Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1846-01-24

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Constitution. By and with the advice and con.
sent Of the Senate, provided that two.ihirds Of
the members present concur. to adjust By .rea-
~ the claims Of the two countries to she said
territory. by fixing a boundary between their
respective POSSESSIONS
Upoa these resolutions an interesting de.
bate occurred, in which Messrs. Hannegan,
Archer, Allen. Calhoun, and others partici.
paied. The former accused the latter with a
wish TO give Oregon the ''cold shoulder now
that his wishes were grati6ed in the annexa-
,ion Of Texas. Mr.. Calhoun replied, in sub.
stance, that his resolutions only favored nego-
tiation, and not surrender Of any portion of
Oregon-tlai he wished to do all he could 10
save The territory-that Oregon was as valua.
BILE as Texas, and that Mr.. Fl. and himself on
~ differed 40 to the best means Of securing it.
The subject was laid upon the table, 10 be Ia.
ken up hereafter.
In THE HoUsE, the proposal to elect 50.
perintendent and assistant Of the folding room
has been debated for three or fou! days. The
Massachusetts resolutions asking for a change
in our naturalization laws, &C., have also
been subject for lengthy debate, and were
sent TO the Judiciary committee. A bill has
been passed making Chicago port Of entry,
and establishing collection district there
A resolution has been introduced instruc,ing
the committee on Commerce 10 enquire into
the expectancy Of establishing the ware.hous-
ing eystem. A bill has been reported to reg
ulate trade and intercourse with the Indians
in Oregon, and to preserve peace aud friend
ship with them-also bill "to establish a
line of stockade and bock-house forts en- the
route from the Missouri river to Oregon.''-
Mr.. Dodge has presented several petitions
from The people of Iowa praying for the i'm
provement Of the Des Moines river, the sale
Of the reserved mineral lands, pre-. emp.ion 10
miners and owners of mineral lots, &c.; also
several mem orials from the Legislature Of 10.
wa, asking for an act granting exemptions to
mineral lands-for the establishment Of new
land district-for the removal Of the Whine.
bagoes, &c. The "Oregon debate' was con-
tinued in the House on the ed and Sd inst, on
the bill 10 raise two companies of rifemen.-
Able speeches, in defence Of the claims Of the
United States, were made by Messrs. c. J..
Ingersoll, King, Owen, Baker, Douglas, and
others. Mr.. D. wished the Oregon question
disposed Of at an early day. He though.
there was an evident shrinking in ceuain
quarters. whenever Oregon came up. 1t was
not so, he said. in the case of Texas. Gen.
'lemen then met the case boldly, and i, wen,
through the House with rapidity common.
sura'e with It's importance. Why no. do the
same in the case Of Oregon. Mr.. Holmes, Of
South Carolina, acknowledged that he fell,
great solicitude as 10 the aspect this question
was assuming. He was ia favor Of giving the
notice required by the treaty first; as. if the
bill now reported passed, he considered war
as inevitable. ]. @. Adams eaid, that What
was called the joint occupancy under The trea
~, stipulated only for commercial and trading
privileges. 1t meant nothing more. He was
in favor of giving immediate notice 10 .ermin.
ate this joint occupancy; and then TO take I'm.
mediate measures for occupying the whole Of
Oregon, for 1t Is ours. The occupation, he
said, would not prevent negotiation. But. %
preliminary to everything else, first give the
notice to England, for tho sake of the faith of
treaties. as he was accustomed to hold them
as roligiously binding. He would not sane
ton by his vote any Of the measures which
had been proposed in the House. until that
notice was given, and then he would vote for
anything ia reason, to place the country in a
situation to meet the crisis. He did not be-
lieve that the controversy would result IN
war; but # wer should ensuc, under the cir
cumstances he had contemplated then, if he
was alive, and able to be in his seat, he wuo.d
vote for every preparation deemed necessary
to place the country in situation TO meet an
extraordinary struggle. Mr.. c. J. IngersolI
said he was in favor of serving the notice on
| ready twelve or fifteen hundred rif1emen in the
enough in the country to hold it. He would
no. yield an inch to England. The country
north Of the 49,h parallel he deemed the best
part OF il, and worth war. But he thought
the measures proposed were peaceful meas.
ures, and would not end in war, il We were
prudent. Mr.. Cunningham. Of Ohio, offered
series Of resolutions, similar to those offered
by Mr.. flanagan in the Senate, claiming the
Oregon territory up to $40 40, and denying
the right Of government to negotiate any part
Of it away. On presenting the resolutions,
Mr.. G. addressed the House for shor. time
in very animated manner. He commended
that the rejection by Great Britain Of the 49th
parallel, had put an end to all negotiation
The country, he contended, was all ours; our
title 10 it "is unquestionable," and the claim
Of England to any part Of it he deemed extra
ordinary, and it should not be allowed. lie
thought Congress was bound to pass such
laws as would ensure the speedy occupation
Of the whole of Oregon. The bill Of Judge
Douglas was made the order Of the day for the
second Tuesday of this month.
Mosr ExrRAoRDlNARY MoveMrNr.-WA
PREPARATIoNs IN CANApA.-The Montreal Pi.
lot of the 18th ult.. contains the follwine intel
ligence. The affair has very singular as.
pect, and we give all we can find, as. publish.
ed in that paper.
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