Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-01-15

Der the I.~ o. the STATE PROVIDING i"t the
formation Of such SOc,eues. All arc ear
ne,tl, in'ued 10 attend.
LTThc great question ui interest at " ASH
iustun- 10 Congress and out-is 81 lh'i
growing out rt The Oregon c"nuo'env,-
and # the msn vet li,cs, Who years since IS
..u,J that the DAYS ol Cavalry had pass
ed ho tensinly lives To zee that he was
either mp., eeregiously mistaken, 81 that a
wonde,Iul counterfeit has arisen to tsks Us
place We have long been impressed with
the tact that this Was fast becoming '8te"'
county, but We were not aware, not touid
We have believed. that such an amount at
,ea! courage aud btsvetS had descended
IRON the best blood of 20. az has already
shown itself on the floors OF both Houses "i
| Congress. IN view o( this question. It's ev-
fleni that II was expected that tbs great
ltah wee ." rsnAiSA an ass~ls.s'~d rnaiinn.
hi tie hands Of President Polk, at the com
mencement OF the present Congress, and ac-
cordingiy each member seems TO have been
prepared with his loudest ,hundet-.hs
choicest specimens OF otatory, aud all oil
which 10 now daily served out 10 the people
as evidence OF the existence still, al so much
genuine patriotism. II words could have
settled this matter, 1t would long since have
been we'll arranged for brother Jonathan f,
the whole oi Oregon would be already IN
our possession; the English Government
would be where The Western stump speaker
ung ago consigned lt,-no ,chete - and the
stars and stripes would now be floating In
triumph throughout Merry England and IN
all Of her American dependencies But un-
fortunately for us, ,COrdS viii not anmhilale
armies, destroy na,Ies, nor batter down Clla
dels and iunresses and consequently tie
Oregon question remains lust where II did al
the commencement OF Congress, and where
Senators Cass aud Alien found II when they
attempted to slea, away the thunder connect
cd with this question, and which had been SO
carefully husJanJed by President Polk.
In our paper to-day our reatcrs wil! find
the resolution to abrosatc The joint occupan-
cy Of Oregon, which has been introduced in
TO the House of Representatives by the chair.
man Of the CommliIee on Foreign Relations
Mi lngersoll-aud also a portion Of the
debate which arose on lis Introduction. We
shall continue this debate in our nelt-n0t
that We longer believe that the fire eating
portion Of the war patty are 10 accomplish
their purpose Of forcing US INTO position
where all further negotiation would be cut
off and war would be Inevitable, but simply
that all may see the IN inner IN which this
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in relation 10 1t by the different members OF
the different parties IN the House.
1t will be seen that the allemp, to make
tins a parry QUESTION has entirely tailed
neither patty beng able to present any thing
Ike an uuhrpken front IN rel uIuu to 1t. The
war cry however, was faised on the Loco
loco par: of the House they are the ones
who would close HE door against all further
hpie Of an amIcabc adjustment al tie qucs-
uon-and ilwaf comes Ia consequence they,
with President Polk al their head, should be
emitted 10 all the honurS, all lhe glory mat \
brings US But we are now disposed 10
think that war cnunot be forced upon US
we believe Ia al Notwithstanding the efforts
made by the President and hl, helligercnt
hicnds To cot Oh oil lurher negotiation for
the peacible settlement OF this questionable
good sense Of TINS people and OF England
wI,l IN the end succeed IN averlinC war
which would bring upon each country so
much of distress and disgrace. We even
question whether either House Of Congress
vii vote 10 give the years notice to Eng
land, and which Is necessary to terminate the
JOINT occupancy 1t is possible that the
House NAV pass such vote but the Sen
ate, we do not believe will sanction such
measure at The present time. II Congress
would place this matter where II unquesllon-
ably belongs, and leave II with the treaty
making pnweIto give this notice, no one
could object and President Polk could give
the notice whenever he felt that tie pull,c
Iuletes, demanded, or whenever lie cared TO
take the responsibility.