The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-01-29


Mr. BROWN, in reply, remarked that be bad 10
desire 10 drive this any other measure but he hS-
ued that the House would act on this subject without
delay lie did not consider tina, the deiiberaton Of
this body depended the information referred 10 or
the work Of Mr. Gresnhow but # members thought
proper 10 wait Tor either ~ was MOI io' nun W CUM
plain.
The House then resolved itself into Committee
of the Whole on the state OF the Uooo and resumed
Ia. consideration Of the bill tooryanzo the territorial
government Of Oregon and for other purposes
The bill proposes that ALTER rs passage, all the
country belonging the Unted States lying west Of
the summit of The Rocky Mountains and bounded
the south by the orysecoDd aud on the north by the
forty fourth degree and forty minutes OF norm lail.
tude shall constitute and be orgsDiZed into temporary
goyernme To be called the Oregoa territory. gov
ernor and seerelaryo be appointed for five years who
shall reside west Of the Rocky Mountains courts 10
bo established, . general assembly u be organized
as there shall be I'VE thousand free white male
inhabitants over the age OF twenty one years they
shall have authority TO elect representatives from the
counties townships, and districts one for every five
hundred iDhsblants--the term OF the representative
10 be two years. The General Assembly TO consist
Of a Legislative Council and House Of Represen.
tatvos-thc former TO consist Of hve members TO be
cleo ted by the representatives. delegate In Con.
gress is allowed. The President of the United States
is authorized and required To cause 10 be erected Of
suitable places, line of stockade forts and block
houses, not exceeding hse IN number, from some
point the Missouri river, ON the most practicable
route TO the south pass Ia the Rocky Mountains aud
to cause Notifications TO be erected al near the
mouth of the Columbia river. Six hundred and forty
Of land TO DO granted 10 every white male m
baDltant who shall cultivate the for five years
TO every married man, in addition, one hundred
and sixty acres To has wife, and the like quantity
the father for each child under the age of eighteen
wears he may have, or which may be born within
five years.
Mr.. DUNCAN. in the commencement Of his re.
marks, alluded TO the question as having been prom-
nent in tho Presidential election. On the banners Of
the Democracy was not merely the inscription
'Polk, Dallas, and Oregon, but on many of Them
"4u Of Oregon )" and this great issue decided OF
the ballot-boxes be people wanted possession Of
the territory, and the protection which laws al
forded tended over it-and this obtained, they
would not care how long negotiations might be eI.
tended or delayed The soil was extremely fertile
It's wales ever green and ever growing, its bills
clothed with timber, and its mountains pregnant
with valuable minerals its scenery was magnificent
and its streams and rivers contained the choicest FISH
Oregon comprised an area OF i've hundred thousand
square miles, and was capable of maintaining pop
uistion Of twenty millions Of people. We had q
clear title to this terrtory-Great Britain knew Il
amt she did not expect TO a single foot but only
claimed the right which she enjoyed by treaty He
gave history Of the discovery exploration, etc and
as his hour expired before he concluded his argu.
ment, he said that he would write out and publish
his speech entire and show the absolute necessity OF
taking Oregon and extending the egs Of our laws
over IT, TO prevent our valuable fisheries timber, and
fus from being made the spoil of the world; he would
speak OF the subject also in military point OF view
as connected with the power and the designs of Great
Britain. There were in the territory upwards Of
five hundred thousand Indians who being naturally
hostile to US, could at the instance of the Northwest
Company and the British Government, at any time be
let loose in all their fury. 1t absolutely neces-
sary, he again repeated, that we should possess Ore
gon, and fence II IN from all intruders.
Me-. BELSE,R trusted that before the termination
OF this week, the bill will have been sent the Sc
nate OF the United States This great measure be
admitted, had an important bearing the destiny Of
the Republic Although 1t was more likely to in
volve Us in war than that OF Texas yet II the
duty Of the American Representatives TO ascertain
first, whether they we're right, and, secondly if
should be the consequence, then II would become
their duty to take upon themselves the burden
Great Britain had no title TO any portion Of the terri
tory and bad II not been for the negotiation ad-
missions OF this Government, she would not now 10
contending for It, 10 his opinion, we had the power
to 90 as far as she had, and this bill proposed nothing
more. lie argued the necessity OF extending our
eggs over the territory, as il was duty to protect
not only citizens, bat the humblest citizen be he
upon the shores Of the Pacific or the Atlantic, AMI
wherever found and gave his hearty assent to the
donation principle contained in the bill, which scout
ed to the settler home upon soil that would soon be-
come his own and contribute materially TO the per-
hiauo"' ac.uement auu existence OF The territory.
Mr. BOWLlN succeeded to the floor, and spoke
OF the history OF Great Britain with regard To her ae
cesson OF power. Her military posts had been es-
tablished with such policy Ultimately to command
the commerce of the world, SO that if any nation
should dare revolt at her authority, she could demo-
lish 1t at blow. Her march was for universal m
pre-she was on our borders at the North and South
and now that she was endeavorng to hem us in BY
! securing Oregon, IL was time that we should give
check to her ambitious designs and boldly assert our
rights, and maintain them, the territory over which
the bill proposes to extend our laws He spoke of
our indubable tnle to Oregon, until the ex EXPIRATION
the House. ~ -
The House had not adjourned when our reporter
lett the Capilol
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