Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1846-05-02

Bright, Ca.., Thopas Elaytoa. DicII,..s
Evan.. Fairfield, Hahneean, Jennes,. -
pie, Sturgeon, and Wesicott<-l4.
The resolution - Fassed was sen. do,
to the House, and was takeii up in th,t
body on the 18th. The following from II.
correspondence Of the Missouri Rsbub,;.
can will show what disposition The sos,a,s
branch made Of it.
Mr.. LYSs BoYB, Of KY. moved ,h.t,h.
House proceed to the constellation AZ III
message from the Senate relative u Il.
Oregon resolutions, which was agreed -
without division. Mr.. Own, ofrnd ~.
offered the following aiAehdment. .n ea
which the previous question was now
and ordered. The words stricken II,
Mr.. Crittenden's preamble ate the follow.
ing: 'and Immediately d rected to yesiis IS
forts for the nmicnbis settlement Of al M:;x
d.tersnces and disputes in re.pec, 10 ,.id
territory" and those embraced In M o..
ems amendment. and inserted in tb,b .s.SI
are the following: "dirscted 10 H. ;.s 800
'nnee Of a specify adjusimeai OF all ih,;r IA
terences and disputes in resncf 10 end 49,.
tory" The whole Of Mr.. Crittendsn,. -.
olution was stricken out. ami ano,h.. :"
serted nearly word for word The SAM.
win the exception that all the discretion;
AIRY. power s taken from the President and
ne is required Internationally to civ. IL
notice. The vote, on amendinv Il. s VIC
ate resolution as above set forth, wa, 90 a
81. va '''0
In addition to this, the Union of last even.
ing came out with leading article, urging
that the resolution should be 50 amende3
as to require the notice to be given uncon.
ditionally, and to omit all that portion Of Il
that left il to the discretion Of the Pres;.
dent. On the final passage OF the resolu.
ton, as amended, the vote was LA to Al,
being much larger than the vote was by
which the original House resolution was
passed. Whether the Senate will recede
and concur with the House is problenat.
zeal. l should, however, think they will.
But they NAV also stand on the their dig.
nifty, and in this way disagreement ensus
that will result in no notice whatever being
given.
Relying upon information derived from
the highest source. have no hesitation in
saying that Mr.. Polk would, without DELAY,
have given the notice TO Great Britain I'm.
der the provisions of Mr.. Lrittenden's res.
olutions. He was much vexed that the
resolution made 1t discretionary with him
to give the notice or not; and in this res.
pect desired to have it SO amended as %
make 1t mandatory upon him, and not dis
cretionary. But if such an amendment
could not be agreed upon by the two
Houses, then he was ready and willing 10
give the notice precisely as he would have
done had the resolution instructed him I'm.
conditionally to do so. l repeat, this in.
formation has been derived from one whose
close and intimate personal and political
Relate ms with the President are such as 10
leave no room for doubt 40 10 its correct
ness.
The bill to protect our citizens in Ore.
gon also passed the House on the 18th ult.
by vote of lO3 to 81. This bill pro-
vides for extending the laws of Iowa over
"all that portion of tho U. States which
lies west of the Rocky mountains, and also
over all that portion of the intermedias
country west Of the Missouri river, BE.
tween the fortieth and forty third parallels
OF north latitude" 1t does not say what
portion Of the territory is ours. 1t also
provides for the appointment Of necessary
officers, courts, &c., and one Judge to be
associated with the judges Of Iowa. All
British subjects apprehended tobe sent to
the nearest British court Tor trial, mail to
be established from St. Josephs, in Nilsson.
RI, to the mouth Of the Columbia river, and
the necessary precaution taken to protect
emigrarts on their way thither. 1t is Be.
lieved the Senate will concur--hoped %
at least.