The Greensborough patriot [February 21, 1846]

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VOLUME VII.
BY
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SWA1M \- SHERWO
GREENSBOROUGH, NORTH-CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 21, 1840. NUMBER 17
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EaC" We place , n ihis page tile rcty impoiUDI
intelligence, from Washington received b) the
mails on Saturday and Monday last. The recent
derelepemenu from ihe Federal Executive cxlii-
In cur relations with ' ireat Britain in a more
u/ually aspect than ihey had b
several weeks
3 o'clock; arrived for closing 1)10 debate. Mr.
I >. made the hut ipeecbi an 1. . we have made a
' correct reckoning, n was the Mvenly-ninth s/... ch
mile ii; on tuii t|ueilion. (
'I lie Comniilleo then proceeded to tote on the
resolution and amendments, after which they rose
j nn I made re pun la the I lou*e.
Trie lleiise finally passed the joint resolution of
I. lice, by a vote ol 103 tj 51—in the following
Ilorui:
JOINT RESOLUTION of notice tot .real llruam
to ••annul an t abragate"<he, convention between
t ireat Britain and the I anted States of the sixth
of Auguit eighteen hundred and tirenty-aeveo,
relative to the country " on the northwest coast
oi America westward of the Stony mountains,"
COronuHlly called Oregon.
Be it Rttolcedbythi Stnale and/touii rfi.;.
pretenlativtt of Iht Inilid Statti of America
i regarded lor „, ('„„»,„, „,„,„',/, /. thai the President of the good mil lint ofUreat I
1 niled Slate, cauje notice to be given to the
I niled Stajca, single-handed, upon met rtban thai if either of the European IW
And Laving made ibis bold asser- era—and the certainty that although our tieonlt
""!!•'"' ""••si behooved bint to prove it. are brave, yet they are not for ear in any cause
I hen, ol the luggeil on ol Mr. I lannej.-an.who in which they d I il. I believe lo be right and lust,
sa.J it ivaa ball past two oV!..c'... he gavo way lor, lie -a. 1.1 'the Americ in people coul I be atst-m-a
in .lion U adjuurn which was carried. - bled around the En culive Man.-ion.:..,! I avi this
llt'l $E. Debating the General appropriation
I m committee ol the Whole—appropriation!
tie. committee.
ll\iln> . la.y. ..Feb. II.
■ •I.\ATK. Aflersun Iry resolutions were pre-sented,
the Serial.- proceeded to the special order
o: the t\.\y, r.nd
Mr. ALLEN resumed his remarks, and said
that < ireat Britain would nut and dare not. single-handed,
fight the Lmted Slates for Oregon. Sir.
Allen said that In all the discussion winch had
been had upon this subject in the public prints,
in pamphlets and by public men, the question ha!
ot been as to our right—whether our tale was
baaelfs,—but the
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which t recedi
great question tubmittrd to them, they wooldsny refer..
■ beware, in the nan f Ood,beware, boa you
involve us in a war without juit mil sufficient
cause !'
Mr. Ilanaegan obtained the floor. >\
motion, -he Senate went into Executive
after which, it adjourned over to Monday
k her- res I .
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[Vbe Clerk here read as follows: •
he speak unto them in 1 i- wra h, an I
in Li. sor ■ displeasure, Y< t Lave I >
upon i.iv holy hid . : /.ion. I v. ill,! -, I re the de-cree:
the Lord hath ;n:d i no me, Thou urt my
Son : this day have I begf Hen tin e."
HOUSE. The House in the morning wa- J*L,ft "''""",''1' 'Jl'« »'he ,..,umage lo
"ilhout a quorum. Members were caltef-the "h"",hl,^ I""1""" >"s nnJe. , ig.veihe I ,., bi I
doors cbscd. and then thrown, p.". and the ab- S^ft ! lah^ll ' *" "*[""" '"™ * ■'"'
■enteea rc..m,cd-a,,d a. la-l. after much waste ™',''." ''." \'" '^- "»' >;'-'■ '"';"'
of tune, and a good deal of grumbling, sculdins, ^' ' , '•l'""-.'x'''T""". >-y •llcommeii-andjerking
.bolt by Messrs. Wentwor.h.McK-5' '"V "'■"" T "', ""," '""'• ''
and others, who want,.I die House to work, be'- > "! J":','.S ' "";' f1""", '" '"*' "'.T" '""'"•«]
cause then was no qu .rum present. abaenU e, , -' \*','" ' **«"* '"' '"' P0"' /."", "N""' ,"!1
i hristend.im. before ihe times ol Luther, so und—
fme, tbi r nw n State territory by grant, and cfcarleia
Ii Km",, and IIH J must rely u| i n Ibrtn
their rigl.t to tre'ir ownterritory, llil.e
■..ii'. r\ ,.! Virginia, fur in.tance, wa, lo be die*
puled, I a-!, those | el tlemen to tell me »In il.ci
tbeirright in the territory on which IHehmonn
• muds, oi Norl doei i otresl on just such grants'.
