Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-02-02

great difficulty m Ike their way TO Oregon. Il 10 impossible
for large numbers to reach there al ell. lhey eoo'd not
eauy subsistence 60 last hem. and could not pn>sibly gather
IL on their wsy. Would you go by seal Run the gauntlet OF
the British feet ins voyage OF 20 900 miesl | suppose there
is 40 man Of any sort o. judgmentc information here orelse-
where that supposes you could get a ship into the mouth
OF the Columbia from this day in ten years to come. SIR,
you could not get out OF sight of your own land with the
6st transport. The very wave that bore II from your
shores would return to s,rew its fragments upon the strand.
England, whose boast-snd no idle boast 1t has been
for three hundr,d yrsrs that =. her march was on the noun
tain wave. her home uPo, the deep. " was never 50 able
as now TO maintain her naval supremacy.
There is one, and only one way in which the thing is
within the bounds OF possibility; and that Is, by whipping
England elsewhere 81 severely that she would be willing TO
surrender the question for the srke OF peace.
Suppose Eng and would not invade us. believe II has
not yet been suggested that we would invade England
But gentlemen say We would take Canada. | have no doubt
we could take Canada. But would that give us oregoni
Ii you think Cansda worth more than Oregon, you would
not make the exchange after you had taken IL II England
considers 1t worth less, she would not desire 10 exchange
Oregon for At. And, II n result of this sort ls looked 10,
then we are making war not for Oregon, but Tor Canada
a thing which l have no doubt is perfectly tue As TO some
who vote for this notice.
say we could doubtless take Canada: not. sir, but at n
price far beyond her value. We should not have TO take
IL from the mongrels ard hybrids that might form largely
the mass Of a mere Canadian army-Canadian French and
hall breed Indians. No, sir, we should meet men OF our
own msrle; i, would he Saxon against SsSon; and there
is no child's play there. The blood OF some ct the most
gallant OF our eounuymen has stained. on more than one
occasion, the SHOWS that for halt the year veil her frozen
and uni, rite regions. And, whenever England and Anne
RIGA meet TO do battle, then, then, sir
Few. few shall par, where many meet,
The snow shall be their winding sheet.
And every turf beneath their feet
Shall be q soldiers sepulchre."
Mr.. Chairman, there would be no war in Oregon. nor
for Oregon. after it was commenced. New Yoak will be
the battle field. The poisoned chalce will be commended
TO hsr lips. She will have an early and a bitter taste OF
the fruits II that policy which she has 90 largely conuibu-
ted to fasten on the country. Her magnificent emporium.
with its stately palaces and its imptrial. treasures, presents
an object worthy the steel of that powerful adversary, the
roll of whose mornings drum rates round the globe. and
the ,igor Of whose potent arm has been tested IN the tn
umphs 4 a thousand battle fields.
There, sir, would be the tug Of generous and minly war
and there, ~perchance. powerful ne the great Empire State is;
the services OF the descendants OF those men, who's. blood.
was poured upon every field where her revolutionary ban
ners were uniurled, mlghI not be entirely disdaintd: but.
slss, they wIllhaNc o her, and sstd,r, and more dangerous
duties q perform. Fer this war measure seems TO be press
Ell on b. a combination one element Of WI ch avIws It's
pup sc TO bung upon the South Affections ad pe'Ls which
nothing but she phfenzy OF a5oiiuona'y iana',cism could
eo7ie with u, agony. For Us, beyond the ordinary
incidents OF civilized var, horrors to which We are sup
posed % be peculiarly liable are reserved.
Whilst We are to meet the bruni OF the conflict, and to
bear in immens. dis2roP 1riiln the expenses that attend It;
to light for the country, AID TO meet and drive back It's in
vsders rom our long line OF defeneeless shO:e prt sening
a complication Of d.ficulue-, dIsuesse-, and dangers that
Inlgnt not only Command the s~ympaihics OF strangers but
pead iOr The mercI,s vi COD, VIVA intsrnsl creeung have
one portion Of our efun'ryl III !Ist at thi. moment
that The hsnd form uf fsrocIols fanlIci-m steals upUn the
tccne- VIII pFsNer- cud pictY hanging up IA ITS tongue, but
the hrs %; e Burning ~ he.ri-sni reck'n- 4 dark.
and, - II think, a teru5'e enemy upon our r,sr. TIE
and the torch, the cpLttgrauuls anu the murders e
lns-u.euoaary sui ?, ATE threatened 10 or homes. l. there
. D 10 peace ioi u : Are ali he hcuoss TO ~.te1I have a.
