Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-02-02

brsggnrt in the Qasrrel, 80 Il may be- safely assumed that
she will never plsv the part of the traitor In the contie.
The President OF the United States speaks Of our c,lisa-
tons 10 facilitate emigration 10 Oregon, aud a. protect our
"pauiOtic pioneers" who are there. Aud gendemea tell
US OF the attachment Of these people IL :heir dear niti'e
land. Why do they leave IL, .rf WHY 10 IL that they 70
tire before the advance Of civlirstion, prcletring the Wild
excitement and the rugged disecmforts of the wilderness
to the rcpo~e, the security. aud the rehnemens OF go
cal and cultivated hfef They manifest their attach
ment by Jisreeardine the influences that bind ordinary
men to the places OF their nativity. by swapping reckless
ly the ties Of boud, and kindred, and social connee-
tons; and calmly, and Of their own free choice, de
eerung a generous soil and q genial cline, abandoning tho
hearths and the altas OF their childhood and youth. % toll
through a vast aud perloos wilderness. where savage man
and savage beast meet them at every turn; through scenes
where danger turks In every breeze. To gain At last n home
50 inhospitahc and rude that. according to the learned gen
teman from Philadelphia, IL takes the genius OF Shakespeare
TO do Justice To its horrors. And il is tor these restless and
wayward wanderers that the distinguished gentleman from
Alabama would have our Government eudeavor to reslize
the fabulous ubiquty OF the Roman power, sending its rgis
throughout the would for their protection.
Sir, | am against any such principle. IL Is easier for
these people to stay ut home than for US to 30 to war. II
they will 60 upon territory the title OF which 10 unsettled.
let them 90 a, their own risk. A few men have no right
to involv. millions IN war. IL is not the policy Of our Gov.
srnmsnt to be running over the word looking after citizens.
whose allegiance is manifested only BY acts Of repatriation.
They went to Texas to fight for their liberty; they achieved
great victore. had wonderful prosperity; found the true FL
DDrado-A country richer than the dreams OF Spanish ava.
rice had pictured; a country IN behalf OF which IL would
sesm that a relenting Providence had repealed the primeval
curse; for we were told thpt production leaps spontaneous
" from its bosom, and man noed not toll for his bread -
Yet IN a few bret years, though un-courgedb by war, or re.
thence or famine, they call On US to annex them 'immcdl-
aicly OF sooner or Their friends say they will perish. We
do annex them, in n way which, for its forms and precip.
itauon, has lett a deeper stain on our national character
than any event s,nce the declaration nf our independence.
And straightway they next put outtOr Oregon. and. get.
ting there, call on us TO terminate q convention, under which
for thirty years, we have got along IN peace and TO do II
directly and instantly, despite the hazard Of a war a war
which, IL IL docs come, may, ard most probably will, be TIE
most destructive which has for centuries occurred. And
that over, (f, indeed. Il be the good fortune OF our Con-
iedcr,cy To- survive it, they would make another statf or
God knows where-pethsps to the North Pole. II they
could find n trail, or make a trail TO land the esi.. l pre-
sumo. would be Immediately called for again, ~supposing
any other people In the world 10 be absurd enough 10 con.
test WI h them such n possession.
But, sir, if | am mistaken in regarding this as a war
measure, then | am still opposed TO II as a peace measure.
IL loses us inevitably and certainly about hal; the territory
OF Oregon, Tor | suppose no man, aud least Of all, those
gentlemen whose Conscience are so nice on the point OF
the national honor, can doubt that, with the notice, the
las, proposition Of the President must be re-commiited.-
The settlement Of the quesu9n now musilcse us the better
h,ll OF the country time. emigration, and "a the mulup!i-
cation table ~ get US the whole OF it. This is no point of
interest vita me. | make the suggestion for gentlemen
who consider it . very valuable country.
Geuuemen TAX about " honorable " peace. Who here,
sir, Is for dishonorabie peacel Will som. Of these war
hawks come down from their exercises with the eagle, and
cpndt scen1 10 deal IN common sense Tor a lev moments,
and let me kuow-ior | wish to learn-sherein II is that
tn peace subsisuIg between the United States and Great
Britain Is a uisaonotable Teaeei Have we m insult, a
tespass, ~ even 4 msnrce 1, Avenge Has our hng been
insgl,ed, our soil invaded, or our honor impeschedl Ii
seems To- me, sr, that us IN ore dishonorable to break than
TO keep such 4 peace.
Suppose, SIR, that votes enough 70 carry this measure be
given, not with the wish or the expectation Of getting Ore
gon, but to get Canada. thus exciting the people Of the
country On the merits Of the Oregon claim, for the purpose
Of directing their force lgainsi a province 10 which we have
no claim. and - any attempt to take which directly, they
C aid not, ~ an honest people, be brought Was there
ever Il war more infamous and arTocious than that would
b.
But. SIR, | observe BY the watch before me, that | have
.ess ih,n a hat minute left me. | have macy things
would Ike 10 say N this subject, and | resre, for thus tine,
Tor ,sis oily. the oxisteree Of your hour rue.
Here ne Ckarmal's hammer care dawn.