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, EXTRACTS ; From Ihe Speech of Mr. II AY WOOD, of this State, en the Oregon Question, delivered in the Se"1 ea the 4ih and 5lh of March, 1846V 1 , ! -Mr. President, I hope I havb not decided tr thout a just consideration of my responsibility, both here and hereafter, upon the position I shall take. But, after much reflection, long and anxious thought, a conscientious effort to determine the r:.u : ,n nthor nations' hut with tin. poiDfc wiiu juenbo w - " Tatering faithfulness to tne nonoranie oouawons and lasting interests of my own country, I have cotoe to "the conclusion, as a Senator of the United States, that we cannot, ought not, must not compromise this controversy in any manner Bijr iufc4taiij uiucicui i 1 uuj iuh iv nuivu President, as I understand his position and these records, stands himself committed, and RIGHT LY COMMITTED; and I shall therefore vote to give him the notice, and .with-it all-the moral weight of an American Serate's settled opin ion, that if Great Britain will not, or if she cannot, consent to do us justice by yielding her preten sions of dominion over the territory below that line of 49 as a compromise, then WE JILL HAVE TO FIGHT. I repeat it, Wt MUhl THEN FIGHT FOR IT. If my mind had not settled down into a determination to concede no more than a compromise at 49, with the qualifi cations already Stated," T would vote against the notice; for without that determination of . the cj . ik. urnnld have no moral weight whatever, and be worthless, worse than worthless, in the negotiation. It . would be a temporizing pretence a species of legislative diplomacy, an empty bra vado,of which we nave naa quite enougn already, unsuited to the dignity of tbis Dody or the gravity of the subject, and rather embarras sing than helpful-to. the Administration in pur suing the negotiation. In a word, we ought to re fasethe notice, unless there is a solemn. deter mination to make the compromise line of 49 our FIGHTING LINE if it must be so. But, Mr. President, there are some other topics that have been introduced into this discussion which I feel obliged to notice. We have been told that the PEOPLE have decided this question, and all Democrats are called to obey the voice of the people at the peril of consequences. I am a Democrat, and upon parly questions a party man Of this I make no concealment; and at home I. have never been suspected, 1 think, but once, and ihat did not last long. But 1 am not a slave to dictation, nor a tame follower of any man's lead, especially upon questions likely to involve my party in danger, or . my country in ruin. I am Democrat enough not to shrink from speaking the truth boldly to the people, as they shall hear who hear me at all. I had rather serte them than j)lea$c them, though I have found in my own ex perience that honest service is the best avenue to their confidence. 1 do not know nor believe that the people are- opposed to an honorable com. I rjmise of this controversy. That they might be l- i r..i - l: T i k nraue bu uy aruui appliances i u-ivc iivj uvuuu Bat I do not shrink from meeting such an issue directly not I. I should hold myself no Demo crat if I did. By the Constitution of the United States, the making of treaties is con6Jed to the .PRESIDENT, under the advice of the Sen ate. . I talk of treaties, not ordinary laws. In treaty-making we act in private, and upon in formation we cannot disclose. We deny to foreign Ministers the right to discuss the cause of their Governments to our PEOPLE. Should one undertake it, he would be driven from the country.- as he; ought to be. We represent STATES; and Senators are presumed to be statesmen of some learning and great judgment. We generally ratify a treaty before the PEO PLE are permitted to know any thing of it, or of the reasons for its ratification. If we were cau tious to observe the rules, this would always be the case. How absurd, therefore, to assert that the People have retained, or that they wish to exert, or that they can rightfully exercise the' power to instruct the Senate upon the making of a treaty. How execrable and revolutionary would be the doctrine- that a President should seek to set aside h is' constitutional advisers, and go before the people, whether it were the honest " masses," or Baltimore Conventions, or town and county tneetings,whexeih factions are first formed, and then led by demagogues, who called them together. -Oh, my country, my country ! when th?.t shall be our fate, if, in the providence of God, it shall ever be! ." Methinks I see the coming storm. The press may be already- charged; but no matter. This is my country's question, not a mere party strife. These are the sentiments my head and my heart approve, and I will not withhold them. The President mav nenl his Administration some of you believe he will if he or his friends should dare to think like WASHINGTON to act like WASHINGTON. But he will violate his dott and peril his country if he does not So did WASHINGTON peril his Administra tion ; but the people, the DEMOCRACY, came to the rescue, and all was well. A much humbler victim Hike him who addresses voul mustexDect x - rf a to be marked as a disturber of our party harmony. But shall I preach harmony when there is no con cord, upon such questions as these I It would be political hypocrisy. I read to an American Sen ate the lessons which Washington tausht, and upon which Washington ACTED ; and if ''that be treason, make the most of it." But, before you strike, the PEOPLE shall hear, Are not these the true principles of the Constitu. Hon upon which every Administration of this Government, from Washington down Federal and DEMOCRATIC have ACTED have ACTED, I say in the management of out foreign affairs 7 