The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-04-18
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MR., HANNEGAN'S REPLY,

IT, hhNNEGAN'S REPLY.
We present to-day the reply of Mr.. Han
oegan U. s, Senator rron Indiana. 10 Air.
Benton on 'he subject Of giving the notice
10 G'eaI Britain 10 terminate the ont oc-
IcuPancy Of 'ho Oregon territory. 1t will
be recohecIed that Mr.. Benton had assaiIed
The position taken by Mr. Cass, in relation
10 the question during that Senators tempo.
rary absence from his seaN Mr.. Cass
however found an abe as we'll az an elo-
quenI champion in the person of Mr. Han-
Inegan, as will be seen by the extract from
his speech. which we append below.
Mr. HANNEoAN then rose and said Mr.
President, have few words TO say
would not have made single ob,eryalon
ON this occasion had ii noI been for par
uCnlar expression, accompanied by Verv
Significant look towards tins quarter which
Iell from The Senator from Missouri. Ger
Ialnly he was The last man here from whom
| expected an unklnd look or an unkind
al IuSlon. AS sald before upon a certain
occasion here, he has been 70 great ex.
Ie my political teacher, and, sir, learned
from him on this Oregon question more
than learned from any other living man.
learned II from his speech on the Ashbur.
ION treaty, which from :aat hour has been
10 him the constant theme Of deadly and
unmlIgaed hosIily against lhe negolialor
vino made that treaty and he Senators who
voted for H. learned mainly from ,ha,
speech my principles and relation 10 the
Oregon question. From that speech Of
'he Senator from Missouri, learned tha,
the American tile 10 Oregon up 10 latitude
90 degrees was good nolony against Great
BrIIsn but The whole world, That speecb
was made here only four or five wears ago
and III II the Senator taught me those prin
clpIes which, powerful as he is he never
will be able 10 erldICaIO from my mind.
he planted them there, but be cannot now
pluck them up at his will. learned A, the
lee! OF my GamaIiel, have passed from
hence | have proclaimed the principles
which found there. lie may do as he
IIsIs.--He may, before his country and the
world, abandon these principles. | will
not make The same pledge made by the
distinguished, patriotic, and honest Amer,
can who occupied that seat Yesterday
IMr. CAss, that whenever it is shown that
|he line Of 40 degrees was extended to the
Pacific ocean, will not only close my
mouth and seal my lips against the utter
ince oil any claim 10 Ihe country north oil
~ degrees, but 10 any part Of Oregon. Butt
as She Senator is that he holds
The Agamemnon Of our iuIe band pris~
1ner he may find himself mistaken, Not
'ne single document to which he referred
iot one paragraph which he read has refer.
snce TO foot Of land, with the exception
u his aluslon 10 Lewis and Clarke, wes,
If Ihe Rocky mountains. What right had
england and the United States 10 seMe
lne deVdlng county belonging to Spain,
Ihe Senator from Missouri is perfectly a.
ware that such was never in the Cuntempla.
ion OF England aud the United States.
}uI this was the pledge made by The Sena,
OF from Michigan. BY this he is bound
nd by this, after all that he has said, | ex
,ress myself also bound Whenever il can
e shown that the treaty Of Utrecht cOntem.
'Ialed The establishment OF Ne parallel oil
0 degrees west OF lhe Rocky mountains, IIc
lose my mouth as 10 Oregon. Spain was
parry To that treaty, TIL some time after.
Yards, speak from recollection, and do
oI make this statement with perfect con-
dsnce OF It's accuracy, but such is my i'm,
ressIOn. Spain came into il afterwards,
rolestlng that she did not yield any rights
n Ihe northwest coast, and only when that
:olest was cOncurred in did she become
arty, AS 10 Frabce, prior to 1913, she Ia
ever asserted title to one foot of territory :
ON the lshmus of Darien to the Arctic
lrce, on The Pacific coast And vet Eng Ii
and and France, accogng 10 The version ;
'hlch he Nr. BENTON gives, and with h
le impression which lie would produce =,
pom the Senate and upon the country, par
allied out what we cali Oregon. Yet up
that momenl-up to the signing Of The
ealy 0! UTeeht, and long afIerward, and
own TO The signing Of the Noolka Sound
invention, before all Europe, with TIE as +
mt Of all Christendom, Spain asserted and :
and defended her title to the u
hole Of that coast. =
1t would be folly for me to 60, even for n
instant, into ihe argu nenis by which oil G.
lis has been sustained. II sa notorious III
ct, which no man, senator or Otherwise,
IN ConIrover, Let NE now congratulate Ir
ne, who most kindly did me ths houor ,
'me Ilne since, in most haUering Ian
lage, which al once found lis way TO my -,
cart, 10 call me friend an eplhel which "
will now return 10 him with his permis. =
on'-Iel me congratulate my friend the r,'
Senator from Soulh Carolina, >
Mr. CALHOUN } that al last The antipodes
ave me1-thaIhe has made convert of lhe |
enalOI from Missouri. | COpprsulate him /