The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-15


made known and understood, the consistency and
pTopriety OF that eourse-of those measures and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT be fully indicated, and the
President Will stand before the country upon high
and honorable ground far beyond the reach OF
either Of the honorable gentlemen who have under
taken 10 chaslise him.
I'll will not undertake TO assign motives for the
course Of the gentleman from Kentucky, although
il has been broadly nsinuated that his failure TO re-
eeye appointment known TO have been sought
for him, has contributed to excite his angry attack
upon the President.
'"Mr Mcdowell, Of Ohio arose and diselaim-
ed any such motives for the gentleman from Ken
lucky, who was not in his seat.
"Mr STANTON continued. | do not intend IN at
tribute such motives to the gentleman. | merely
desire TO say that the genleman's course is in my
judgment unfortunate, calculated 10 produce such
suspicious and that such suspicious have been
openly nslnuaied here. | regret the course Of the
gentleman, much account Of the high respect
have for him, as for the gross injustice think he
has done to the President Of the United States"
The gentleman makes very liberal extracts from
my remarks, bot he does not make quite enough. l
will give the remainder myself they are as fol-
lows
"Mr. TIssArrs obtained the floor, and address
ed the committee as follows;
"Ms. CHAiRmAs' am no ultraist, unless may be
considered in regard TO the relations Of this gov
eminent with foreign nations. | was, and am, a
hty-fourtorty man as TO our north western bound.-
Il w, Wcn as ofaDuc man as 10 our SOUTH
western boundary. believe that our hre 10 the
one Is as clear as 10 the other. ! would not have
sacrificed the one any than the other. 1
would have gone 10 war for the one for
the other and believe that brave and gallant
army, and our patriotic people particularly Of the
West, would have yindeaIed our title to the one as
easily as they have done TO the other | do not
therefore, shrink from the position which I and
others have taken upon this Oregon question: nor
do regard the that at us on that ae-
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President has displayed high degree OF diplomatic
skill upon this subject, by using Of the ffy-four
fores as stool pigeons to decoy wings and doubtful
democrats irto the trap Of forty nins-using like
sklfu fisherman uses bait 10 catch suckers Thiseom-
pliment 10 the President Is no doubt highly the
credit OF both the fory-nnes and the 6fty-fourfor-
ties. Which Of US IL the most highly honorsd by
the position assigned US, will not pretend say
day OF reckoning will come, sir, however, after
the smoke OF this Mexican war shall have been dis
sipaled, when those who have been concerned in
the abandonment OF territory will be called 10
Just accountability. In that day, sir, "let the galrd
ade VINCE" we, who have sustained the night OF the
country to $40 40, will have nothing for
We can then say that sour wthers are unwrung.".
| "When think Of the manner in which Is said
that this Oregon question has been settled, cannot
but feel humiliaied-l cannot but think that the
proud American
Eagle, towering In her pride Of place.
h aas Zen si,l,6 hsS ksd I" BY housing owl
cannot suffer the remarks Of the gentleman from
TennesSee 10 90 10 the world, sir, without some
comment | feel that il is duo to myself that |
should correct the fragrant into which the gen
| ueman has fallen, as well to make a statement Of
some facts relating IN the subject matter to which
the honorable gentleman from Tennessee refers.
Coming as the gentleman does from the State Of
| Tennessee, and being as | presume upon terms Of
intimate relations with the President, suppose that
must consider his restrictions as en- eahsdra or at
least semo official IL so, the Executive has in this
instance been unfortunate in his selection OF an ad
vocate, as undoubtedly the judgment and critical
powers OF the gentleman have been blinded by his
zeal in the undertaking. My language has been
| wholly misnterpreted by the honorable gentleman
There is no rule Of the English language by which
| my remarks can be made 10 bear the construction
which he has placed upon them. II must be per-.
feetly apparent to everybody, that in speaking Of
the modification which | fell at the position in
which WE placed by the treaty said 10 haze been
made, could not have had any special slusion to
| the President, and that my language could not be
made to apply to him, any more than TO myself, or
any other ffy,fow forty man, who had assumed the
position before the world that our title was clear and
unquesionabIe to $40 40. This is a proposition so
plan-the Languages clear-that will not trouble
the committee with any further remarks, but leave
| the subject.
The gentleman speaks of insinualions--with
| what object or purpose cannot imagine. He disa-
vows any such opinions HIMSELF why then should
he have referred to them at all thank nv honor.
able friend from Ohio, Mr.. MoDowrLI,j for his
| prompt interference on this occasion.
was not apprised, sir, that such insinuatons had
been made, until received the letter from the hon
| orabls gentleman from Tennessee to which have
| referred will not stop now to inquire into the
correctness of the statement for the names of the
ns'nuaors, any there be; about them and their in
situations feel perfectly Indifferent Sir feel nv
self as high above the suspicion of all honorable
men who know me Of being actuated by motives of
such character, as hold those who entertain such
suspicious beneath my contempt, and that is so low
that there is no language Of Indignation which
could use in which to express my detesation and
acorn, and at the same time preserve my selfrespect
and the respect which is due from me to this House.
A man who would indulge in dishonorable suspi-
cions OF his neighbor is, in my estimation, on par
with an anonymous !etter-writer. Such would
be robber, but for the want of couragea thief but
| for the fear of the punishment Of the law.
| will dismiss this subject with this remark that
persons who are so forward in their zeal TO ascrbe
bad motives to those who may express dissaisfac-
ton with the President should take care that thew
be not measured, and measured justly by their own
| measure. would say to them in the language of
the Holy Book, Judge not, lest ye be Judged"
would ask the gentleman from Tennessee il he
ever heard me advocate, or of my advocating,
| any doctrine on the subject Of the tariff dif-
ferent from that expressed by me in the re-
marks he has alluded tor Is he not aware
| That months ago bill was amended on nv mo-
ton, and passed this House, as long ago as the
9th OF May, making coffee free from duty imported
In American vessels from any part of the world
more free than it is made in the tariff bill which has
passed. The honorable chairman of the Committee
of Ways and Means, and fifty other gentlemen, will
| tell the gentleman from Tennessee that announced
freely and repeatedly my opposition to any bill
which contained tax on tea and coffee as soon as
knew that such tax was contemplated; and that
made It sine qua non as to my support of the bill
nat me clause imposing a tax on tea and coffee
should be stricken out. Does the gentleman draw
Il lnalnn frnv fhaT e. Al.
duties imposed on hemp and wool The orent agr;cuI.
| tural staples of the West, should be higher than
| hey were proposed by the blR When did the gem
| tleman, since have had the honor of a seat upon
ms hoor Know me not to advocate the interests of
the west The duties on hemp and wool were in
creased and that on tea and coffee stricken out nc
cord'ng to the views had expressed
Slr, whilst would not shrink from the reannnsi.