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OREGON DISCUSSION AND the BILL sEfoRE

Sos'sSoeSsnee OF mo batnoe Au,efiesn.
t. wAsHIsoron, Dee. 26. ie45
OREGON DISCUSSION AND THE BILL BeFoRE
rs a--e risrra CONGRESS. ~
In tho absence Of proceedings Of Congress he Solar
part Of the public mind hero deeply ss,sted b. IN, for
egn relations Of tho county, aud the diicu,iss ikey
70 grow out Of the Oregon Question. The Executive
oy b" Message and through his official organ havisE
been able work HE friends in Congress into .opSsne
Z" passion against the British Government PROCESSES
o an entire willingness to leave the subject Congress
This would have been wiser CONCLUSION il il not
accompanied by the fact that PRESIDENT known TO
hold and encourage the Of opinion upon this mo-
mensous question. There 10. fear, but hide doubt
that the majority In Congress will in harmony with
the Prssdsass opiaions. whatever thsy are In refer
ence TO this vexed question: The House Of Repres,n,.
nves are certain to do aud the only hope In the &c.
nate grounded the hope that Mr. Calhoun and hi.
immediate friends msy have sufficient political ind.pen
uenee ~ show moro attachment the interests of thu
county than the party of which b, and hi.
friends are members Upon all the questions thu, b,,s
been decided IN Congress there has much subm
sion To caucus detaton that this hope .eem
to be very reasonable SIR. Benton and Mr. Bapby
nave assumed an independent position upon questions
growing out Of the choice Of officers bu, these arc iaog
matters compared with the grave questions which now sp
'e the eosnuy, and uifing compared with the dspos
ton shown to sustain the Executive the
to have an Executive organ Of his own choice.
All Questions before Congress and the country sink into
utter insgnicance compared with that which nj hi. mn
men' threatens wsr with Great Britain Il certain from
letters received hero by both the last amers thar Mr.
fAekksHAA has received no rebuke from his Government,
IN consequence Of the attitude assumed BY him in declining
accept the proposition submitted by the Secretary of
eae making the 4Sth degree OF latitude the dividing boun
Diary line between the British and American possession,
equally certain that going on in defence of our
EXTREMIST claim and that any proposition thu, far ,noduc
ed by friend Of the Admina. h.. aimed NJ the
entire dispossesson of the British Government from the
Whole Northwest Territory. Tho moo, important of ,be,.
bs that submitted by the Commse on Territories in
the House OF Representatives and made special order
OF the day for the 6rst Tuesday in January This hill
m,kes the following imposant provisions
LIST That the Boundary OF Oregon be extended IN m.
aih degree and 40 minutes Of Northern latitude the South
err Boundary the AID parallel Of North latitude IN,
Eastern the summit of the Rocky Mountains and the
West the Pacific Ocean including the islands adjacent to
the coast.
ID That the President be advised forthwith 10 piye Tho
one years notice provided in the Second article of the
treaty OF the 9Th August 1927 whereby Joint possession
now held g" the disputed territory but that this act shall
not be enforced in deprive any Of the subjects
Of Great Britain Of Of the rights and privileges. seeu
ed by the Convention Of 1897 until the one years notice
shall have been given.
3D. That there shall be complete territorial
extended the whole Of this disputed
and that the laws OF Iowa shall be full force rs far m
they may be applicable Judicial Districts, Judges and
Justices OF the Peace and al necessary
ae also provided in the BILL with of Indian
Affairs, Indian Agents and Sub Agents, and whatever ej
wi officers are necessary for the protection of the Cow
eminent mail route is also established from 8, Ia
ssph's, Missouri, to the mouth Of the COLUMBIA
4h Blockhouses, stoekades and military posts are au
'hored 10 be erected and two regiments Of united men
10 be raised ocered and equipped serye in the
9Th Six hundred and forty of land are offered 70
white male inhaban the territory OF OREGON Of The
Ot NM ID afdk xxh., h...
may 60 within two from the passage Of the se AID
who shall cultivate the same for five Al
80 to the vile and child OF emgan and settler l6o
acresthe land TO be secured the heirs law in ,. m
the docease OF the parties.
Should this bill become law, and the t;oyernnsr, nj,
tempt TO enforce II. it will be regarded equivalent IN
declaration OF war, and all hopes Of negotiation end At
once. The senate moving more Cautiously and p,o-
pose subjects of inquiry where the House propose imme
date ara posiuve action.
The whole question: regard in whatever aspec, il NAV
b, presented IL raught with consequc ice TO the
country and will need all the good sonss Iov.
Of justice und oi men, to keep the Government Fl ON
engaging in collision, and with all this will be mi
racle Il the wisdom OF wise not more than over.
balanced by tho folly OF fools.
The President having approved the Join, Resolution adj
hitting Texas State into this Unon and despatched
the same by special messenger probable that two
months will Texas merging her identity rs an indepen
dent nation into single State Of the Union with repre-
senaives upon the floor OF Congress- California NAV fol-
low and Cuba is proposed. and Mexico us deemed
speedy probability in the minds Of many All this looks
TO one direction OF the eminent Oregon the absorbing
question elsewhere and ready Law lain
to every inch of country from Cspe Breton the Pacific
May Providence from the fate of those whose
ambition has proved the graves Of nations and Of men,
The President TO escape from the multitude Of appi.
can's pressing him Tor the vacancy upon Bench OF
the Supreme Court, has length nominated GsoRsE w
WOODWARD for that high Office. Mr.. Woodward's name
was butlIttIe known among the candidates.