The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-06-05

10 God that ,tisy would commit, some o,e5 to
for which they could be dealt with %
their deserts. w that the Del
Judge d. then proceedssriej as the western
Nor'e had always teSim the time we had Pur-
bonndalTN,disisna Of F'ancr--so regarded by all
the presidents and fading men in the country IN
Guiding Mr.. Alass, who was now among the
first to leIouree the presiden, Cor defending that
territory tina, in addition it was a par, Of that
rexas that had achieved its independence oil
Mexico. had repeatedly been acknowledged such
by the Mexican governm, NJ, had always been re-
presented in the Texan congress, was nov incId'
lrd in one Of eur congressional districts, aud that
congress had Iasscd laws, for which Mr.. Adams
and all the rest who now contend this Is Mex
can territory, rvicd, extending over 1t The Un'ie'
States revenu, and pos, office laws. In the cours
of his speech. Judge ID. was repeatedly lnteHuP'
ed by Mr.. Adams, upon whom under tins pO'
vocation he tuned, and gave one OF the ID"
thorough ruspings the old man ever got. '''',
f his own mouth" emphatlca'ly he conV y"
him. and Mr.. AS attempts to evade the '''s
were laundering and ridiculous. and
with the worst Kind of temper. Wecan
A snccimcn OF two. ia lge ID. had quot NV"
Zach prepared by Mr.. Adams viii ''''''''
OF state Proving the Del Norte (Rr ''''''') v"
he the western boundary of Texas. az WIS CUM
mcnting on it, when he was interP'eu Wy
Mr., Adams. never said ll,' our u''e was
good " the Rio del Norte from Hou'n rs
source.
Mr. D'ugl,ss. fully uq 'S'a"o '''e po'','s
ot the genteman's denial. ~ u''.''e '"'' w
claimed the del Nore all "og 10 us source, re-
! knnw nothing If his m, Al RESERVATIONS. ne
claimed the del Note me o"uhnafv' ""h"u'
! specifying how FAR il cy "ueu up 'ne ,,.r'' ne
viii not deny this fac" nave ,ne ""'e'a' CYL
dence over his own @na'u'e' ~ "ue cam
not prove the hand i'"ne' 'o' !, p''""d III
patch 10 Don On, the Spanish minister. Will
| the gcnilemar spo''y inc p"ih' from winch his
line left III. river.
Mr.. sdamS. never stated the point.
Nj Douglass. Was it above Maiamorosl
NJ. Adams. never specified any particular
point.
Mr.. Douglass have heard Of this line to
which the gentleman refers. 1t followed rivcp
near to the gsge Of the mountains; certainly
more than l0Omes above Ma,amotos. Consc,
qnently, tskine,he gentleman on his own claim,
The position occupied by General Taylor oppo-
site Ma,omoro. and every inch Of the ground up
on which the American soldier has planted his
foot, were Clearly within our own territory as
claimed 10y hin in 1919.
We can givebul one more extract. Judge D.
was regretting hat Mr.. A. who had been so warm
for the whole oiOrcgon, was now so ready to re-
belief that il tIp war were about Oregon, the
south would nottreat the north so; when he was
again interrupte, by
Mr.. Adams. thought understood the gen.
teman, some tine ago, to he for 81 degrees AZ
minutes, and 10 ell his Southern friends that ht
wanted no dodgbg on the Oregon question.
Mr.. Douglass. Sir. wns for "a deg. 40 min.
and am as readyio fight for that line as the DE
Norie. MY patriotism is not of that kind whlct
would lead me to 20 TO war to enlarge one sector
Of the Union on, Of mere hatred and vengeance
towards the other. s.--su of M sections in thi
respect; and ohlle did complain uf nf M,
southern friends on the Oregon question, neve
doubted their patriotism when war was actual,
declared, But, since the gentleman from Massn
chuse,,s has referred to the Oregon question.
wish to call his attention to one OF his wise say
ings- on that subject, and see if he will not npp
i, to Texas as well as Oregon. He told us tina
he went for the policy Of the great Frederick il
regard to Silcsia. tie was Tor taking possessio
first, and negotiating afterwards. According
the gcn,leman's own showing, that is precisel
what Mr.. Polk ha, done in regard TO the countr
on the Del Nore. He certainly ought not
blame the Presiden, f,r acting over one Of b
own maxiRs.