIN II, and yea -I nod only, N nv OpsnIoa
efeot1zly arrest emigration thitheT 6GG that ihoa-
san5s q thOs- Who nave already gone there vii ~
turn 10 the S%atss- Or denLgrAiion ana. be eonioued
k ID DC linited snrreiy the south Of the Coluoia
ssd thus ~lil give 70 Gress BCIt.In ali Ih.t she de-
slrss- must confess, that have 10 confidence m
the ~Oodsr -ornns-edsSts o. -InacnSKy," whssber
e Oe called use and mastery, STUPID and bun
giuns. Il never has done anything ethsr soS nations
90 foS individuals ACTIVITY the nam sprin< Of sue
cess and prosperity N all undertaking. Aenor-
ding 70 the gentleman from South Carolina IMr.
RHsII.l our revolutionary fathers trisd bon, and
the result Of thstr exP~TInent gtOrSoOs eomm.n-
tsry upoa The superIoCity Of determInationofs ru-
Rsss, Of srsirsfs We tod by him thai they en-
dassd for years the hardships and oppr.sssoas
and sxaciions OF the mother country before thew
took Up arms 70 redress themselves; and are ID
nonished 20 imIss,e their Patient forb>snnes. Bo,
What DID this forbearane- effect for iheu Inactivity
OGl brought Gpoa Ihem n Accumulation Of Ercags
an Increase Of sxActlOns, and .iditoa Of hxrt-
ships IL Ess actTyIty-a krn and Open sVoxsI
Of their nights and a detsrmIned sffors TO maintain
them-Jhas worked out q vindscafIoo Of thsu rSzhis
and . retress Of al their grievances Les u, imi-
tate them IN the0 Lsst resolve-Ies Is declare our
right merely % establish forts ard pos,-rost.s
bot rSh, the territory the soil-snd by the
people in Oregon Instead Of seven thousand men,
women. and children ~ snail have ~ q, that num-
Der of hghung. nen-men OF nerve and skill IN IN.
use Of the deadly rlie-Eesdy and on the SPOT 70
dsfend thesr homes and their iresides Bot those
gentlemen Who promise 10 ger for Us the whole Of
thesr plan via nos cad 10 war Tkan - the pacific
policy, Il We voald Trust 10 theirskaA IN propheey
Bat let rs analyze their plan and see how q TO
work IN practice They, like Us, advocate our
right 10 the whole, and that we shall Jake posses
slon OF e, encourage our people 10 do So
The 0aly difference between us o. that x. uro-
pose TO notfy Grea, Britain Of our in,entious-lhey
propose to do The same thing without any notice,
Wei, how do they propose To take possession,
Why, 0y erecting fogts, by establishing post Offices
and post routes, and by extending our laws over
'~nnLSr.nts, and by encouraging them TO make per-
uSAnent s-..l>e1ents In the eo1ntry aaa IN reduce
and cultivate the eaElA And all this IL % B. done
ihroGgh oui the xhols extent fs.-. 100 TO SO 20
To limit these establishments the CcAs-uhiz or
0y the 49, Is n once TO admit that you nteof 70
surrender the balance Of the territory. Can Great
Britain fail TO in all this n determination Dust
her from the country Is she blind that she can
not deaf that she cannot hesr-so dull tina;
she cannos understand Think you that our actions
vii not speak to her louder than any words ve
could employ Viii not our forts, and our niiiiiia
and our farms, and workshops, su.ak to her
IN language stronger than what can Do. into any
written NOTICE We can serve upon her and tell her
Of determination TO appropriate the whole
Try, And If she 8 determined TO retain any portion
- Il -
point Of the bayonet, and al the cannou's mouth
To expect anything else Is to calculate largely upon
the blindness or tame submission of that naughty
power. The gentlemen appear, themselves, TO have
some aDprehenslon after all that their plan NAV
not work 50 peacefully and quietly; and they attempt
TO prepare and rscoaciLe 10 the which their
plan may bring about by telling that il Will make
Great Britain the aggressor; and they amplfy most
eloquently upon the manifold advantages of beng
In the defensive | am wiling to admit that there
great and manifest advantages In being on the
defensive IN any controversy, whether IL Be Of q
warhke or other Character. But II would seem to
ne that war vii possibly grow on, OF this ques-
ton N which Great Britain Will not necessarily and
unayotaoly be the aggressive party. Even if the
notice Is gwen, and war should snsue, she must
begin IT, All vii admit that We populate that
country more rapidly than she ear. The gentle
men who propose 10 get the whole country, If the
notice be not gwen, count largely If not entirely
superior advantages for cotonlzns that country.
So long, therefore, as do that, and thereby
by maI0rIrIes the control Of the country,
whai more do we ask What 10 there 10 fight for;
Nothing, esrtAinly, part. Our position would
give every advantage So far, therefore, the
QUESTION OF concerned the practical results Of
both plans wOGd seem to ne to be the same The
one may onng 1t on little more speedily than the
other, bot war is as likely to follow the the
other and IN either case Great Britain must begin it,
am, therefore, IN favor Of tie nOtce, because
believe that there a disposition the part Of al
most every member OF this House To take posses
siou Of some portion Of that terTitory-to euco1r-
age citizens to emlgrsis there, and 10 make per-
manen, and exclusive Settlements and to extend our
avs and institutions over them This cannot Be
done IN my estimation, consistently with subsssIng
treaty stIpulsious until after The nOsce gwen and
the treaty abroEs,sd- The nogies 70 the Only way
in which in proper faith rid ourselves Of our
obligations Great Britain. And this course
necessary foe those who think our claim does not
extend beyond the 49o, az for those who would be
satisfied with nothing less than the whole Foe the
subjects Of Great Britain have the rights Of lngrsss
ana egress and Of trade into every portion Of the