Democratic banner., 1845-02-01
OREGON.

Inc was quite a CHARACTERISTIC
e debate in the Senate to-day on h'
# subject of Oregon.
N Mr.. Atchison,. OF Missouri, introdu
ced the bill which once passed iht
Senate 10. proride terrIto!iaI gov
: %rernncnt for Oregon, to project The
clt'ztns OF Ike Unrled States. now oe
e cupylhg it. A uiotion VAS made td
4 reier 1T 10 the Committee On Terri
$ tories. Mr. Archer, OF virginia,
chairman of the committee on FU-
reign Affairs, moved to refer IT to
his committee, for the express pur-
pose Of stransling tie measHte; be-
cluse, us lie insisted, it would be a6
Indecorum 10 Great Britain. We
-mns! not Iouch q subject which she
has held uader negotiation for more
lhanya .quaiter Of century. The
FSAarp oe6dte Which which sre@.oul
Tot Mr.. Afcher's effort to. smother
he bl!I Wi be found iu!I OF interest,
when fully reported.
There Is On. point, however IN
which we would fix pnGl st entlun,
because ii IS one which the two
parties IN This county g~enerIliyd i.
VIDE. The territory 10 question has
always been claimed and possessed
By tie United STATES. The D.i,isn
Ut e. tahIng Astoria, I'm the. ColninbI2. .
during The war. s~urreadefed ilns
post under tbe treaty Gi peace. Tke-
subsequent treaty, which lad the
whole region open 10 the lng'ess and
trade Of 10th parties hntl! oounda-
rIrs were. setticd, did not Dust the
United States OF It's possession OF an,
ported or post Nh'ci. II held at the
end of the wal. and gel Great Dii-
tain vcnlurrd ia seize Igain ana keep
possession If Astoria and has since
covered the whole Cp!um>iI md lis
tributaries witl fortified Piaoesi bias ,
eNtcn led. ~ law, thr Clnata JulIs Z
over tac Whole county; am, =
O: = ;a:l; a.cG...ua H,al--
II prc,enus ~ assert. n.t. - Huic" "
!, not entitled has N rae. ;=l eXcit,:,
save possession aEd jur.s0s.t.On Uy.ei i
every loot ot territory which upon |
5rounIle>s preteuces, ne put IN DIS i
pitcher wnole ,Oject be'ng 10 !!
tap the United S.a-csu II. .iie Co.unI- +
JIt river, mich Is. III effect, 10 De- Il
Us OF our uAn aDd uGly acltss !
~ Il ~u.vfeub!e sjEcrH la li,e pJc.hc "
'cean, ami vi a. Our ports upon us v
cast. Great butaia hl,iug thus,
prclence al JOINT u~ucupalfun, =
,btaIned exclusive possession OF al i
lie wants III Oregon, Mr.. Archer and !
n, icdesa! friends IN ne Senate con !
want OF! decurum Ia Gieat :.
britain 10 propose oven 10 rnuhr scC' =
ituII.! !dws ~ protect sUcn ul uuc {
:I;iZcLs, rs are settled cut oltheway :
If The .ntish lntrud0rs.
The British have settled the region y
II which they have tahen possession !.
IS the lions share, viii fortified !
,9sts; but the lurnbled American i.
.ongres. must not dare even III pro =
i bill to make posts Oh our own 7
errItory on this side oil the Rocky T.,
10 cover tn. advance or
'e:urn o, our emigraaEts to or from '
he refuse portion IN The South. -
England thought mol. worth =
lproprIaitngt. It l., i breach Of de-
says Mr.. Archer, as negotn r
ions were pending when England f
all that was worth having
noie than twenty years ago. GA (,
he first motion at Mr.. Archer To take ;,
the reference ot the bill from the ap- h
Iroprilte Committee on territories. g,
re was supported by Ills Whole iuder- :,
Al trainbauds, and carried 1t. Bur =
democratic members attacked, =
with such iierceness, the attempt iui e
1--WE the lamb TO the wo.i, that sevrr- |
Al members OF the fedora! plaianx y
way. Some oi them Cist d ;
lance h~omeWurd, and remembered
that their constituents did rot 1--we Ia
lie nelghhorh0od of CaStine. aud l
noi likely 10 surrender the ter '
rl,urv of the Union as an act Of de- l
or to use the right phrase. an
act Of submission 10 British iahu- ;
:uce.-Gi0be. Il
c. The Sixth Annual Report Of n
hnranf,,, apI SupartptopInp ,Ti l