The North-Carolina standard., 1844-03-27

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The Oregon till the second Monday IN 44pr5l :he4S
with The Vi6Sv of shaving acfion on the pro
tecl the settters&ih Oregon The. motho1 f1lsds
and1he subject was postPonedtfil lo.rnosEow~
In1Ke House onthe same day the. soliuioh of
the Select Committee on thesRb Rbode Island Memo
riaLbeing taken up,' MIR. Stetssn, who had, the
floor. addressed the House, up to the expiration of
his heeIr, ia favor ~ef the resolution of the Com
snfttee. ~yMr. Simans then ebtaued the floor, aad
the sutieeE was passedovef 'tiit 10 morrow. The
House then resolved itself into-Sa Comnnttes Of
the 1FfSole. S. Cave johnson in4he chaira and
toek up thebiA max ing approp priafahs 4oftae 3or-
rications of the United States for fe current fls-
cafyeart tand after going through IWithsit, II was
laid aside16Ebe reported "Fhe committee then
tooif UP the bin from the. Senate to Tenaodnt 1he
second Regiment Of dragons; and after making
some gfess therein, the committee roSeS and re-
ported the fortiieation bill to the 1ensesas anend-
ed and, ,under the operation of the previous ques.
tOn it wasordered TO- be engrossed and then pass
ed The House then adjourned. - = -
-. =s9'< ~, a~.x' THnrsdags 1farch FL, =
In the Senate, to-day, during the mourning hour,
The bin making grant of land 10. improve the.
Fox and Wisco lsin rivers, apd to connect the
! same by canal ips the Territory of Wisconsin,
was eonsiderr5i-zs It was amended by Mr., Wood:
bury, So rs to provide that the mail ~of the Uni-t
ted States shall be carried son the canal, when
made, free-of charge. Mr.. Tappan made asfew
remarks in opposition to the bill on the groand
that if there was to be canal at all, it should be
the entire lrngth of the rivers, and not a mile
and quarter only, as proposed by the bll--that
the improvement pFoposedTweuld ia not prove"eftee-
tual and; permanent Messrs Talimadge and
Woodbridge defended the measure The bill
was then oraeredte be engrossrd fora third read
ingsby yeas 8 /, uays7. The Senate, then Tesnm-'
ed the consideration of the resouion-of hlr Sem
pie requiring the President Of the United States
lie give notice to the British. government for the
terIninaton OF the treaty allowing the joint oecu
paacy of the Oregon. Mr.. Sewer aoceupiedHhe
floor in support of the resolution. Ehe result Of
issinveshgation: of question Of tide 10 tie OF
egon, was settled conviction on his mind that
the tile of the United States cannot be successful
iy controverted byany power or persons on raethl
He made an analysis of the. arguments OF the
Aphg senators against the adnption Of the resola-
ton, which was, that its adoption would be dsre-
specI full to the British government and to the
President Of the United States that atsucha step is
unnecessary and ihexpedieht, because it points ul=
timatelY to the, settlement of that territory by
American citizens, to which settlement they were
opposed He maintained. that il was not dlsre-
spectful to the British government TO give that,
power notice, at any time, to, quit territory
which belonged to u.s.. He viewed II as strange
doctrine, asserted by the wbig senators. that the
American Legislature should stand still-stop the
freedom of debate and of action; that it should
refrain from advising the President for fear of,
giving offence 10 foreign power, because she had
thought proper to commence a negotiation. IF
war was to be the effect of an Americas lPgisla-
ture exercising the freedom Of debate and action,
as feared BY those senator's, he was willing that
it should come, and without delay He argued
that it was not disrcspectfui to the President to
pass q resolution of advice to him, The brsl
way ofrtcstifyiHg respects for him was TO remeye-
every impednnent to successful negotiation. The
existence Of the treaty allowing The joint occupa
ton was an obstacle to successful negotiation, and
should be removed. The President. had no pow
er to annul that convention at his own will and
pleasure therefore the necessity and proprety Of
the passage Of the resolution. He was not afraid,
however to trust the President m gotiation npoh
this question He was opposed 10 letting the joint
occupancy continue, las argued in favor Of by the
whig senato1s9 because England at present exer-3
cised complete sovereignty over 1t by her laws,
civil and criminai; and the country could never be
set,kd by American citizens SO long as she cont'n-
ued to do So He was for settling the country
aud he did no. believe that it was inexpedicnt to
do so, but, on the other hand, that s settlement
would stregthcn this republic, externally and
inteTnaiIyS for that reason,s if for no other, he
would vote for taking the 6rst step (he passage Of
this resolution) towards the entire occupation and
settlement Of that territory. The question was
then taken on the resolution, ana II was rejected
by vote Of % 10 le The bill fromthe House
making appropriation for the payment Of pensions
fer the fiscal year ending Jane so, rs45, was Con-
sidered and amended, and ordered toa third read
ING Mr. Evans gave notice that he will call
up the subiect Of the tariff on Monday next
In the House, this morning Mr. Hubbard offer.
ed resolution calling on the Seeretarycof' the
Treasury to inquire and report-to the House, at
the earliest practicable day, the average rates of
foreign and domestic exchanges annually from
1916 to 1886, and from 1886 10 1874; also the
amount OF specie in the United States during the
same periods; also the rates Of discount State
bank noies during the same periods also the
amount lost the commanity from the failure of
banks from defalcations Of bank officers, and
from counterfehs and forgeries put Into circu uatian
or. imposed on the banks; also the loss from the
destruction of bank notes, drafts, and other evi-
dences of bank liabilities during the same periods
|also the amount paid annually to banks officers,
and for the use of banking houses; also the mum.
Der and capital of the existing State banks, and
the extent oftheir clrculaton.- This resolution
being objected to, the rules were suspended, on
kfnetion of Mr. H., by vote e.of III to 2isaud it,
was then adopted. THE House took up thesesoiu-
tim empowering the Select, Comnatee on the
Memorial of the. Democratic. Merabers of the
Rhode Island Legislature to. send for persons rand
| papers, was taken up, and Mr.. Shmons, who, had