The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-01-30
JOIN q. ADA,rs, sprEcH
On Oregon, in he Hopse Of Representa-
tires, Jan. "a lslG.

: Mr.. ]. q. ADAMS rose to address Ia
i. House. lie sad tha! he ought perhaps Il
), CONNIE nee with an apology 10 The House f.
addressing It al all on this question. TIT
, state Of hrs health vas such as 10 render i
impossible for him to enter at all upon lhC
many important questions connected with
his SUBJECT, end whatever observations he
might feel II hi, day 10 make upon il, must
necessarily be brief. lis physical power
would mol enable hin to get al any length
mo the question,
The question now lmme 9iaiely before the
House be understood to be, whether tie bill
making provision for raising two regiments
Of rflemen should be made the special or.
der for the lst Tuesday in January.
The SPEAKER said that the first ques.
ton would be o. tie reference Of The BIN,
and tho. question: was detalaLlc.
MIR. ADAMS then asked # he was at Ito.
erty 10 debate the question whether this
Bill should be made lie special order for
Tuesday next.
The SPEAKER replied that he could
not, but that tint Goes,ioa Of reference might
be debated.
Well, Their, (said Mr.. ADAMS will,
al the risk Of be!re crested Tor irreleyancy,
(which seems Ct hate q leyoule mode of pre-.
venting dIscusslon,j speak IN fealy aud in
substance 70 the question VI maklng the bl!
a SPECIAL ofdef-S hue, 10 form, my remarks
VII be on the question OF reference.
This measure nos proposed 10 be refer
red IS one, which, Tor a variety Of reasons,
Is as important as any question which has
hnher. cone, or Will hereafter come, be.
fore this House for discussion. II is diff.
cult TO speak on one Of the bills relating TO
! Tins subject without reference 10 all the
others. For example: this is blIl TO raise
two regiments OF rfemen. Now, fad
there has been reported in another ran Of
this bUldlng a bill providing for one Iegi. .
ment Of mounted rf.men. The question
then presents l.seil to mellow are these
TWO bills 70 20 together and whether they
ought not to be considered together / but .
one fcglmcat ony Of mounted rlilemen is
necessary 10 be maintained, then il does
not follow thattwo regiments Of uutaonnted I.
riamen are needed the one bill depends 7
~ measure upon the other. refer 10 .
ths merely as an illustration, TO show the
variety OF measures which are at the same
time in contemplation cf The House. find F,
further, in the same bill to which have
just alluded, an appropriation Of --- dol (
lars, for the expense Of any military deten-
ces which the President may deem ncces .
sary on the line Of our communication with .
Oregon. Now tho importance Of that pro.
vision dePends on the sum which shall be
put INTO tue hands Of the President. AL .
infer from III is, that 1t is contemplated
that other expenses taud in my opinion very
heavy ones must be considered as concur.
rent measures with the raising Of these 70.
gimoDis Of r.hemeu, This is the only meas
ute that will be necessary, and therefore il
may be doubtful If there is any necessity for
wasting the time cf this House in dlscus
sing the question whether these two reg.
mcns Of nfemen shall be raised, unless the
necessity IS made apparent for their EN-.
pIuyment. Why,W hat reason is there that
t"o regiments or one regiment shall be raj
sed at thls time? We have heretofore gone
through some measures which presented
prospect Of war: We have gone through
thea, and there has teen 10 war. We are
at profound peace with all the world, II hy
then increase our military establishment
1t must be reco'lec'od that the spirit which
prev allied IN tins House, two, three, or four
years ago, was very nerent to this matter
OF increasing our military force, We who
were ;heu here voted not only 10 prevent
The increase OF our military establishment,
but we reduced it hy very nearly one third.
That was four years ago, when the pros.
Dcct Of war vas quite as great as now, aud
! w,iI take tbls opportunity TO say that /
do net bcitere a: all IN ANY pANsTR Of tar
at His h,7c.
| do not see any testimonials Of the pro. :
babtllly Of war at tins time; but, if any
danger is unprecedented by any gentleman
here, il appears to me that the very first
measures 10 be takeu-lhst which should :
precede all military measures Of any Kind ?
is tc give nouce to Great Britain that a
We mean 10 terminate the existing joint oc. t
cupaucy Of Oregon. That IS the first meas y
ure to be taken. How can senIlemen ap. G
pfeheud war otherwise Does Great Brit. a
ain tell Us that she shall take offence at the {
continuance Of the treaty OF JOINT occupan O.
. sue uUN5 uOi, luOusu nave htdfu Gl
some question being made in England |
whether they shall not give US notice of the :
Of the Joint occupancy. Yeti e
is not joint occupation, and have been
surprised al the language held by some C
gentlemen on The subject. The treaty &C.
no occupation Of the territory
by either party il is a commercial conven. r
ton of flee navigation, but it does not I'D 9
init by either party the occupation Of one 4
inch otterrltory by the ether. /. 10 no &C. q
cupalion. But, whatever it is, neither party t'
can permanently occupy the country with II
on, notice TO the other TO terminate The con. q
venlon of commerce and trade, which would
not be permitted without sach convention b
1t is not a treaty of joint occupation; II is d
a treaty for the exercise of navigation c
rights, commercial rights, and trading /
rights with the Indians. 1t precludss the l
occupation OF the country by either party y