The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-02-20

TwEHTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
In senate.
WAsHIoSros, Feb. 10, lste.

TWENTY-NlNTH OONGRESs.
In senate.
wAsHlasros, Feb. ls, ls4s.
PRAYER by Rev. Mr. Milburn.
Journal Of Yesterday.
Various petitions and papers presented.
snP CANAL AT PANAMA.
Mr. EVANS moved inquiry upon the President for
such correspondence as may have received from eny
Of our Ministers abroad in reference q ship cshal
across the isthmus at Panama. Lies over one day.
Th rel ought NOT
Mr. LEWIS asked leave to be discharged from the petit
ton OF John Thompson, Of " and that he have leave
to withdraw his papers Agreed to.
THE OREGON roTIricATIoN
Was resumed at O'CLOCK as the special order Of inc
Mr DIX having the floor submitted in order to afford
the opportunity TO Mr. Hannegan Of personal expiana'
ton. . :,
Mr.. HAssEGAv said he did not wish TO trouble the
Senate at ALL but the reported remarks which pSseeo
him and the Senator from Georgia r ColqusV
yesterday, mado il necessary TO do SO. Mr. II wal
charged with being Indifferent to the annexation OF
did no. vote upon the treaty was that he feared Texas
admitted FIRST the safety Of Oregon would be en-
dangered from the puuc faith Of Of the Texas
The Senator from Georgia had charged that this inde
ference to Texas anterior to the Baltimore Conven
ton Mr. appealed 70 his friend from IA AikansG SMr
that had both before aud after what he
saw In Convention with refe to Texas and Oregon
the latter que siion II Texas first secured And that
that was why no had reined to vote upon the treaty
Baltimore resolutions would be explained to mean all Of
Texas and half Of Oregon.
respecting the doubts ofthe Texas both before, and
a. ana after the Convention as defined by Mr. II put
Mt Atchison never had such doubts Of tho South him
SEX lie himself much in favor OF the acqui'
siion Of territory the South the a.
much N favor Of Texas Of Oregon and referred to
me action OF the House last session upon the Oregon
bill as proof Of the good FIFTH of the south.
Mr. SEVER endorsed the defence of the Senator from
Indiana, and said he Texas at the Baltimore
Convention, and had sustained the bill. But he
more for Texas than he was for Oregon And his sur
should be doubted when every movement for Oregon,
by Jefferson, by Monroe, and by Floyd by South
ein and slaveholdsrs and while the who now
STANDS the head OF the movement Che Presidency was
also Southern man and stakeholder Ne was sorry
tha any Senator should have doubts 2, the south
Knox walker, his private Secretary
MIR; Dl. then took the floor lie said, that he differed
from Delaware r j. NJ Clayton to the propriety Of
debating the title The one Senator had said, that the
the time for discussing had not yet arrived Now,
with oil Difference to these two distinguished Senators,
title was Of The most material Importance in ts discus
son He therefore, proposed to look into our title TO
Oregon. First to justify his own action. Second to
correct certain and
home and abroad He should not go into any abored
critical analysis upon tte but into simple recap
tulaon OF the historical facts in the case The terrific
ry of Oregon seen, if not explored 6ythree years
after the discovery OF Americas but for two hundred
years afterwards settled, though frequently u
sed by Spanish, British Russian, and other vessels,
which led to the conflicting claims But SPAN had
% nsa az Tho sae y %
ded between Russia and Great Britain in longitudinal
line and how all disputes upon the territory between
- and 5440 the Pacific decvity resolved int
the controversy between the United States and
Great Britain Cited the laws Of nations regulating and
.sa rSa @ O. the
coast was spaniad) % years after the dis
far the 42d degree Of north latitude Eight years
before fernando Cortes hsd established himself in Cali
Francis Drake who in 1879, after a successful depre-
datery excursion among the unprotected Spanish
settlements. touched upon the Northwest coast;
the British nssumpon and therefore MIR should drop
It, The next explorer was st. Juan de Fuca, whose
name s given the straits between the 4sth and 4eth
degrees Mr. recitsd the numerous attempts to settle
California BY Spain; and also her repeated efforts per-
feet her title to Oregon by form Of occupancy Mr. Dix
established the surveys Spain good and valid and
without competition the southern extremity Of Cali
age Of Cook in I777gave the FIRST ndcaons Of British
design upon Oregon BY instructions Cook was requr-
ca 70 take possession Of all available places N his s0uts
Cook landed at Nootka's Sound, and remained there
trading with the natives weeks Perez had done
fish Lieutenant. did purchase Of Maquinna, native
the arrival pa eaS he whole territory long
before been assumed and BY spain the
any the provision permitting on the part Of SPAIN the
Of Of the North Coast a. are
Of ns :5 e ~
Nooka and the results to show that the sovereignty Of
spaniards was unimpaired by any clams Of England.
based upon explorations Of Vancouver. Mr. read from
B. NJ PlenipoentiArys [who was present on the door
Of the Senate letter MIR Buchanan of the goth July
last, in which Mr. p claimed the entire sovereignty Of
vancouve,s Island, TO be vested in England from the
TACT that Capsnn Cook had crcumnavgated the lslsnd
MI D. proaoced authorities showing this mis-
take in AIR. Pakenham- claimed that the entire
sovereignty Of the island was vested In Spain,
in tho Briti v
Clarendon on the subject Of British title and showed
how entirely ignorant the noble Lord Of the subject
upon which he had confidently expatiaed Lord John
hussells statements that Vancouver had entered the
Columbia or had taken possession OF Nootka Sound,
were equally inaccurate and unsussaned by the hstor
col facts Misappre OF iacts and d.
auctions might be excused but there was apology
deem and Sir Robert Peel had exhibited also something
o. nsconcepton Of the facts but the temper Of their
senator hoped that shs dcuy Be- yet sSussd
and honorably, aud satisfactorily to both par
After he had been speaking nearly two hours, Mr.
Dix gave way for motion to adjourn, which was car
ned His whole argument to-day was upon the title
and research upon it, from the readiness with which he
classified the names and dates Of all the early navgaors
clear headed man. and his Is altogether
easy, uninhated natural and agreeable.
WAsHivoroH, Fsb.ls, le4s.
Mr.. g. II. Horsros mevsd that the House resolve II.
:elfinto committee Of the whole, the State Of the
Union; but,
Mr.. GRovER rose to privileged question and moved
to reconsider the vote BY which the House Yesterday
with the documents and bills that may hereafter be laid
on the desks OF members.
Mr.. wrsTwo.TH thought that he would object to thst.
MIR. GROVER said that the motion which he had made
should be entertained, he would TO postpone fur
Their action the resolution for the present He sent
to the Chair resolution which read for nforma-
on calling upon the Clerk to state the probable cost Of
tho documents and bills proposed to be supplied.
some gentleman, in beyy of FIVE or six standing In
Sleepy Hollow, objected.
The SpEAKER remarked that the gentleman could not
object to the resolution, yet before the
House.
MIR. CALEB SAITH inquired whether II would be In
order to move to lay the re solution the table.
The SPEAKER informed him that this resolution was
merely read for information and not therefore, pro
perly before the House.