The New York herald., 1845-02-01
House OF Representatives.

WAsHIseToy, Thursday, Jan. 80 lSl5
Mr. HENLIy of Indiana, asked leave present the
port of the Commissioner OF Patents, and to that
y ooo extra copes be printed Objections being made,
he moved suspend the rules end tellsrs called for
anil voted ~ ia the affirmative and 10 the mega.
tive SO the rules were suspended
Mr WELLsR # OHIO. m wed 20 amend the resolution
by nser,iog 10 00J instead Of rs 600 The former
the number printed last year, they were plenty for
Mr.. HxNLxY said that he hoped the amendment would
not he carried, Is 000 the number agreed upon in
Commtee AMI there was greater demand for that re-
The previous question was demanded and seconded,
AMI the amendment rejected. The motion to print
5000 was then PIT and carried.
Nc HErLEv movsa to reconsider the vote which the
House refused to do.
Mr. HAsors, o. illinois, moved that the rules Of the
House be suspended, and thar resolve itself Com
mtee Of the Whole on the st te Of the Union Adopted
Mr. W.LLrR OF Ohio, in the Chair. Mr. w announced
that he business before the committee was the consdera
ton of the bIii ior establishing
Mr.. HARDis wished tnat the committee should lay
aside this b''i for short time. to proce d
The CHAIRMAN The gentleman from Mississippi (Mr
Thonps nj is entitled to the floor.
Mr. HAsDtS hope1 he would yield it for ment. He
wished the committee to proceed to the consideration OF
the Posi- Office bill
The House did not agree thereto.
Mr. THOMPSON, of MISS proceeded to make his spefch
upon the subject of Oregon commencing by repudatins
the idea tn 4 this Northern question e said the
then il much Southern question az o Northern
He then proceeded to discuss the title the United
hlished,
Mr.. MccLERsArp, of illinois, obtained the noor and
expaated at length upon right to Ore the
absolute necessity of our assuming jurisdic the
territory.
Mr. RosERT DALE owES, of Ind, next addressed the
COMMITTEE and addressed his remarks the clause OF
the bill which provides for grants Of land to immigrants
into the Territory and commended that whether would
be breach of the letter of the law The
convention for join occupancy with eat Britain or
not he believed would be breach of spirit Of that
convention, and he was IN favor Of open agh'for
ward course, in giving notice of the of the
joot occupancy, and th proceed to 81 ant the land He
said hat mad been said that Br ain had exercised
He dened that Great Bri,an had either exercised or
claimed such rghtit she had he said ground
for with that power but it ground for our
doing wrong because she had done Was the land
ours Was title goodl Every person here seemed
to b. agreed that beyond pute why then not
terminate the joint occupancy9 We're they afraid to
pass his reseiuons He besved that when they recsiy
ed the negotiations with the British minster
IL would be found that he had thrown himself the con
yannn ., Jont ocSSppansy, and was there he said
This he bel eyed be the stumbling block aIso in tbs
way OF the negoations on this subject Therefore be
tho1g that they should this resolution terninsts
the occupancy.
Mr. A.v. Baowv, OF Tapn said tha. the Committee on
Territories had rerained from taking any notice
Convention, because the right to give of the ter
minaton of the JOINT occupancy resided in another
not meide with that il ought not 10 be introdu
eel in connection with this bill.
Mr. owsS said be did not intend to Offer any opposition
10 the passage OF the bill any amend ments
to the land clause, but he conceived that the pas
give notice OF he termination OF the joint occupancy
anf he should then call up the joint resolution he had
of 3rsd 3n tnat subject This was al he
Mr. r. IrcERsoLL next rose, and, in reply a auss
tion he proposed,
Mr. BaowS ani said that he had no ideo that sny
clause IN the bill btf're tho H,pse ~ooi conflict with
any provisions of the treaty. fr the ond clause
did not give sod II was pro pective-to into o.
ration - future timebu in order 10 provide az III, Al
any conflict he hal objection 10 the insersn III q
clsuse in the bill, providing that moth ng In
should ntetfere with any claims Il any other govern
ment.
Mr.. ISoERsoLL said that no such clause could effect
the object which the gentleman proposed attan-for
Interfere
Of Joint occupancy and he conceived that question
of land land object whatever when put In