Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-04-22
CARRoLLToN. WEDNESDAY. APRIL %, 1916


three to one, and one overland after
distinguished Senator at the end of tire
months OF time proposes to fall back o.
the Columbia river--I ask any man, wha
is likely to be the course OF Great Britain
Sir, this course of ours seems TO invit
her to claim the whole. Every inch tina
we recede from the ground we originate
took, mulipies the chances of fight 70
this country with Great Britain. Ever,
body must see this. When she sees hest
tation--when she sees divided counsels-
when she sees the President censured 70
the manner in which he has conducted him
sell on this sublect--when she sees three
months of time wasted, and the arm Of the
government paralyzed at home, she will
not hesitate as to her course of policy on
this subject. Not at all.
But the Senator has laid down another
proposition; and that isl suppose in or
der to give public opinion in the two
countries time TO settle down upon the Co.
lumbla river as a boundary--that, in his
judgment, we ought to drop this business
altogether for month: that we ought tc
postpone this resolution. Postpone il
toi what purposel Why, until another
steamer can arrive here, and inform us
whether Queen Victoria is poutng at us;
TO inform us whether or not the British
government are pleased or offended with
our doings here.
Mr.. President, this is a species of ma.
iional humiliation to which |, for one, will
never assent! II is time we should moi
only speak, but act, like men who are con.
sclous OF being the representatives of an
independent government, who understand
its rights, and would assert its rights, with.
out any reference to the question whether
another government was pleased or dis.
plensed.
1t was upon these three points wished
10 fix the attention of the Senate, because,
as have before stated, they have been
made by that Senator, with his standing in
the country--made with extraordinary
solemnity--made with remarkable preci-
sion, as 10 each syllable to which the ut.
'erance was given. All these things i'm.
press me with the idea that we are 10 have
more trouble growing out of this Oregon
question than we had before imagined
II there is war between these two coun.
tries on that subject The cause OF that war
will be found in the Senate of the United
Stales--it will be found 10 our besitatiug
course, in our divided counses, in the ex-
hibition Of an unwilingness upon our part
to sustain the rights OF tho country by the
force of the country. But will not tres.
pass on the time allotted for the general
discussion of the question.
Mr.. WEBSTER reiterated his opinion that
public opinion IN this country was settling
down on 40 as general basis, the nayi.
CATION of the Columbia by Great Britain,
either for term of years, or permanent
ly, and the straits, harbors and islands of
the coast, being matter for friendly nego-
tlalion. And was not that the doctrine
put forth by the honorable Senator from
South Carolina Mr.. Calhoun,) the other
day? And now ask the genlleman from
Ohio whether he does not think so him.
self? [Mr. Allen expressed dissent -
Well, then, Dies not he think that in this
country public opinion is in favor of taking
as basis of settlement the parallel of 492
Mr.. ALLEN, in reply, said (: have no
idea that public opinion in this country has
fixed or will fix on any line south of the
Russian boundary.
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