The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-04-09
EXTRACTS
Frun a spssrh + III. HAYWOOD. II q
siair. y Dc Ougon Question. delissrsa IN Il
senae o. he 4lh alla 5sh II Mach, 1915.

From e speerh 4 III. HAYWOOD a. EAls
stass. - the Orgon Question. delivered IN he
senale = he Al ~ 81 u Nassh. Isis.
hsFs seldom heard discussion. Mr..
Presi2enk about our territorial right in any
anaFics. .bas ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Web
sler's ssealy was moi Reproduced. A new
edition Of N old speech, abridged 10 be
sure, but not improved. Our politicians
seem determined 10 convince The world
abroad, and the people al home, whether
or noi.thaI our nation i always Oyerreach-
ell, cheated. and disgraced. But why DO
this, fiat all, long after treaty has been
solemnly ratified by vote Of 30 70 0. in
the American Senate. Let not Senators
give their aid IN il, say, as we love ono
another or The country. ! inter no COM
plants against the speech itself Of nv no.
norablc friend from Missouri, Mr.. Ben.
ton. Like everything else that comes
from him here, il was eloquent. Ii was
in season and At The right time when he
made il. The occasion which called il
forth has now passed. and along with il
the strong excitements under which the
speech was made. The constitutional au-
ihori!ies Of the Government orerruIed his
objections, and il Is no disparagement to
the fame Of the speech or Of that Senator
to believe that his noble and generous
heart would be able 10 see now land his
manly character would lei him own id
that there was quite enough Of inyeciiye
and suspirion in the speech when il was
made. ] know not how he feels under
its repetition. with or without notes, but |
have admired the patience Of Senators ial-
plica;ed By denuncia,ions about the Wash.
ington treaty, and wondered how they
could silently endure it. Certainly, when
such things are introduced here, they are
in exceeding bad taste, and very like what
a veneraied friend of mine used 10 call the
dullest thing in the world to listen at
.old psalms sung over dead horses"
Out Of the Senate, it is the game BY which
great men of this nation are to be killed of.
and more room left for exalting little men
to big Offices.
But Mr.. President, let all this be as il
may, and let il be right or wrong in the
President 10 have sent his Message, and
the information in il, 10 the Congress Of
tho tinted Stases: he has done it---t'iat Is
past recall. The subject is before the Sc
nate, and with all lis embarrassments, it
has become necessary for the Senate 10 act
upon il, and in my judgment, The sooner
we do that, the better for the country.
In order to act Alright we must look to
the Presidents Messages, and see for our
selves what position he occupies. agree
entirely with some other Senators that we
cannot take our position upon this ques-
ton of the notice until we see the position
of the President. See it, mean, with
reasonable certainty; as positive certainty
cannot be arrived at, and cannot be expect
ed. IL he means to negotiate for CON-
promise, or if there be pending negotia-
ton, il would be unwise, unprecedented,
and indelicate, for The President, either
himself directly, or indirectly through an
other person, to declare beforehand any
determination OF his own mind upon ques-
| tions to arise in the further progress of
such negotiation. | shall, in justice TO
him, have occasion to point out to the Sc
nate hereafter how | think this silence
this necessary silence--proyes almost Of
itself that his "thoughts are turned on
/ peace"
But what is the position of the Presi-
sident in this negotiation! About il there
would be less doubt If there had been less
effort to assign the President an extreme
! position, and false position. What say
the records!" Where does he stand!
We must see before we fling him the no.
tice to terminate the convention of 1927.
First, we all know that the President
whose assent is iudispeusable--will not
agree to an arbitration. | do not stop TO
defend or to accuse him for this; it belongs
to some other occasion. Ii, in the Provi-
ldence of God, this Oregon controversy
should terminate in conflict, the respon-
sibility of having rejected arbitration will
be fearful one, and he will have TO meet
lit. But the responsibility has been taken
lby him. The Senate, therefore, must
now proceed upon it as fact, " fixed
that arbitration is out of the ques-
|t:on. We cannot help it il we would, and
| owe it to candor to say, that would not
if | could.
Well, then, we have seen in his Mes
sage that Great Britain made an offer OF
compromise, which was rejected by the
American Government, in August, 1874,
and the President has informed Congress
plainly and distinctly that this British pro-
position to us cannot be entertained by
him, but that it is +" wholly inaamissihle."
$50 far there is no difficulty. Everything
is plain and directly TO the point, as II
ought to be.
| Next, we are informed by the Message
that the President himself made anotfer tc
Great Britain by which the territory o
Oregon between the parallels of 420 ant
$40 4O' was proposed TO be divided by
i. compromise on the line of 400, and tina
81 IL.