1: thei say tins,.conn y no right, where will ihey
go fur their title 1 Thev will imtnedialeiy goto
the charier of James the I'irsi] they must f-o
ibere; they can go no where clsi—unless they
l relend i ia right by conquest under the I'eclira-ii-'
ii of In.l'pen!, me. We all rely otvauebchar-ters.
In il.is building, at this very Lour, there is
a com,st going on between my n.vn beloved Mas-s,
n hn.el's. i tid the S'.ate of Uhode l-lsnd winch I
love ;do.o-i as much* which turns entirety in a
e!,;;r'.,r from Wiljiain an I Maiy ; who. by thel-v
were i.-urjM r^ ; what right bad ihej to j;fve am y
this conlinenl .' I was reading the other day the
history ,f:i contest between Spanish arbitrators
and 'he wise Huern Elisabeth—in which ihe
lali
night, hiving sat fourteen hours without interaiii-sion.
Thirteen speeches were delivered on the
Oregon question—three egaintt and ten fur the
notice. Those who spoke against the notice to-day
were Messrs. Smith, of Connecticut. Sinims,
of S. Carolina, and Oanett Davis, of Kentucky.
Among the ten speakers [or the notice was Mr.
Yell, of Arkansas, who is said to be a tertamtt
in the way of orstory.
A message wa, received from the President,
communicating the Conespondencu which has
taken place, since the last annual Message, be-tween
ihe Plenipotentiaries of thei iovcrnincuts of
ihe I'niled Slates an I (treat Britain in relation lo
the (Ircgon Territory.
The following i. a synopsis of tin. important
Correspondence, which was read, ordered to be
printed, and referred toa Committee of the Whole:
I. Aw. 13, ISIS. Mr. Buchanan to Mr. Me-
L.ne.our Minister at London,calling his atteetion
to the warlike preparations making bv < ireat llrii-atn,
and directing him to call upon the llrnish
government and ask ihe reason of these propitia-tions—
and al.o asking bis (Mr. McL's) opinion
ns to the motives ol the British govurnment in mak-ing
them.
a. /ant. '8, 1810. Mr. Mel/ine rep is that'
lie had sought an interview nub Lord Aberdeen,
but had bee* unabl • l» gel a rarVgoricnl answer
(0 Ins question. Lord A. said that they were
compelled ii ihe present aspect ol nllairs lo look
it the po$$ibiKtu of a rupture with the United
Slates—but the preparations would have been
made without regard to Ibis, and in fact were com-menced
before it was thought a rupture with this
country was possible, mid were only part of a '
prudent system of defence.. Mr. McLine's
own opinion i. that these preparation, had no re-ference
to tiie delence of the counlrv, but were
based on th" probability of a war with the United
States, although the general stair ol Europe, might
have been one of the motive! which led wtlnun.
=1. Der. 27. IM5. Mr. Pukenham to Mr.
l'uchanan slating lha' he is instructed to propose
a r fen nee . f the question of an equitable division
of the I Iregon territory to arbitration, and sav. this .
offer I, a proof of the confidence which'<ireat
Britain ha, in the justice of her chum.
4. January*. 1840,—Mr. BgctMNiN to Mr.
PskKMiAM declining the oiler ofarbitration in the .
form proposed, as it would be a virtual acknowledg-ment
on the part of the I'niled States that Grcol
Britain hss clsinis to a part of the territory, where-as
the Unite'd Stales claim, the whole of it, und
would, b^ precluded from advancing thai claim '
under the circumstances proposed.
C. January it, l--ili.—Mr. PAHIMIAU -o Mr.
BoCMNiR acknowledging the receipt of hie letter'
of the 3d instant, w huh he will transmit to bis !
own government and Baking whether ifnn offer Irfh
passage of the joint re.
the proper authorities of the two contracting par
Hes lo renew- or pursue negotiations for nn amica-ble
settlement ,.| the controversy respetiiri" the
(Iregon territory.
Yens and Nays onth
solution of notice :
^ LAS—Messrs. John QuincyAdams,Stephen
Adam-. Anderson, Arnold, Atkinson, Maker. Ilar-ringer.
Bell, lienion. IliggS, Junes lllack, Jainis
A. lllack, Blinchard. Bowlin. Boyd, Brinkerbofl,
Brockcnbrough, Brodhead. Wm. ii. Brown, Buf-fington,
Wm. W. Cam, bell. John II. Campbell,
Caihcait. Reuben Chapman, Chase, Chipman,
Clarke. Cobb, Collin, Constable,Cullum,Culver.
Cummins, Cunningham, Daniel, Daragh, .Mler- -
son. Davis. Delano,DeMott,Dillingham,Dobbin, world than itdidil tin, day
Douglass, Dromgoole.Dunlap, Ed.all, Ellsworth, a lona; history of the conflic
I'.rdimin. John II. Owing, I'aran. I'icklin, Foster, and Prance To show tbat her navy was not the for
!■ ne*. Oarvm.iiiddiugs, (ii.,s. i ioodyear. Cor- midable thing we imagined it lobe. We could
'ireat Britain we woulu^ot at once give
lice aud take possession of the country '. Aye.
