The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-31

ent and proper TO build Jail within the coEpo.
rate limits OF this town. (speclfylng the name OF
the town0 the second, "RtsOlptd that the new jail
be built of the materials Of the old one and the
third, Resolved, that the old jail shall not be
torn down until The Is built" So gentle
men IN opposition to this notice moved IN circle;
they resolved that Oregon ID ours, and that proper
measures be taken TO il; but when they came
to action they could agree on no measures, and con-
tented themselves with doing nothing.
But, as they went sioag with their south
ern friends, land he wished it TO be distinct
! ly understood that he was southern
man in his associations and feelings; but
while he was a southern man, he was an American
they traced the progress Of the debate they
TO the speech of the honorable gentleman from Ala
bama, [Mr YAEcEI.l Mr.. J. spoke in high terms
Of the prepossessons and Of the favorable opinions
he had formed Of the gentleman's eloquence and
talents but when the gentleman delivered thai
speech, he confessed his very soul yearned with re-
gret-not for its efects upon the country, but that
80 brilliant intellect, so superior talent, and COM
mandIng eloquence should be employed on the
wrong side of this question. The gentleman said:
"All this would be HI GIFTED by California would be
lost to debt Of i've hundred millions would be inpo
SCI upon the country The paper system in its worst form
lstlst spring OF life and Immortality patriotic yalor
would be almost indefinitely increased
Now Continued Mr.. j. what does this mean }
That because, IN consequence of two wars, one TO
achieve the Independence of the country, the other
to perpstuate ia few individuals who had become
so disabled in the service of their country as to be
unable 10 procure the Of Subsistence in their
declining years. had been thrown upon a small
| pension--il was 10 be made a subject Of can't and
| they were to be told that nobody would embark in
another war unless IN the hope OF mere mercenary.
compensation Did the gentleman believe there was
| no patriotism in the country-that there were not
millions who would rush to the defence Of her honor
and her interests In the hour Of their peril regard
less Of all personal, sordd considerations
But his colleague, Mr.. CocKE,l who had adj
dressed the committee at earlier stage Of the de-
bate, had labored TO show the inconsistency of the
democracy on this question. lie had read vnr-
Gus extracts TO show the position the leaders Of the
democracy occupied on the Oregon question. And
he had read extract from the speech Of Governor
Brown, of Tennessee, at the last session OF Con.
gres@, who then chairman Of the Committee on
the Territories in this House, TO show that he had
at that time argued that the giving this notice prop
| ery belonged TO the Executive, under the powers
conferred upon him by the constitution, and that
other gentlemen then concurred with him who now
held that Congress and the President the prop.
er source from which this notice to proceed.
| The question, them was merely from what quarter
the notice should proceed But was there any dis.
crepancy, any conflict to the main question of the
proprety of giving this notice.
| But his colleague had further gone on TO show
that the President of the United States had in former
times maintained that our title clear and
questionable to the whole Of Oregon and he thought
II extraordinary that James X. Polk should now,
after taking that ground during the last summer
| have offered TO the British government To compro-
mise on the parallel of 49 degrees. He thinks il
remarkable, strange Inconsistency. He wished,
IN that connection, that his colleague had told the
House and the country what line he was for. He
should like TO have the gentleman give them his po-
| sition now, If he was in his seat.
Mr.. COOKE rose for the purpose Of explanation.
He thought Che said) that title to the ago was
clear, and believed that all north of that line was
anh larf for IA .kt tkafh
colleague, instead Of finding fault with his speech,
would find wide field for the employment of all
his logical powers in reconciling the position Of his
new ally tMr. ADAMsl in 1918, 1924 and 1926,
with his present position-n reconciling the Balti
more resolutions, assuming title TO the whole
Of Oregon "clear and unquestionable, )" with the
position Of the present Executive during the last
j summer IN Offering TO give away one-haf of that
territory--in reconcing the position Of the late
chairman of the Committee Of the Territories Mr..
A. V. Brown denying the power Of Congress to
give this notice with the position of the present
friends Of the Executive--in reconciling article
which appeared in the Union in few days since de-
claring that the proposition Mr.. Adams in 1926,
which offered the ago as permanent boundary,
with the further concession Of the free navigation Of
the Columbia river, fair and equitable, with
the present position of the Executive and the Balti-
more resolutions.
Mr.. JOHNSON continued. He understood. then,
that the gentleman willing to compromise
speech had gone to show and to proveto the country
that the Executive had involved himself in an in
consistency, he marches up and agrees with the
i President in that which he profeSsed 10 consider
great an inconsistency For his Mr. J.'s) own
part he intended to follow neither the President or
anybody else in any indrection or departure from
the true line of policy. But how did the President
| stand Why, he was sustained in his strong po
sition--the line of $40 40-by the democracy,
while on the weak points the wings in and
L Al l..
ton better sustained than ths' The Executive,
in offering the compromise of the line Of ago was
supported by the wings of Tennessee, so far
! they had made an erpose of their opinions, But
| how did the wings of Tennessee stand at the last
session of Congress- Every man of them recorded
his vote in favor Of giving the notice He should
like to know what had changed the position of
things since that timer Was it not as important
that the notice should be given now, it twelve
months SINGER But the general conclusion his hon
orablc colleague had come to to give the notice,
but throw around it little soft sodder-a little smooth
verbiase; we must put smirk on our countenance,
and say to Great Britain, ave are not in earnest;
we give this notice, but-we will be friendly about
it,
But since this question had come up, (Mr. J. pro-
cceded to say,) it appeared as If 1t had been made
| the basis of the formation of parties in the
country. He regretted any such attempt ques.
ton like this, especially when it was far
in advance Of the next presidential canvass.
| why, the VA Dominion--God bless her!-
that had been in the -shackles Of conservatism for
several years past--now, when she had freed her.
SELF as they had hoped-when Mr.. Rives had been
deposed from Office on account Of his conservative
| postion--when the Old Dominion stood erect, ere
deemed, regenerated, and disen,hralled" from the
letters Of conservatism--that her statesmen should
now return alike SOW that is washed to her wal
lowing in the mircn--was truly thing to be dep
recaed by every friend Of her, and by every lover
of his country. Now, If his information was COR
rect, ten to four Of her politicians had relapsed
into the position Of conservatism. Now, If Mr.
Rives was in power, he would undoubtedly stand
the Old Dominion would yet speak for themselves;
their voices would he heard from the western
mountains to the Atlantic coast, proclsimng in
thunder tones our right TO the whole of Oregon up
to $40 40N
Now he asked how the prescn, administration