.gded - Ge p=-Uetla.y attempted 70 D. forced upon Us, by
~h5 nv, Pesee. esee, wien issrv - NJ peace j. there
~ pend q re21s-. C1n no question ~ peace OF c. wsr
De &C uSsec N tnis House, That We are not stii O. BE- struck
Al 4. J--s 70 BE he fate -: Prometreus, ehaiUed forever
i5s p ar waiea ne cannot escsp., az gI=sed Al forever
By. nI toe eAsse, D., la-s lusauate Su.i-re b.! -5Siuonism :
C-naJt ~P-teIi, gave, AID reverend svigaeur" earn 10
ares;ssnd yCr PO@uOa sat our character, aaa Dc Iaaga,
that we ~i 10, sas cannot submit io'evsF 70 this OosI
alIe, tEs lnso.sn: Interference with our oWa private sfslr-
TbAt t1ere = a piaJ ~ ~Hlcn patience ceases 20 b. 4 VIZ
to-; that ths crisis may a. .ss. De !ocec Jpn u; sGc iha;
% they De ugat % Exposing "a too ~esk 10 protect our
se4ees, ,Ot wacl ~ have 90 iearD tn-n INA. t-vy should
credit Us win the s;-euEra and courage TO sustain = >-ug-
gle. IN ~alcr. % 49, I'd not succe-L 10 preserving our
selves, Ne could nltfs. . pull t'Sn me pillars %; our
Common tempe 10 tain aP0n our heads, sd 10 eorssl.
Tag TO sn early and IEg or.Du. grave oui great experiment,
with oil The sublime recO.lccuous that gather : und is his
Tory, and all the brilliant anueiPanOus that bng iten IN IT.
future, IN could be pursued In a spirit 1t CONCESSION ana
patriotism and submission to the principles OF the Consul
tIuoni
As TO the merits of this Oregon Question: mean a. %
the character uf our - hnd no occasion to 90 into it
all. IL seems that we all agree IN one thing, and that -,
that our utle is a better one than the English uts. That,
If II be not one which can bear the test Of judicial scrutiny,
still 1t is 4 better one on all gTounds Than that o. England.
What | mean 10 IN reference only 10 the comparative
strength of the two mtes-Euglrsh and American. Nv
own opinion - that either title - Tar from icing a clear
one. But | speak To the point, os between England and
the United SIAtes. aud IN whaiever | lay on that subject
| desire 10 be distinctly Understood as not intending 10 al
irm that q clear, legal, or equitable uile is IN either Govern.
ment.
am for making our title good by prudent means. by
wise and JudIciou, policy, by ''masterly inactivity. )" 1t that
DO best. as ] clearly think II is.
! will not bore the House. not wth q 'ihrice told tale"
but one already twenty times told, Of the reasons which
bring my mind 10 the Conclusion IN favor Oi eur title
good. nj oil events. as against England. ! should but fol-
low IN The CuuTag of hume rms gentlemen who hnxa pror.d
ed me in this debate, themselves following the able and
unanswerble arguments OF our two Ministers, Me.srs.
Calhoun and Buchanan.
! concur in every Argument, opinion, and sentence Of the
speech OF the able and learned gentleman who with 50
much distinction represents the city If Boston on ti. floor;
and who, whilst he IN tones that bring conviction Of his
sincerity TO every Ingenious mind. declares his purpose to
stand BY his country, and his whole country. IN any emer-
gency 10 which she nay be brought, yet cynees not a IT,
md, but a manly and a rational anxiety 10 preserve the
public peace. lie may well take such . par; for he who
mas lc.st done so II ght be said 70 have lived IN vain, II he
had failed to be impressed by oil the splendid inst tuions
which adorn and enrich his beautiful CRY. end ihr great
and wise Commonwealth Of which that city Itself is the
ornament and pride, with the truth Of the proposition that
peace hath her tnumphs as well o. war.
! say, cir, | adopt that honorable genleman's whole
speech, for II was oil addressed to the sense and not 10 the
nonsense II this House or the country. That gentleman
gave proof, IN the entire speech. as well as IN the particular
declaration. Of the great confidence which be repose5 in
the calm judgment, Of the ",cber second thought" - be
called u, OF the people OF this country that, however tue
might have been the remark u the British courier, IN re-
ference 70 the British people, twas not true Of our cay and
country.
Whilst | concur with al the gentlemen who have pre-
eeded me IN the matter Of the tile, 50 far Is IL validity -
compared with that Of England, there 10 smother point in
regard 10 which | differ with perhaps the whole Of them.
and that - az TO the value u this territory 70 our Govern.
meni. In my judgment II - not worth one farming 10 the
United Smtes. Waving all inquiry into is intrinsic caps.
cities bnd value, (Which ] hold at . very low rae even &,
those who want ieffiOry0 | maintain that Il l. Of no value
TO u.s. because we want no more territory; hist u We were
cramPed within too narrow boundaries, suII Oregon IL too
remote from W to form a portion II our Union with sdysn.
tsge either 10 itself or {, Us. We m3y incur the heavy
expense e nursing IT. infsncy, builong before IL approach.
e. msnhood, It will be able 10 stand upon is own legs, and
vii ihen Get up for itseh. ~ 1t ought SO do.
/ call E~entlemeus attention 10 tie character Of the vote
which will be given on ihis very question. o. an answer,
iul and complete, against the theory of those who favor a
national pyicy Of endless and perpetual cIpsn,ion-er
phnsion until our Union eompfshends iecuons that clnnot
have common interest Or common stachmsni, bringing
inio the Corledefacy a principle which tends inevitably
end H~rtsisuby 10 national disuniun and ruin.
] maintsin the ute, however. md acknowledge our
Obligation % makr u good n aH hgEards, when the ne
eess'ty arises for is assertion.
u may be asked how I would make II Rood1 Why. the
m"si agreeable process. tt seems 90 be-. would be- that lodi.
rated by The honorable chairman Of the Committee on
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