Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-01-27

n general rivalship of feeling and contention of
interest. Mr. Walker, of Miss, the zeal of
whose house will eat him up some day or 9TH
err, suddenly saw the Yazoo and its bright and
beautiful tributaries flowing before him, and
forth he launched, like q steam boat driven on
under high pressure motion.
The Yazoo, he could tell the Senator from
South Carolina, was OF two fold, yes, of three
fold Importance to the Tennessee. Alabama
came next with her flourish of trumpets, and
the Alabama river, the Senator from there, in
turn was told, was of three fold importance to
the Yazoo. MIR Crittenden sung the praises of
the Kentucky and Licking rivers, and many of
the loco fOco Senators were anxious, and so
said in their seats, that he would tell all he
knew about Sail Rirer in Kentucky, also.-
There was no occasion for this, Mr. Crittenden
having just received a most triumphant cleo
ton, and with il several of the votes of his po-
litical opponents. There were more rivers TO
represent, and Mr. Benton rose for the Missouri,
Mr. Sewer for the White river, and others for
other rivers until the scene became very anu
sing, and a dozen river speeches had been
made, most of them inquest )nably for "Bun-
kum," and to keep those who spoke as far out
OF the strong tide of Salt River as possible
The subject, however, is one of great impor-
lance, and between the loss Of life and the loss
of property, the government owes it to the
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structions in the rivers, almost every one of
which has proved the tomb of some unfortu-
nate traveller.
The Senate were some time in Executive
session. There were, | believe, no nomination
confirmed. The nomination of Mr. Smith, as
Collector of the Port Of Philadelphia remains a
subject of consideration. The removal of JON
athan Roberts is not a matter to be got rid of
easily, and il is probable that a resolution was
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President Tyler for his reasons for the removal.
The city is filling up n good deal with stran-
gers, and now wears more of the usual winter
gaiety than it has before since the meeting of
Congress. Among the Corners is Isaac Hill,
who has been some time here, and whose fin
gers, il is said, may be seen in the NJ adisonian.
Isaac wants an office, and is disposed to Gust
the able and efficient Mr. Whiltlesey, the Au-
ditor of the Post office, il he can.
Correspondence of the Jour. of Commerce.
Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 10.
Oregon Occupation Bill.
This bill was again taken up, and Mr. Choate
spoke in opposition to it, and in reply to Mr.
Benton.
Mr. Choate remarked upon the predictions
made by Mr. Benton, of a speedy war between
the United States and England. If war was
inevitable, as the Senator supposed, if we were
to revolutionize Ireland and stir up her starving
working population TO rebellion, he hoped we
should not commence the war in the way now
proposed. He trusted we should not begin il
by the violation Of our own engagements, as
the bill evidently proposed. The only shadow
of excuse which had been offered for a violation
of the convention on our part, was an alleged
violation of it by England. The convention
provides that, for ten years, the country shall
be open to the hunters and traders Of both ma
lions. IL England has violated this engage
ment, ] have only to say that | will follow her
as lar as he who goes iarthest. have no idea
that she shall be permitted TO break or evade il.
Show me that she has broken il, as we appa-
rently do in this bill, and ! will agree to any
course that may he proposed for the assertion
Of our rights. But | do not think, said Mr.
Choate, that she has broken it. | see that she
enjoys great advantages through the means of
her powerful fur-trading company, who take
up every advantageous port, and convert every
beautiful stream To their own purposes. This
may be a good reason for giving her the twelve
months notice Of our determination to abandon
the agreement and take the Consequences
What matters it that her hands are red in the
blood of China-that she has lines of steamers
on our coaSt-that she is averse to our slave
institutions-that her general attitude betokens,
as is said, hostility towards usf This does not
show that she has broken the treaty. We may
find in all this a reason to go 10 war, if you
please and abundant reason to give her the
notice that the treaty requires but no reason
for breaking our word. 1t signifies nothing
that England builds forts in the territory. We
can build them too, and ought TO build them.
We must protect our people and their proper
ty, as she does. All that comes in aid of the
treaty, instead of violating il. If England
sends her laws for the government of her peo-
pie there, we must send our Jurisprudence, too,
for our citizens. But let us be just to England.
She has not extended her laws over any but
Englshmcn, her own subjects. Sir, | agree
that il would seem from the phraseology of the
law, that England undertakes to extend laws
over all people in the territory. But that is
not the manner in which the law is applied and
executed. We have il from Mr. Gallatin, in
his correspondence in 1928, that the British
plenipotentiaries disclaimed any such applica-
ton of the law. The laws were applied only
for the purpose of keeping her own subjects in
order. England had not granted one loot of
territory to one; but this bill undertakes to
make positive grants of territory, and assumes
thereby, an exclusive occupation Of the soil,
contrary to the treaty.
The Oregon boundary is a subject of ncgo-
tiation at this time. The President says il is.
Mr. Choate would put il TO the decOrum of the
Senate whether, while the negotiation was 60
ing on, il was proper to call for informal COM
mnnications, if any had been made, and for the
whole correspondence. One reason why such
n negotiation should be conducted with a wise
silence was, that the whole world was a party
to il, and interested in the result as well as the
U. S. and Great Britain. England claims in
the treaty to represent all nations, except Rus
sia, France and Spain, who may be considered
as having sold out their claims upon the terri
tory. The ultimate settlement of the question
of ownership involves the question of the ex-
tent to which the discovery gives a title; and
the extent to which contiguity, which was so
ably pressed by Mr. Linn, gives a tile. The