The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-01-16

Senate 10 ulu llil w tue StitlNIicHt W. '''S
question, and published to the world the
entire diplomatic correspondence upon The
subject thereby showing concluslYely that
negotiations had ended. What would be
thought Of any Government which would
make public diplomatic correspondence be-
fare The NEGOTIATIONS were al an end
In reference to the remarks Of the Sen.
aior from North Carolina, be had but
single word TO say. Tie had already as
clalmcd an intention to cast any lmpulaiioh
upon the President and II was unneces.
sary TO repca; IL, az, IN all The ordinary
transactions % life, If one explanation be
not sufficient, he could 90 no further How
could II be an attack on the President,
with this language Of hlso~n before ihemi .
Mr.. llannegan hole read portion OF The 1
Presidents message. What had lac done
more than re.nsseu what he had himself
asserted The title to Oregon must be
sustained, as IL had been already nobly sus'
tanned by the Senator from South Carolina
aud bv The present Secretary Of State. And
he would ask in what quarter OF tins coun.
try would they find an assembly OF Amer
lean c.iizens who would so for the REIN
ouishment Of single foot OF it, With the
irIefragabie testimony ol our title when
existed, there would be rs much proprIeiy
in the surrender Of Florida, or Of Maine,
or Massachusetts. Gentlemen talk about
the nights Of En.lIn be had yet 10 hear
the first substantial aIgumch or proof 10
favor Of Engldnd's title beyond the right Of
a tenant. No man coIld produce any such
proof No man could do moro than Mr.
Pakenham had done to establish England )
title, and lie had, infer all, signally failed
i The Senator from South Catulina had
told them that he was as warm Trend oi
Oregon as any uan that could be found m
the country. Doubtless he 50 believed (;
but, il lie were a true mother, he would mol
lie willing TO cut the child IN two, and give
away one half. Look al the map Of Ore.
gou; the whole control Of the north Pacific
lies above the forty ninth parallel-lhe
whole maritime control, every harbor
worth possessing And yet be would give
L away.
The Senator declares Continued Mr..
Ilannegan) tina, be has AWAY been Tie de-.
voted friend Of Oregon. lie congraIula:cs
himself upon the fact, and ! am sorry TO
see that portion If tho press Of the eoun.
try has itcraied and reiterated. 10 relation
to his views that beautiful expression en-
bodyiug the Fabian policy, and used, be.
hcse, by Lord Chatham, "A wise aud mas.
terly inactivity" must say that ! regre,
to see ;his policy SO highly laudcd m con
nexion with tins question. | respect the
talents as well as the high standing which
that distinguished Senator occupies among
the members OF the human family, but
have, | confess, lilte admiration for the
course which the Senator pursucs upon
this question. Had the bill 10 which the
I, Senator alluded passed through Congress
and become a law, Oregon would have
been ours twenty thousand niles would
have secured it, but YOU refused to act
YOU held back, when you might, despite
every hazard, have secured your night
The masses were waiting N expectation
. Of your movement they we're Whiting 10
f the expectation that the Government would
back them; but they waited IN vain, ans
, tbs is the result OF your "~ wise and mas
: tefly inactivity" THIS wise aud mas
: terly inactivity" has ruined Oregon. ! as
r sure YOU | say tins is no uukindness ! say
il sorrowfully; for | lament It's results
4 SIR, vas about TO say, aud do not know
Wheeler Il be out Of place al tins time, TIN
4 the ptcclp,aucy Of the Senator 10 rotation
. TO Texas presents remarkable contrast I,
, has d" wise and mastery inactivity IN re
iatton 10 Oregon. charge no improrc
motives upon any Senator, and least Of al
upon the distinguished Senator from Souii
! Carolina but II appears TO me tha, " bet
? a question Of territorial acquisition arse
+. upon the \otlhwest there - not the Sam
g readiness on the part Of Southern gentle
4 men to participate. Prcclrtaucy the Sen
alor says, 10 relation TO Texas, was wise
n but not so IN the case OF Oregon. lIcavcr
d knows there has been time enough for ma
: turlug plans Il IS now time for action, Th
. two countries stand front to front and
o my life on It, II It were a question witt
!. Mexico, this would te The golden moment
q II II were Tor the acquisition OF Cuba, o
p some possessions further sllll amid the bur
=, ming regions Of Panama, It would be lh
II golden moment. Sir, hope maJori,,
g IN this Senate Will not reject these ro-olu
# tons. They assert only what the Prcsl
d dent has asserted, aud no more.
i MIR. Calhoun said he was no greater ad
e yocate for the acquisition Of territory i
d the South than IA the North. The honor
e able Senator was peri, city aware Of III
d sentiments upon this subject. Wills, h
n was member Of MIR. Mouroc's Cablne
he had always been aycrse TO disturb III
d possession Of Spain in Cuba; he was s.
Is now he would he the last man to max
l. such movement. When the proper tim
n should arrive, and this subject be brough
IS up for discussion, he thought he would b
N able to show, beyond all doubt, that H.
e reasons which governed him upon the Ten
:, as question, governed BIN also upon thl
e question and that It there were any dr
II ference between the Senator and himself
J. i was only rs to the means to be cmployc