The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-06-12

rccily copied. In copying, he had done it
we'll, but when MIR. Greeuhow undertook
TO decide upon treaty stpulations as def.
ming boundaries-"hen lie undertook 10
settle International dispules-his authority
was quite another thing. In copying this
map lac was correct. He had put the line
OF 81 40 as II ought to be. running it up
from the sea along the Portland canal
thence 10 Mount ST. Elias, thence manor
lherly direction TO the frozen regions. Col.
Benton then produced another and later
map, with the Inc Of 81 40 running straight
across TO the Rocky Mountains, dividing
springs from their branches, and branches
from their springs. Ten thousand copies
Of tins erroneous map had been distributed
by order OF the Senate. through the coun-
try and from various sources, hundreds
oi thousands If them had been distributed.
The Inc had bcen drawn full and strong
from the sea to the Rocky Mountains,
when thee was no such line. Aud yet our
people had been 50 inhamed as to be ready
to 70 on, aud establish that line by the
sword, mnrching all the way, and signing
as they wen, along,
"Dulce et lecorum est pro patfia moti,o
II is sweet and graceful to die for our
country. And yet, sir, after marching all
the way for tins line Of "a 40, when they
would get there, they would find there vas
no such place. The whole thing is INN.
ginaty, intangible, and is dspelIed INTO tim
an All THIS cNcilement--all this palrln..
ism -ull this waste Of words and time, sir,
has been about nothing, or is something too
ridiculous % excite the bravery of the PEG.
pie 10 the poIt 81 wal. No such thing
EYER existed, sir. lon can't find 1t. There
Is no sgch liuc. |, is ridiculous Ill is ri.
diculous, sir and speaking o il hereafter,
let il ever bo sand -" OH mountain Il al
Vas delivered If mouse, hereafter thy
name shall be ~ 40" General laugh.
icr.) No such boundary line was ever =
.abllshed, as lhe continuous Inc Of 81 ~
bu' rs far az a reed upon, Il was as the
northern boundary Of Great britain Col.
Benton continued his citations from official
papers of Tic Stic department, ncluiutg
the correspondence upon this subject, dur.
lnT the administration OF Mr.. Jefferson and
MIR. Monroe, showing that our goycrumen,
bad uniformly coutoaded for ~, rs our
north 40 buuniarv. Great B,iraiu could
not forget these facts. Ne, sir, the growth
ot her statesmen Vas hot 50 rapid as t.
forget the events Of twenty. tllfne leats
back. And Yet, ST, after Offering Ter five
degrees Of latitude As her own, over and
over, we prepare 10 sqpe. ze her out OF II
entirely. We are to go jam 10 "a 10 Oh
one side, and Russia is to come Jun down
on the other, and We are ready to 20 TO
war for i such IS the position of the ad.
yocales Of 81 80. We must close up and
>gurcze out Great Britain entirely We
must not let her have room 10 put Il i.
uu's paw upon II, even It we're small as
the loo, u dove. l. tins right i this
dcccnL No, SIR, il j. neither right nor
decent. The original ldea was that Orr.
2ou Should be divided into three parts
Russia have the North, Great Britain the
middle, aud The United States the Southern
portion. Russia has received her portion
ours was still IN dispute. Tho first great
error then was that our lite was good up
to 81 10. Ne had corrected tins error,
aud from this time heGceforh there will
be NJ such line as 81 10, aud If SO il will
be known as The Northern boundary OF
Great Britain. The next error upon tins
Oregon question was almost equally fern'.
clous with the first. II was perale.uus be.
cause it WAS an error. II was the un>ub.
stantIatcd dogma tina, our title was clear
To the whole of Oregon from the undiylsa.
Uillty and unity OF our tille up to 81 40
that there was no break Ia il. From tbs
dogma of unity fellows the corolIary that
our title Is clear ia the whole at Oregon.
Now, sir, If We come to examine it, We
shall find that IN par, our title Is good, and
10 part bad and that the dogma aud the
corollary must 90 down together. There
are breaks in the title. To the Colunb
it is complete. North of that It depends
upon the Spanish treaty of 1919. This
single view breaks up the unity Of the II.
tie. There are two breaks in the FIRST di.
vision, aud If we 30 further we VII find
there are two more. The dogma OF the
unity Of tide was exploded title wis
,od 10 part, and bad to other Pafis-and
Il IS the place of sensible men to examine
al the parts IN their relations 10 each
other.
Mr.. buchanan was listener 10 this
speech, npd seemrd To be much edited.
Mr.. rakcuhup .ookcd on aud sad moth.
ing
/ Col, Dcutun next adYettcd to the treaty
Of Utrecht, rs csrnh lshtug the boundary
lire between the French and English pos
sessions along the line Of 10, indefinitely,
westward from the hake f the Woods.
He was called agnll to rciu,e drecaho" 5
book, and he did it because the endorse.
mcnl Of Senator had ent,tIed II TO con
sideraton. He said he would refer again
10 Inc records Of The Department Of State
which he did, citing the correspondence
upon the Oregon question under Mr. Jei.
lcrsou's administration. Col. Benton had
,l.r n Lnttcr road from Mr. pukln of New