Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-02-10
From The PhiudcIohia Ledg,r.
W,>nlx"ro~. Monday. Fob.

Wi>nIN'To>. Monday. Fob :
Thi, was p"tition day in th, IlouS. \ mum.
her "i petitions private and local subjects wcrc
presented S"ur = titiou> treating "n abolition
were rejected.
SIR. Brarl>lcy offered a petition from Oneida
co, y. Y. praying the repeal ol tn" law of 1893,
tor the arrest nf fugitive slaves, which was oh
icctcd 10
Mr. Adams presented petition for the al -.
liton of slave representation, ending which a
House adjourned.
Mr. lIann"San, OF Indiana. presented, in the
senate resolutions oi the LEGISLATURE "i Indiana,
for the immediate occupation olthr Oregon Ter.
ritoiy, ''p'accahly if we can, torcibly if We
must" He said the resolutions were passed al.
most unanimously.
III" tariff subject was tak"nup 1t is agreed
that the debate should be continued, though, "a
Mr Evans remarked there is no prospect that
,h" bill offered by Mr., McDuiir will bccom"
law. or even come toa vote, Mr.. f. spoke three
hours aud halfim defence of the protective sys.
tenn, aud in reply In Mr.. NcDufhc
Mr l.. couI"ndcd that legislation might, con.
trary To Mr.. McDuir's doctrine. give such a III.
rcction 10 industry as To- increase national wealth
and 10 mitigate the evils oi poverty by giving
general employment 10 labor The English ma
vigationact was AN example Even Adam Smith
had allowed that thi, act the foundation oi
British commerce, and naval power. Before il,
England was secondary to Holland as Il CONNER.
cial and naval power. The popular and noble
al IA, H., tb,t N.I
the battle and the breeze" was not true to hi>tc
~. Only century aud half before it was
written, English commerce was shut up in her
ports, and she could not show flag on the ocean
nor outside of her harbor for fear of the intro.
pid lIollandrrs, The navigation act enabled
England to rival aud finally eclipse Holland.
10 The following are portion of the re-.
marks submitted To the Senate on Friday last hv
Mr.. Benton on the occasion of his secondine the
resolutions proposed by Mr. Barrow - tc>t-
mony ofrcspcct to the memory Of the late scra
tor Porter
II rise tsaid Mr. Bcntom) to second the motion
which has been made To render the last honors
of this Chamber to our deceased brother Senator,
whose death has been 50 ieclngly announced ;
and in doing SO, comply with an obligation at
friendship. we'll a. conform with the usage OF
the Senate. ! am the oldest personal friend which
the illustTouS deceased can have on this floor
aud amongst the oldest which hc can have in the
United States, II is now, sir, more than the pc.
riod of scneration-morc than third OF Il cen.
tury-since the then emierant Irish boy, Alex
ander Porter and myselfmet on the banks OF the
Cumberland river at Nashville in the State OF
Tennessee, when commenccda friendship which
death only dissolved on his part We belonged Ia
circle of young lawyers and students at law,
/ who had the world before them, and nothing but
their exertions to depend upon. Firsta clerk IN
, his uncles store, then Il student al law and al
E ways lover ofbooks, the young Porter was ore
/ of that circle and il the custom of all that
belonged to il to spend their leisure hours in the
c delightful occupation Of reading History, poe
e try, eocution, biography, the enoblng speeches
y OF the living and the dead, were our social recre'
e alton and the youngest member of the circle
0 was one OF our fsvorite readers He read well
n because he comprehended clearly felt strongly
I remarked beautifully upon striking passages an,