Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1845-12-31
Congressional Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Is.

~. Alien moved that tho Senate advise tn
o,s.;dent to givo notice to Great Britain of tn
...rr;na,ion Of tho joint occupancy of Oregon, on
~. FINN tho dav on which said notice shall b.
yy.,ved upon that Government.
- A,chison offered resolutions as to oro,niz
- Janitorial govcrnmont in Oregon. proposing
90. ho,sos, nrmiDg tho militia of Oregon, &c.
..c.,,ed 10 judiciary Committee.
r.. Massachusetts, resolutions about natur,li-
=. core further debated. and again suspended
Resolutions, notices of bills, &C.. woro present.
GU WASHINGTON, Dec, 10.
a.oa.e did not sit to-day.
Joseph r. Ingcrso introduced resolution in
aruc,ine the Judiciary Committee to enquire into
,be cxpcdicncy.
I. or relieving til, Judges Of tho Supro me
cmrt from holding Circuit Courts.
Q Ofconferring upon tho Judges of the District
coarts entire Circuit Conr. jurisdiction.
s. or providing for holding two terms Of tho
S,orcme Court annually.
/. And of reducing prospoc.ivoly tho numbers
Of that Court.
Referred TO tho judiciary Committee.
Mr. Read to repeat tho District Law.
Mr.. Owen introduced bill to establish the
Smithsonian Institution.
Various motions wore mndc as regards Oregon.
Mr.. Winthrop submitted the following rcsoIu-
tons:
I. Resolved, That the differences bo,woon tho
Uated States and Great B.itan. on tho subject Of
tho Oregon Territory, still Il subject for ncgo-
,n,on and compromise, and that satisfactory evi.
dence has not yet been afforded that compro-
mise which the United States ought 10 accept can
Be effected.
2. Resolved, That it would be dishonor 20
the ago in which VIC live, and in tho highes: de-
gree discrcdtabc TO both the nations concerned, if
they shall suffer themselves to DO drawn into u
war upon question Of no immediate or practi-
cal interest to either Of them.
3. Resolved, That if no other mode for tho
amicabIe adjustment Of this question romans, i.
is duo TO the principles Of civilization and chris
.anity that resort to arbitration should be had;
and that this Government cannot relieve itself
from all responsibility which may follow the fail
to settle tho controversy while this resort is
still uniried.
Resolved, That arbitration does not neccssa
rny involve reference to tho crowned hoads nd
that IL jealousy Of such reference is encrtnin-
cd in any quarter. commission Of able and dis
passionate citizens. either from the two countries
concerned. from the world at large. offers tsolf
as an obvious and unobicctionablo alternative.
There resolutions were laid over under the rule
for debate.
relation To Oregon:
!. Resolved. That tho tito 10 any p1Tt Of tho
Oregon Territory south of 81 degrees 40 minutes
north latitude IL no, opan 10 compromise as to
any pr. Of said territory.
2. Resolved. That the question Of ttle to .ha:
territory should not be left to arbitration.
These resolutions also laid over under the
ruo for debate.
SUB-TREASURY BILL.
Mr.. Droomgoolc from tho Committee Of Ways
md Mems reported bill for the better protection |
md collection Of the Public money, which was
end twice and referred to tho Committee of tho |
w ole.
Other Resolutions were offered. perhaps hun
lrcd in ali. Among them IN $50 looking to
some connection of the wntors of the United
states with those flowing through tho Oregon
Territory.
Aso to tho two per cent. fund belonging TO the
,cw States. and Withheld from tho non-pa wing
States indebted to the Gcnroal Government, under /
IN act Of the last Congress.
Also. proposing 10000 extra Reports Of the
of the Land OtIico--extra copies of
Cnps. Frccmon,'s Rcpor, Of two expeditions to the
Rocky Moun:a'ns-proposng Canal around tho
falls Of ST. Marcia tonnage duty on Canal
3on,s. &c.
All these woro resolutions Of inquiry. and al!
we're referred TO Committees as unobcc tona bic or
aid upon the table.
Between two and three p. NJ. m adjournment
ms moved and carricd-Aycs SO, Noes 65. Tho /
1journmcnt was to Monday next.
WAsHINGMoN, Dec. %, 1915.
In Senate. Mr.. Lewis presented tho crodcr
as Of Mr.. Calhoun. and tho lattor gcntlcma :,
ppcn red aud sworn into office.
"Reminiscences against the admission of Texas
= n Slave State were presented by Messrs. Web-
Or. Dickinson. Dix, Upham, Sturgeon, Davis
nd DAYTON.
Mr.. Fairfield on his own motion. vas excused
o'n serving as Chairman OF tho Select Commit
% on French SPollatlons-and MIR. Webster
as appointed in his stead.
Mr.. Ashley, from tho Judiciary Committee.
,ported tho resolutions from tho House, for the
mission Of Texas State into tho Union.
i,hout amen dmcnt, and recommended their a.
'ption. They wore road twice, and then Mr..
'ebs,cr rose and stated the grounds in brief of
; opposition 10 them. They had passed the
her branch of Congress by very largo major
y. and all knew that they would also pass tho