The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-04

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NV doctrine is, to go ahead and ssssrt oer fishts
and az to the results not 20 stop 10 calculate them
| will at least utter no bpasunl eaeulsons as TO the
results 'Let not him who putteth on his armor
boast himselfas he wlio potteth i off," Even il
we were certain that the results OF we- vosld be
at first adverse 10 u.s. yet should we veie for the
tce and the other measures consequent upon H.
We may safely pat our trust m me )nsuee OF our
cause and in the kind protection OF dlvns Providence
and the struggle must end like our iormer wars--in
glorious triumph, and IN the d'nss'o" Of our Prin-
eiples.
The day will come When every Interest," and eve
nv party that is opposed TO Oregon viii crumbe in
to dust. have heard some speculatons upon the
ofour extension ofteri,ory, and oftbe
annexation Of the Mexican and other states 10 our
Union. do not want any mixed races In our
Union, nor men Of any color exeept white, unless
they be slaves. Certainly not as voisfs or egisla-
tors MY constituents will never come nj that their
in this hall shall hold political discus
sion with the honorable colored member from Mex
leo. They know that this would lead 10 political
strife for ascendene7 between eoiors, s"ding IN rev.
olution and blood
II Mexico, amer going though hsf q dozen more
Revolutions, should become eapfLk Of ssifs9seru-
Iment, and apply for Snn2 xstion, would vote
against it, unless her colored races should come IN
as slaves or be otherwise excluded from political
privileges. MY cODbtNuenS ChnHOt aSTtc W uuhbit
eolored men TO The exercise Of The right Of suffrage
and they eheerfuly acquesee in the representative
basis which the constitution has provided for the
slave holding States. Independent States, COM
posed Of white people thoroughly imbued with our
principles Of seEgoyemmenI, we will receive into
our Union at their own request; but even them we
do not wish 10 cuerce into our Union, or TO annex
by conquest. II we find stray independently float
log about and wanting protection, we will take II
in. When the Volcano sleeping In the bosom OF
the British empire, shall burst forth, and Canada
shall he Topped OF Il might be aquestion whether It
shall he annexed 20 our Union. Should we con-
auer it, We will give il back 10 Great Britainj for
do not wish to annex her loyal Scotch and English
people. Her Irish and French inhabitants ] might
be willing 10 unite with; but Il would take MY
years to learn the Scotch and English Of Canada,
una mrrcanized by association, the principles OF
our free institutions.
The Irish make good citizens. They take to lib
erty naturally. Pat Is an American from the word
GO II Canada should ever become independent
and capable Of selfgoyenment, and apply for am
ne n alton, we will think Of Il. But | would annex
any part Of the world where the American people
90 and settle, and form communities We have
done So, and we will do Ii again
Thls sir, (sad Mr.. w. Is progressive question.
Texas was so also; and II Great Bru,in wants
COMPROMISE with u.s. she had better speak at once.
When the anne xaton Of Texas was proposed here,
remember how fearful some gentlemen were 10
this House. that the people would not sustain ~
but they soon found that the people were ahead OF
them on the question, and were almost unanimous
for the mtasure. When genemen FIRST take their
seats here, they sometimes imagine themselves very
WISE and think that wisdom will die with them;
but after while they begin to find themselves mis-
taken, particularly ifthey Try often get the floor
hule experience here has learned many man not 10
he wiser than his constituents The sae lesson may
he learned again We annexed the territory Of Texas.
We, in the north west, charge nothing for ourassiS-
ance in that matter We went ''on our own hook"
on that question, and n we had not done so, Indiana
herself would have gone and taken II with a rush.
The people, Usual, ahead OF their representa-
tives it on the Texan question, aud II is so
on this. III should come back to this House at
the next Congress, land think, perhaps, may,)
shall find fear, that several Of my excellent old
acqua irancrs will not be here and they will owe
iher de cut 10 their opposition tu 'his uIer-urr.
TINS say, sir, is progressive question, and before
this Congress is ended the days OF eompromls' WI
be ended. So, you " ho are trembling at the thought
Of war; and reasoning TO the value of rights, had
better yield and obey the voice nj the peopl@. The
peope alone have the right 10 do and command wrong
Your constituents at home, while you are debating
this question, are going strong for Oregon. They
expected that before this, we should have provided
measures for the protection Of emgrans, our friends
and brothers, and their wives and children; and
that by this time they would be with their horses
and wagons on the road TO Oregon. We VIII have
to do il, the people will send representatives here
who will obey their voice.
NoTE 1t would be totally unnecessary for Mr..
Wick to explain any of his remarks to his own
constituency, or to those who heard them. But his
speech will be read by others, strangers to hin and
his pecuartes Of manner. To such, he has de-
sired us to say, that some of his descriptions were
intended to be caricatures and especially that his
description of the mode in which the citzens of the
northwest assert their personal honor is so highly
carcature, that the fact represented would not
readily be guessed. The people Of the northwest
are essentially kind in feeling, peaceable, and mod
crate in their modes of seeking satisfaction for per-
sonal greis insults.