Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-06-03
From The 81. Loas Republican. My II.
cot. DENTON'S SPEECH.

appeared tao nilAre crowded from the top tho
hom. with ct the most dense assts Of r.iaas We
have SEEN IN it, \ cutyiy mmlcr at ladies were
IN attendance. Hundreds u ti,ieens. who arrived too
late 10 lorre their way the nhnuda. Wee aeTvcd OF
an opportunity If hearing the speech. and the speaker
was frequently inter- upied by the loud cafi made W Those
iom with out Tor the meeting n adjourn 10 the lfont Of
the Court House. This, however, IN tho then state u
the arrangements. was impractieahlc.
Col Il. Campbell announced 10 the crdNd. that NUM-
he o the friends Of Col Benton Ind invited him Ia par
take Of dnner-ihai he had declined this honor, but
sgnilcd his willingness 10 and address the citizens
IN public asscinbngc-asa manner congeninl To his
feelings, and better adapted Ia the gmiliicaiion al all
Col Benton Nas soon afterwards, introduced.
panied by number u hs friends, ard conducted Ia the
rstrum, lis cnrance greeted with loud and lhg
applause.
hen he took the stand. The clamor from without for
the meeting To ADJOURN into the open mir. produced
slight cou,6sion. This having stsded, he addressed the
crowd, in suhsanee, as follows:
This report are graiilod 10 say has the sanction
OF Col. Bonian himself l,r It's correctness
Nlr Benton commenced With returning thanks for The
honur OF the invitation 10 public dlnror ifum his political
friends lie had dpcne Tho honor ii the dinner. in
iurmity to rule which he had lung followed and az ir
the speech which might have been eNpeecd at the dinner
table he preferred TO make II under circumstances which
admitted gehcal attendance. and would prevent
one from hearing !, who chose 10 ls'on 10 1t.
Great questlons he sad had occupied the rdhhc mind
and received their sulnl IN the last three yenrs
If HIS public service on all Of which he had been called
decided, aud even ponnent part. aud each
Of which II natural Tor him To say senelhnr The
pres, The Oregon qucsilon OF these
At Que time by with all The eulamlVs / Mar. II was nov
hushed in r.posc aud the couniry Tranquil and happy
under peaceful settlement lisown coarn " rniaton
to IT had been consistent and uniform He had opposed
the ut occupation treaty oi 1878 as soon nst was made
he opp sei It's renewal in 1898. he had ahrcd for It's
termination since: and he had always held the par
alle Of ~ 10 be the proper dividing line between the
American territory ol Oregon and tho siish territory Of
frazrrs river B0t The public mind and especially The
mind Of hs party, had been worked up Ia differ
emf and higher vi,w of rights. Fifty fur forty,
and all az none. had become demand. War was fc
British answer that ead although threat Of war
would be no bar tlghu dennrd. yet IN answer To
a wronq in one, was vary serious. lie believed the
Whole demand Of the Unod States Ia be wronaia 50 FAR
as IL nppled to ffuzcts tlyrr, which happened 10 run
hrounh the whole territory from biS four forty To forty
nine and 10 have been discovered by the British IN lGl9
ani covered by their forts since lSOi Tho Admins
railun had taken high ground the party sustained II 4:
but it was an occasion which required public Ia risc
above party aud look to his country alone. lie had
rrs,ved 10 do So and 90 tr forty nine, lift should
cost him his political existence.
This determination, though not formally promulgated,
was no secret, and carly enough made known IL his
friends and Ia the Administration. FrTm tho first eN
ploson of ihe qui siun in April lSiSTom The first
erlnraiion Of the thunder winch rolling back rem
! London in answer the President inaugural address
he had made known he opiuuns TO the Secretary oSate
and nlrnci him that he should support treaty upon
The line Of 10 ii the President made upon that ba
sis From that determination he had never swcrvtd-
/ friends thought there great danger 10 him in the
course he took he himself dad not think there
much He knew his constituents had been wrought up
10 fifty four forty. but he relied upon their equity and in
,,ipcnre o give him lair h,ariug and safe deliver
ance lie paid them the comp mont 10 rely nIon their
Justice and intelligence, and the event had not deceived
him. The boundary was ec't''d at ~. The British
kept hrr rilcr aud we KEEP, outs. Narwas avenod.--
lf,i,,
he and his constituents Were al p-eee ard long might
they all remain so.
The settlement of this question, Mr. y, went say
had cleared AWAY the only remaining difference between
the kindred nations. II left them notoniy al peace,
but ilhout remaining cause u quarrel For the first
lime suco the stamp act Of l165ihc two nations were
now without Of quarrel. For the first ilmc IN
neatly three generations Of men, the Two giand divisions
Of HE Anglo Saxon raeehe northern stock in Great
Britain and its gigantic progency IN our America
without cause Of dsstnson and 10 this happy
stale-io give peace its highest ornament and nobl ST
occupations aud u friendship ts mos, cnarernR comont
caamltous visitation in part II the British empire has
called forth all the sympalhics u The human heart, on the
side of one nation. and all its gratitude from the otcr
Iceland furnishes! Succor and sympatly ny 10 her from
i the Inittd Salos aud the swelling tide Il gratitude
comes rolling hack Go the While British empitc. his
is something better than being al war with each her
nj war r Fra2ors Iycr. under the sad delusun that il
| was pert Of Oegonl lie thanked Gud that ho had
! been an instrument IN dlverlng aiding 10 aycrt-ihis
Calamity and in producing the present happy state be
lmcon the two nations; au5 he thnrkcd his constituents
for approving his conduct in going Tor hts future good
/ ii.slead Of iholr present wishes
The annexation Texas, and It's sequence the present
war with Mexico, another ilho great subjects
which he had been cald 10 act within The last few years
This great drama, Mr. b. said divided itself into many
acts aud covered long space Of time during all which
lie had been in II, and he hoped consistent and
prudent one. He considered this drama beginning
/ in 1919 when Mr. Monroc's cabinet ced,d Texas TO