The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-14
THE DAILY UNION.

ZION and manning Of thirty British semi-militar,
posts there, while We have not one, what are we L
ex peet from the further continuance Oft
| But, sir, there is another reason why this notice
should 10 given. Our people are in Oregon; they
demand to be protected there. They have gone
there without lawi they have none, except such al
they have temporarily established. They ask the
extension Of our laws over them; they ask to be
protected in life liberty, and the pursuit Of prop
erty and "happiness'-io be protected by Va. They
have hearts OF true allegiance towards u.s. and we
cannot deny that request without alternating their
affections from u.s. Can WEI ! ask any gentleman,
whatever his opinion on this subject, To answer me
this question; can you continue 10 retain the allie
ganca OF those settlers in Oregon, If you refuse 10
protect them The Hudson Bay Company - we
have IL oiIeialy-are already urging these settlers
TO set up for themselves and 10 declare themselves
independent alike of and Of every other nation.
Let US delay little longer, and that appeal will ac-
quire force.
But" say gentlemen, 1--WE intend to extend our
laws citizens in that territory. Great Brit.
ain has done the same thiag. We have a right to
the same action" Very WE'LL some are of opin-
ion that we have not that right. But suppose we
do thus extend our laws; you will have kingdom
within kingdom; you will have The laws and jurs-
dietons Of two nations overlapping each other; you
will have the British laws over one man, and the
American laws over another, in the same cabin; and
how will you prevent the conflict Of jurisdiction re-
sultng inevitably, necessarily, speedily, in the
conflict Of men, Of force, Of power. think tho ar
gument Of distinguished senator from Michigan
Mr.. CAss as reported in the public papers To have
been made upon his resolution ofinqury into the state
Of the public defenees upon this point is conclusive
and unanswerabe. Extend your jurisdiction over
American citizens in Oregon, and IL necessarily
comes in conflict with the British jurisdiction over the
same territory. And this conflct Of jurisdiction will
inevitably bring on a conflict OF different and more
serious character
mi - A.
be brought 10 crsls-not necessarily or even prob
ably to a wsrlike crisis, but TO crisis. IL must be
met Great Britain is mOnopoizins the whole trade
of that country. Her representative there is the
Hudson Bay Company. She is ready to adopt the
Of that corporation, for corporations the IA
yorte instruments of British aggression and for the
extension Of her power. The Hudson Bay Com
pany, then, and the British government are, for all
the purposes Of this debate, and Identical They
| have monopolized the trade Of the country; they
have subsidized the Indians; the hafbreeds are un.
der their control; they have military possessions
north Of the Columbia river, not only between the
Columbia river and the parallel Of 40 degrees which
is the territory actually in dispute, but they have
brought down their military posts TO within thirty
miles Of the southern boundary Of the American
claim in Oregon. Look at Fort Hall. II is
directly on the route OF American emgra.
! ton TO Oregon; commanding that route, and
! from which 1--WE have It automatically the
! British omissaries have, during the last sum.
mer, met our emigrants and have attempted, and in
many instances successfully attempted, to divert
them into Cafor MIA and that direction, by false
accounts Of Indian hosttes on the lower Colum.
| bis Fort Hall is within thirty miles Of the south
ern boundary Of Oregon. They have thus not on.
y got the whole Of the territory actually in dispute
but they have got military possession OF the whole Of
it, and II, In order TO assert rights, have got
to tear down the cross Of ST. George from thirty
British forts, as the gentleman from South Carolina
| - 4. a
double that number soon; they have got the whole
ofthem; we have none there.
! But" say gentleman, ''all this will result il
war" War BY whom BY the United States
We begin war; we declare no war; We propos,
no war; we deprecate all war; but we assert our
| rights-rights which We have demonstrated, so IA
as diplomacy can do it. Great Britain has taken
military possession Of the country alike open TO u,
| and to her; and II war cUme from the assertion oil
our rights, will not make it. | deny the posi-
ton OF the gentleman from South Carolina, that thu
I war-if war come-will be a war of aggression or
| our part. Ii is not so. II would be a war of az
gression on her part; and on her would rest III,
responsibility; upon her the judgment Of God, anC
the anathmas of the world.
i What do gentlemen on the other side propose 4
do The gentleman from Massachusetts, tMr. WIN
TBRoP has limited at arbitration. Very well; can
not we arbitrae well after the notice as before
But |, for one, do not propose to submit the ques
ton to arbitration Is Il possible for crnT"e'
+ the one hand, and republic on the 6ther Do,b,
full sir. But suppose it possible; where Ill W.,
+ look for impartial arbitrator Louis Philips
regardless of the sympathies Of his people, and in
tent only the perpetuation Of his dynasty on tn
throne Of France, is sacrificing the dignity of hi
, nation in the cultivation Of "cordia under
standingn with her ancient enemy, for the purpos
of securing her influence in favor Of that dynasty
, his own demise. Austria and Prussia, dreading III
, ambition of France on the west, and the colosss
power of Russia the north, are pursuing the sam
policy; and Russia herself having large territory o
l the northwest coast Of America, cannot he impal
ta for the that she must greatly prefer th
British fur-trader and the Boz, br,ile for hes neigh
bor rather than the active, enterprsing, indofatgs
, BILE, and multiplying Yankee. The secondar
powers Of Europe are but puppets in the hand
Of the five great powers; and the republics Of Me1
D leo and South America are in commissions l kno'
e Of no arbiter, therefore, to which the adjustmer
I of this question could be safely committed. w
once tried this project Of arbitration, sir, in the
: Of the northeastern boundary and the award Of III
e King Of the Netherlands presented decision
tery regardless of treaty spulntions, and aBsur
in itself, as to be.nstanty rejected. We, sir, al
ourselves the best guardians OF our own rights.
What do gentlemen expect let me again ask D
! you expect your government will offer anythin
more favorable than the parallel of 40 degrees
5 Where is the gentleman in this House tina. woul
get up and say that he expects or wishes his GOV
ernment 10 oHeT anything more idNoTaolc tnan tna
There is not one, | venture TO say; not one
Great Britain going to offer anything more favors
3 BILE than she has already done' Is she going t
c offer anything we can reasonably and consistent
8 with our honor accept She never will do j
n while, by the continuance of this convention, sh
gets all she asks: neuer Abrogatc the convention
B; then, il she has made up her mind, land she doub
I less has long ago made up her mind speci6call
what she Is going to do on this subject)-abrogat
5 the convention, and then il she has made up he
G mind to offer such terms we can accept, she wi
do it, and do it at once. But if Motif she has no
/, made up her mind that she will offer us anythin
we can accept, give this notce--abrogate this con
vention; and does it bring war; No; the very wors
= it do is to hasten littlc--and but very little
the which must come at all events. | repea
if Great Britain has made up her mind that she wi
not offer anything we can accept, we having IRE
vocably made up our minds Gas we have) that W
will not offer anything better than 49o the motto
cannot produce war; the worst it do is to has
ten, and hasten very little, the war that is inev
table. SO that, unless gentlemen have made u
their minds to back out of our position, to ofe
something more Favorable to her than Ago, (whe
all feel that we have better title than she ho