Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-02-07
CoNGREss--sd Session.
Wursday, FEB. 9, 1919.
IN SEN AVN

Thursday, Feb 2, 1919.
! IN SENATE.
The PRESIDENT of The Senate laid before the
body Communication from The Treasury Department.
nia"e IN compliance with the ac, of April ), 1886,
showing The disposition Of the trust funds payable
Of Indian treaties
Also, tram the War Department. the annual state.
'ncn mace IN pursuance Of the las Of 1890 shown
tue sp?r"p':a;isas and expenditures made during The
wear oi:
The following memorials and petitions were p,ecent.
Cd aad appropriately rrferrcd
!:y sif BATES From Daniel Weed and 60 others,
slavery IN The District of Columbia. Also the petition
Of " M. H. Graves and % others, of the place,
r'ayag Tor the abolition OF slavery generally. Motion
u receive ordered In lie over
by W.. WALKER From the Common Council of
HE ely ct Naichez praying that tho establishme n. Of
me western backyard may be made in thu. city.
by Mi. STURGEON From citizens Of Pennsyl.
saha, asking that Compress VIII create eco geo 00O OF
stock, to be divided among tie STATES according 10
presentation
Also, i:on 80 ladies' of the city Of Philadelphia wo
Judging from The beauty Of their chifography he must
ccHcihce TO Dc lar and DESTROYS to crafty them, he
would read al eSac, from their petition. Air Sur
geon Ieha lie extract, the glst of which that sa
very and the slave trade might be abolished the DIS.
t'ict oi Co!umta. Motion 10 receive, ordered to lie
IN the table.
The bl! from The House making appropriations for
the army Of the United States and FOR the Military
/ second
propr'ately referred, the other bills received
from the House.
The bill to prevent the employment of private ex.
presses upon mail routes, End Tor the prevention Of
frauds upon The revenues cf the Post Office Depart
meat was taken up, and after n discussion, in which
Messrs MEnRlCk and HUNTINGTON par,icina-
led
Mr.. MERRlCk proposcd amendment defining
what "maiiab!s mater was; which ordered 10 BE-
printed and tic bill postponed, in order 10 proceed 70
The discussion OF the special order, beng he bii! for The
occupation AID settlement OF the territory OF Oregon,
the question pending being 10 refer the bill select
committee.
/ MIR. BENTON rose and addressed the Senate until
quite late hour gong into the merits Of The question
at erea, length, well descanng upon The late trea
- OF lsi2, which he affirmed had counter to eight
previous seatrs, and had given up territory which had
been possession Of s c,uai.y for the last years
tie seemed to think that the na'G point ths question
was The justice pi;le, 10 which he heard dissenting
voice; and HE 1cx was, Che light being clearly rs
WHETHER cou!d use oar own property without giving
offence ia other Powers lie held that the question was
not whether Great BfItuu ,rouid take orce, u. cod
sic do 50 justly That was The question which should
occupy the :mnds o Senator's lie alluded 10 the stand
taken III General Jackson when had difficulties
with The Trench, who he'd proclaimed that he would
ask nolhirg ha, 30. right, and submit 10 nothing
That was wrong The question al right and wrong
all that occupied The mind Of that great statesman,
leaving the issue 10 God and his country Al That time
ae heard the fears expressed in the pre-.
sent case; had paraded speeches little skee-
ton of army daily diminishing by de.crtion, our
d!smand and trIliinG navy but all these things had
no effect On Ii. mind oi General Jackson, where the
interests OF his country were at stake, and right
his side. Mr.. B. expressed the belief tina! the deter
mined stand made by rs in relation 20 France had bsea
the OF cleratng in lie opinion Of the French
people.
| II the .;:lr in clear and undenisble, land all
who had spoken had airmed) then surely should
give no offence TO Great Britain if we exercised The
rights of proprieo.shp. Mr.. g. glanced al the en-.
croachmens made by the Hudson Bay Company on
this Territory of Oregon, nnt showed that it had
elusive possession, dong the in the West that
another powerful company had done in the East. He
glanced the remarks of those Senators to the pa
cifc disposition Of England Sending the olive branch
in the late aeniiaons; who had expressed their fears
that tie provisions Of The bill might lead TO for
territory tia; il had been asserted utterly wn!th
legs and which clearly belonged TO lis, and said if that
was m evidence OF pacific Disposition he shon.d like
% know wha: hostile could be considered -
He alluded 10 The treaty Of Client, when all that
aske,! ~ The British Ministers was variation Of the
line under the treaty OF 1888, 10 admit pas
sage rron Halifax to Quebec, but every American
Minister had refused 10 vary TINT re, and set the Br
tsh had afterwards Sc. up territorial claim, which
was 10 be held al all hazards. hIr b. drew marked
distinction between the Federalsts of l79S and those of
the present day. Those Of the former times had ad-
ered the jus. claims of their country, while those of
the present day relinquishcd them. Give me, said
Mr. b. the Federalists Of that day, with John Adams
al their head rather than the Federalsts of these times
with Daniel Webster and John Tyler at their head,
who had clearly yielded what had been considered
under eight prior treaties and sanctioned by sixty years
r clear and nndsPu'ed possession lie insisted that
time which had been much relied to effect things
m our favor, had opposite tendency. II was tiMe,
that had ripened tie asking OF variation OF the
line oG boundary mic territorial claim and would
he time in Ike manner that would advance tie claim
TO The Nnrlkwest Territory. In speaking Of this sub
tct twenty years ago, he had SAID that time Ill we
had 10 fear and # We had then asserted ou7 rights, we
should no, have had The present trouble. He said
that the present too short To show the sd
c,lecous viola ion iasre had been oil our territory I'M
der Tint Minister, who gentlemen thanked tod ana
Daniel Webster, had pfeer"ed us from war but II he
rs. SHARED unt tho mex; long nine month sseseon, he
Yonld II il the forteih time, wake Tie American
peonle M to the wroags mhth The country had suffer
ed under the negotiation that had sci aside The bonn
aorv Of sixty years duration and maintained UNDER oil
,ba nfior treaties from 1853 &c ISIS.
AS soon as NJ, 3 had closed his remarks
MIR CHOATE mcyed posiponcment Of The qnes
,;on until 10 morrow, with view TO reply
Some further bus.neRs was Transacted, onl on. oil
,,c,-suc as the introduction n solution directing
The Committee on Commerce 10 inquire into the tx.
pedeucy Of aboshng the cutter service, ana subsutu
tno naval vessels in their stead.
Also. memorial by MIR. CALHOUN, from citizens
Of Philadelphia, IN relation 10 certain
the tariff
On motion, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr.. DODGE, of Iowa, said that, as the greater por:
, If The bree davs assigned for The consideration OF
busncss relating The Territories, had been consumed
IN the consideration Of subjects of national character
no hoped The House wnut now go into COMMITTEE
Of the Whole for the purpose of taking up The sPec'a
ordera.
hill some weeks since introduced by him, 10 suspend,
r limited time the second section Of the bill for The
apporlinnmen Mt of Representatives among the several
States had been referred 10 the COMMITTEE ofthe Whole
an lie state of The Union In this vortex he feared that
The bill would be lost, and therefore he moved that
he made the spe order Of The day for Thursday
The subject was of great importance, and ought 10
be acted np"n speedily
MIR. JOHNSON IF Tenn objected to The course sng
,ss,cd The House was embarrassed with TOO many
special orders 7lrcady.
Mr.. CAMPBELL expressed his surprise at this re-
mark-comug, TOO, from gentleman who vas op
posed 10 the law. And he moved suspension oil The
rules.