I challenge a refutation by their acts not mere words, it is Southern Democracy, Mr. President, beyond all dispute! .It is that sort which I have always professed ; not like a potato, that grows under-ihe ground at the root ; but which blooms and bears its fruit in the open air of heaven, and then ripens and is fit for. use. I say nothing about Legislative Instruc tions ; not a word. I have not time to speak upon that point, "so as to express myself in a man ner to avoid misrepresentation ; and it is not ne cessary I should raise that question before I shall be instructed. Suffice,: it to say, that North Carolina has not instructed her Senators. I esteem it a jewel in the crown of my State, that North Carolina never did, in any party mutations or political excitements, instruct her Senators upon a treats or treatf-maeing, . so far as know. I presume it will not so much a be nrs tended thatl ought to pay obedience to the man uals oi auy other State. ' At this stage of his remarks, Mr. Haywood gave an amusm? account of the ram of nolnir. to be played with this Oregon question in President-making. The substance was, that the great Western Democratic statesman (Mr. Benton,) LuC iiu ecc.i ever since. last summer, was to be drummed ont of the party, with the false label upon nis naea ot " traitor to Oregon T1 The great Southern Democratic statesman, (Mr. Cal . houn) was to be dismissed, falsely labelled with the cry of Punic faith to Oregon .'" The Sena tor from Arkansas, (Mr. Sevier,) another eloquent and early friend of Oregon, would find him self marched but for bis want of foresight be cum in the last Congress he made a speech for the notice, but." instead of going for "all or none w "fight or no fight." he bad got for his reward a vulgar patch to hie back, of M notice for the sake of Uutfum.?: The Secretary of State (Mr. Bu chanan) ind all the Cabinet would probably be d.miMed, in a boJy.mAha party;branded as nA compromiser,." And a that left the memory Aew i ork still in the party, Mr. H. asked M what of him 1 ' How is he to be got rid of rf . - Oh. that will be a small job, provided the indignation against the .YVas&insion Tbeatt can be kept up to a white beat long enbugh, as he voted for iu ratification." Then turning to Mr. Webster: J "The Senator from Massa chusetts may see a more amicable excuse for certain stale strictures upon , the 44 Washington than malice towards the nesotiator. GOVERNOR WRIGHT," as a Senator, voted ! for its ratification ' and he happens not to be here to vote upon Oregon. So, "Ratification of the Ashburtbn treaty" will be his badge upon hia dis missal During this part of the speech there was much laughter, and the picture, although drawn seriously, was exhibited iu good humor. He then proceeded as follows : Why, in Jhe name of-all that is safe to my party, where do the Democrats expect to find a Presidential candidate 1 V Who will be our Presi dent after we have expelled all our biggest men 1 Sir, I am sure I do not know. Mr. Hanoegan remarked, Take him from among6t the people, where we got one before." Oh, ay : then he IS to be taken from among the people, is he, without resorting to-such states men as those I have named 1 We shall see, however, whether the people agree to have this game played after a three years notice. There is a mistake, however, Mr. President, in what the Senator from Indiana exclaimed at his first sight of my Imperfect picture. In my State, lei me tell that Senator, when Democrats talk of " the people, we mean "the masses," the "bone and sinew" of the land, as distinguished from the statesmen, lawyers, politiciane.and such like. In that sense I deny that President' Polk was got for a candidate from among .4 the people." lie has been a politician all his life, and we knew it when he was nominated.' Thank God for it ! he has now proved himself to have been more one of the statesmen of this great country. And if he will only stand up by the side of Washing ton, as he has done, and I hope he will do, he will be entitled to our lasting admiration. That sort of flattery to the people would not take at all with " the people" in my part of the world, and I should be sorry to think it would tickle the peo ple very much any where. A man is no worse as a man, because he does not possess the learn ing and political experience which are requisite to fit him for the slatiou of Chief Magistrate of the United States. Nobody pretends to that. But it is a great evil when every body thinks he is fit to be the President : and if my friend from Indiana should stand up before a crowd of honest Democrats in my State and talk to "the people," the "real people," the "masses" there, the men who drive their own ploughs, make their own carts, &c and quietly pursue their occupation at home-about NOMINATING ONE OF THEM FOR PRESIDENT, they would do what will not laugh in his face, and tell him that he might as well talk if getting a blacksmith to mend watches. But Jet me ask the attention of Senators w hilst I give to the Baltimore resolutiun a more particu lar notice. It has been often referred to in the Senate, and no one has answered. I believe the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Breese) is entitled to the distinction of having first read it in the Sen ate. He did not have the Secretary to. read it, but read it himself. Next year for the next step! The Senate, having no wish to misrepresent me. need not be asked to remember that I shall have nothing to say against the Convention or its mem bers. The resolution which has often been grave ly read, and often relied upon as deserving great weight and consideration in our deliberations, is my subject, not the Concenlvm. The resolution on Oregon is simply this: The declaration of opinions by a party