Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-04-22

fUtC 1OI luS UtHs
April Is.
The Senate, on yesterday, considered
the resolution reported by the Committee
on Contingent Expenses of the Senate, IN
relation 10 providing additional acconmo'
dalions for The public in the Senate cham
ber, and changing the location Of the ac
commodatons afforded to The public press
An amendment, providing that equal ac-
commodation should be. afforded TO the
public press, as is now so afforded, was
offered and agreed 10. ~
Tile Oregon question vas taken up, and
Mr.. Weslcoit spoke. He took The posi-
lion that the British claim lo.0regon was
wholly founded upon The stipulatlons oil
The Noolka Sound Convenliun, and the
Conventions with the United States Of
1918 and 1897, and thai Great Britain had
no just rights founded on discovery, ex-
ploraliou or poss sssion, of any pan OF the
coast Of Oregon from 42lo 81 deg. 40 min;
that her Occupation was under,r rand there
fore controlled bf, the treaties above men
toned, and gave no right 10 Great Britain
to continue il. or to predicate any clamlo
The exclusive possession of any part OF
The coas, within those limits in abe interior
country, naturally tributary I'd the rivers
eupIying into the Pacific on that coast; ;
and be further argued that when the Con-
venlion of 1928 was abrosated, when the
twelve months afier notice had expired.
she was bound to Surrender the territory
TO the United States, as they had in 1919
acquired the paramount! tile of Spain
by the Florida treaty. Though Mr.. w.
sustained the title Of the United States to
The whole Of Oisgou, he was opposed 10
the notice, as he believed il would lead 10
war before The year had expired. Hewas
in favor of colDuization by the United
States of The country, and preparing for
war before the notice was given.
MIR. M'Duifie ihousht that the Senator
from Florida had misconceiveds some OBJ
servations made by Mr.. Fox, inlhe Brit
ish House Of Commons, which he had
quoted as asserting the goodness of the
Spanish title TO the Northwestern territory.
Mr.. Md. read an exlraclsfrom Mr.. Fox's
speech On The next page TO that which MIR.
Wescott had quoted, which led to a di-
recily different conclusion. -
In The House, The Bill 10 protect settlers
from the United Slales 10 Oregon, was
taken up and discussed. -
Mr.. Vinlon, OF O., and Mr.. Holmes, of
S. c., opposed The Bill as a violation of
the lreatv stipula,ions with Great Britain.
The Bill. iI rhesp particulars, Mi. Holmes
said, asserted The right of eminent domain.
Mr.. Holmes also took occasion 70 reply to
Mr.. Adams argument in support of the
Spanish title.
MI. NJ, ,ISsy-re portcd- tho 2; edhesi
duties ou imports, and foro,hsr purposes.
The Bill is similar TO that framed b..
Mr.. Walker.
Gen. Houston will speak oday.
Ii is rumored that The President will
Not furnish The papers relative 10 the dis
bursements of the secret service fund.
The Argument for Peace.-Pressing and
imposi reasons for a settlement OF our
differences with England, seem 10 accu~
muIate upon the Two countries as IT to
command Peace. In India, instead Of a.
weak, distracted and ignorant foe, Eng
land has found herself involved in bloody
conflict with a gallant, determined and
disciplined peope, who can bear defeat
without scaIering and who can bring into
battle all the resources Of civilized war.
fare. L, IS no longer counted the work Of
day, to suhjugsle the Skhs, but promises
10 give hot employment 10 lhe British
armies for, perhaps, years. The war
with the Argentine Confederacy. is not
play, nor profit, but a grave call for men
and money, more than it may be conve
uien, to waste or quarrel without obj eel
and without justification, but from which
the invaders cannot now Withdraw. Why
should England .urite more wars :!
The revolutionary movement in Poland
struggle for political liberty in The heart
of Europe, is something to make The mon
arches of Europe around il pause ere
they add to the fame which has already,
as NJ. Guizol said, set all Germany on
fire.
On our side. Mr. Slidell has returned
from Mexico, without peace, or promise
oil peace. and the armies of the Two he.
puhlics face each other on the Rio del
Nor,e. We have no need Of other hostll-
tiles, and prudent craftsmanship demands
that we incur no other.
But not only the dangers and the suffer-
IL, hn
war, but the incalcuIable blessings that
peace now especially promises, command
the Two countries to make haste and &C.
ment it. The downfall of the protective
system in England, aud the promised Inodl'
fcation of our own tariff system, open
prospect OF incre asing prosperity such as
even we have never witnessed. and prom
ise to make these TWO nations The pioneers
Of mighty move ment that shall only end
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