• i-1 he, and we woulJ have taken it fifteen years
ago.
Mr. Allen said that when be a- sorted (.rent
llritam would not dare lo light lor ' iregon lie did
not mean lo imply that she would act from fear
ot a conflict—but before she would goto war with
us she would take into consideration the baseless
nature of her claims nnd the immense injury L which had hi
which would recull to her in the loss ol hercolo-ni
s.
Mr. Allen said be had heard a great deal raid
ol the immense navy of (ireat llriloin. but it was
a lact that in l"irl the navy of (ireat Britain bore
a much larger proportion to the whole navy of the
lie then went into
between England
is given unto me in heaven, and in rnrih: (ioye, ,, H ' """■","'"'"" '■"■ •v■a"l■l•e>y "o■f >t■h"e
JOHN ft. ADAMS ON OREGON. therefore, and teach all nations, baptising them in |
Ml
l7''5ll'I"-.; '» f>'"'< ■''»'' • '•' by which yen
! 'be ns ol the father, end oftheSon.and of the lf >'"" isT". . , T ' """.'.PT,11'%£*
In the I louse of Representative., on Alan lav, Holy«Iboet i teaching ih, m to observe oil ihmc. C'M'1'" ?f*>V"d l'-v ' h '.T }'*"* / . W -v
eb. !i. the •• old man eloquent " spoke Ins hour' whatsoever I hive commanded you ; and lo. I am ^ Zl'^ '" i?", , ''' , ?"'
,,,„...,,„„„,„ „„„ ' . ' , , : will, vou always, e. el, un:n'.:.e end of th. world - ,'buseils u, m so much el the . on'.inent as lira l-e-
I lite Oregon question. And a novelty ol a .,...,',....:.-., .... " 'tween 40Vnd 4*.-. ,„,d l.iwe lo. \il.mir «n,l
sdmhted by all Christian people, that he had the °''''"serin any Hung .I.e. I ne Kings of I
power to give to any king or kingdom be pleased "P*' •olto«rot*™«;twmple of the l*ope, IN
authority logo and subdue barbarous nation,, and 8ran,» on thla cemtmem and i Isewuaw apoose
chusetis i,s to .o much of the , on'.ineni as lies be-tween
III an J Is , and letweei, the Atlantic and
Paoific ocean, without any regard to the moutli.
of rivers or in any thing el.e. The Kings of Un-made
uch
principles as they thought proper. When ihey
found that the discovery of ihe inoulh'nf a liver
VI ihe time of the discovery of North and South *»uld b« lor their ad vamsge. they denned that
America by Christopher Columbus this uas ,,,,. "'"he terniory drained by .uch river wa, their
Coutmiiue oo Foreign Allans; but lie had not law *f nations betwawojril peoph professingto.be olv"' "n''""■>' »"»«•«••'" «'«.in ihci would and
entered into nil the reason, which had brought Christians; ami so recogm.ed, acknowledged, nd- . ?" *!,cl''M-'"* "'",''''l'"',"»,,|v,,»' '" •'"• »sy
him to that conclusion. lie had been sill- milted. When Cvlumbui came with u commii- ; .".'*' ■>.''' E""11™ lu '- rnzart_ power la trade
: with you always, even untOTTia"end oft!;,- world
"I'll III III H . > i i • . .. .,
' On the bases of these passages ol Scuptura the
speech it ,s. \\ a omit In, preliminary remark,., i',,,,,. „, |[u„„. ai,rn,.d, n„j f,, many »••••. h «•
where he compliments members for the ability
1 in the debate, an I al-ludes
lo the calls made upon hun further to express
Mr. Adams had said before that he was ready
to give to Great Britain the notice proposed by the
is, and
assess tbemstlves of territories ecciipi-d byaucb
barbarians and to convert them tol.'i.iisliau'uy
in n slu
innrtne,
rt period, with the aid of our conn 1193, inibe spring of the following year, I think
ia April. I lil-l. the Pope of' KJUH—at that lime
authorized to do u by the law c.f nation,—gave
the whole continent of .\orlh and South America
lo Ferdinand and Isabella, lie authorized iheiii
he committee. The more . io draw a line from pole to pole, iii ihe distance of
|u«,live ihey wore the belter ihey soiled hunniad. one bundled leagues west i! the Azores and ihe
lut. by v.ay of compromise, and with n desire to Cape de VerJ Islands, and gave ihe wU'o of the
ir.mei.t west of thai hue to Ferdinand and l.s-pi
brl!a, King and Oueen of Castile, L
ragoo. ,j
I 'a I say that that is one of ourown tile, t,
egon ! I must say so though I think us Uule ol it
as any man can. It was a ^ood title w hen ,l was
and Ar-
>0r-ing
to leave tl^e baliice of the debate with the I >'■'"> from Ferdinand and Isabella, Sovereigns of
commiuee, and to say ay loan) one ofthe several jCaatile, Leon, and Ai
proposition, us lo the form of giving notice of the
put a navy alloat which (.real lintain termination rf the eor.venli.in—from ihe positive
could not send sufficient power io meet—and the and unco idiuonal declaration cf ihe report of the
eombined nary of ihe whole woildeould not sub- chairman of the Committee on Foreign AjT.irs
jugate ua. Ihe intrcdu:i n of rteam instead of, dttwntoihelciiandmost timid ofall the reaolum-"
ail ling to the superiority Ol Grcal Britain, actual- winch had been befur
ly reduced hei soperiouly one-half.u. itrendered
money only and not seami-u the in- .-t essential
I thing.
