The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1846-04-16


TnE OREGON DIsenssIoN--has been fruitful of n
ihnge combinations. Webster has declared
pat south of 40 deg, Great Britain can exr -.
hlng' and Benton, in taking the ...;,,on.I !
ifters only in that he manf se'ho t'ei
owards those who g, ..sts the worst temper
No fear that rsH l.sin, 10 the Russian iine.-
ern andr ;. Alliance of the Southern. Eas-
o. .,ritish interests, willprcve too powerful
CAnericanl rights. We shall not, however
Lose confidence while our Chief Magistrate re-
minis firm and uncompromisngs gss-s-ss'ssz.-szssE
The following synopsis ofthe debate and COM
ments are taken from the Ohio Statesman; I4I
INTERESTING OREGON DISCUSSION,
iaT5 sisss IN THE SENATE. aad 5I.",
The Oregon debate, in the Senate, when
was getting rather prosy, has been recently
relieved by discussion between Messrs
! CAss and HANNrcAN, on one side, and Mr..
4 BENTON on the other, the latter gentleman
\ being supported by Mr. WEBSTER! ON
i wednesday, the first of April, "a proper day
!, for The business,--Mr. ASHLEY, OF Arkansas,
who was entitled to the floor, courteously
gave way to the Senator from Missouri ? 3lr
J Mr.. BENroN said, he did not rise osmake
any ,peech, but merely to vindicate history,
!, and the intelligence of the Senate, from an
: error into which the senator from Michigan,
: now in his seat, Mr.. CAss. had fallen yesier-
: day, in relying on MIR. Gresnhow's book on
h Oregon. That book maintained that the
6 commissaries had never acted under the
! ltreaty of Utrecht; had never established the
. limits between the British and French pos
)f sessions in North America, had donenothing
I'll on the subject. And the senator from
Michigan, holding Mr.. Greenhow to bs right
had adopted his opinion, and laid so mnct
j. stress upon the fact of the action OF these
re commissaries, as to make his future conduc
ID upon the Oregon question dependent upol
IT, If MIR. Greenhow was wrong, and tn
: commissaries had acted and established tn
Is' parallel of 40 deg. and this fact was proved
as he (Mr. By understood the senator fror
~ Michigan to say, that he would give up tn
! Russian limit of 81 deg. 40 min., and neve
: J. say anything more about Oregon north
y, 40 degs. This is penalty which MIR.
nd would not have imposed it was giving
nd the line of the treaty Of Utrecht cens'
V ouence and Importance which lie would nj
is have attributed to it. But the senator fro
m. Michigan had judged for himself, and Judge
X deliberately; for his speech was well pr
he pared, and it was his own act 10 make h
cb future conduct dependent upon the correc
~ ness of Mr.. Greenhow's opinion, which !
ite had quoted and adopted. Mr.. b. wou
ou show, by the highest evidence, that the col
ad missaries did aci that they did establish Il
,ry limits between France and Great Britain
~ North America; and that the 49th parall
VII, was one of the lines established, an
5. having shown this, he would make no arg
ment upon it, would make no application
=, the fact. but content himself with vlndlcati
- history at an essential point, and leave IT
me the senator from Michigan to give it the
lelr fuence upon his own conduct, which
should think proper.
Mr. r then made statement introductC
9m- 10 the proofs which he meant to lntrodu
ing and showing how the treaty Of Utrecht Il
r in become applicable to this question OF boz
81; dary between tho United States and Gr
''' Britain. 1t grew out Of the purchase
Louisiana, and was cOeval with that
10 l chase Ii was known to everybody that
,en- northwest corner of the United States CO
+bo not be claimed, because there was an mI
ny sible call in the treaty Of l7S2. 1t cal
VIC for due west course, from the Lake ot
rid, Woods to the Mississippi, when such cou
tuaI would never strike the Mississippi
o.. lake being north of the head OF that II
'S' Upon the supposition that the line due
from the lake would strike the river,
llng right TO its free navigation was grantee
han the British by the treaty of peace; but,
oo,, finding that the line would not strike
'o river, the struggle began between the
Bugs countres--en the part of the British to
IN a feet the line, TO turn it down southwest,
~, thus get to the river, and with this ar
G'i upon that stream, come to the enjoymell
tne its navigation. The struggle on the par
ity." the United States was, 10 prevent this
~I seoue nce-to close the line without yiel
the navigation; and this contest had
lon- tipued twenty years, when treaty
form signed in London to terminate this con
IL # was in the year 1903. Mr.. Jefferson b
President, and Mr.. Rufus King, ministe
London; for, in those days, ministers
from not so rapidly changed upon chang
have administration, as has sometimes since
will cured. a'. '@.F"' V,
yould hora,s m' nm aud learned Argument, to ests
they the soundness of his position. We
De at not room for it, or we sheuld lay it
oney before our r0aasst sst amsu fUr .uo ptstsxts p
IL man can rely for support of ground TAX
NOT accordance with the dictates of his pas