Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-05-14
Remarks Of Mr.. Pennybacker,
OF VIRGINIA, :

Remarks Of NJ. Pennybacker, r.
OF VIRGINIA, a s4.
ON THE OREGON QUESTION.
IKSEsArE, Thursday, April 10th, 1916.
Mr.. PENNYBACKER rose and
said, he would detain the Senate but q
very few moments, as his object in RI
sing was simply 10 explain the grounds
of the vote he should be called upon
to give. 's7 80
Il may be remembered by the Sen
ate, (ssid Mr.. P..,) that, IN the ''cele-
brated Thursday" Of which the Sena-
tor from Arkansas Mr.. Sevierl spoke
week or two'ago, he [Mr. P.] had
made some remarks which indicated
the views he then entertained Of the
subject before the Senate. He had
stated it to be his purpose TO vote for the
notice; and he went for it as a means
of promoting negotiation and a settle
| ment of the question. Before he had
brought himself to that determination,
he had necessarily considered whether
the giving of the notice would be pro-
ductive of the results which he had an
ticipa,ed from it; and he had satisfied
himself it probably would. He was
aware thatth President had express
! ed the opinion that no compromise
(which the United States ought to ac-
cept could ever be effected; but, still
he Mr.. Penny backer] had entertained
the belief that the matter might yet
be honorably adjusted. 1t had never
entered into his head for solitary mo-
ment that, if the British Government
should propose to settle the matter up
on something like the terms which the
President had offered, the question
might not yet still be SO adjusted. On
the occasion alluded to, he had assign
ed very briefly some of the reasons for
the belief entertained. In the letter
of Mr.. Buchanan, in which he had de-
monstrated, as the President had sup
posed he had demonstrated, the title
| of our country to the whole ofth: terri
tory--in that very letter the PROPOSE
ton was made to compromise at the
forty-mnth parallel of latitude. 1t is
| true. it was said the President had
| made the offer in Difference alone to
what had been done by his predeces-
sors in Office; but still the offer was
made by tie President, and the cause
of the offer had not ceased to exist
In the concluding paragraph, also, Of
the letter of the Secretary of State, In
which the proposition to compromise
at the 49th parallel of latitude was
Withdrawn by the President, the hope
was expressed that the long-pending
controversy might yet be adjusted In
such manner as not to disturb or In
terrupt the peace or the harmony then
so happily subsisting between the two
nations. In the letter also in which the
proposal to arbitrate was declined by
4 our Government, it was emphaticaliy
said, if not in words, in substance at
least, that there was no necessity for
referring to arbitration; that two such
Governments as the United States and
Great Britain, bound together by such
ties ofcommerce, ought to be able, and
ought to be wiling, to settle their own
differences, without resorting to arbl-
tration; aye, and to do each other Jus
tice, too. If, then, the President
should have an opportunity TO settle
the question as he had proposed to do,
would not the difference which was due
| to his predecessors-nay, would not
!, the respect which he owed to himself
require him to take what he had
offered to give? Then how could
the hope be entertained by the Pres
iJent, that the long pending cor
! ;roversy between the two Governments
! in regard 10 the territory, might yet be
E adjusted, without disturbing the peace
!, or interrupting the harmony so happily
!. subsisting between the two nations
: noe insisting upon havingi the ulsole Q,
the country, and yielding nothing 70
Great Britain aohatever? How could
: IL UC CAPCCttu tldt Vic tWO Adtioh-
ought to be able and willing to do each
other justice, and that, too, without re.
sorting to arbitration, the one taking
all and the other receiving none' Fo'
! these reasons, Mr.. P. had been of opin-
ion, nthe occasion alluded to, that j
, an opportunity should be afforded the
President to accept what he had in
good faith offered, he would yet be
1 boundto take it, though the title had
1been asserted TO the whole of the ter
ritory. And such was still the opinion
;;fof Mr.. p. Why, what did the Plesi-
& dent say in his message: Listen to
!, This language:ae s suiMsye
J ssThe extraordinary and wholly in