The Panola Miss. lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1846-1846, 1846-04-04

arms, and not in any other form what
ever. lie did not believe that The
President intended inlimidate Eng
land by recommending the notice, for
his own good sense must have taught
him that it would have produced d.
rectly different effect
Nor did he concur with Senators
who thought it unwse that the convex
ton should never have been entered'in
TO at all. That convention was. to be
made or war would have ensued.. Eng
land would not COMPROMISE the ques-
ton upon 40, and we were obliged,
therefore, to make the offer.
lie hazarded nothing in saying that
there was a large majority in this body
4 who were for compromise-honorable
I'comprQmise-upon this question: -
The British Governmtnt and the
Prime Minister of England. were. m
doubleday in favor Of compfonise, and
Upon. lie basis of,.the line which had
been once proposed by US ard declined
by. EngFand. The declaration .or. Sir
! Robert Peel ought -te produce It's. effect.
upon our Government and lead 10 a
-renewalof negotiations which was now
the great Q5stacfe in the way of an
/
amlcab'e settlement of. this question.
lie trusted indeed that information had
gone'tQ Europe, though he had no off
cial information Of the fact, which would
lead TO amicable COMPROMISE Of thi,
| Question.
When the message was delivered
there was no hope of compromise, but
there was hope now, All. must see it
all must feel 1t. L was the highest
consistency now TO compromise this
question. There were dflere Il ideas
Inconsistency. Some gentlemen would
adhere TO one thing always, no matter
what iho circumstances. Some would
adhere to men whether their principles
! change or not. But what would YOU
think OF the physician who would pre-
scribe calomcl and nothing else through
all stages of the disease. You would
pronounce him a .quack, rs yoq must
those men who would not moderate
their aetlon by circumstances that time
had brought.
lie hoped that his friends who went
for the whole Of Oregon had themselves
| changed these opinions since The meet
ing of Congress. They saw divided.
party, and divided people, and d.
Vided opinion. DID it then. become
them 10 give the notice, TO refuse com
promise, and 10 claim the whole of
oregon: lie Appeared 10 his friends
as patriots 10 decide this question. In
regard to notice he should oppose it
unless given. in q modified form.
he House resolution he could not
vote for, because it was equivocal in its
character. If notice was given, let it
be given in plain and meaning man
ner, SO that the President and the world
northumberland what was meantbv II.
He was inclined to give the notice in
such form as was Recommended bV
the resolutions of the Senator from,
Georgia; but he held his vote subordi.
nate TO another question, which was
that the question should be settled
peaceabIy and without an appeal TO
arms. lie was resolved to do nothing
which would prevent an amicab!e adj
Jnslment of the whole question.
Mr.. Calhoun then INDICATED his con-
81 tency and the position he took in1843.
lie was then for adhering to the COM
ventlon and thoughtthe time had come
for abiding by it. Oregon was easy for
US tocolonize, and difficult for England
to compromise. To England the ter
ritory was of comparatively no value.
not SO much as. New Zealand. while
the colony itself was 10000 miles off
or nearly the circumference of the
globe.-We emigrated like the Tartars.
by families, and at comparatively no
expense.
All was going on well, but. the time
mad changed.-The people of Oregon
went there 10 avoid high duties, ard
would be aiienated from US by any
DINER principles Than free trade. Our
laws should be most cautiously extend
ed over this people. They had an in /
Hnlte capacity to govern themselves,
and 1t was highly proper that they