Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-06-01
Mr.. Benton,s speech.

Mr.. Benton concluded his great speech on the Oregon
question last Thursday having occupied paris Of three day
IN IT, delivery. The National Inieligencer slys the third
division Of his speech not less interesting than the Two
preceding. IL was devoted to calculation Of the asr
cultural and commercial advantages Of that portion Of Ore
10 which, according his luminous argument il ap
pears that title Is indeed ndputabe. Cen Cas- has
taken the floor IN reply Mr.. Benion-and ne opens the
ball to-day In announcing hs intention 70 reply to Mr.
Benton's irresistible argument the gallant Senator from Nj
ehigsn or requires no lie galsniry attack positions
strongly fortified by hstorcsl eyidences) said: "The
honorable Senator from Missouri had annhiaed entirely 20
his satisfaction the line Of Sc 40 as the northern boun
Diary Of Oregon he hoped howevso see resuseatsd and
reesabshed." IL will require more int ectua force how
ever than the THO, Cass Allen and Ha nnagan can brngto
bear upon the question. gavanze the corpse Of the
deunc "a 40. The judgment Of the country h. already
against them DO they and fee It IN the sne, Of
the 81 40 journals, Of which has had the odno
10 assa Mr. Benton, make an effort 10 impair the
force Of bis arguments We mistake: one Of them eth.
PenH'yl5aniaH srEes him but the very feeblensss Of
in assault the strongest evidence Of the mpreRnsbty
Of his position Il says with venom Than force
The position Of the Missouri senstor IL now beyond oil
dispute although nobody could have doubted il who bs.
watched HE ambiguous since the Commence
meDt Of the present 10 ses one who was fsmous
holding manful tooo-one who had gone v,b the On,
" or years in oil The great coneststo see such a man
hesitarng and boggng upon question upon which he had
been one OF the earliest 90 speak favor Of oil cuim-
was the most convincing proof Of hs change Of position
great man, like Colonel Benton by sudden end 1n-
accountable en- alteration OF course and by uniting a hs
ingenuity 10 prove HE correct n the face Of his
most emphatic opinions the other way capable u nAet
ing vast injury on the public mind by aid NJ 10 unes pub
he confidence ia the naion's gh we'll o. n the nsons
representatives, Colonel Benton s for Forty-uins.r
| " NJ DE Moifas whose work upon Oregon patronized
oy the feoeh Government attracted p, much observation
aieW months since has just published a work on Merico
~ "m'h ne expresses the opinion ihsi "f Mexico b. 10
preserve hepubHchn institutions, her Incorporation n the
Union Of the North would be- more bene6ci, 10 France
hnn her actual condiu because yie say.j our eopos,
cal transactions could not fai, under such well ,,.
ed administration % that Of the Unitsd states 10 seo,,.
much development" Il may be remembered tina, s,,s
days since quoted eIuac from letter of the Me.,so
correspondent Of the London Times, in which was a.
'umed hs Grsa, Britain would DO benefited by the snns1
shon Of Mexico 70 the United States Il 10 hardly probs
be- when such sentiments eptertsined In inaBsnus
quarters in Great Britain and France that either Of those
powers hiss hsd any agency in stimulating the Mexican
government 70 he recent course.