The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-17


arc some tre.sles which Subsequent ~sr bes@een
Inc eOa1acnng partlss snnal and destroy; and M
nerOas a0eGpts have besa made 10 lay dO.n soGss
sensrsl rule, by ~hSoh II may be dStsrmned ~ksi
Rad Of treaties arc destroyed BY ~ar, and ~hAi
KIDD ssrytse hostile oOaEset between ina parties
Ii may perhaps be more easy 10 deteEmin< LAzi q0ss-
tson N individual cases, xhSeh may Pssssnt them
s<lSes 10 our niDds than 10 lay tO~a anything ike
a general rue. And The result q Inc attempts
~Aseh haVs been made, serunssy verify las AsseE-
uOn- Some ssnteaen, foe Insaaaee, declare, ~ =
s~O~oal rule, Ihsi all commercial tssaIs-s are abcO-
gated by var. Tbs. As general ruiz, . nat esn-
psshsnslSs soOGghs koS u - csstaln that We uea-
nsz hsch ara not oomnl.rczzl tseiE Clearwater
also Terminated by var between the parsses-
treaty ofeassye ana defensive % Ghis character.
Anosbss ssnSiem.s--l mean the hOnOrsbis msaaoSS
from So1GA CarOllna, Mr.. HOlsssl-Ass trs~d hIs
s<Ll 90 lhls Poiat, and, siGh al due difference his
aftsnpS tones equally soOrt Of the mark, no,
more hs Commended that those trranes whiSh
coafex privileges, abrosated BY xar, .hILst hos
~AsSA confer nxhts, rsn.Aln untouched Ibs, a. a
seeeral rue, "A CERTAINLY wanting Of dsssHneiness,
tor soaae prisIheSrs most certainly nShls- The
OAly issSIn<tiOa whSeh oeenrs 10 ne 10 b sS Oaes
seaside ard comprehensive. th.G ~hSeA d~sLzses
tA.t exe1aseS treaEirs not affected by ~sE D.
t~esa the part~s, shIist IAO.< hat un-Sreated
,hose Shseh sxeeUtOSy-those ~hirh N
k<ri, snnuIsd Trr&IS-s, foSnstanes, which set
ls bol.isnes-Uh ich limit or eoafer territorial
nshts, are unaffected by any and every change IN
the reAiSons b<i~e-a Iae tao o01ntrlcs- The rSa-
" Of 1880 hstgeen Spain aud Grozf Bualn i
clearly em6Caeed IN The after class Il provided for
trade With the indians, and for seteaaenis for the
parPosss Of trade, and Zoe that purpose O1ly. The
rsShI make Settlements can by no far consSruo-
uOa, Dc regarded nght 10 appCopCIAts territory.
SGeh q eOossrletOn - not warranted by the IMAM
otyuOGs meaning Of the terms employed; and when
refer to sIuAneOus eonsIdsnanOas, N order
20 a'd an coming 81 The meaning Of the parties,
mas Construction has stn i-ss ~hIch stand. n
IerTlIoaAl rights intended to b secured, &c =
rSAseilOn 10 suppose that r~o such intelligent
IIOns would nOS have employed Iezs equivoeal and
pCeeIss and deknIte terms Sli Iess can It he
believed thai Great Butain, ~hO the party Be
bens6led, Would nave XII sach essential and p.rma-
asnt nights 10 InPiIcail0n and construction Il =
oOly xhen she seeks extend her CLAIMS hr be-
yO0d tho meaning and Intention Of the power xIth
~hBSh she "a treating, thsi she employs doa6Sfal
ard ambiguous phrases IL . by the srIs and tricks
q diplomacy, she aims 10 accomplish Der WISHES
Nhea more 0p<n add direct means nave failed Of
s1eEsss- Again, Al the time when this treaty Was
rnads, and foS many ysaEs before Spain seemed 20
be beset 1Iih q perfect mOnOmania Zoe The soquI-
Of ierrhory-fOr the discovery OF new Stands
and ss~ continents Her exploring vessels were
sent into every SEA, and 70 the uuermost Parts
Of the earth, IN search Of some new SPOT On which
10 pLanI the standard Of her enterprise and power
Il the IGea thai the treaty nf lTs0, aeknoxIedgea
v,
winch clearly The properly OF Span By dl.-
eOsery, between these tao nsIonz. CONSISTENT wI,h
the syarcs Of SpsIn-xIGh her rsge for the sepul.i-
DOa Of more hAR IL IL To Be er,dIted that she
would thus surrender the dsriioz OF her sf.etions
The object Of ali her seiEsacrIkcInS efforts w.,hoas
eyea a Struggle 10 MAINTAIN and preserve them
u &C not more natural, more CONSISTENT with the
circumstances Of the nations that Tune TO b.
