Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-02-05
Ti,e 1pnrhburg Gfrnimiam.
THURSDAY. FEBR U.3RP5, Isl
TIE OREGON QUESTION.

the House of Representatives Oh the proposition 10 give
nniee 10 Great Britain Of The termination Of the jpni
ocenfaoa treaty. and iacIdenialy in the Senate on
bill 10 augment the Navy, and Mr. Aliens 'nnn in
tersenli,n" resolutions. We regret that the limited
space which, with due regard to other claims upon our
columns enabled devote to the proceedings Of
Congress, will not permit than pref notice Of
s3ae Of the must striking aud interesting incidents Of
these important discussions
The general impression las been TINT the last adsices
ain Eufofe is so essentially pacific in lbeir character,
thai II would Ufcason abatement Of the war fever at
Washington, aud that tie Bobads and iloispurs who
19hre or the noor OF Congress would be willing 10 O.
Hhef something OF The sane concilaiury spirit. Bot in
ms expectation We have been Disappointed; and We are
'fced to the conclusion that there is emphaucaIly rar
party in that body, 10 whom the peaceabIe settlement Of
The Oregon controversy, upon their own terms.
would he unacceptable. Judge Douglass. Of Illinois, lis
one OF the leaders Of This begerenl band In his sp eech
Oh The SUBJECT lie only that lie " never con.
sent TO compromise this qu.s, upon The 40h degree
hu, hat even the line OF The 5ih degree tie extreme
limit ii the American claim heretofofe will not satisfy
hind 81 hold, (says he, to our Spanish ,iI-. Spain
discovered 10 the lne Of 6--to Mount ST Flias-,nd
our northern boundary be here or upon the Arctic a.
cea aud We can al any put an end to ne rrea.
y between Russia and the u. Slacs.o So ,ha, we
are 10 give notice" Russia MS well az To Enoland
aud defy the Nonbern Bear as well as the British Lii
on, MI Douglass succeed IN rallyine rarty upon
this .su,!
Zen Bayly OF Va. who ALLOWED Mr. DOUGLASS. took
more rational view Of The SUBJECT Indeed he snrnr
nshy The extent at his admission Iocof co rs he il
80 lar l"m agreeing with he famous Baljmore Cam
Nehoh aud alr Polk thai lille to the huo o Ore
Jon Is cellar aud urqnosouable" and with the Wash
in@ion Mon thai "lhere break in our lille IN the
5lIh degree, he declares thai, while we have yopd
'ile to The 49l degree, Lave not the shadow Of /,
tic 9eyond liza Wing had said this, il voulI have bee,
deemed AKIN 10 heason-ye, the Washington Union.
Richmond Enquirer and their echoes do M, hraod Con.
nasy even as heretci Indeed. they deal much mere
severely with john s. Pende,on. the 81 ana Or, r
"hlagery," from Virginia who, without conles,iou
our he, IN his profoundly able and eloquent speccb
Tented himself with expressing the opinion tina, the
"whpe OF Oregon" is not worth f,.lhny I, rs even
1t we could get ii without striking bIow-and thence
dednelns the folly and madness Of adopting course in
reference to 1t which must he conceyes, inevitably
lead To long and bloody war.
MI. Benton son, whose long silence gave rise to sur
misses MT altogether favorable that bluff Independence
OF character which has generally been conceded to him
a al o"@'n spoken and he. too, utlers The words OF
P'"'e' ieopPSes the prnposed increase of the Navy
"use ne neleVeS there Is ssily for war and if
e controversy be properly managed, there is no poba-
"'"y OF "ar-and because if cumes the propused
a"smeh'a'onS Is hot adequate 10 emergency while. if II
eNef'rd as II ought be, he will cree TO saddle
'' country with such an enormous naval peace e,,,h
F"e"'' requiring some twenty thirty millions Of dol.
lars annually to man and keep il all at. His speech
shows mat he has cut loose from the len and lanne,
gan ohque, who We're at time his devoted followers
ont "ho having stolen the thunder with which the Mis-
SCUM Senator formerly "shook The SENATE 81 are M,
ous' leodng llerod" by The yloenc. of their ina,m,
maoFy haangnes, and the uraism Of their views in re
ta'lon to our foreign policy
One Of the Interesting debates merriam, If he
session. occurred IN the Senate On the 26h ultima. nm
T. A"'n a"oh>ln'fr'tnllon resolutions Between Mr.
Alien and MIR. Calhoun there was some sharn person,l
',''s growing ont OF 'he prompt opposition made by
''' Se"e"ah even 10 the reception 1T resolutions
"'o" Ut ueeh"o alike l'npnilc and prepos,erous-m-
''' ofcause they are calculated array all Europe
'ea''S' us anu Pfepos'smns, because they virtually
P'eoee our government ioa policy which il would be
impossible (nnd hot less ridiculous in many sunpos,b,
cases. to pursue. For luIl notice of This ersode
however, we have no, r'on; and we proceed to a more
important branch Of the discussion Gen Cass. who is
regarded as the big gun of the war parry. and lhr
candidate for the next Presidency made an el,bnr,,e
Speech the principal design Of which seems IN have
been TO persuade the Senate aud the country thar tho
hopes inspired o pacific settlement Of the OREGON coun
Try, by the recent foreign intelligence are aooether fall
acsus aud deluslve. The hllowing tlalouue took
place
MI Cass. fef at liberty to saw thai potbing has
been received by the government BY the las, p,rke,
"h@h Would al all warrant IA susaendIpy ar post.
pontng our measures oi defence
Mr.. Webster ilaveahey received auy sdyices a,
ala NY "''''e' a.
Mr. Cass. They have.
''' "fo''et. lave they received any advces ere
aung any additional necessity for augneptinp il. dsten,
crs at the counlf,2 ~ WYNN
MI. LASS do moi know that any of that pnrnort
nave been receIved-lf | did, | do no, kn,w that |
should be at liberty 10 state them. All know il that
the character OF the advIcs is such As cannn usfv
change IN our policy"
In other words II is Gen Cass's opinion tina, we must
90 on not only In making prepare ions Tor war, bu, in
pursuing 'hai line "i policy, which, in the Judgment of
many oil our must sagacious statesmen will render war
inevitable Mr.. Calhoun, in tn. same debate ,dverno
10 me remarks OF Gen. Cass, expressed very dTeren,
P''''"' ""'c" LED 10 The subjolned colloquy Mr.. Cal
houn said:
ooch an opinion coming from such biob su,bori,v
10 P"'fe'' perhaps, that give mine | have read
" '','s !" 'he papers, and far as | am c,pable /
'Se e"oeaVored To trace in my mind the effects " bicb
n,it,,et