Mr. Allen did nollhink l".n?lar.d could rend u
t rce lo this country sufficient to employ Ihe fierce
democracy of the country for one year, lie did
m I mean by tiie di tnociacy the party of that
name—bal the great A ncan people. There willing to adopt thai which should be the moil
waa aidiflerence, be said, between armies and nn conciliatory. He would agree to almost any form | given. It wa. the Jo
armed nation—and Greot Britain could not fur- ol doing it, provided only that Congress shoul I u ns ol Enrope si that li.ne thai such a t-tlolfc,,
msii tuiiicient emp oj mew l,.r our armed people say that the convention should continue, in force i valid : and ,t was under .-uch tales tie,1 i 'I t, rn-even
for a single campaign. no longer. lory w» acquired for a lime. The POIK-was in
.Mr. Allen said that ihe only thing wlnchopera- So much lad been said, an I with SO much a- tbi oust to of giving away not only ill bar'.arous
led in the mmds oilhosr- opposed tothe bold.iiiau. biliiy.an the question of lisle, that he bi lieved fa cotinlries, with ih, ir inhabitnnU, but at limes civil-ly
assertion of our nghitiand the proper mehs- would be almost a wasteofiinw in him to say any ited countries, wo. lie dethroned sovereign,
tires tpsustain them naa/ear. He then enured thing more about it; unless the Chairman bad 1 laid ibeir kingdoms under an inwrdictraod exeoin-into
n history if the nature of ourgovi rntnent and on the table before bun a I ttleoooa thai ihe Speak- munjeau .! ibem; nnd all this was submitted to.
,,,.. tenure of of ice. and compared the averaga lithe er sometimes employi i in ad, isle ring the so-; And lha • lorernment of Gr '.it Britain a: tin, day
. Milton Broun, Burl. J hn G. Chipman, ol service ol the President, ol the United Slates lemn.ty of an outii lo members eleel b. lore th-y hohla Ireland by no other liUe. Three hundred
CV?'l. .V'1-."' '"ii.',.'.. DoV I'^n \T,'' "'' !"" "! 'b, i'""' *}""**" '■" '"" l:r,ln'"- ""r" ni'""'""1 "' "•" '" ,b«'""' " """ •« ' L'»" M™ "»' I »»• H P< '*»•"« "'»' '"bell. .'' r'V, •■ ,. . • ,)l*nn'"'*- to sl,ow,lbe .lability of our government, and to was there, ho would thank lha Clerk lo read f. '
. bdwin II. i.wi,n-. I ..oi. < leiiiry. UnnneU,; show how grotrmllesa n r. .v.. .... .. „.. fl.|, », ,- „ ,,,„ i„.,- n> |. r.,1 ,■ f.e f..,.n :.,;. ,. , i „ur;..;,.
ick, Israc G. Holmes, John w. Houston, E. her power. to Oregon, I
Hubbirdi Samuel I). Iluhbard, Hudson, The principal object of Mr. Aller.'a speech ap
ler, Joseph 11. Incer.oll, Daniel P. King, p, and to be to show that the power ol Great committee woud sea what Mr.'A
II John" A H«kweTLdl|M ^SHH 'ZZESL' '*$**'"**• "'"'" °Ur °"'n ' I:""1'-"" rf 'l"- ,iUe "' * ' '"«'■> f-""'» » »'«' I -bilge",? to rc-cnquei Lor some halTdoaen lime.
Bed- wa.o, much underrated. | Oregon territory.' and ifahemeiiisiodo itafinihnow
Jon. i iraham,Urider,Grover, Hamlini I lampion,
Haralson, Harminson, Harper, Henley, Milliard,
Huge, E. B, Holmes, Hopkins, Hough, (i. S.
Houston,Hungerford, Washington Hunt. J. B,
Hum, Charles J.ligcrsoll, Jeiikuis.Jas.il. John-ton,
J. Johnson, A. Johnson, li. W, Jones, Sea-born
Jones, Kennedy, Preston King, Lawrence,
Leib. Sere, Lewis, Levin, Ligon, Lompkin, Ala.
clay, Mr''!,-an, McClelland, McClernand. MeCoo-nell.