Convention recommending those opinions to the people which were unani mously adopted by the Convention. That is its precise character. They are before mc: "Kesolced, That our title to the whole of Ore gon is clear and unquestionable ; that no portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or any other Power ; and that the re-occupation of Ore gon, and the re-annexation of 1 exa., at the earliest practicable period, are great American measures, which this Convention recommends to the cordial support of the Democratic party of this union." It is remarkable how this resolution has ac quired so mnch importance.now, when it was not even thought worthy cf being communicated to Mr. Polk at that time by its authors. I have be fore me, in Niles' Register, ihe letter informing him of his nomination, and expecting to elect him ; and his reply accepts the nomination, liopingthey mayi That is about the whole of it. In good taste, and enough said. If any Senator wishes it, I will read the letters. Here they are. But not a word about Oregon not a syllable. No pledges made, and none required. In truth, we all know that the Baltimore Convention was not called to instruct or express opinions for the party, but simply to choose a DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE. So you come round to Mr. Polk opinion voluntarily expressed before he was a cai.Jidate for President, and which he ha? not changed to this day. Of that I have already spoken. Then whom does this resolution bind ? Why brought into this Senate 1 But, before you an swer me, recollect there were two Baltimore Conventions. Some person said 44 three." I know, but I don't count the Tyler Convention A good deal of laughter took place at this re mark, and M. H. said, 4 I mean no sneer no offence to any one." The Whig Senators, I suppose it will be admitted, are not bound by the Democratic Convention resolution. Mr. Dick ingson, of New York, and others said, 'Of course not." Then ihat is settled. How is it with a Democratic Senator whose Stale voted for Mr. Clay and repudiated the Democratic Convention! That is my case. My State adopted the Consti tution many years ago ; and besides that, they refused to vote for Mr. Polk, or to approve this resolution in 1844 What is it expected of ME to do 1 To obey the Constitution, and follow the people of my State ; or this resolution of a Con vention sent to Baltimore to NOMINATE A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, but not to make CREEDS for the party ? Some one re marked, 44 Of course you are not bound as a Senator." Very well ; it is as a Senator I talk here, as a Senator I vote here, and as a Senator I heard these resolutions read here ; and yet as a Senator I am not bound to heed them. That is a strange result, after all we have heard of this matter. Aal in behalf of my Democratic neigh bors, the Senators from South Carolinai I would respectfully inquire whether they were bound, and how far ! since South Carolina would not join the Convention, and had no delegates in it. Several voices: 44 Oh; yes; her delegates came in after." I understand it: South Carolink delegates came into the nomination. However, I suspect that much of all this, intended or not in- tended, will be used to aid the. cry of "Punic faith" ".runic laita !" of which, I shall speak nereaiier. . . . t . , '.: ?. IBqti.m.hQpext .place, Air, President, I pre sume to tell jny Democratic associates who thrust this .tie CREED upon me as a test of orthodoxy in the party, that they seem to me not; to under stand it themselves, and it were as well to look to that before any cry of treason shall be got 'op, either against the President, or against the Sen ate, pr against an humble individual like myself. I charge, the Senator from Illinois, and all other Senators who subscribe this as a creed, and yet go for 5450 with Insisting upon more than the Baltimore Convention have recommended ih party to believe and do; and here is my proof: It truly aays Uut Texas and Oregon are 44 great American' questions ! You insist that Oregon is a Western" question; and sometimes it is treated j yoa as V" party" question ; and I am j afraid that, by bringing it here, you will toon in duce other persons (without Senators Intending it) to convert it into a very dangerous presiden-! tial, sectional, anti-Democratic, anti-Administration question, and teach others to PROSCRIBE those who cannot lay aside our original faith aa we do our clothes ; and, therefore, still believe that this is an 44 A merican" question, and that. like Texas, the 44 twin sister to Oregon, the boundaries of,Oregon ought to be left to a settle ment by negotiation through the President and Senate of the . United States the ouly constitu-; tional organs for treating with foreign Gov ernments. ' r i , " : But more than that, Mr. President: this CREED is in favor of the "RE-OCCUPATION OF. OREGON.". And that is vwhat it recom mended to our party. Ah I 44 re-occupation ;" that's the word; not occupation, but re occupation. Now, we cannot "re-occupy, what we never 44 occupied" before. We never" occupied j the Oregon that lies north of the compromise line of 49 before, but the Oregon on this side of that line we have heretofore occupied. Therefore we cannot re-occupy north of 49, but we can re occupy all south of that line. And that is exactly what the President has been endeavoring to do, and exactly what I am in favor of doing, "fight pr no fight." Sir, if a Democrat thus comes fully up to this creed by his action, what gave Senators here the privilege to denounce him as untrue to the Democratic faith ? This construction of the creed is not hypercitical. What is "OREGON?" The country on the Columbia ricer and south of it all lying below the line of 49 used to be