The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1846-02-07
CONGRESSIONAL

CONGRESSIONAL
We give below an abstract Of the most i'm
Por,an, doings in Congress, made up from ou'
exchanges, no, heretofore noticed
In the S nate, Jan. 9Th, MIR. Allen. from the
Committee on Foreign Relations, to which had
been referred the resolution previously offered
BY him, advising the Presiden, to terminate The
treaty OF JOINT occupancy, reported that reso'u.
lion amended as follow:
Resoiced by the Senate and House of Repre-.
senfaiirss ofhe United States in Congress as
s.mbl d, That in virtue OF tn second article OF
Abe T. nvcntion of the 9th August, 1927, be
tween the United States and Great BRIAN, rel.
alive TO the c9ua'ry westward of the K ,cky or
Stony NJ una ns, that the United States do
now think fiji TO annul and abrogate that Csn
ventlon, and that the said Convention is hereby
annulled and abrogated-Provided that thus
Resolution shall take effect after the term of
twelve months from the day o. which due no.
ice shall b. 9 ven to Great Britain of the pas
ssge OF the resolution; and the President of The
Cated States is hereby authorised and required
10 give said notice, and also a, the expiration Of
said Convention to issue his proclamation set
Nug forth the fact.
IN the House, The chairman Of he Commit.
&C.. OF Ways & Means, MIR NIX y, repor ed
the usua! annual appropriation bills. A bill ma.
king appropriations for the continuation of the
Cumberland Road III Chiu, lud..ua aGe I'Iinols,
was also reported.
The House having gone into committee Of
she w hole on the state Of the Union, Mr.. Cobb,
Of Ga addrt ssed that body in favor of giving
tie j,int.occupancy notice. He believed our
lite to the whole OF Oregon was good-,hought
Congress, unl IS the notice was wen, would
be placed in an attitude of opposition IN he
Executive by declining To act upon his recon-
mend a'ion--a position which would be taken
advan,s ge of by British Statesmen and weaken
our claim in that un,ry. II, believed there
w.e no danger of oosing any Of The territory
hy awar and WAS for giving he notice, come
what might. Mr.. McClernand, of H., followed
him upon the same side of the question.
Jan Oh MIR. B,wln Of No. introduced a
bill to establish Territorial Government over
O-cgon-reierred to tho committee on Terrific.
r,er Mr. Huge Of III, introduced a bill for the
Improvement Of he Mississippi River which
was referred 10 the committee on Roads and
Canals. bill was also reported in relation to
. ,he Brandon and Alabama Rail Road, and one
10 repeal the act # 1912 providing for the cleo.
The Oregon debate was continued by Mr..
Giles of Maryland, and NJ. Levin of Penns, |.
vania, both ~ favor of giving the notice. Mr.
Il. thought f,he measure would neither retard
nor hasten war--desired to have the boundary
question settled by treaty, but was in favor Of a
settlement Of speedy nature-deemed the no
tiCe important in order TO extend protection 10
our people in Oregon, and thought it should be
given because Great Britain had declined a
IN Vi, liberal offer of compromise.
Mr. Hunter, of Virginia, obtained the floor
when Mr.. Levin concluded; and on the follow.
ing day spoke in opposition to the notice. He
thought we had the best claim to all of Oregon,
but he regarded the notice as the sure precur.
sor Of war involving the sacrifice of that portion
Of the territory north Of the 49th parallel. He
locked upon war with Mexico and our Indian
tribes as likely to follow one with England, and
did not think the country sufficiently prepared
for such contingency. He advocated DELAY
which he thought would give US the whole
country. In the mean time we had only to ex.
tend our laws over our citizens there, provide
for their protection against the Indians, and an.
propria,e a few thousand dollars annually IL
facilitate the settlement of the territory, which
would in few years establish there population
sufficient to occupy and defend the country
He desired to settle the matter peaceably if pos
sible and make war the last resort.
Mr.. Kennedy, OF Ia, followed Mr.. Hunter
and advocated the giving Of the notice. HI
censured the President for offering the 49tl
parallel asa boundary, hoped that we should re
ceive no more offers from England, and that al
negotiations were at an end.
Aoll was reported by the committee on Mil
vary Affairs, appropratiug thirty thousand dol
,afs Tor the fortifcation Of Sellers Point, nea
ns''lmore, with provisions for New York har
Dor and other places.
sdn' l2fh.-In the Senate, Mr.. Calhoun pre-
sented resolution from Citizens Of Georgia il
RELATION 70 the tariff and Warehousing eysten
,,reierred to the Committee on Finance. MI
bright presented joint resolution from tn
Legislature ofludiana, in regard 10 the improve