The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-04-16

tend the interests Of the United States with any Or
every Indian tribe west of any agency now establish
ed by law. 3D.
That the sum of dollars be appro-
priated out of any money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated, to carry into effect the provisions
Of this act.
SEC 3 .and be Il further enacted, That If any cit
zen of the United States shall within the territory
district of country lying of the Rocky Mountains,
south OF hftyfour degrees and forty minutes of north
latitude, and north Of the forty degree of north
latitude, commit any crime, offence, misdemeanor,
which, IT committed elsewhere, would be punished
by the laws of the United States or if any
person shall, within such part of the territory or
district OF country belongs to the United States,
west OF the Rocky Mountains, commit any such
crime, offence, or misdemeanor upon the property
or person OF any citizen of the United States ev-
cry offender, being thereof convicted shall suffer
the like punishment is provided by the laws of the
United States for the like offences, if committed within
any place district of country under the sole and
elusive jurisdiction of the United States The trial
of all offences against this shall be in the district
where the offender is apprehended or into which
he may first he brought; and the supreme courts
in each of the territorial districts and the circuit courts
and other courts of the United States, of similar
jurisdiction in criminal causes each district of the
United States, in which any offender against this
act shall be first apprehcnded, brought for trial,
shall have, and hereby invested with, full power
and authority to hear, try, and punish, all crimes,
offences, and msdemeanors, against this act such
courts proceeding in the same manner as if such
crimes, offences, and misdemeanors, had been COM
med within the bounds of their respective districts
Mr.. LINN expressed his pleasure that one subject,
at least could be brough before the Senate in which
was involved no party question-no Bank, tariff.
This question in relation to the erection of
new kingdom, State, to be annexed to this Cone-
deracy; but even if it should be independent of the
Union, its inhabitants would be flesh and blood,
and those who might migrate that and beauti-
full region would carry with them the lights Of religion
and a knowledge of the arts and sciences. Now
the time to do something for this territory
was the accepted time Although negotiation
pending for settlement Of the disputes between this
country and Great Britain, one could tell what
would be its effect or how it would end He hoped,
however, that all our difficulties would be amcaby
ranged and that nothing would remain to disturb the
harmony OF the two countries By the treay of 1918,
which he thought 10 be unfortunate for the u.
S. and by the treaty of 1927, the British Hudsons
Bay Company were left in the possession of the ter
ritory and our people, from the uncertainty Of our
title, were deferred from emgratng; but after all,
we must expect to get possession OF the territory
Their by emigration than by the of the United
States and they called upon everywhere to de-
clare whether they would abandon the territory Or
adhere to it, in order thereby to encourage emgra
ton, whether they would encourage settlers by
placing them the broad shield of this Govern
alone, or make the declaration al the head of the
bill, the territory would be peoped by more than ten
thousand persons in the of two years. The
first section of the bill provided for the erection Of
chain OF military posts from some point on the Mis-
souri, river into the best pass for entering the
valley of the Oregon, and also at or near the
mouth of the Columbia river, to protect the
American fur trade, which was now left with
out defence and in dilapidated condition, as
well as the Santa Fe trade, neither of which has
CtIuhfn s.flOnf
eminent. Our Consul at Santa Fee would not have
been assailed and nsuted as he was, if there had
been two hundred armed men one hundred miles dis
tan upon whom he could have relied for protection;
and it was the language of gentleman concerned in
that trade, that he could travel to and from Santa
Fe without the least molestation, because the Mexi
cans well knew that he could bring down upon them
five hundred trappers whenever he might think
proper to do The Mexcans knew this, and,
therefore they treated the gentleman accordingly
He thought that there should be no hesitation what
ever on the part fthis Government to take immed-
ate for the settlement of this territory for
from the evidence in his possession, there was no
doubt in his mind as to the indisputable title to
it on the part of the United States. They
should not fear Great Britain in this matter but
England being our mother, we have been afraid Of
her from the commencement OF existence as
a nation. We were lashed into the Revolutionary
war, then almost kicked into the last war; and we
have received ten times of injustice from her
than we would lave received from any other DO :. er
without going to Our patience was almost
exhausted nevertheless he hoped that the negolia-
ton in progress would have the effect of averiing The
apprehended collision between the two countries. He
would not regard the complaints which Great Britain
might urge should we take measures for settling the
Territory he was for going on and holding out in
ducements to emgrants to take possession of the soil
and for this purpese the bill before the Senate
gave every white male nhabiant donation of SIX
hundred and forty of land certain conditions
This amount might be objected to, but in his opinion
taking into consideration the disadvantages incident
to new country, and the future good that would
suit to Government he thous hit the donation to be
right and proper 1t was of the greatest Importance
that the Territory should be settled, and that
line of military posts should be established
especially when they took into view the large num-
Der of Indian warriors upon the Western frontiers,
and the high moral obligation Of the Government to
protect the lives and property of the whites from
threatened danger. He would say more at pre-
sent, but would that the further consideration
of the bill be postponed until Friday next and the
motion was agreed TO.
The Senate then went into an Executive session.
and after some time spent therein, the doors were
opened, and it adjourned.
POTOMAC BRIDGE
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