Oregon. The old historianp, maps, and geogra phers all had it so. It is a thing of modern origin to call any part of the territory north'of 49 uQre gon." There is, then, an Oregon and a modern Oregon. The old Oregon was once occupied by us. Outside of that wc have never occupied any portion of the modern Oregon ; and, therefore, if this creed had gone for an occupation of Oregon, it might well be construed "all of Oregon," old and neus. But, as it only went for a 44 BE-ccupa-tion," it is as clear as day that the creed must be. interpreted to mean the old Oregon up to 49; that same Oregon which we once occupied ; that same Oregon which lies south of 49 ; that same Oregon which the DEMOCRATS allgo for still, only some of us are not anxious to fight for ant more. If we stand to the faith, and keep the bond as it was written for us, will not that suffice? I think, Mr. President, I have disposed of the Baltimore resolutions, generally and specially. With unaffected pain did. I hear a charge of "PUNIC FAITH" brought and repeated against the Socth in this. Senate with respect to this Oregon notice, '&.C, and in a woy that challeng ed a reply to it. Personally I care nothing about it, as I voted for the Oregon bill last session; and some Sen. ators know that my reason for voting against it the session before was that its form appeared to me to violate the Constitution Mr. H. here explained at length his objections to the form of that notice, lie also excused himself for voting to take up the Oregon bill last session, by stating that if he had known at the time (as'he does now) how the negotiation then stood, he would not have voted for so much of that bill as propos-1 ed to take jurisdiction. But the Senate did not know the facts at that time, and they had not been told to him. He did not' wonder at the of fence that was taken by the British Parliament, who, no doubt, believed that we knew it all at the time the bill passed the other House. But I do not feel myself at liberty to let such an accusa tion gmw into aproteib, against the SouTn. The South is my home ; and such accusations have a baleful influence in kindling and preserving sectional feelings ; I 6hall, therefore, expose in its injustice, and then forbear. I shall do that by the Journals of the Senate now before me. I will read it from the books if any of my state ments should be questioned. This charge of 44 Punic faith," the Senator will remember, was introduced here some days ago, when the honor able Senator from Georgia (Mr. Colquitt) had spoken of the course of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Hannegan) upon the Texas question. The honorable Senator from Indiana said, in substance as I understood him, (I have not his words be fore me,) that he .had for pome time desired a fit occasion to explain his vote against Texan,- and now he had it; and that it was simply because he had foreseen, 44 Punic faith punic faith." Then, or at some other time, he more than inti mated that he had found that Punic faith in the South. Other Senators were formally called to the floor to vindicate that Senator by their state ments, showing that he really was suspicious of the South, of which I do not complain. Altogeth er the Complexion giveti to this matter before the public eye was, that this " Punic faith," had been practiced by one or more Southern Senators of the Democratic party ! and the sagacity of the Senator, it seems, enabled him to see it before hand. In that way he explained his vote against Texas. Now, Mr. President, there is a grave mistake in all this thing. In the first place, the Sena tor's memory deceived, him as to the fact of his own vote. lie did not rote against Texas. Upon the treaty he did jiot vote at all ! For the Texas resolutions, the next session, he voted ay I The Journals are before me, and these are facts. If contradicted, I will read the votes. Mr. Hannegan remarked : "I was present, and did not vote on the treaty." Mr. Haywood. No doubt ot it ; but present, or absent was all the same. No single vote was worth having upon the treaty; for every body knew in the Senate, almost from the beginning, that the treaty could not pass. The Senator will admit that. Then what basis for his charge is left! " In the second place, Mr. President, the reso lution for notice, &c. on Oregon was rejected at that session before the Baltimore Contention met ! it was rejected by ayes and noes on the 21st of March ! The Convention met on 27th May ! Now, what does the Senator think of his charge " Punic faith, Punic faith?" In the third place, every Democratic Senator save two the two from South Carolina, (Messrs. Huger and McDuFriE) voted for the Oregon bill upon the test vote in the Senate at the ses sion when Texas was passed through by the Se nator's vote. The Senator from Indiana at that session held Texas in his hand his single hand I Without his vote it could not have passed ! Or egon lacked but one vote to save it, Texas but one vote to kill it. What claim will he set up for sagacity, and upon what grounds can he make this charge against the South, when he had only to have made the passage of the Oregon bill a sine qua turn to his vote for Texas, and the thing would have been done both would have passed, or oeither. The Oregon bill must have passed always provided, ;he could have got a Southern Senator to make such ? a bargain with him ! ' He Jiad but two Senator to trade with; for all the rest of us voted for the Oregon bill without a price. That he did not drive a bar gain" for Oregon is no concern of mine. " -" Mr. Hatvood here, spoke of Mr. Hcgek as an absent friend, whom he loved too well not to vindicate against unjust aspersions, and he was about to proceed ; when ; i Mr. Hannegan at once interrupted him by expressing the highest, admiration and respect for Mr. Uucer, and disavowed , all sort .of inten tion to impute to him an act, or even a thought, of the slightest dishonor as a man or a Senator. 