Speech of Mr James Wilson of N Hampshire On the Political Influence of Slave
Speech of Mr James Wilson of N Hampshire On the Political Influence of Slave
James Wilson
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'54'^ 40'. He spoke un- doubtingly of the President's purpose, and said that England would not yield, and that " war is inevitable. " The words "war is inevitable, " wrung through the whole country. The phrase became ridiculously common throughout the land. Another western Senator "cried aloud, " with a voice that might be heard from Capitol hill to the Grand Monadnock, " IVe ivill have to 54° 40', or we will fight. - ^ And another, still more eloquent than either, held similar sentiments. Thin...gs went on this way for some three months of the session of 1845-'46, and I verily believe the Western Senators and the great Western Democratic party were deceived, thoroughly overreached and imposed upon by this Southern political jugglery about Oregon. I am led to this conclusion from a scene I witnessed in the Senate during one of the days about the last of February or the first of March, 1846. A Demo- cratic Senator from North Carolina, (Mr. Haywood, ) rose calmly in his place, and coolly, with placid countenance and gentlemanly bearing, administered a chilling re- buke to the "war is inevitable " 54^ 40' or fight men, by telling them plainly that they misunderstood Mr.
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