The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-06-27
Number A..
Col. BentoMss aneech.

Col. BentOM's speech.
This recent speech of Col. Benton on tie or
egon line is one Of the really gBod apeesbes
which come from the American Senate, to H.
struct as well as interest. II is confined OK
c%lusively to theargument, butoccasionly pours
a hot shot into the camp Of Cass, Allen 4 60.
tits the most effective speech, as an argument
made during the present session of Congress-
and Is a valuable historical document for fu-
ture inquiries.
The Senator shows that long experience oF
the uncertainties Of p%jlitical life have taught
him the value Of truth, knowledge and justice
over the superficial arts of the Demagogue, He
now shows his superiofity--and the superiority
Of q we'll informed man over the unfairness and
the mere s~ophistry Of such vapid politicians as
those he opposes IN this speech. He uses the
keen edge Of ridicule, sometimes with an ears
nest vigor, against the Knights Errant Of his
party. No whig could have done il better.
He thus concludes 1 sorics Of statements, de-
molishing the claims Of the fifty four fOrty-
6ves.
! HIS was hOt uHaWSls ICluSLuE w tANSN IA H
1923, as Northern boundary, coming South
for quantity, what is now prescribed to her, d
the peril Of war, for Southern boundary, with
nothing North for although the fact happens
TO be that Russia 10 not there. bounding us on
the North, YET that makes no difference in tho
philosophy Of our Ffty-Four Fortiea who bss
lieve it to Do SO, and on that belief are ready to
fight,
: Their notion ii that %e just 90 Up to 54 deg.
: 40 minutes and that the Russians came Jam
down to the same, leaving no place for the
0 British lion to puthis paw, should be no bigger
than the sole Of the doves foot which sought a
h resting place from Noah's ark. This must
seem a little strange to British statesmen, who
y do not grow so fast as to leave all knowledge
behind them. They remember that Mr.. Nom
roe and his cabinet@the President and cabinet
who acquired the Spanish title under which we
le now propose to squeeze them out of the coniia
y; nent-actuAlly offered them six degrees Of latia
n tude in that very place; and they viii certain
ly want reasons for this so much compression
now, where we offered them 30 m1ch expan-
sion then. The reasons cannot be givon.
ri There is no boundary at ga deg, 40 minutes,
and SO far as VIZ proposed to make i one it was
for the British, and not for ourselves; and sN
ne ends this redoubtable line, up to which all true
patriots were to march! and marching, fghts
an and fighting, die, singing oil the while. vita
ne Horace
ler TDulce et decoruu1 est pro patrd uOS.
Try Sveet and decent It is % die tf caes country
vas And this is the end Of that great line! ali
rs gone vanished-evaporate into the thin air.
Jus and the place where II was, not TO be found
he Oh! mountain that was delivered of a mouse,
thy name shall henceforth be Fifty-Four Forty
And thus, Mr.. President, have exploded one
i, of the errore into which the public mind hai
!. been led, and which it is necessary to 60, rt
M Of before we can find the right place for out
,nd Oregon boundaries.-On. Chron.