The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-08-10
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TO be inferred IRON has remarks, that u was
by voting IN favor OF the Ashbufton treaty,
which contained no stipulation in favor Of
the owners Of those vessels. II is a trick
oil hrs to make his charges very vaguely, so
as 10 make II difficult 10 detect his errors
and repel his slanderous attacks. | adm,
that voted for the hshbur,on treaty.
did more, delivered speech IN its favor,
which, in the opinion Of lis frietds, saved
i, from rejection. | fate was doubtful
The opposition, headed by Col. Benton.
was violent, and Il required two thirds 10
corhrD the treaty. | am Wiling 10 lsko
Whatever share Of responsibility he may
ihuk proper TO allol to ne for voting for il.
look with no little satisfaction 10 my course
on the occasion. from the belief iha, rem.
deted then gtea, and permanen, service TO
, the country. For lis adoption vas the frs,
Ink, in lha, series Of causes, by which var
between Great Britain and US was ayeried
Who is there now 80 blind, as no, TO see,
that if the treaty had been rejected, war
could not have been avoided The two
countries we're, IN truth, on the very eve
OF rupture, the way events we're moving
al the time. without either being aware Of
n. At the very next session The Oregon
question for the first time assumed danger.
Gus and menaclng aspect. A bill was IN.
troduced Immediately after its oponine,
which covered the hole Of tina, territory,
the OBJECT OF which was to commence sys.
tenactlcally, the work of colon zilion and
settlement on our part. took my seat in
the Senatetwo or three weeks after the com.
mencement OF the session, and found the
bill on It's passage, without opposition, and
| apparently without division Of opinion.
saw the danger to the peace of the two
countries, and that the time had come 10
| take stand 70 save 1t. determined TO do
my duty, regardless Of consequences 10 my.
self, ! arose, and opposed II, and thereby
exposed my self 10 The opposition Of the en-
! tire west, which WIS strong 10 its favor.
My nam then, as well as when the Ash.
burton treaty was pending in The Senate,
) vas before the people for the highest hon.
or in their gift--placed there, no. by my.
, self, bu, by ny friend. DID then permit
{ The low motive Of aiming at the Presideu.
cy, 10 which he attributes my course on the
treaty, TO sway me from the path of du,yl
My stand prevented the bill from becom.
ing law, and that constituted the second
Ink, IN the series OF causes, by which we
were enabled TO avert war between The two
, countries. Col. Benton then went for the
!. bill, aud was believe for the whole Of Ore.
d gon. Had the treaty been rejected a, the
! preceding session, he stand ! took and the
resistance made 10 the bill would have
hpa I'll 4, /
lie country preclpita'od into wer; Lu, az
II was time was gained, which was all i'm.
pottan'. The equation, however, was kent
up about O. egon, and similar bills were 10.
trodoced the two succeeding sessions, which
failed by small mtjJrltIe:. In Tie mean
time, egolallous were coma enced and the
claim TO the who'e Of Otegon made. The
cry was =" all or nore," and so strong was
The current IN It's favor, tina, both parties
yielded to It IN the early part of the ses.
sion. | had resigned my seat 10 the Sen.
ale, but was re.elecled a short time before
the session commenced and took nv seat
several weeks nftetwBrd. saw and felix
the strength Ct the current, but resolved 10
breas! II, and save The peace Of the whole
country If possible. Il was arrested and
counter current created. Col. Benton him.
self yielded to the counter current, and de.
livered a speech ailer the battle was won.
IN which he belabored those who stuck TO
"all or none" after he found that they were
in minority. 1t was this chain Of causes,
OF which the Ashbutton treaty was the first
and indispensable Ink which ayerted war,
aud by 1t saved the two countries from one
of the greatest caamilies which could have
befaen them, and, | might add, the civil.
Iz'd world. shall ever remember, with
proud satisfaction, that took prominent
lead and a high responsible par. on the side
OF peace Throughout, the whole.
also admit tina. the treaty contained no
stipulation 10 favor ofthe owners of the yes.
sells, nor any TO prevent similar outrages 10
future. Ii was an objection, and | admit.
ted II to be so in my speech in favor Of it,
not sufficient, one to induce its rejection.
But, although The treaty contained no slip.
ulasions TO guard against like outrages there.
AFTER much, nevertheless, was done in the
negotiation TO prevent them, and to place
the south on much more elevated ground
in reference 10 the subject, than where it
stood, when the negotiation commenced.
To understand how much was done towards
this, brief statement of facts, connected
with the case OF those reports, is necessary.
They were all coasiing vessels having
slaves on board, and were all either strand.
ed in their voyage from the Atlantic ports
to those on the Gulf on the British posses.
sions, Bermuda and the Bahama islands, or
forced to put into their ports by stress of
weather 10 save themselves from shpwreck,
Or were carried 10 by the rising Of the slaves
and taking the vessel into port. Their fate
was the same. The slaves were liberated,
inder circumstances OF more or less violence
nd iudlgni,y, BY The local authority. The
'utrages was enormous, and the insult 10
he American flag great. The frs, occur.
ed as early as the year 1880. and all un.
Ter the adm nlstratiop of General Jackson