Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-03-25
From The baltimore american.
SUBSTANCE OF MIR. CALIlOUN'S
SPEECII,
ON TuF OREGON QUESTION.

The Question was now whe,her The
notice should be given ar the end "l The
year Having been connected with the
negotiation he should say nothing of Tile.
as it would be exceedingly indelcaIe for
him to do So lie should say nolhius
either calculated ID offend any one.
All must perceive that the aspec. of
This question had changed since the meet
ins Of Congress. The Pre.idtn''s mes
sage declared tha, "no compromise
which might be made" ought to he ac-
copied. The President further said that
at he end OF one year ihe lime would
come when we must either assert or aDan-
don our claims to the whole ol Oregon.
lie was obliged TO admi, ho"eVe', taa'
there was "a fair inference IL Ge drawn
thai if The British Government would re.
new he 0llrr o 80 deg direct or SuOstan
italy, il would he accepted.
Mr. Calhoun said he was opposed to
notice, because it would not produce com
promise, while others were ready 10 OPP
nose the notice if it wnu.d produce con.
uro.!isc. Between war aud compromise,
Senator'S upon the one side chose ihe Tor
mcr, " lille he and his friends were in la
vor or compromise because they did not
regard our title TO The whole OF Oregon aS
! clear and unqueslinua!lr. He llioueht
the suhIrct was proper one Tor conipro
mise and for a fai. adjustment o. the te'-
ritury III dispute.
Mr.. Calhoun lhcushl the construction
o :hr Message did no warrant any con-
clusion OF d pacific character. The Pres'
deur in his Message had directed that we
should vindIcale our claim to The wii"ic
of Oregon by an appeal 10 arms aud not
IN any other Inrm whalsver. lie did moi
believe that llI,, Prrsldeni intended TO III.
l!midatc England ny recommending tie
notice, for his own good sense must have
taught him that it would have produced =
Directly different elect.
Nur did he cumcuf with Senators WHO
though, il uuwisc thai the Convention
should never have bceu catered INTO al all.
TAal Convention was 10 be made OF war
would have cnaucd. England would ao'
compromise ,hc qacslIon Lpoa -, aid
We were obliged, therefore, 10 make The
uilcr.
We hazard roiEins in saying that
there was large majority Ia thIs bod J
Who were Ter cninpromisc-honnrabls
conprnmsc-upo Ills question.
rne British Guyernmcnt aud The Prime
Minister Of England were undoubtedly
in ias,r Of compromise, aud upon lht
basis Of The line which had been once
proi osrh by us aud declined hy Ens
! The declaration Of Sir Robert Peel uusbI
to produce lis effect uroa CTR Government
aud lead TO Il renewal Of neeniiaiion:
way OF an amlcahlr settlement of this
question. Hc trusted indeed that inior
nation had gouc 10 Europe, Ihuush he
mad 30 Official information III Ihe fact,
which would lead 10 an amIcuble coni-
promise ut this question.
Wheh the Message was delivered Ihcr
WAS 10 hope OF compromise, hnl there
MAS hope now. All must see l!-al ms:
fcl 1t. II was IEe !ishcsl consistency
nov TO rom. rolnise laIs question:. There
were d.tlcre.t id"as # CONSISTENCY
Sune gentlemen would aGh re To one
thing always, 10 lna'tcr whaI Tic circun
stances. SUGc wuuhl adhere tu lncu
uhcIher !lrir principles ci'un@c. or niI
Bul what would you lhlmk Of the phy ii
cian who wuuld prescribe caomcl an,
nDhine else through al stages Of the dis
ea.c. You MOGId pronounce him quack.
us you must those men who wouin n"l
| i,,.
cas- that line had brought.
lie hoped iha; hIs rlcn.ls who went FIR
ih. whu!e of Oregon nd lhcmsr!, c,
changed these opinions since The T!ecI;lI-
u: Cunsrc.s. They sa" a divided party.
and ii divided people, aud j divided "pin
ion. Did ii lhcu become them To give
lie notice, 10 refuse compromise, and To
claim the whole .! Oregon? liz appeal
cd to his friends rs patriots 10 decide this
qGcs:ion. In regard To notice he should
oppose il unless given IN Il nIo'!iiicd !nrn.
The House Resolution lie could n"t
VOTE for, because /. was cqulvocaI i'll its
character. It Uiice Va, gwen, let II be
gwen in Il plain aud meaning manner. ST.
| that the President and the wOrld could IN
dcfstumd wllaI WAS mcanl by II. tie WIS
incIircrl 10 sve The NOTICE III such form
as was recommended by tic Resolutions
pf the Senator from Georsia,-bur lie
ncId his vote suburiinate to aunlhcr qucs
ZION, which WAS that the question should
bc settled pcacrably and without an ap
peal 10 arms. He was resolved 10 do unutl-
inS which would prevent IN amicabIe ad-
jasInenl uI The whole question.
Alr. Calhoun then viulicatcd his con-
sistcucy and the position he took in 1913.
lie was then for aJberins 10 the c0nvcn
lion and thought the time had come for
abiding by il. Oregon was easy for Us 10
coIuuzc, and difficult Tor England tu com
promise. 10 england The territory was
of comparatively no value. mol 81 lnucI,
as New Zealand, while the Colony itself
was 10000 miles oil, or yearly lie Cir
cuuiereuco Of Ihc globe. We cnisratcd
like the rartars, by families, aud al COM
paratircl no expense.
All was going on well, bu, the times
had changed The people Of Oregon
went there TO avoid high duties. and