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auenriorf Of ths-Senate daring the morning hour:
lME Allen offered substitute for the bill making
grant of 800 900 acres and pltcipg j precisely
on the foundation Of The cesSien made to Wiscon-
sim by the distribution, act of 500 coo acres He
followed up his awendmsnt by Some remarks,
showing Chat aff the good lands on the line Of The
improvement were already etRered by Spectators;
and that the BILL il passed as i stood, instead or
being for the benefit OF ihe people Of the Tefrlte
ry would be for the advanta ge- of Spectators
merely. Il was laid on :he table tiifto morrow
| Mr. Choate entered into a long explanation: OF
1.-THE grounds he had taken in the speeches he had
already made >on the ,Oregoa question. He took
considerabte pains ode6ue his posten-fiEst, by
correcting mistake into whichthe friends Of the
resolution had Ellen9 that hehad given them room
for the assertion that because question ef title
and claim to Oregon bad slep ptfor twenty years
il ought to be allowed toslsep six moaths longer
Htftlenied that he had ever said anything OF the
| kind. He said he had (as would be proved ty
reference to his speech of last session. we'll as to
what he actually had said ia his first speech this
session} distinctly stated that the matter had been
kept constantly alive since 1918, by negotiation,
or attempts at negotiation. He said the question
really at issue between the two partiesin the Sen
aie was not as to the rig&t Of giving the notice,
but as to the proprety prudence Of giving It to
daN He and his friends maifitained thai thought
motto be given until it shoHld bezseenwhat would
be the result of the pendiag negotiation ;; while
the gentlemen on the other side maintained that
the notice should be given as mrans~of InsurIRg
speedy negotiations One side thought the no
tice would lessen the chances Of a treatyS while
theN other thought 1T would facilitate treaty.
He reiterated the arguments Of his friends, 10 show
that the effect ofthe notice to lessen the
chances of obtaining asatsfactofy~ treaty. 4ie
maintained that all existing tendencies showed
that the population of the United States was filing
the Oregon With emigrants who are taking quiet
possession of the territory, while England was not
adding man to the British population there. He
/ INSISTED that neither the British government nor
HE Hudson Bay company was lat this moment IN
1eFposing the slightest interruption to the settlement
of the territory by the citizens ofthe United States
! Mr.. Buchanan next obtained the hoor TO reply
to the remarks of Mr. Rives of yesterday but the
hour being late, he moved an ADJOURNMENT which
was carried. - 49, - = - -
/ The first business taken up in the House to-day
was the resolution Of the select committee, on the
memorial of the democratic members OF the Rhode
! Island legislature, and Mr. MeCiernand, who had
the floor, occupied the morning hour in its support
| The next business Of importance taken up, WAS
the bill making appropriations for the Notifications
Of the United States, which the House considered
( in Committee of the Whole on the state of the
Union Mr. Gave Johnson, of Tennessee, in the
chair Afcr going through with all the clauses
Of The bill the committee rose and the House ,ad-
journed = = =
l. = 49,. - Wednesday,, March 90. =
I In the Senate, to-day. during the morning hour,
the bill appropriating lands to- improve the navi-
CATION of Fox and Wisconsin rivers, and to con-
meet the same by canal in the Territory OF Wis
consn was discussed. Mr., Talhnadge- -Eindicated
the bill from the charge of its being scheme for
the benefit of SPECTATORS; and maintained that it
was such an one as the people of Wisconsin de-
sired. Mr.: Al en- opposed the bill on the ground
that II would prove for the benefit of spectators
and not the Territory people Of Wisconsin, and
advocated the adoption Of his substitute for the BILL
making bona fide grant of $50, COO acres Of land
to Wisconsin on the basis -oflhe grant made to that
|, ,Terrfority by the Distribution act The subsIi
tute was Rnally REJECTED by vote of % 10 H. and
the bill was postponed till Tomorrow Mr.. Ev-
aus introduced joint resolution. which he will
ask the consideration of some day next week, for
the adjournment of Congress sine die on Monday
the 10Th day of May next The District bank
bill was made the special order for Wednesday
next: The next subject which occupied attention
was the Oregon question--or rather the Ashbur-
ton treaty and the nap of George the Third;
show wingthat the land ceded to Great Britain by
that treaty belonged incontestably, to- tho United
States the existence ofFwhich map had been-de-
Veloped bythe Englsh ministry since the ratifica.
ton OF that treaty Mr. Buchanan took the floor
in rejoinder to the remarks Of Mr:Rives on Mon
day. in which that senator in his Jealous defence
Of Lord Ashburton, and endorsement Of the good
faith of England inthe negotiation, denied thar that
| lord had any knowledge of the existence If. the
treaty when he was negotiating for the settlement
Of the boundary, and denied the truth Of the quota
tion made by thesenator from Pennsylvania from
a newspaper report of the speech of Sir Robert
Peel, that the existencepf the map was known to
the ministry and to that lord before the treaty was
made. Mi: Buchanan established his position.
He quoted from the report of the speeches of Sir
Robert Peel and Lord Brougham, as published
by f4anserd the official parliamentary printer,
showing beyond any controversy, hat--ayhen the
| British government sent Lord Ashburton here to
negotiate the treaty, they m possessionof this
maps6f George III, Of such highauthenicity That
Fla the opinion efthe British ministry themselves.
as expressed by their speeches. would have ter.
minated the questiontherat issue m favor of the
/ United States, without moments controversy.
The British ministry had full knowledge Of the
map and its importance; and il was hardly to be
! supposed that suehknowledge,wa not eommuni-
Gated to lord Ashburton. Mr. FB:' was prepared
tosbelieze that Lord Ashburton did not possess the
knowledge of the map If he woaId say he did nnr
bat he was not willing, after reading the speeches
alluded TO, and knowing the factd dhat the English
EgoEernment was proverbiat for having their min
listers abroad properly and fully informed upon
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