Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-02-19
aYrluCON RES :
FIRST SESSION.
SPEECH OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS ON THE
OREGON QUESTION
HOUSE OF REfRESEN AriNEs.
MONDAY. eb. q

noioF VI hfl lNf.SfN y ~ IL.
/ MONDAY. Feb. q
The House again resolved itself into Commute OF ,ht
whole Mr. 1bhas IN the ehalr aud resumed The cot
sld.rann n the resolution rernrted from the Commute,
On Foreign Ants Ion giving Great Britain the lively,
months notice at tie ermlnathn Of the convention al
The osh Angn, lS27 concerning the Join, occupation
The Dreaan country.
Mr. THOMAS BUTLER KING resumed the de
bate ~ an able speech. W hen he concluded
I Mr. ADAMS commenced by observing that this was
not une vi tlnsa uccasioes IN which. Notwithstanding The
eslImaimn Ot tbs g"hl fltnd lfnm Pennsylvania. thr
speech he bad trncfy devtied ON The subject bciuro
lhe committee touk from INN he right Ut addressing
al lhs tine The only occasion When he had addressed
the House a, all Dung the present session the
hill brought here 10y the chairman ot the Committee on
Military Aitnrs ioi the raising at tWo regiments ut e-
meo ior the afny 81 Tar iiom the question then beng
The Same that bptite the committee. the mail
drlI, o The ,ew remarks Mr. A had then made The
complaint hat he had undrrso by general report cur
rent through the ctiy. that the Committee Foreign
Affairs had dnttmned not IN IepW IN taynr oi giving
npiIe 10 Great Btfan ol the termination o the
lion res erng ofegnn al the expiration OF twelve
mauls. GA that oceaslar the honorable chairman Of
The COmmittee Foreign Aualrs (Mr. {. j. ion,rso)
had stated, III his pner. ihal such determination had
leen a5sdutely laGrn by that committee. and that
nemher ol the committee WINS authorized 10 make any
such stttrmrnt. NJ hrWuppn, gentlemen might perhaps
remember lint Nh, A. had expressed himself being
glad !" Ielf aud NJ hcpig Int, IN few Vs. re ort
" '' N"p'-' "'"'o W h"e", '''u oa', Wh'h mnd"' II
Y, o w "''' ''o ms s"'9oe, ~ CONSIDERATION ny tue
iouse. as hlnI nne 81 many highly important measures
HE rest oi "leI were 10 olaw IT, To his great gra,.
hcatlun, within three DAYS After the report before
NC as n'9i' anu aS n' u'a o's.u, u "as
"aee 80 -" ~ - " 'o " ''' '''i''''"'e u" ',"''
s'u'ia''un -, " 'o"' '''u '' ~ 'o''''"'o 'oh INN
day to the present.
Mr. had hen said that he was IN no condition 10 ad
dress tine il4usn tasng neSsf The r,quelI power u
""Y h't 81 hIlid, aha IL was s'"'""" "e" Wn'eh
'e"aeleI nun iaf mare incompetent H'' he "ao oeeh
men
a. ''a ine he hao e'a'1 expressly 'ha' a''er gfea'
utl'39n ana gt'a' irluetanet he had Twelve months
b'iofe. DECLARED thn his mud WAS made up IN favor Of
e'lng h1llcf I" Drea' Dti'a'n that the convention re.
slfeh- oltgan should oe terminated aller the exp'fa-
'oo OF Twelve h"hs lha' he con'li u'd To think 50. aud
'ha' he was ready '.n, 10 adopt any resolution giving
'"N, "'f"
since hat llnn Inc House has been engaged with all
mo aollF he n"o ever Witnessed, and Which, he must
say, WIS ns' l'ssho", s1o WIN PATRIOTISM unsufpas-
seu ny any o'i'"'fh'Ne "esen"y o' any people ~ iIe
World, np"" mat question: " his mind had mol been
made up already mat The o was enino io giving such
"o''"' ""o" "s'e ne'n NJ Hh me arguments ofnneht
md rnnsnnn an ih sides If The oueson ma ,nv
ever had Witnessed "A. Ind ende, g,red ,hnmo6,nl
Ia Keen hs mind m !, calm aud ;ur,,I n stale M # hr
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,uh all ,h alt.,,,,, Il, ronld Command Il, ,h., had
hero ,Jy,,c,a an hntn si,s. and u ms mind had moi
he,n ,,.l m, u, ~, ,, ,,s,,,,, ,d mn. x,Ilo man
ner he did ma, L,ow vim might have t,en In, ,esn,
If ibe I,,,e up,n bls oninnn r vetv ,ruum,nt eye,v
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m,ver ave, N. Lnn.an mind had hcen hrnusl, Ctwatd
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