Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-02-01

till it utterly persisted. The late revolu-
tons in Europe have put an end to all
its work, and nothing remains of al that
it ever did"
But, sir, in the extent to which it has
been undertaken to be pushed, it was new
er intended by Mr.. Monroe, and never
has been sustained by this country, and,
l venture to say, never will be. Sir, i
am not afraid of war with Great Britain.
/ have not the slightest fear of any such
thing. My fears are the other way
My fears are, that she cannot do any
thing that will wake up the national spir-
it beyond little talk and reerimination
against those who are supposed not to ia
vor certain views. Why do / think so?
because / know the history of the past
1 know, when you made it one of the is
sues of this country that we should insist
on the boundary line of 81 deg. 40 min.'
or fight; 1 know, that when james K.
Polk took the oath of office, on the cas-
tern portico of this Capitol, he delivered
an inaugural Address, in which he de-
clared that our title TO the whole of Ore
gon was clear and indisputable just
as clear as our title to the District of CO.
lumbia--for that is only clear and indis-
putable-(there cannot be anything clear
er than that } and know, after that
after it had been made an issue upon
which Mr.. Polk came into the Presiden-
tial chair, and after Democracy pledged
themselves TO sustain our rights in Ore
con, or fght-and after it was proclaim
ed, under those circumstances, from the
eastern portico of this Capitol, as our in
disputable territory, what was our next
chapter? Why, sir, we gave it all away
to Great Britain-we gave her more
than she asked. We gave away Van
couFer's Island, sustaining the same rel
alive position to the harbors on the Pa
cifc coast and the Columbia river, that
Cuba does to the harbors on the Gull
coast and to the Mississippi. We gave
that away to Great Britain, without ask.
ing for consideration. The next chap.
ter in the history of the same Admins.
tration was, that they offered 100000.
900 for Cuba. That is the difference be.
tween territory North and SOUTH Van.
couyers Island could be given away, but
Cuba was to be bought, even at the cost
of $2o0,000,OOO.
Sir, l have had occasion to arlude tc
these transactions before, and | have sta.
ted on other occasions, and l repeat now
that there is one curious fact in regard tC
our territorial treaties and it is a very
curious one. do not know but that it il
what Mr.. Weller-I do not mean the
member of the Senate, but Sam Weller
of Pickwickian memory-would call al
q astonishing coincidence At any rate
the fact is, that every treaty that hai
been made in regard to territory on oul
Northern border, has been to cut of ant
give away. We cut of Maine, and solo
to Great Britain all she wanted, which
was good military road from Nova SEQ
; tia to Canada; and then we gave away
an Empire to her on the Oregon ques
ton. On the South, however, we have
always taken. We have constantly beer
cutting off at one end, and buying at tn,
other; and when we could not sell Nor
thern territory, We gave it away.
Then, sir, think l can say to tn,
President, that the people would hav'
been quite as much pleased to hear Lit
tie more about Kansas, as so much abou
Central America. The President, how
ever, does have very little to say abou
Kansas very little, indeed. He says
"In the Territory of Kansas, Their
: have been acts prejudicial to good order
but as yet none have occurred to justif
the interposition of the Federal Execu
tive" ...
I wish that were true; but I take issu
with him. say the interposition of tn
Federal Executive has been there, an
it has been there on the side of thos
very acts of violence. Sir, the people c
, Kansas have had to protect themselve
: against mob law, instigated by the Pres
ident, and sustained by his officials there
!. When he says there has been nothing t
J. Justify official interposition, / admit
is true there was nothing to justify it :
but the interposition was there, whethe
:. justified or not. Then he goes on to sa
0 that the people of Kansas must be pro
G tected. Well, sir, they will be protected
f but they have not had protection from til
j President of the United States. Do 70
not know, sir-does not the Senate know
: does not the country know-that Cover
K nor Reeder came home and proclaime