Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-01-27
The Whole House, and made The order oil Tie DAY Tor


of the Union, which wss agreed To- 49,. r
The House then resolved itself into C'mni,ee %
the Whole and took up the JOINT resolution ID lei1t'on
10 the 80 n,..oy
THO cI ERIK then read the resolution as tepoi'eo
from the Committee aud the amendment ohefeo " W.
Owen; WHEN ,c;,oa h;s a.
Mr.. r D. OWEN took the floor and finished ms a.
aument on this SUBJECT referring 10 ,hs riobt
He pointed OF, in clear and cogept manner .'e ga
NJ tho United States u the Territory oil oregon ~
moycd 10 strike cut the word cine xpedient aho ''e''
sex pedent or,;mant
Mir THOMASSON said there was not seht, men
yhch Las been uttered BY the gentleman from hu,
49,, ,;,, Of The limited States the Territory OF
OREGON bu. 10 which he subscribed ho"etel, W h
no, disposed 10 act in the matter al p.es1, ,ant
saw from the newspapers that the b''-,' ~ nerts6
had sent Special Envoy, whose a'''' ;, ,.t him
evcry day to nerotIate thus sup)ec'' = 80; nh;ac,
hs,e, tbc, !, was igpa!itic to discuss l''' III
here under existing circumtances' anu r1honn u,e,e
convinced that the views taken ny ~ ,; % Ore,o,
l;ncon,royer,ibe He slated that eiiis I,J,,,
had been stopped BY the planting =, s hi, the
tribes on The Western borders "i Tue :, nm;
-; .os lof omen and they had continued 10 en'-
cre,a thi,ber travelling SON" J,ouo hi''e' 80 -,
yeas If lett alone, they "crii .ahe 80 go IN snr
TERRITORY in despite Of all laws u 49,, ,ha lid
NO !, very easy thing to gel an army mo INC ''u
p 80 :, ACROSS tho Rocky Mountains, out he "ou'o
;,r,,, Them that the revenue III l',r u. i''
~. nex, ten wears wonld not ee sm,n''e" - pun "
amy IN the Territory Of Oregon ne eeh''ehidh i,o"
Indian, had said 1t Land OF Pfo"i''' wv ne IN"
d.,ved his information from various lappeis VINO ,au
" - b:,, tho very reverse. 1t was represented 10
h;,, n hy nad sterile large poriion o "ch "as ''
w,,.h bavinr Mr.. Calhoun had s''e' tiat W carry
~ ,,u,v th,, they would have 10 iraVei 'n 'nousanu
miles and that the British OoVefh"e'' =,
w.ets land 30 COO men, which was an 'nc'hioVefu"ie
-, Ito ol,ndea 10 the British Mail steamers, which
80 "a n,v onng the West India ISLANDS and the coast
or South America, stopping NJ various p'aees .e
under the pea Of carving the BRUSH maj, WINE mey
-c ,r steamers in disguise, which could be mace nj
S sec in went. four hours, having an eye directly
, 80 Varu,o,v oil Oregon; but soon as Lord ASH
bu,on arrived and concluded the treaty, no more was
hsa -. about these mad steamers lie had thrown ont
sse remarks Tor ;a purpose OF calling ont other gen
.m,n unon thus important satJect, btc3ise re w1nd
ra.her Re listener Than dehater. lie was opposed
/, war in aiy and every shnpr-he was man OF pace;
lint he borel when his country, demanded his services
he would hc ready n obey the call However, he
thou rh; a, this inrIpetent Tor Congress II
act and he should oppose the amendment oil the 9ehe
m,n i:om Irdiana
Mr. WENTWORTH next took The floor and re-
p,ed to the remarks of Mr. Thomasson He was IN
avor of taking immediate possession, and letting MI
packenham know at once that he was not to GIT Ore
ron California, or Texas. As 10 The Indians m the
Western borders, they would not deter the onward
march Of emigration 10 Oregon; and when tie time
should arrive, if It was necessary there would he
found many pctrotic spirit who would defend The
mouth of The Columbia rlrer as Jackson defenied The
mouth of the Mss 'ssppi. 1t appeared to him that
whenever the IT, States were con.ending fer their
rights against any foreign power, and particularly
Great Britain she represented on thus il'oi rs ter
rife but since the lite war, that had ceased TO have lis
effect II also appeared that whenever her name IS
me nonad she invariably finds friends en- this floor;
but his object was simply to let Mr. Packenhan know
at once what 10 expect.