3 1.Mr Haywood continued. - That is enough, Mr.. President. ?- The other - honorable Senator, from South. Carolina, (Mr. Mr. McDurns) ia hcrej and very able to vindicate himself, if he . . . - f " ' . - thinks it is required. But I turn to higher topics. Thiis not a pleasant one, j ; . - ; V-vV Mr. President, in coming to the conclusions I have which have been r. expressed to the Se nate without - evasion or disguise, and iu taking my stand, as I believe, alongside the Executive department of the Government I look no coun sel of Great Britain's strength to make me recede from the extremest claims of my own country- Were it Mexico, or any still weaker or more dis tracted Government', if I knowjmy own heart,' I would demand no more from it 'than I would in sist upon against, Great Britain our rights, our honorable rights,-peaceably and in love. From, neither, and from no other 'Government in the world, would I take what was not honorable for my own to demand i nor go to war with any na tion for either a profitable, or; an unprofitable wrong. I must be pardoned, therefore, for giving utterance to the sentiment, that an accusation of this kind against our own Government was nei ther just; politic, nor .patriotic The rest of the world will be easy to persuade, .with American Senators to instruct' them, that our country is mean enough to oppose the. weak, and too cow ardly to assert our rights against the strong. Great Britain will hardly find in that (if she believed it) a motive surrendering "all of Oregon" with out a fight, even if it should become necessary for her to fight us single handed for it. So, before od and .the Senate, I do abjure and reprobate the sentiment of hatred to any na tion as a motive for going back no' further than the offered compromise. ' . j The venerated man whose image hangs con stantly before us, and whose name should ever be his euloory in an American Senate, GEORGE WASHINGTON in his last words to the coun try, taught us that !" the nation which indulges towards another habitual hatred is in some de gree a slave;" and the Declaration of Ameri can .Independence has sanctified it as a political maxim of this Republic, "to hold Great Britain, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies, only in war, but in. peace friends." There is nothing that has tempted me to forget, and nothing shall drive me to violate, the counsel of my country's father, nor this fundamental maxim of free Amer can institutions. Neither will I teach the people to do it. 'Good men! could not applaud the Sen ate for it- Heaven; would not excuse its practi cal application, nor fail perhaps to visit the conse quences upon the nation itself. ; I believe Great Britain desires peace, because it is her interest to do it. Her; Minister is still here the Minister bf Peace from a Christian peo ple and a Christian' Government Why should we doubt the result ? He will hardly leave be fore he has at least: told us what is that 44 FUR THER PROPOSAL MORE CONSISTENT WITH FAIRNESS AND EQUITY," which he trusted the. American Government would make to him, (pp 1 1, 69 ) ! Sir, the civilized world would execrate the Ministers of both Governments, if this negotiation should be terminated upon any point of personal or diplomatic etiquette. Chris tian lands are not to be involved in wars at this day for the personal pique of their agents. ' Min isters of peace do not seek occasion for a quarrel; but, if really inclined to compromise, they would be looked upon as piserabie bunglers, when ei ther or both of them cannot find in their own cor respondence, or elsewhere, a reason or a pretext for making any offer that would prove acceptable to both. If there be any such, leave all that to them, and there let the responsibility rest, un divided by us. I j This matter can be compromised, if the two Governments are willing to do it. If Great Bri tain does not intend to compromise, we ought to know it ; let her not have the excuse for it, that the President was against "all Compromise," but in favor of " all Oregon or none.?' She shall not be permitted to say that misconstruction of the American President, although proclaimed in the American Senate by some Senators, was neither refuted nor contradicted by any pther. This notice is no threat at all ; and I do not expect it is either to intimidate Great Britain or to offend her. But! hitherto, neither of the two Governments-seem; to have fully-realized the ne cessity of terminatjng this last' pause of dispute between them, and of opening the way wider for .the cultivation of a permanent national concord. Whatever may be their course or tAeir condi tion, it 6cems to me; that WE are no longer left at liberty to postpone a final settlement of this whole controversy about Oregon. The public will, expressed through trjeir immediate delegates in Ihe other House, is very conclusive upon that point. Another Presidential election, and every other question will be made subordinate to this one for 44 Our Rights." J The public mind,' already pre-Occnpied by one sided arguments upon our title to the whole of Oregon, will be in no state to discuss it ; the peo ple will be excited and misled by denunciations against every man who has the moral courage hereafter to doubt it, and even taught to call him O " British ;" the! prudence of jage will be de cried as the counsels of a foreign influence by a hired press ; the wisdom of Statesmen will be set aside by the clamors of selfish demagogues ; the love of peace and the fear of God denounced by factions, and vilified by self constituted asso ciations, as the cowardice of traitors and the affec tation of hypocrisy. 