h-ye that Great Britain represented 10 Spain What
sas nov says To rs, that al. did not deslre the
country for the purpose Of making permanent Set
IleenIs D1k afordInx facilities of trade with the
Indians fOr IL fars- THIS facility, this privexe Of
trade, xbi wei suppose that SPAN would be vIl
ing. fo< valuable Considerations, grant, inasu1uch
the country xss only DESIRABLE % her IS future
abode for her eitEzenz and for the precious neras
Moreover, If the ressy 81 lTge~axa an appropriation
the part Of those powers Of The Oregon territory
i EtIe remarkable that aft.r Inc close
OF the asst war, Great Britain should have placsd
the United States IN POssessson Of portion Of tbs
very terrItory which had been taken from the arrsr
dGring the As; var Can she admit, without IN
volEIng hsrssif dEshSoor, that sh- sersd
ear gOvsrrmsnl At That time territory which she
nOS Urgss belonged TO herself and Spain; Is
II not easy believe that this night to the ter
ri,Ory Is al after thought Of hers pressed now
with the greater psEtInseIty because OF our offer
COMPROMISE, because Of our tzcIt acknowledgment,
she coUs,fUes II, Insi she had permanent rights
there
Gentlemen have been pleased Mr. Chairman. to
consider tins question: IN It's bearing upon the
peaceful relations OF the tEo countries, and trust
shall De pardOned II should 50 far initiate the eI-
ample which has been Sci as 10 express my opIn-
ions on that point. | venture to say that no one
would deprecare more Than myself var with Eag-
and, OF @Ith any other power. | trust hat | feel
Iuss aoprecIancn Of the horTId calsmIlSes Of war
the efTGsSon Of blood 1t would produce, the loss Of
life IL would occasion, the injury TO commerce II
Re- l..
avotdahs effects Of all var effects which would be
visited Great Britain IN a degree equal, at least,
to what ~e might experience OF them And II the
lnysrahie and unavoidable effects OF To be ef
tectualy urged against the maintenance Of our Just
Ishts, II requires no Solomon to see that these
rights are forever TO be abandoned whenever their
assertion would, by the most remote probability,
cad into a eonaIct with another peo2ie. Ii ap.
pears TO ne that 10 ascsrtaInlng our rights and in
coming 10 determination TO indicate them, eon-
siderztious Of peace or war should De allowed
to exercise controlling influence. 10 case OF doQ ht
and uncertainty as to our rights. admit that they
should be allowed to turn the scale in favor OF |.
compromise, or, NJ necessary, an abandonment Of
our pretenslons Bot when our rights are clear
and IndGsputah!s,n As clear a sunbeam, as ~e
have besn taught TO regard them respect to Ore
gOn j, wIIl DOT do TO listen TO tkeu unless we are
prepared to dsPrenase on any occasion, and for
any purpose. tappeaEs TO me, SIR, that the exam
Die OF our revolutionary fathers 3 the only proper
one IN such cases and one which recommends Itself
to our most favorable consideration Wien they
we're about to engage In a eonfict With the dreaded
power Of Great BSIiaIn, and that, too, al time
when the odds a hundred fold greater against
them ihan they against Us, did they stop 10 cal
cuLAts the consequences OF the Truly appalling con-
test IN which they were about TO engage No, SIR.
They but satisfied themselves Of their rights, and
they ahead to vindeate them, leaving the COZ
sequences Him who rules the destinies Of nations
vel as OF individuals. Their sutFerinEs, and
osses, and hazards were far mere startling than an
That possibly bcfal Their sufFsrnzs were
imprinted Oy their bloody footsteps on the frozen
sarS1-thsir boss, II oEerEhsImed, would have been
The Ioss Of freedom-ihsir hazard that OF reap
ing the death Of the traitor, and the zuominy Of
the rsbsL-suFsrIng, and ,osses, and hazards which
IN no possible event can come 20 Us.
SUch Eas the spInt that actuaisd our ancestors
then, and such believe to Be the spirit by UhIch
large portion Ofths American people are actuased
nov. II var therefore 81 paid unfortunately grow
oct Of this matter, its responsibility, whatever It
may Dc, whether for glory or for shame, must and
wIu rest upon those who have proved before the
American people their Gear and indispatabis ue TO