Mr. TnOMASSON said he had not said that the
British Government 80 terrific as the gentleman
from Illinois had represented; but he would tell INN
that, when The time arrived, he would act.
Mr.. WENTWORTH: am glad, but we will give
you chance to act,
Mr. HUGHES made few remarks in reply TO Mr..
Thomasson and said that the soil of Oregon was not
bad as he had represented, but il was good Here the
no expired
| A notion was then made that the Committee rise
bu, il vas informally passed to allow
Mr PARMENTER TO take up bill making an ap-
preparation To supply deficiency in The lat f'scal
year for The Navy OF he United States, by transfer
of certain appropriations to aow the Secretary oil The
Navy To 90 on the work in the navy yards,
and smoke in favnr of the bill as amended
MIR G. j. INGERSOLL asked NJ. Parmenter II
the amendment limited the sum, or the time, go as not
to leo We under the control of the Executive II go
! he could see objection 10 it.
| Mr. PARMENTER sad it would end with The fiscal
vessiii r r. sm.r.,, o. ,n.,-, ---.. .... ii. hill
and said he for holding the Executive 10 strict
accountability for specific appropriations and was OPP
posed to the Discretionary power OF transferring tae
public money from one object TO another. and was
rather severe upon the Secretary of the Navy
Mr. PARMENTER explained the object OF the
bill
| Mr. MORRIS, of Pennsyl vania said, when the bill
was frs, introduced he opposed 30 II but, with
the amendment, he satisfied. lie thought the
| pe nteman from Indiana had exaggerated the facts
little under misappr hsnson ltwas the Secretary,
and not the workman, who had asked this transfer and
lie would inform him. that the Dry Dock at Ph'ladel-
phia, and the vessels in that yard, compelled to
be stopped fnr the want OF funds lie snw no obJec
ton TO the hill as amended and should vote for 1t.
| Mr.. CAVE JOHNSON spoke warmly against the
BILL CT sting severe upon the Secretary. lie
wanted o know if the money which had been apPro-
printed fnr the repair Of vessels had been expended -
The S!0000G which asked IL be transferred belong
II the seamen abroad and when they come home an ap-
propria;nn viii asked for pay them, and he could
not 81 notion such There more abuses IN
this branch of the Government than any other, and he
hoped there would be appropriation without limiting
the power of transferring funds thereby implying cen
sure.
Mr. J. INGERSOI.L said there had been three
Secretaries Of The Navy since the administration came
into power, and he wished The gentleman from rennes
see 10 name which Of the three had transcribed his pow
ers lie was opposed TO whipping themselves by mp
plying censure TO some Ut the Secretaries, and
stopping the Navy by Withholding appropriations The
Navy did belong TO the Secretary but 10 the
try, and he did not think II right to punish the poor
men who had llbor1d Tor The Government laNniuHy.
II was wrong and should not receive his vote. lie ed
mit.ed that there had been improper application
Of the public money, but dist was 10 reason why the
fionse should spite itself by withholding this transfer
Of an appropriation lie objection to the bill
amended but the ether day be had objected TO it, and
the of the gentleman from Massachusetts, in
pressing it, that it ght he passed in its former shape,
hut that objection oh viaed and he should vote
for the t-nnsier.
Mr.. MURPHY replied to the objections urged by Mr.
Cave Johnson. He sad although he represented Brook
Ign, yet he did not support It upon ldca consdera
ton, but for the benefit oi the whole country. II the
objections of the gentlemen from Tennessee were 10
preva aod discretion allowed 10 the Secretary
he would b. compelled 30 come forward with estimates
for appropriation OF - 000 geo, 10 meet the ee@ay
OF unforeseen contingencies.
Mr.. ATKINSON said, gentlemen from the West,
who opposed the Navy, had had the pleasure Of
seeing the beautiful ships Of the American Navy aoai,
or they would not he hostile To its prosperity Il
is The right of defence, and he n friend 10
the Navy. 1t should he iostered by the GoVrrE-
ment, and gradually increased. lnstead of the late
Secretary of the Navy Mr.. upshur,] being eattava-
CANT, as charged by the gentleman from Tennessee
the lie though! he had pulled the purse