1 It will 60onj become the un holy work of an infuriated party j spirit, aided by selfish ambition, to'creatcand produce in our hap py country this, and much more than this all, as I apprehend, for the sake of putting great men down, and exalting little men to high places, more than it will be for the purpose of securing our na tional rights. Senators , and others who would scorn to play the game are incautiously furnish ing the cards " Allof Oregon or none" Our title is "clear and unquestionable" "The' Ad ministration is with ps" "Down with the treach erous Democrat or .British Whig who opens his mouth for compromise !" These cries will be so many obstacle) to peace honorable peace. As we would keep the power over this subject in the hands to which the CONSTITUTION has en- trusted it as we would protect, the trust com mitted to the Senate, and do our whole duty to the cause of liberty regulated ly law, to God and to our consciences I think the Senate should aid to bring this controversy to a conclusion, in some way or other, as soon as possible. Another year, and it may be too late to settle it in peace. Another three yeors'ldelay, and il will not be set tied without a dreadful conflict of political agita tions at home, and perhaps a desperate war be tween two Christian : nations. God deliver us from both! . - j . ' . . - . If the trusts of this body under ihe Constitution must be carried for discussion beforehand to the Court-houses and party caucuses' of the land if we must encounter the agitations and perils and bitterness of a popular ordeal, in our. foreign af fairs will not the Senate agree that it is safer and wiser to take care that the pleadings shall be made up so as to present the TRUE ISSUES ! Notice or no notice,'is an old question predeter mined and prejudged ; and the peace of the coun try can hardly be preserved if we suffer that to be the issue which goes before the country.! Let us give the notice, then, to the President's hands, before the negotiation is closed, and if there is a compromise, the question will go to the people upon that.: The result is, to my mind, neither doubtful nor fearful.) If no compromise lhat' we can accept with honor shall be offered now, it ne ver will be offered; land then we shall soon have the whole subject before, us, and can take such steps as will protect our rights and carry this question into our popular elections upon fair and true issues. - Bat there has been a doubt excited lest the President might abuse the notice after we have authorized it, and yvu hesitate. Is there not more danger from our delay, than in any trust we may repose; in the Executive hy .firing him the use of this notice, even if he should abuse itl Friends? of- the Administration Democrats surely WE can confide it to Jiim, elsewe ooght not to be bis friends. Confidence Is not to be ex pected with f q joottfih iila5rjliir9.mMehqhave been his political opponent s,especially when some of ourselves have- misconstrued . the President. But, . Whigs of the'Senale. ddryou still doubt his position 1 ,po you fear, beinar abuse this notice after it is given to" him, (as it" has been said he would,) by abruptly closing negotiation, and even refusing his own offer, for a compromise at 49, should it be "returned to him! To such as are resolved to stand by him AT THAT LINE OF COMPROMISE, and to NO OTHERS, do I ap peal. Jl have said already, that if you do not mean to slop concesbion at thaY line, you do right in re fusing this notice; ; Hef cannot speak! upon that point ; official propriety forbids it, as I have already-said and proved. ' But here is a guaranty. Let him but venture to occupy that position con trary to. your hopes. and expectations. ;Lt him only attempt to. betray the confidence you put in his conduct (Oh ! he will not do it I feel like I was defending a friend's honor, when I say again, and again, and again, that this construction- CANNOT be true.). But what if he should at tempt it? The country will yet be safe. He might embarrass the Senate, but he would destroy himself. The moment he docs'it, the whole sub jecf will, by ' the Constitution, pass out 'of his: hands, and fall EXCLUSIVELY INTO OURS. The Legislative, and not the Executive1 depart ment, will thenceforth have Jt. in charge j-.with no change but the abrogation of a convention that it were rashness in us to continue longer in force. We hate a majority here for peace, and for eve ry honorable means of preserving it no more, but all that men who, lam sure, would defy fac tion, and laugh at demagogism in the crisis of their country's fate Democrats and Whigsv all patriots and together upon an. "AMERICAN" question. And the bill for extending our juris diction over Oregon need not to be, as it ought not to be,' adopted, until we see what more the President will do, and what Great Britain means to do. And this Senate ought not la adjourn un til we know whether we are to have PEACE or a SWORD. IT SHALL NOT BY MY VOTE. It would not be becoming in me to undertake to advise how we ought to act in such a case Upon subsequent measures. Though I do not admire the common use of Scripture quotations in polit ical speeches, the subject and the occasion ap pear to be solemn and impressive enough to ex cuse me for saying upon that point, "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. '.' Upon the whole, I submit to the Senate.that ihe. House Resolutions, under all the circumstances now surrounding this subject, had better be adopt ed by the Senate, Their second Resolution is but a proviso excluding any interference that that House designed by the first one, to obtrude into a subject belonging to the President and Senate." It was perhaps right for them to say so. It was but saying to us and to the President, " As a ne gotiation is pending, and this House , claims no right to interrupt it, we have taken care to' declare that negotiation is a matter with which the people's Representatives in the House do not hereby inter pose." And, at the same time, the vote on their part implied the absence of any hostility to nego tiation. Upon this subject, and at this stage of it, negotiation means compromise. From that there is no escape. '' '. :.''