Download or read book Speech of Hon. S. Breese, of Illinois written by Sidney Breese and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Speech of Hon. S. Breese, of Illinois: On the Oregon Question; Delivered in the Senate of the United States, Monday, March 2, 1846 Mr. President: It is not to be expected that any Senator rising in the present stage of this debate, can throw much additional light on the important question. Before us. It has been so elaborately discussed, not only in these Halls, but by the public press throughout the country, that it is now scarcely possible to invest it with a new interest, or urge topics with which the Senate and the country are not already familiar. It had excited, and justly too, throughout every part of our widely-extended Union, the most earnest at tention of the whole American people. Probably, 10 question since we had become a nation, had aroused so strong an interest as this has, and none, probably, has been more ably debated. The nak tion awaits with intense anxiety the decision of Congress, and the eyes of all are now turned to the action of the Senate. The Executive has done what belonged to him in the matter; and the House of Representatives has performed its duty. It now onlyremains for the Senate to perform its duty, by consummating the action of both. It is, Mr. President, in view of the great interest the State from which I come has in this question, and in obedience to an overruling sense of' duty to it, that I am now prompted to address the Sen ate. I did not know, sir, until this morning, that the General Assembly of my State had, at its last session, adopted the resolutions 'ust resented by my colleague, [mr. Semple, ] an rea by the Sec re any. I was aware, sir, that two years since. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.