Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 2, 1872, Part II, Volume V

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Extract from the speech of Mr. Cass, of Michigan, in the Senate, June, 1846

* * * “We are seeking a doubtful good, at the certainty of a great sacrifice.” * * * “Those who believe that our title to all Oregon is so ‘clear and unquestionable’ that no portion of it ought to be relinquished, may well contend for its whole extent, and risk the consequences.” * * *To accept the line of 49° regarded as a sacrifice.