McCrate, McDowell, McGaugbcs, Matlen-ry,
Mcllvane, McKay. J. p. Mmm. Barclay
Martin. Morris, Morse, Mouhon, Niven, Norris,
"aen. Parish.Payne.Pen II, Perry,Petit,Phi!
Pollock, Price Ramsey, RaUibun, Reid, I!
Hitler, Roberts, Boot. Hunk, Russell, Bawtellej
Sawyer. Scammon, Scheni k, S, nman, Severance,
Leonard II. Siuinis. A. Smith, li.Smilh.J. Smilh
Stauton, Starkweather. Stewart, St. Jobn.Blrong.
Sykes, Tliornasson, James ThomMOn, Jacob
Thompson, Thurman, Tibbatts, Ti!d«-n, Towns.
Trombo, Vance, Waplwrirth, HTfeaton, White.
Wick, Williams, Wlimot. Wooilrulf, Woodwoi'.h,
Veil, VOUIIR. YII.I—1G8.
NAYS—Messrs. Abbott, Aahitun,Bayly,Bed-ingcr,
Milton Brown, Ban. '
A i
in the Hiasitfippi—hi granted linn no Und—
duTcd/m'ocmber'/1^^^^ '" ,ha "'"'^'I'l'' * ■jJl.o > ..... ....! I ..1.1 1.ii it...■ .,.,_■> Bit__a__ *t»l.s_
1 show ns strung a iriajerily ns possible on lha final
vote, he would Consent lo go for tie least positive
nn I Ihe most conciliatory ol them all. He waul-ed
to terminate the convention; as lo the mode
and mailer in which it jl.ould be done he was
.alley ; yel we hold by that very charier. The
river had been discovered, however, helore by
Brnnh subjects.
All these titles arc imperfect. The rlsere dis-covery
of a river or of an island confers no title m
itself. E.ploration comes neil: ibis gives some-thing
more ol a title. Then continuity, and con-tinuity,
both, in giving some degree of title: hut
none of thom ill giro a perfect utle. in and of
themselves. Nothing is complete in ihe way of
tills* but nclual possession, and thai i' all we wanl
t . have a "clear and indisputable" title 10 Oro*
gon. U'e want possession—occupation.
We have mode two convention, vtiih Great
P.n.aiu—en • l|8. and another in Ini.—con-renlionf
by whi. . we did not agree to any joint
occupation, or any thing hke.i..- 4iMhe days of
Jack I'alsiull'. (who warts iJCctiou.lyMlud.d if
the other evening by the gei.lleman from Ohidf
'Mr. Starkwrnlher,) a ceiluin Doll Tear-then
Mice.aid: "These villians will make the wrrd
'Cdptnin ns oJuus.fl. the ivord Orci/iW, which e.as
an excellent good word helore it was ill suited."
I fear that before long tbie word joint pecupn-lion
will become as odious as FalsialP. said trull
iirgau. liorrelt I '.,vi
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11,1
Leake, l.-.ng'. Mar-!
Rbett, Julius Kockw
don. A. li.Siin.. Simpson, Truman Smith. Caleb
B. Smith, Stephen., Btrobin, Thibodeaux,Betija-mil,
Thompson, Toonibs,Tredway, \'mton,\\ iu-throp,
IVoodward, Wrighli \"anrey — 54,
Tuaday, Feb. 10.
SENATE, i In motion ofMr.Cats, the orders
of the ilay, ihe same h, ing Ihe measures in rela-tion
10 I ir, yon, which had been laid over to the
Hiib ol February, were taken up for consider!.
t too.
Air. ALLEN addressed the Seunle,is in com-
Pi
iir.
Mr. Allen chased hi. speech nilb ihe sianhng
ibcUration and novel figure, that a warwllfa En- • I
yland WiSno more lo be dreaded llian an unborn
child lying, a' lha back of us parent!
Mr.J. M.Clayton obtained the floor fortj-nior-row,
and the Senate adjourned.
: -ared it would be ; H is so often '* ill .ailed.'
Idriangave'lreUndliillenrjlLcUheU'icen 'I""' " "° occupaiion of Oregoni|Soccura;ion is
. Udhuldsthe'islandunderihallillenow.uii- » I at w e wanl, an I whr.t Uvould get by pu;::,v-would
tmII to ihe S0ih,2)ib,l less indeed .lie »cl» up another idle by conquest i "r'end io the convention ol RW7. IVbat |, i:,„;
nnd tWih verses ,.i u„. Arsi ■ ba|rter of Genesis, the ■ but Ireland,if informcunquered,ha, been inalmo-i "™veiilion ! The gentleman from Georgia, (Atr.
considered the I perpettjal rebellion , versince. England has been KmS- '" ''» personal remarks a hille while aj;n,
ealledupon me to say why I agreed lo that I.M.
she must be- v,'""°" '• '"", >'' bow I can now say that the A-HOUSE.
