Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-12-24
Correspondence Of tic. Baltimore american
WAsHINGTnN, Dee l6
q UNITED STATES SENATE.

49,. UNITED STATES SENATE.
+ .Mr. Alteu gave. .nnliceEd fSiis Intention
10 introduce, touisirnws a ,Jcinl Resolutions
aulhorizinsl ihe Presi1eni Of fts:e yriIcd
States 10 give The. Twelve lmnnllis'noiire
III Greal BtHaIn required blythe articles
of lhe C0nS enIions of II l8l6,nrrtIerpncr.s %
the Oregon Territory. ~,
THE NATIONAL. DEEEsCEs OREGON.
The Senate: proceeded 1olhp unfinished
business of yesterday, being The .resoln-.
lions Of inqury7inio ihes f0adiionSs and
ifaree: Of The ARMY rNasNsssn NlilHia.
herelolOre offefed'by Mr.. Sass.5
Mr.: Niles said he would ssole for The
resolUtiOns, which tsteres sSinere Resolutions
of inquiry, and ,inpsceneeioaeh iu'hep'-
selves. bur lre;regrehed .tilai ,hey had Civ,
EN- rise 10 a deba,esiu which. Senufars bad
departed fronrlhe,ob objeep of the resolutions
10 discuss the merils.ol& The Whnlet Oregon
controversy. In replv5to tie remarks,a ,al
The. Senator from Norsb Carolina mads
Yesterday that he would;leage the whole
matter in the hands of,athe Executive,
where it.belnnsed. he. Mr.N. would say
that in his opinion this& ma'ier -was no
longer in the hands Of shc.Presidrnl. bur
with the Seuac, and upotrilal body mus
The responsibility rest
Mr.. Niles sal the PrisdsnIz had per
formed his duty infringing the; negoIia-
ton to that poinr wbereit MAS broken of.
and communicating The result 10 Con
eress. He could do no more. 1t was
our duty now to place the country III
condition IT, assert; our rights aud main
tain them. We must nteasl. SAID Mr..
n, extend to our citizens in Oregon the
same protection that is4enjoyed by the
British inhabitants from theirown govern
menl. Mr.. N. for his ownspart did not
anticipate that war would, grow ,uul of
this question. He thought IL probable
that when Great Britain saw that we
were no, TO lie inl;midaleds or buIIied ont
of our rights, she would be, glndlo COM
promise with US on The terms offered TO
her by direction Of the presentSExeculive
-bul if war should come we should be
prepared for it, and, he tiioped. .atherelore,
that the resolutions would pass.
Our policy1is peace--sp
But we fear notswar.n - af-i
Mr.. .Crlttendeu said, hewoull vote for
The resolutions, They were Resolutions
which might beEproperly adopted in a
time Of peace, and were:stillsmore appro
prale when there ~ asa contingency o.
war. He would MOI. make any remarks
upon The resolutions were itz5uoI-fnr the
remarks ofsihe mover 93of The resolutions
If he understood thee Senator correctly he
stated yesterday that five give Great
Britain the lwelpe,months. .notice-and he
thought We oueht8to give yil--Ilal war
was ineullatte. st, y. -,
Mr. Cass,rose 10 explain that wIlal he
die saw was lhat. .if Grear Britain conIin
ued her Jurisdiction overFlie country after
the expiration Of The twelve n,onths no.
lice. and he. believed sheswonld. Warwas
inevitable. ."eeilisu,yopinion, said Mr.
Co." that ace are.,apon Tie ptrg a uar
mot immcdlalelN but Sat the expiration
of the! Twelve e7mQnlhs,snolice." -
Mr.. Cri,lendenresunied aud deprecated
the effect which such Femarks must have
upon the business and commercial pros
perity of the country For his own parl
he could not.brine his mind 10 the belief
thai war could lake place betwcen two
such MISUNDERSTANDING as England and
America. five, are upon the patti of
wafiIct US march silently aud, firmly upnn
that path. If wesareS!to give 1be. no'iSe
required by the Convention, as | presume
we are, and do not welisee how we can
avoid il. lct Gssshow, sonfsmoderalion and
,forbearaace, anasexleBeI the period Of NO.
lice: 10 ytwo years instead :of. Zone. BY
this we shall show our strong desire Tor Tor
peace. tS
~ Mr.. Webster said that although IL did
not appear TO him that the resolutions rs