Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-04-02
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. ono ervnrn of this Union has strength
ep-i and I~frpinsicd u local power
~ the cXpsnse II rscihcr' Is no, inns
tthc reason WHY Texas to-day stands
recorded ,lrm'pro i THIS conicdora'
ry' lnssrfr gentlemen that THIS M
uu't0us ~hcmc has cuccndcrcd icci-
u. of bitterness ~ the North which
urpo WI not soou eradicate.
Bat, Nr. whatever other properties may
have teen a'cut.d 80 me. believe
tha'l WAS never called n COWARD in
uii,uug nv homes, sentiments. And
standing here IN Wv place, and wiu
The possibility whichaiiachcS 10 the
station ! pronounce tins whole Texas
scheme q piccc OF political piracy from
lewulug a. end ! wash my hands
OF a., participation M the guilty deed :
and against thr whole Of u, ] here, on
my own. and on the behalf Of my
wtourcd constituency enter my sol
cmu protest
4 few words Mr Chairman, IN de
Gnlua my position upon Oregon, and !
shall have done. Mr. Houston. of
Alabama here called Mr. Culver 10 or
der. insisting that II was not IN order to
debate that subject on tins bill. IIut
tho Chair again ruled that, rs the
HOUSE ms now in Committee of the
whole on the state OF the Union, re-
marks upon Oregon were not ont OF
ORDER Mr. G. proceeded. ! am rs
toulShcd, SIR that gentlemen should
think me ont of order IN aIIudng 10
Oregon especially, when, III discus
sing Oregon for weeks, Texas has n
Gam and again been drawn INTO the
debate, and no one thought OF calling
10 order Moreover. my remarks, Of
five miuutr> duration, will stand m
thc place Of . set speech Of ono hour.
Isl hay. gwen mp all hope Of obtaining
the floor ~ the scramble with sixty
competitors.
Lam IN favor Of giving the notice TO
Great Britain to terminate the JOINT &C
,ur.acy q this territory. Believing.
s., DO. that We have RIGHTS there
which, when clearly dohuoI and set
ted. We should INSIST upon and defend
| 90 for ali that we really OWN. II
difficulties arse IN aSccT'alnlng the
precise extent Of those rights would
call tony aid the light Of history, aud
the principles settled by the law oina-
Ilone. aui not one of those. sir, who
believe that u Tammany club, a Baltl-
moro cnucur or partl2m inaugural,
constitute the best tribunal for settling
grave question OF eminent domain.
The question. for twenty-five years,
was thought sufficiently intricate and
doubtful To call for the aid of ncgolla-
tors When wise councils prevailed,
in tho days Of Monroe and Adams, aud
Gallatin and Rush and Clay, it was
deemed n fit subject for negotiation.
And so doubtful was the question of
title deemed, that three times had our
Government offered to divide the terri
tory on the parallel OF 40 deg.
But il was reserved for new born
President in lSI5, in rcspoSc to a polit
IcaI caucus, To brush away all these
doubts to throw the wisdom of his
predecessors in the shade, and pro-
claim "our tide to the whole territory
to be c,ca. and uuqucNuonablc' SO
very clear as not - be- qucSuoncd.- 49,
tuI yet s;rm-ctot c,l , notfvcmouths
c'ap>c, before this same Chlci MagIS-
trale OF 'rs to give away to Great Brit
aiu. > degrees and 80 minutes of our
clear and mGuc>tlonabic' soil N
dcr>iaud mc Nr Chairman, am not
SAYING whether he was night 1r wron"
IN ms clam on the ith Of March, or
m his offer on the 18TH of July. | on
ly wish To- put tins and tins together,
that my friends may not only SEQ the
quick sogacity Of their new President
lYdISccrnng intricate title, bat also
his practical consistency N holding
fast 10 such title, leave his friends.
however. to reconcile discrepancies.
and cNtr,catc hun from the dilemma
IrImav be allowed n word in rcla-
ton to this question of title and 1t
cam It llll MNl III Nh|liu NuN lllNN
mp to l9-, orlo the point rs Ear north
as the head waters Of the Columbia |
believe our uucIS conclusive, and can
be demonstrated to be such against the
whole world.
Inuliirmng such autlc,I confess lido
not d,awmy strongest arguments from
the discovery Of the whole continent
by Columbus IA i92 po- from the
subsequent grautoi ilou by the Pop,
Of Rome 10 the King of SPAN. Suct
discovery and grant, 10 be sure, should
not be lightly Needed by Great Britain
for she, herself, subsequently, claimed
right to parcel out in large slices, Civ
+ ing bv charter 10 Massachusetts colo
nv all between 40 and iS', from lh'
Atlantic to the Pacific, and another Il
. Virginia. reaching from ">ca TO sea.
between certain other parallels No