The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1845-05-09

surprise nor regret at the speech Of the no
Bile lcrd. lie concurred in the noble lords
views and statement. His lordship had just
iy defined The limits OF introducing matters
of negotiation into a popular assembly,
While negotiations were pending, II was GER
tainly duty to abstain from such course.
Popular feeling was SO easily excited, and
the matter ofnegotiaton SO easily prejud-
ged, and that in all such cases the negoiia
ton should be allowed to discharge Their do-
lies without Interference. The position Of
the noble lord was widely different from bis
own As an unofficial person Lord joan
Russell was not res 3unslble ioT Tie conse-
qnenees OF as speech bIt mIHse e
Gown mus be - srued Their 81 ecaes e
| such 9 suo3eet. lie ag-sed *i
sap IL - lts galnaI gsa,etal y sun
by Ne FEosaebt Po.f Haul e p cre ot
negoHa5toh, spd Is reference .ooea9f aa-
mouues. liz could 40 d.soFzs tas laef s.
ui the question. but he cou,dstate lie ceu-
di6on OF the negotiations
Sir Robert accordingly gave a summary OF
the past negotiations in reference to Oregon,
and expressed the hope that they might be
brought to speedy and amicable termina-
ton He referred to Mr.. TyIer's message
of December ,, 1914, in which similar hope
was expressed, and to his refusal, on the
10Th OF February in the present year, 10 lay
The corr esPondence on the subject before
Congress, lest it should interfere with PEND
ing negotiatiens-in which considerable
progress had already been made. ALI this
was in the NEST friendly tone and spirit. Sir
Robert most gladly recognised this friendly
spirit, but could not admit the fact of ''pro>
tgress." lie was sorry TO say, very lille pro
gsess had been made. lie then proceeded
to contrast Mr.. Tyler's tone, with that sdop-
ted, on,y fortnight afterwards, By his sue
Icessor; SINCE which he had received no Gem
municat.on iyom Mr.. Packenham. Probably
The negotiations previously ia progress, were
! continued with he new administration. He
ex pected daily to receive information on thai
point, and did not dis2air Of favorable is
sue; but in case OF contrary result, he
would not object to lay The whole correspon
dence before the House. lie mus; express
his surprise that the President should have
referred as he did 10 this matter; he regret
ted the tone Of that reference, ana especially
deprecated the further referen IL Other
contingencies. lie must say, most temper
ately, but most decidedly. in Mr., Folks own
language, that the British nation have
"clear and indisputable right" 10 the terri
tory which they claim; and farther, he ad
ded: 81 sincerely trust, and desire, that tn
question may be amicably arranged, but hav
ing exhausted that attempt, having to brin;
the negotiation TO q f2-9rsb conclusion, il
after such allure, our rights are invaded, "
| are resolved and prepared 10 maintain ant
defend them" This sentence was re
ceived with most tremendous and prelonget
cheering from all parts of the house.) ST
: Robert merely added, that discussion upoI
the hject had bad tendency, and he hope
2 the matter would now be allowed to drop
and be left fer the present in the hands 0
the Government.
D Lord John Russell rose to admit the jus
] tice Of a trifing correction, in a matter 0
J fact, which Sir Robert had made in the cours
t of his speechi and added that he quite agreed
. with Sir Robert in the proPriety of abstain
ing from further discussion OF the subjec
under consideration, He (Lord J. r. ha,
: purposely forborne 10 make any motion upsl
j the subject, his intention being merely Il
!. direct attention to it; and he was perfectl
4 sure that proper and honorable course woulC
be pursued in regard TO it, by her Majesty
advisers. His lerdship then sat down amit
renewed cheering, and the discussion of tht
subject was not resumed.
HOUSE OF LoBDs, APRIL Embellishments
Lord Clarendon, in the House of Lords in
troduced the subject of the Oregon Territory
in order 10 elicit from the Government some
} information as 70 our relations with the Uni
5 ed States upon this question and the course
4 it was intended TO pursue, in case Congress
acting upon the expressed opinion of the
) PRESIDENT. should proceed to take possession
of the country, or to annex il TO the Unitee
States.