. ' ' ' '',. The great reason why I would entreat the Senate to take the House resolutions, so free of objection as they are, is this : ;V The difference, if any, in favor of either of the other propositions over those from the House, is not to be compared to the inconvenience (using no stronger expression) which the sending of this discussion back to the other House will produce in the country, and the certain delay and proba ble embarrassments it will lead to in pursuing the negotiation. The whole.subject is with the Senate: with the Senate I leave it. I Mr. President, I have now concluded what I had to say. I must be more or less than a man if I felt so indifferent to the kind and flattering at tention of the Senate for two days, as hot to ex press my gratitude for it. I havespeken pjainly of principles and things I hope nottoomuch so. It is difficult I know to do that without an appear ance of disrespect to those you answer But an attack upon errors of opinion is no assault upon the persons holding them. In my heart there is nothing of unkindness. If I bad not been placed, most reluctantly1, in an attitude where I must speak or be misunderstood ; if I had not been goaded by repeated declarations, which I could not assent to, and which,, if r correct, I knew would force me to oppose the Adminis tration and to abandon a friend ; and which, if correct, it was my duty and my right as aSena. tor to refute in free debate, I should not -have ' opened my mouth. If this performance of an un avoidable duty should leave me exposed to mis representation, I must bear it.. My bands are clean, my heart ia easy, my conscience is unburdened; and, if I have done any tiling fof good I can rejoice, if not I have tried to do it. And, having confidence in God stronger than any 44 confidence in - princes," I pray that HE whb rules the destiny of nations, may guide our counsels so as to save the peace of my beloved country, and protect it forever 'by His might jr arm in the enjoyment of liberty and: religion. j HORRIBLE EVENT AND REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE. 1 The dreadful occurrence in this city last week, by which an infant lost its life in the hands Of its mother, it will be remembered, took place on Thursday afternoon. A similar event occurred at Louisville, Ky, as we learn from the papers of that city, at the precise lime, a coincidence tragical indeed, but truly remarkable. The Louisville Journal, of Friday morning, has: the following notice : of the occurrence! ', - ' ! "-'"."; ' ' Baltimore Sun. Yesterday afternoon, a German named Joseph Jackel, who resides on Lafayette street," in a fit of insanity and during the absence of his wife, killed his own little son, about three years old, by cutting bis throat from ear to ear with a razor, and then put the body in a tub and then hid it under the bed. Jackel attempted to cut his own throat, but was prevented by the neighbors... He cut himself so much, however, as to make him speechless. He was taken to jaiL t We ' under; stand that he has shown symptoms of insanity for several days, and was under the treatment of a physician." '-; '-;' ' v. "v'i-J-'b: ! $30 Reward; 1 ' OTTEHE above reward will b eiven for H the apprehension .'and delivery - of a negro boy named .WASHINGTON. who ranaway on the 28th of June last,! irom lue suDscnoer, living; 8 miles east of Charlotte, near the Wadesboro road. Said boy is bout 28 years old. 5 feet 8 or 10 inches high, black, toot built, and speaks as if, his tongae was lhiek No particular marks recollected, He wis raised by Zenas Alexander; dee'd , on 8ogar Creek; 7 miles South of Charlotte. -' t 1 fii-H fM. WILSON PARK8U March 9, 1846. 20 3w 17ln eraoir of the late Kev:Alexr. IViJ Preudfit, I. Dby ibm Uev. John Fer. vlhTD. ia.1 vol.-If mo with Portrait. Thia day received by--" i - H. D. TURNER.; March 34; , . . . s . ,.. . U 24 To Merchants, . Physicians, i ! .MHD OTHERS ! '. THE Subscriber keeps constantly fox sale, at th lowet prices, an assortment of M e t i c i e 'f Drugs, I y e-S t u f f ? lijits, Oils, Glass Varnish, ' : Brashes, Ace, Sec, . v Confident his prices will give satisfaction, he solicit, even those who may not intend to purchase at the time, to ascertain Jth pricesof hU Goods ; t "Any. communications, a king Jhe prices of Goods are moet cheerfully snd prompily answered. ' . He would rftrcularly state, that he has a gteani Factory in cpnnexion wjlh his store," for Powderin Jalap, Rhubarb, Ipecacuanha, and inanyjrther Medit eines f for- grinding Mustard,: Cinnamon, Ginger AIifr4ce,hPepperiClove8.oic ! -nd Lainp-BSack Black f Lead, Venetian Red,' Chrome jellow anj green.fVerdigTia, Yellow Ochre, and other Paints, in oil ; all of which he is able to sell at the very lowet prices. - - . I Paints mixed already for use, and put up in earthen pois, or uiurreni Biwa, ior larany convenience. Putty of the best quality.' at eta. per lb .ont bladders, and 3 cte. per lb. ia bladders, in quantities "ot ou ids. anu onward, i a. : fXj No charge made for delivering goods in part of the City. - J. YV. W. GORDON, -' . ' " ' Dhuggist, : No. 153 West Pratt sti.a few doors fiom Light st.. And opposite the Bait, & Ohio R. R. Depot. Baltiiqore. Baltimore, February 18, 1846. 