The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-06

in reading them that bis old Slate was ably repre-
senied He, (Mr. M } had resolved to sustain the
President in his recommendation OF the notice, and
other measures in relation TO Oregon. He would
vote for the notice without any qualification or
amendment, and he would prefer il in the form in
which il was nov proposals but II this joint resolu-
ton could not pass in Its present form, then lac
would pass the amendment OF the gentleman from
Virginia, mr., DRoAGooLE;l ifthat could not pass
then he would 60 for the amendment Of the gentle.
man from South Carolina, Mr.. b. Ackl and il that
should fail, he would last, yet least prefer the
amendment offered by the gentleman from Alabama,
Mr. HLLIARD He wished TO make an inquiry OF
the gentleman from Alabams who had offered this
last amendment, by which discretionary power was
eft to the President TO give the notice or not, and at
any time when he pleased, whether he dld not du-
ring the election Of i640, oppose himself TO the one
man power-whether he did not advocate measures
for the restriction of Executive poweTt But now
lhis would snatch from US, the legislative body the
control this subject, and confer upon the Ex-
eeutiye. The gentleman who Yesterday addressed
the committee, mr. DELASo, had said that he
would give the President this power, and hold him
reasonable for its exercise. II might be the policy
of the gentleman from Alabama and others, in the
opposition TO the administration TO shift this respon-
sbility off from their own shoulders to those Of the
Executive; but he as the representative OF the 9Th
district Of Tennessee, willing 10 bear his share
oft
Mr.. NJ. proceeded To comment upon the different
objections which had been made to the notice in the
course Of the debate. The want Of time, at present.
prevents from following him into these partieu-
lars. He remarked that the venerable gentleman
from Massachusetts Mr.. ADAMS had said that no
war would grow out Of the notce--lhat he feared no
war because the President would back out.
| Mr.. ADAMS rose to explain. He had said that
there would be no war in his opinion, even IL we
perseyered In these measures and that what he most
feared was that our rights would be sacrificed by
| The hacking of this adminiAtrato and liz
porters.
| Mr. MARTIN proceeded to say, that with entire
respect TO the venerable gentleman from MasSachu-
setis, the gentleman was mistaken in the char
aeIer Of President. He mir. NJ knew well the
Presidents iron nerve and noble bearings and "
Congress gave him the power TO give the notice, he
believed that he would do IL, not recedinS an inch
from his ground
| Mr. NJ. referred to some remarks Of the gentle
man from Ohio, mir. GIDDlHos,l in which he had
Threatened the South with the black regiments from
the West Indies, in case OF a war. lie must he
permitted to remark, that when he and his eoadju-
tors the black regiments) came to the South any
Of those who so fond Of the odtrlferous scent
Of the negroes, that they would all be kicked out
together. il had been objected by one Of his COL
leagues 10 the Presidents course, that he had
ordered the proposition TO be Withdrawn IN
pet. lie appealed to the noble Tennessee spirit
IN his colleague for 4 ylldcatlon OF the Pres
dent from this charge. He would ask his
colleague, what the President was to do when
the British minister had so promptly rejected the
offer made to HIM Would he have had him to
ender another proposition, and lmplore Queen Vic
TORN ~ smile upon ~ His colleague would scon
such a reflection on the character Of our
government lie Mr.. NJ. would say, let us give
thus notice. Let the inquiry be, is Oregon ours
But another objection has been taken 10 the Pres
ident's course on this subject and originated with
a gentleman from New York, Mr. Woop,l who
had said that our title had been asserted by The
President in a swsggering manner. But wherein
did this sweggering consist
IL merely in the assertion that the title TO our
own property was clear and unquestionsble. Had
il come to this, that the President Of the Uuited
States not 10 say that title unqueStion-
able? He believed IL TO be so; and he to be
censured for not abandoning the tltlsl For the first
time in the history Of this government had it been
asserted here that we had lers title 10 soil
than foreign governments had The British gov
eminent conceded that we had rights in Oregon, and
she conceded that we had a clear and unquestlon-
able title TO part Of Oregon. Who disputed IL
The gentleman from the Hermitage district told US
that our own right To Oregon doubtful. II was
Der from the district ofthe Hermitage should tell
that our right to Oregon doubtful. He hoped
that the learning and ability Of the gentleman a
lawyer would not be judged Of by this argument
for he assured the committee that the gentleman at
home ranked as n very eminent lawyer He was
a good lawyer but bad politician. Though we
had title TO Oregon, yet his colleague was willing
10 put fence across the territory at 49O. He
did not know before that the law of Tennessee
would justify man IN running fence through land
to which he mad no title.
He would now call the attention Of the commit
tee TO the remarks of gentleman from Virginia, on
his right-he meant the gentleman who heard the
morning drum Of England all over the world the
one-star Mr.. PENpLEros. He liked the gentle
man very well, but not the company he kept. That
| t0iv sh Enr 0ran tba
cost of the paper which the title deed writ
ten. What objection had he 10 IN IL was too far
away. Wsl not the same objection made to the
purchase Of Louisiana in 1902
The gentleman from Michigan Mr. CHPmAN1
had said that Michigan alone would take Canada in
ninety days. and then give up and win II back again
in ninety days more. There much truth po-
etry in this expression. III had gone forth accom-
panied with the speech of General Cass, and it
should happen to reach the eye of Prince Albert, he
would say, whose speech is thisi Who was this man
Cass, who offers to take Canada in ninety days
Victoria would send him to Sir Robert Peel TO in
quire. He would 60 and return, and inform the
Queen that this man on the northern frontier
during the last war, and that he was the man who,
seeing the British flag flying American soil,
reached up his hand seized it, and tore it down. and
stamped It in the dust. He would tell her, too that
this same man was in France few years ago, and
prevented the British government from efectng
treaty securing to it the right of search by changing
the opinions of the French cabinet that subject He
would tie her, too, that there another man here
who defed the power of Great Brtain-an old, bald
fronted, chunky man, who always stood by the
side of his country in every controversy with any
foreign nation, and especially Great Britain. And then
he had no doubt that the annuncation Of the gen.
teman from Michigan would produce little tremb-
ling in the royal family. The gentleman from
Massachusetts, MIR. WNTHRor had said that we
had the better tte to Oregon but asked if we would
turn savages and fgh, for il The genteman's reg
ularly reported speech says, "Will you use brute
force, and fight for Oregon This might sound
very we'll for a city where blue-lights had been in
fashion, but it grated unpsasanty to an American
heart. 1t would be brura then, to fight for Ore
gon' If Oregon ours would it lie brutal to sus-
tain our right to ID IL was said that we must ne
gotiate. Had we not tried this for twenty years
without effect, We told to arbitration
But to whom shall we refer III To Russia, or
Prussia They were of the Holy Alliance, which
was formed for the purpose Of suppressing repubi-
principles; and Russia would not like to see
the Hoosers, the Woovereens, and the Suckers
coming too near her borders. Should we submit