Air. Km;: of <!a.. asked leave lo
make a personal explanation, Mr. K. commen-ced
to state bis reasons, when Mr. Rathbun of N*.
Y., Culled him lo or.br. 'I he qurslifn was then
put lo the House whether Mr. K.should be heard,
by a vote of S'i yeas to (kt pays per-own
government and asking whether if an oflor>l,iitcc of the whole, at length, and with great Si . u "'" ' ej-"' ,x'bl'ou .'",
i, made to refer lite .lues.ion of lide to the whole'' warmth of manner nnd severity of language, in * '"', ,,""',■< " I . T *"' "' ""
of the Territory io arbitration, ihe Uflited Butea behalf of om right nnd tale io the whole ol i 're- " ,, '•"" . ,",
will accept it. and if the arbitrator decides ih.i! gon. Ho advocated immediate action. If we did „„-l ""fffi' ol the correspondence fi
and overall tho eatlh. and overeverv creeping;'
thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God ere-.
.it, ,1 man in hi. own Mingo in the image of God :
created he him: mile aid I emale created h- them. !
And (iod blessed them, and li,.,l said unto them, j
Bo fruitful, and multiply*, and re| leni.li llieearth,!
and subdue u ; and hare dominion over ihe li.h I
ol ihe sea, ar.d over .ihe fowl ol 'he air, and ov5r f*n""tf f» '"ucl'
every living thing that movelh upon the eait!.." '
If we gel iotoa war with England il will be a i question be bad asked was, nol why Ihe honorable
pretty serious matt, r for.berlo mtintaia bcr title. ; gentleman had agreed tothe (one. niiop, but why
' l protest against the British
the United States ha. not n valid title tothe whol
then refer the subject ol an equitable division to
arbitration.
il. February 4. 1840,—Mr. BDCHAXAN to Mr.
PAKEMIAM, in which he gives various reasons why
ihe mailer.hould noi bp submitted to arbitration,
and expreses the belief that the I niled States will
never consent that the validity ot* her title to her
own lerrnqry shall form a subject for arbitration.
He expresses the hope thai Ihe mailer co* be
amicably settled between the two countries.
Monday, Feb.!'.
'n i»s Sftnate Mr. Wesicott closed his remarks
0 •'"'>' Increase lull; but no question was
taken on i. yj^ |n consequence, as we gather
from Ihe repo, f procom|ingtl „f ,|„. ebon,
Ihe aspect of afla. .,,;,,|„<.,.,, b, ,ha |B|(. , ,r,f,.„
eorre.pondence comn ^IWiloCongress by the
President. Mr. Can BM, . ,|,or, „..ir ,|K.,.r|,.
.Mr. Manou.n atlaeked ihe A ,:„lslr,,,lm ,,r,..,.
>ucr-'ss(uily. Il-- iii»n;iprovii| n
ti-rm* i'f ihr late couno cf if,t' \
(liscloAn! l»y tin i',
\ net r.uvv, he mid, we would rrralt'n ■Utpjclon
tliAt \w iliimi nol art. I !•■ gati! n hi»fory oft!,,-
tpttlement of the N »rthi osii'rn boundary qudllon*
And tho minion <if l.or»l Ashburtoh luiliis country
to ki uli' t lie question *iti'l the ('rt^oii quMlion «!•
■ so—Accused Mr. Webster, who WAS then Secre-tary
ni State*, ol -ill M'ri* oftlwhoncM toiiJuct (Mr.
Webster was not in his few) in *;ivin^ away a
valuable part«! "n r terriiorv it) thai negotiation,
and <•(' neglectin,) hi *•::'.•■ \ !.«• t >rrgon question it
the tame limel lie ft-aJ J"io:u the English de*
hsles in parliament toshoir thut VTIH-H Lord A^li-hurion
iufurmendhiscpinprrrp l.c\, much I.u hail
ynt the belter of usi the members Inughedi fl|
cried hear! hear! Ileraidwe had giren BWSV
toKncland, in that N irihenslern trenit rll thai sin1
n'ould i-wi getlromus! She nnght laugh ni
what she li»'l got—i he iv« aid ; 11 no m n '
"As for giving ICnglaiul i!.'- twelve months no-tice
io annul the treaty of I"*?, the tctwntn^l
:;oin^' f- produce w
to war, becautvul our giving the notice provided
the trvatx. 'i ,i«'
. i ... in. H.V warn nn ,..,„..„, i :;i ■ • i ii i l f1 i11\ I! s 1.1 ■ .upland dared not to po '
BENAI'I
i.'-.t.
hit ir, tnvnty. The na&ice must ka given,
must niuer. .yri, S(.n!lU, mfJg|, BM )t> or Ui, ,. m|i, t|.;| ^mh _
s'.ralion :is , Ir>(.n t)lMi xi„ j.,.,,,.!,. H-0U|J • .: . ,;.,. mattfl>r in
hand nnd return those lo ihr i K; Congress who
The //ii r/ • <■ (_-//»'i ::)• 'r'rfirrt r.y\ A1 i* -,. nnuM j '■■ :- I I the Tj 10/
ihe \\ ;.'.;,■. . Mr. .MAaNijI VI u IMI IO put a rjues-r,.
