Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-03-29
CONGRESS.
MoNpAy. March

ports were received from the COMMITTEE oe
Ways and Means, for the printing Of tx
600 extra copies of the Sub Treasury r..
port and from the Committee on Terr;o-
ries, for the printing of 10000 extra conc.
of the Report and bill TO extend the nr;..
diction of Iowa over Oregon-both wbok
were laid over.
Mr.. G. ]. lngersoll took up the neca,;v.
resolution reported some time since fons
the Committee on Foreign Affairs bv hin,
declaring it inexpedient to give the motto.
to Great Britain for the termination of Tho
joint occupation Of the territory of Oregon
He occupied the hour in a violent inasm..
tory speech in opposition TO the repor, and
in favor Of giving the immediate notice
He attacked Mr. Webster's treaty, alleoi,,
that the assent Of the Maine Commissioner
had been obtained by "trickery," and tb,,
against the unanimous choice of the people
of that State. With reference to Texas
he said he would make the annexation
purely domestic concern, holding ourselves
instant readiness for war the moment Gre,,
Britain interlered. He would 90 to war The
moment England took Cuba, and would
have seized Oregon by military force by
way of retaliation, had Lord Pauletis can.
ture of the Sandwich Islands been sanction.
ed by his Government.
Mr.. Winthrop made an unstuded but
successful reply; opposing the rashness, At.
ter we had slept thirty years over the ioD,
occupation, of now taking the step, as an
Ambassador had arrived here to treat upon
it asserting the justice Of our claim to all
the territory; and concurring in the seplI.
ments of a speech Of Mr.. Calhoun in the
Senate, that ga wise and mastery inac,ivi.
ty" was all we needed-that time would
place us in possession of all the territory We
wanted He defended Mr. Webster. stating
that but few knew or ever would know the
perilous situation in which our foreign rela.
lions had been left by the retiring Van Bu.
rem administration, justiiying former re-
mark of Mr.. Adams, that they had seen ft
TO set the castle on fire when they could no
longer hold il" and saying not only that the
Maine delegation, but 6ve-sxths of the Sen.
ate and ive-sixths of the population Of
Maine and Massachusetts, as well as the
whole Union, justified that treaty. lie
was as jealous of our national honor as the
gentleman, but whatever taunts might be
thrown upon him, he was not 10th 10 ayOw
that in Difference to the sense Of the civil.
lied world, in Difference to the spirit Of
Christianity, which was now spreading its
benign influence over both hemisphere, he
would make war final resort He exposed
with much severity the practice of the Dem.
ocrats on all occasions, of raising the war.
cry with England; and as to Texas, denied
the right of annexation without the concur.
rent action of all our people in its favor,
considering it question of the amalgama
ton with ours of young Republic, and
that with equal propriety our amalgamatOn
with England might be proposed, &c
Mr.. Morse of Maine replied to Mr. H.
gersoll, defending the Maine Commission
ers as men of intelligence and honor, and
not 10 be ''tricked," by any set of men.
Mr.. White of Kentucky also replied 10
Mr.. IngersoIl, stating that none Of The
Wings, if indeed any in the country, were
for surrendering our claim to Oregon but
many of them were opposed to giving The
notice at present and abruptly terminating
negotiations.
The debate was further continued until
adjournment, by Messrs. Schenck and e.
mer in opposition, and by Mr.. Kennedy OF
Indiana in favor of the proposed notice
WEDNESDAY,, March 90
In SENATE, Mr.. Evans offered joint
resolution, That the President pro ten.
of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
House, respectively adjourn the two Houses
on Monday the Goth of May next, at l2 o.
clock, at noon.
THURSDAY, March 81.
In SENATE, Mr.. Evans gave notice that
he should, on Monday, call up his resOlu'
ton, naming day of adjournment. he
would the same day call up the Tarlii Dill
of Mr. McDuflie.
The Oregon question then came
T up, and Mr.. Sewer of Arkansas spoke lo'
some time in favor of the resolution, loi
giving immediate notice TO great Britain
that the arrangement for the JOINT occuPa'
ton Of Oregon should now end amer
some explanations by Mr. Archer, the vote
was taken on the resolve to give NOTICE.
which was rejected by the following vote
} Yeas-Messrs Allen, Atchison, Aihel'
ton, Bagby, Benton, Buchanan, CoIquu'
Fairfield, Fulton. Hannegan, King, Semple'
Sewer, Sturgeon, Walker, Woodbury.
Wright-lS.
J, Nays-Messrs Archer, Barrow, Bates
, Bayard, Berrien, Choate, Clayton, CI',9n'
, den, Dayton, Evans, Foster, Haywood nu'
ger, Huntington, Jarnagin, johnson, m~
Duflie, Mangum, Merrick, Miller, MOIs'
head, Phelps, Riyes, Simmons TallmaOse'
Upham, White, Woodbridge-2e IN
After some action upon the Pension Dub
the Senate went into Executive business,
The HOUSE, in committee took up wv "
bill to remount the second regimen ~. -
Dragons, and Mr.. Adams addressed u.
2 a...;+too oL;oa,. lie snhIect OF w.