Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-03-09
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FIRST SESSION.
MN. DENTON's SPEECH ON THE OREGON
QUESTION.

! Sass liz SENATE, February 10, 1898.
| N. BENTON rose To address the Senate but nj the
eomlntncemept his remarks were In preat deyrpe in.
audible To the RePnet lie was understood say ,ha,
Il had not been his mienton to address the Senate in 70
slton ~ our title 10 Onpon but II h. had Intended Ia
speak on thai hianch nj The SUBJECT lie should have re-
,qrishsd tie purpose after seniag g. the very rbe
and lacd exposition al u hy the .rahe Senator from
New York, Mr.. DIX Thai gentleman had placed
the Americas title Oregon IN grounds 'hc,
prtenabl aud o " hich II lorever stand A speech
more rrplele with hs'wcef fnr. soi"c''s s'c.,et 10
search or mare crowded with pertinent remark and
,lucing argument, II had never been his lot 10 hear
and he conld not RETAIN ium coueraua'ing that hon
orahe gentleman on the important service he had fena
dered to his country. and ss upon the honor which
h. had gained for hnsclf
Mr. U.s. sand that he would leave the question uf tile
where thai Senator had placed and would turn his al
tehror 10 different branch OF the question. lie wuud
look briefly. nj what had been done attempted by the
able aegoators who had employed themselves on this
Oregon question to hlry years. ut what had been oher
I'd by our oan Govetnmrni aud refused by that o Great
Btiain aud al the measures which had subsequently,
been recommended by the President Ef adoption.
And here, in the "ul,,, be would take occasion 10
say that he concuued in what the President had done
and IN what he proposed to do. flor thirty years Of
negotiation. progress had been made the question.
Ihe two parties stoni now precisely they had stood
IN 1874 AZ the conclusion Of the treaty of Client. No
advance had since been made AID The negola ions
now al n stand. The President had communicated 10
Congress all that had lhus far taken place in the hso
~ Of the negotiation aud now rccomuie nded such mea
cures as In his JUDGMENT it would be proper adopt
Mr.. b. cuncuued in the recommendations which the
President had mnde. believing them 10 be no moe than
what we have right Ia do, and What Il WINS eminrnv
necessary and proper lhai that We should d.. Mr. Is
also concntfed In the proprety Of the offer which the
President had made to The BRUSH nego,in,or with view
To cou promlse and though had been rejected by The
/ representative OF the BRUSH Government, IL bad had a
good effect al home had stu ualed own people.
by showing them how Great sacrifices the President had
been ready make for the preservation Of peace lie
WAS happy to be able t., say that ms people we were
now unnd al home Come uha, miohi happen what
might, we were This day a unitrd people.
lie concurred with the President QUO, more in his re.
j-c'ion Of the offer Of negotiation oar able
Secretary o State he did think lai territorial rights
Constituted a proper subject for arbitration Among
crowned heads minor qiesous Of dispute mIrh be- mud
often had been, submrd 10 common umpire but =
nations tide lis terri ory It's claim To imperial domain
over its soil never had been made subject Of AZ
b,raton nor did he W ii see how II could he lie en-
trely concored therefore, in the proptlcyof the rejec
ton
lie concurred with The President mol only in what he
had offered and in what he had refused but ais. in the
measure he had recommended. The giving Of this mon
lice, the extension Of our laws. the prov idtng military
protection, aud the establishment OF q mail. with suita
BILE stations. through the wilderness and also The grants
OF land 10 our settlers. As 10 The establishment 0i mill
iary pss, that had already becn sanctioned by the bill
ias' session.
The extension Of our laws had been proposed ny the
act q e2l. AID the escort ior mail hue wss a mere
matter Of police regulation. II was usual 10 provide foi
the safe conveyance Of dispatches through barbsrons
country by escor of ARMED men, hu should convey
The ual from post post; experience had proved ia
this The cheapest the and the safes mo de
securing regular lnercon muncaon under circumslan
ces OF that description Should II be conveyed by an
ordinary carrier, both the mai aud those no Transport
ted u would be exposed !" great dnteer These Execu'
tive recommendations needed no vndicaiIon.
Mr.. Is. had been practising lawyer in 1878. AT the
time the convention with Great Britain, IN respect IL
oregon had been pTned, and he u5ed at that time
Ps'''on when gave hin favorable opportunity 10 oh
serve The practical working Of that celebrated
From the day Of is promulgal he had distinctly
IN II the elements OF every evil which The experience Of
thirty years had since disclosed and he had written
them down al the time AMI published hem 10 The world
and were il not Tor exposing himself 10 the charge of e.
go'lsm, he would no" read The Language which he had
then written.
voice; "Rcad IT,"
Mr. u. said it impossible for him 10 do So bn,
ne had IL before him. and bore witness 10 the ac that
he bad slated. lie had Then seen, with the utmost
clearness, that the authors Of that had
United great geographical we'll az political blunder.
The convention spoke ui making The commerce and nav
lgaiion boh nations free all the creeks. bnys
aud harbors IN that ierrtny jus, lihrre had been
great muudes OF rivers here OF them belonging
TO England. and To The United States; whereas
all iht while there but river. and that belong
ing to So ii spike about all the harbors being free
while there was but one hafbo, md that was ours A
laugh England waned The nse uf this 10 export her
urs and Iery, and import her goods for the Indian
trade fee Of dnty. Ia like manner the convention spoke
oil all The ,crrt0s while there was no territory but one
and thai tie valley Of the Columbia, and that Too
was ours 1t was gross geographical bluader To speak