18 -nn f NOTICE. jjjj persons are ncrenv larwamcu irom irailinp t J . .. . L. for a XV ote if Hand, made, payable to Jame- unato, for the sum of $50, due 2ata December 1845,) on Yancy Perry and Randal Perry, andit. netsed by Eli Ellen. The said Note was lost or (mis laid by Jtmea Buffalo, and no one, but myself, ia authorized to receive the same. :-r -, .. ! SION ROGERS, Adm'r. how 1 vVsLs of James uciraio, dec'jl. j Wake County; March 18, 1846. v- 23 3t NEW HATTING ESTABLISHMENT. .THE ondersigned, having commen ced the manufacture pi HATS and CAPS, intbi8 City intend to keep constantly on hand a general assort- f ment of Goods in that line of business. One of the firm, being a; practical Hatter, from the City of New York; we are prepared to furnish the citizens of this place,' and its vicinity, with goods' of a superior quality, and aa ' cheap aa can be got at the North, Couniij Merchants will find it to their ad vantage to call an us, before they furnish themselves elsewhere.". Hats made to order, on hort notice, ind the highest price paid or Furs. Call at thelace, lately occupied by Hawj.kt & Bj,xcE3(As,as a Hat Store, near the Post Office. 1 ? " . E. COLBURN, ! ' - KELSON BARBER, j Raleigh. March 26. 1846. " 25 tf THE i MANSION HOUSE, RALEIGH, W. C, frnHE; SUBSCRIBERS,, havirg purchased the M riouce and Lot, in the. City ot Raleigh, occu pied for several years as a ilOTIX, by JistEs LiTCHroab, Etq-, and having taken full possession of ihe same,' respectfully inform their fi lends, and the Public generally, that they are now prepared to ac commodate all who, may call upon them, with Board y .the Jay, month, or year. They flatter themselves, that from their lung experience in this line of busi ness, they cannot fail to give satisfaction to those who may patronize them-And, whilst they would tender their, acknowledgements fpr past favors, they pledge themselves that their, exertions to please, shall, if possible, be increased Their Table shall not be ex Celled,' and their charges shall be regulated by the moderation' for which they have been heretofore d is tlnguiebed. r.- i j . , MARTHA C. LIN DEM AN & SISTERS. j Raleigh, March .7.-1 84 6. . : ,.:'. ..; . J 2(T 2HT PUIAIAM & SISTERS offer- for sale, the' House and Lot recently occii pied by tbem as a Hoarding House,' together with the contiguous buildings. .They also wish to ell a very handsome building Lot, just in the rear of the City Hall, being the same 'which -they formerly occupied. The Lot h"ea most beautifully, fronting on Wilmington Street, 61 Teeti, To save trouble and unnecessary enquiries, they state lhat their price for the' whole ia $800 ; or, they will sell 25 fiet front for $400. - ' -' ? - " I j March 9, 1846. ' - ' 20 gjTATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,-Nah Uohstt. Court of Pleaa-aud Quarter Session, February Term,' 1846. V -' ? I " ' 11 WJohtt'Bell 'r fr ' - ;, George R. Belt - '. Original Attachments Levied nipon Land. It aprieaiinsr to ihe satiafaettan' of ih f?rmrt ihat the Defendant in this case, resides beyond the limit of this State : It is therefnm nrilftrnd thai nnhli"lion be made for six weeks' ia the italeigh Register, nnti- lyuig tne said Lretendant to be and appear at toe next Court of Pleas and Sessions, to be held for Nixh County, at the Court ; House; in Naeh vi We, on the second Monday in May nexti then and there to r nlerv or Ulead to issue, otherwise. indrment final, will be rendered againat him, and the property levied upon, conuemneu 10 sattsty r laintitt a claim, j Witness, F. M. Taylor, Clerk .of our said Court at Office in Nash ille, the second Monday of February, A. D. 1846. - " " I f ff : - r. M, TAYLOR, Clerk. r March 14, 1846. ; V. ; 22-6v : Twenty Dollars Reward. fi!) ANA WAY.? from the Subscriber, residing at LilX Piturylvania Court House, Virginia, on the tugut of the 31s(, day ; of December, 1845, a likely ( negro man, slayet by the pame of WILEY, j The said negro slave was purchased by me, a short time since, from Atlas Rash, of Montgomery Coun ty, North Carolina, on his return with the said slave from Fjncastle Virginia, at which place be had been apprehended, on his way . to Ohio with free papers. The said Wiljct ia black, about five- feet 1 1 inches high, between 24 and 25 year of age, and weighs about 200 pounds; is very likely and well formed. He made his elopement on a large bob tail bay Marr, saddle and bridle, which he aUo took from me, with a large green, blanket under the saddle. Had on when be left, a checked roundabout, somewhat grey-, ish pantaloons, yarn, and a cap, and carried with him also, a grey homespun coat ; is supposed to have pass, ed through DaovilieVirginia, and is no doubt making his way through Greensborough, N. C. io the neiglt borbood of Mr. Rush, where be formerly lived; with the view of procuriog another set of free papers, and for the purpose of having an interview with bis wife,; whom he expressed, a few day a before his da parture, a gjeatwiah to see. 'tB:5 H -";;; I For die apprehension of the said slave, and hia se curement in Jail, so that I get him again, I will pay the above reward of Twenty Dollars, and a reasooa. ble compensation to any one .who will secure, sod Uke care of the mare, bridle and saddle,- or either of them, untill can get Ifceou'f t ? t ? 1 7: - i sa;JJOHNJ.WHITE. PiUsylvanUCHVa. Jan, 5, 1846. - 4-tf OR CASH. All the remainder of our Stock, Ttx : fTI.ON FECTIONARIES, Dry Goods, .Cioceriei, .. t uc; aruaei, ana naruwire. - - j All those still Indebted to as, are now requested to call immediately and aettWor' they will find their account in the hands of the Constable, as we want 'to dose the business this month.'- -u - .r" : . ,"' 1:1 M - G. W. C. UKlMWf" Raleigh, March 2, 1840. iJ 17 Uf aJ Selling i V s
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