Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-01-13
From The PhihdeIohiu Le1gcr.
CONGRESSIONAL NENVS---FIRST SEES
SION.
WASHINGTON. Monday. Jan. Sth,

NAsuINGroN, Monday, Jan. Sth
The nomination Of Mr. Spencer. as Justice. in
The place of Justice Thompson, was expected 10
be sent in to-dEy. 1t is undoubtedly resolved
upon But neither the President nor MI Spcn-
Ger have determined that simultaneous rcsic-
nation shall be- sent into the Senate for the place
If Secretary of the Treasury; and mlcss this
,c done. the Senate, he a>sHrrd viii not act on
he nomination of Mr, spencer
The much yalkcd-cilrIirr of Mr.. Calhoun. con-
'crning the Syracuse and baltimore Convention,
&C., will, it is said, be had in day or two.
The Senate to-day had an interesting, and, in
rmc respects, importan, debate on Mr., Aliens
rcgon Resolution The NEST important facts
licitcd arc, that the British Government, have
at over minister specially charged Nth the
rJusfmem Of the Orcgon beundary question !:
that he is 10 hc here in a few weeks; that the
question is TO be conducted and concluded here; ;
that there has been no negotiation vet, though
some instructions the basis Of enc have been
sent To oar minister al I.,Rdon, when the British
Government expressed preference 10 treat here
10 which cEr Government oi course, had no oh.
i"ction Tn" resolution wss opposed as inter
irring with the negotiation, some for tn" further
reason that rho rrnmulcation Of our instructions
TO orr minister would b" ninrious 10 onr interests
10y shown" our own hand, while these OF the ad.
Ncrsay We're concealed
Bot some members. particularly Mr.. Allen OF
Ohio, took tho ground that the negotiation was
scheme to deprive VS. OF our rgh,tul Territory
that it would end in the consmmma,ion vi that
scheme, rro war, that we ought tn Interfere and
,rrcst the negotiation, lla' no treaty ccdng an.
Iher foot Of land on this continent 10 any foreign
'ower, especially England, would ever again pass
he Senate; that the only course was To pass the
ccupation Bill. send our people there and srad,l,
Ally root out the British, without war if We
'onld; and this course, ii was said. would be less
likely To provoke a war than negotiation Mr.,
Allen mentioned that the Wcst-thc Great west
whose voice is now heard for the first time,
was unanimously in favor of taking immediate
possession of the Oregon Territory. and they
would never suffer inch of the country 10 b.
surrendered to England; lor they wanted TO see
10 foreign institutions planted thcrc,-;hcy wish
ID all the room for the expansion of their own
Institutions.
These sentiments were rcbukcd by Mr. Rivcs.
nd other Senators a. d"nagogical; not true in
act, nor just in principle, nor courteous to the
overnment, which was Just on the eve of open.
Nc negotiation. here. in our own capital 10
title this question How could we tell Great
'ritain that we cannot negotiate with her that
he western people will prefer the hazard of
var The government of Great Britain has had
claim b the Oregon Territory, in part for 80
icars, We have admitted that claim by ncgo.
iations and by two Conventions, one in ISIS and
he other in 1897 and We have several times of.
fered TO her a compromise by giving IN five or
six degrees OF latitude of the territory on the
Pacific claimed by us.
The resolution was rejected by large ma
jority, yeas II, nays 81,
lfthe Oregon Occupation Bill, which is soon
to pass, negotiation or no negotiation be made
TO conform with the provisions of the Conven-
tion for Joint occupancy, there can be but little
difficulty about il. But the bill now talked offs
one that Lord Palmerston said would be dec
laration of war, and which Sir Robert Peel de-
clared that the President could not possibly avoid
vetoing, if his assurance were sincere
The House is, at length, delivered of a burden
which IT has carried for SO many years-Ger
gScksons hne, Tie debate was .,,,,oroa ,I,
half past o'clock by Inr scheucE. of Ohio an
able wing Remb.r ~nose speech Was much ad