Vi n [|UI>I ibfn ... ■ ■ ( ' ' ' i ' • ■ ifie I • o
'• mi ' ' nn
:.
An anjieal was taken ami the decision of the
Chnirwas sustained, veaa 105, nayi not counted.
Mr. King said that tlm reason why lu- did not
n"t vote upon the * Iregon riursti :i was that the
President had not answered the rail. Ho hod
suppressed n part of the corrt«|>oWenco> aa was
intimated.
Mr. Houston <>f Ah. was afterwards under-stood
to deny this.
The next half hour was one of confusion and
n< ise, at =«i making |>< rronal pxplanations. 'J'ht*
end of all this was arrived nt only \>y n motion to
. 11 tto a committee c f the Whole on the appro-
V. ".- hn/. r.li, ItJ.
.c preliminary business harina
lle'l,ahererea.las...l!ow,:"A,,a<i.Kl..i,.l>"""t,"n- [^ laugh.] The question has been 'nencan litle i. good to llie « bole ol llregun ?
el uChnke man in i nrimage,afteronr likener/l ,.:""''' ""•''I*'liWinasknU ba.ind_ep«ndem, und | [Mr. King rose to correct IheTIilement. The
and let them bare dominion orer the fish ,l the set
and over ihe lo« I ,: the oir, and orer the'calllr, •
I cannot sat/ shsoluti ly that our tills under th.
giant to Ferdinand and Isabella is a (jocd title—I
should rather say it is in itself invalid. Our title
i. fvuuded en tl.at general cuthoriiy granted to
in in by hi. Creator io •• replenish the earth' and
subdue ii." Ii waa*grim of Ihe Creator Ionian
us man, and lo every iidividual in his individual
i: hould be portioned cm to
a question lor ihe whole race
to accommodate among themselves; thai is, lor
1 hat, [said Mr. A., III my judgment. Is thesVcommunitieitosay wlialahoald be their reapec.
foundation of our title Oregon, and of all the titloTtire metes and bound.; and, when they were
n e have to any , i the tprruory/'we iMMseaa, It i> formed, u became a matter of leoislaiionto deter*
the I lundntion of t' ,• title by which you, sir. men- mine particular territorial tight, of property.
py that chair, and by which we are now called on lletween nation, tbi, must be regulated by
tooccupj Uiegon, and cannot do it without the i comm nconsent. In that way the laws of nations
the eonveiiiioii in which we have ' (which consist of nothing but the sustoms of na>
America, westward lo'lbe Sumy .Mountain., thai
i.-ether with i's harbors, bays, fcreeks. and Ih
from the
I're.idenl ol the United Stales. It was, called for
al an early day, and in his, judgment the I'resi-denl
»a» bound to answer it in full, instead—
Mr. liathbun again called lo order for nn
allusion to the correspondence.
The Speaker decided that tbo gentleman was t
| agreed that we will not occupy il. I lions and the treaties tliry mutually ruler into
An I here let me r,p. at the idea I urged when I have legul it, I how every spot and iuchoflh
be ha I not entered i
, tl lim. i
Mr. ADAMS. I answer, according to his own
iJea, that in the case of the firsl contention I eras
acting ia n subordinate capacity a. Secretary of
State ton most excellent and estimable man, for
whose menory I shall ever cherish lha highest
regard, Jann s Monroe ; and us 10 the second con-vention,
which was made during the lime that I
occupied the office of President, I tell that gentle.
man that if he will read II he will Und il rontains
a formal protest against the claim of(treat llrjtawi.
I lure the contentions here, und will read frnmO
them. Mr. A. here quoted ihe third irlicle • | ihe
first convention i
•Iii. agreed that any cjiinlry that may be
claimed by either party on the parihwerd cost ol
up before ; that there i
a., 11 the real in ril. ol t
volition with I inat drill
great mi.nppreheiisian : lire territory ofthe globe shall be occu| led Ii i, navigation ol all rivers within ihi .•ame. be ram
e provision, of our con- \ Of virtue id such conn ntiuual agreein. nt, thiit A.VD'OHUN for the lerin of"V."n'y'ca»a7roii, Uia'dan
n respecting the I lrep< n you, sir. hold the lent you occupy, and that I do of the singalure ol the prewnl convention, to il,
irrruor). .t very great misnomer has been np-lnot; and that no other individual can Itko it from
plied to thalconrentiop in calling it a convention you.
for joint occupancy. Ii ia not a convention of I our title lo Oregon lias the tame foundation.
joint occupaiion. but of sas-oerupalioii. It ia, in .' When the discovery of Columbns came lobe real-fact,
a promise that neither Power will occupy the ' 1.1 las a matter ofgreat importance, other nations
territory lor oo indefinite lime—at first Tor ten 1 look il into their heads lo plant colonies on this
years, but subsequently extended indefinitely— continent; and then arose questions nr.d comro-
'ii notice ol twelve months .hoild have been rersiea of rights between them which hare never
been sell!..! lolhitd a
vessels,
I. Ihi
thing.
lo I. are
I .r t ii
In
•:iven Iron, one Power to the other. This stipu-lation
is ihe restriction which fellers our hands,
an I prevent, us from oi cupi ing the country and
■rrj in.: out that Law oft tod which the Clerk has
been ;.- ■'. lliro :;;h with, the Oregon resolutions for just read lo u, Ir nn the Holy Scri|Hun
notice and the several amendments, were taken Ii our conln rer.y rerpertiog Oregon hud hem
"!'• ' with nm other than a-Chruion nation, I c luld not
il. CI.AVTl IN, lint mi the flo r from nui ■■■ In in that b ■ I.
r tva in l,i . ■.
leries ivere cron
I ■' '' inn, tti'e n ■
an I went int ieomm:i:ee
great wa. lb anxi ■■
laid, that r.enrlj , very in
ih n early hour, und the
almost bejond | i ,
"': '■■■ ''■• '■ '"'' King, , , ' . ,
Adams. I l.ua:,.„,,, , , .('. J.|„,
1,n"^ ' ''''■ '-''■■•'I
n norelty in Coiq lie refer-red
to i lenesis and to I'M for pi
lo Oregon
I
null Ins speech i , .
io.-, r.l.iy. en nn.ei edal 'cl ick. I le In']
io a very calm, ii in; prate lone,
! b' ' 1.1 M:. i' . . - | | v. ■ ■ •■ .
• i j ■ ■' ' Ihe point he. . . ,|| .. ..... ...,_ . .
■ v ! itleman ml •..,,, ion,ivhicliSei
' •■'. /•/"■<•' i/|.i'riioi ' ..... ,. „ , , r.-j.ir..-. ■. ■ place lb
• l"''1 :- "ur Muuslei . . lalion to meet hostilities—nn
.
.
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le, lit] I . i.
I <i,su
I iovernni '
tl
if the
! yet
country
the - nine
Tl
.
:.-;, i thai th, ilruc - • '. ;• , .■ -, ■ i ■
■ ' '.....-.
in view, entrust Mr.
lie lint
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nt v "" |
Mr. C. was very i 1, (hoi . i
■ I,
i
'■
ere III dispute v.or,
'he Chin -, about I lie territory, it would be n ,: f.
I 'rent que.l m In-ltvei u us mi ! the ill sgej,
it sui body, hue a n ihe rightlul occupational
the i untry; because In i .'■' not belarre the I i L,
1 I - ; I ■ 'io- member, ofllu, Iluun •
er.illy do; h cause I seelhein goinguplolheCliau
and lull 'i.- | n n —;;n! . .no- ,o them
;. ■ II. in i ken, a- I
I! it. o, between ' 'hrisli m n.iiuii
I IIP t Ireati i
'S till
lo the .
irue,
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I
Our ml.: to i Ireg n i.
oae of those questions. Title to territory is drawn
from various sources.
We hare been told thai title lo a river, an I to
all the territory drained by ih.u river and all its
blanches, is derived from discovery and explura.
lion of the rivi r. Ami this has been partial!) n
greed to, I: ;-. 11 i ;. nlli wed ox i t.i,, ring r.
riyhl —;:- I I. ' :■:,■-' • . I He eon III .,,..
i, ,,:. lie vnlli-voftheC u .: i
I lu i nut til I ..:.. , ■ ,: titles In re.
', on ml; turn lo the 1st volume ol 11 iz
ml • 'I 'apei Ihi;. n i I oil a chattel
bj I'hail, - I lo ,■■■ , ■ il] i i M.i- .
" o. :•■ giveshi-rall PJ
Ihe | at I ;
1' le i An., : .-, . deriv-
K I > :
leslosea :' . ... i:: : I
■ . i Otv.ll ' ;
designated |
•
cilizi ns, and subjects ofthe two Ponera."
toccupaiion—joint or several ( So such
Ii is Ko\-occu/iallon : ii is nn ngreemi nt
ihe country Ire,- and i pen to all the world
year... "It being well understood'*—
the proles—- it being re<// . tulenlood
il. 0. th , agreement is not to be Constru.d to ihe
prejudice of any chum which euher of the two
high contracting parties may have toiuiv |anof
the sai I country, nor s'..-.!l » be taken to n'fleel ihe
, linn- , I any othei Power or Stale to any | an of
the said country."
II' gtbe coinniiitee io take pond notice i fwhi i
' dhin -. for I no- .n ID draw my ■•••. unn • t ;■ ■:,■ -
• 'i ..■■ i tily obji ■; i.' ih, high , uirai ■ ig pain, ,
bei i preri nt disput, > .■.; , • >, nee an ,.: ;-
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