Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-03-26


the correspondence Of the Missouri Re
publican will be read with interest. Il is
very evident that The most dishonorable
cuplelty has been employed in this Ore.
gon affair. The Interpretation given to
The language Of The President wherein he
declared that our tile to the whole of
oregon was "elear and..undispu.abls" is
that he had occasionally Stockings in,
pa'en'he'sally. TO CRAFTY the u,faisms of
the country and Of party" tina, he did no,
really mean what he said! |, is very
eviden! tina, this is the correct interpre,a.
ton of many paris ofhis Message, as veil
as his Kane letter, wherein he deceived
The democrats Of Pennsy lvania. This
species of duPlicity was often charged
upon Mr. Van Buren,. bu, it was reserved
for one Of Mr. Folks own party 10 give ii
name. These parenthelcal .slickinys.
m TO catch the multitude on the par, Of
our great men are degrading to our
character as a nation and proof positive
that the reign of demagegueis is trium.
ihanl. The noble stand taken hv Mr.
flanagan in exposing this political CHI
canery, whatever may have been his
motives. will receive the applause of hon
es! men Of all parties
In the Senaic there has been one of II.
most exciting scenes of the session. II
all occurred after Mr. Hay wood, Of North
Carolina, had concluded his speech, and
within half an honr of the Adjournment, Of
that body. Mr. Haywood spoke until
three o'clock, insisting that the fair and
legitimate construction to be given 10 the
PresIdente message was, that compro
mise could and should be effected by a
division of the Oregon territory, upon the
49th parallel Of north latitude. rha, there
was no doubt Of negotiations now poinp
on for that purpose. Aud iha, he was
perfectly convinced such compromise
would be made. and that such a ,rea,y
would be ratified by the Senate. lie
concluded his remarks by depreca,inc any
division of the party upon, this question.
aud warned his political friends as TO what
would be the consequence to them. and
defended with much warmth, the charge
Of "punic faith" that hsd been brough,
against the south.
cannot better convey to the reader, an
idea OF the scene that ensued, after Mr.
Haywood had concluded. than TO give The
words of those who engaged in the shir.
mish. Mr. llannegan first rose, and asked
this question of the Senator from North
Carolina. through the chair: els he au.
'horlsed 10 say for the President, that he
would compromise upon the 49lh parallel
Of north latitudet"
Mr. HAYWOOD replied. ''tha, wha, he
bad said was written before he said il,
that he might say no more than he meant.
The President would be verv unwise.
pending negotiation, 10 commit himself
upon such point"
Mr. ALLEN (Mr Haywood yielding),hen
said. "then understand the Senator from
N. c. as answering in the negqiiue?"
Mr. llAYwooD-'I have already tried
to prove that the Senator from Ohio nude
a uery bal hand at constituting Ian,
guoge." Great laughter)
Mr. ALLeN-(wilh great excitemenD-
81 demand an answer to The question:
demand II as public mani"
Mr. HAYwooD-"rhe Senator has no
right 10 demand of me an answer. Were
the Chairman of the Committee on For.
elgh relations, might be supposed to
Know more than private Senator. Out
OF doors, will answer most any thing
To prevent discord. wonld almost take
a humilaling attitude here"
Mr. WEsTCoTT-"l call the Senator to
order. lie has no RICH, TO bring the Pre-
sident forward here
MIR HAywooD-"Don't be alarmed |
don't mean TO say any thing but what |
have said"
Mr. ALLEN-(wilh increased excite
menD-"Ihen, the Senator takes back
his speech!'
Mr. MANGUM-..Order! order! order"
Mr. HAYWOOD -''I am no, excited. All
this shows that my speech takes
Mr. ALLEN (aside)" Ks! Il takes ,cith
fhe BRUSH!
Mr. HENNEeAN then proceeded 10 reply
at some length to the remarks Of Mr. Hay-
wood about 'p,mic faith" and the Bali
more convention. He concluded the ex.
citing scene and his no less exciting re.
marks, with this violent and emphatic
language: "Sir! if the Presidents inten
tons are such as the Senator from North
Carolina has attributed 10 him. then IS he
damned 10 IN infamy SO deep, so pro-
found, that tie hand of resurrection
nerer can drac him up!!! The Senator
from N. c. spoke of this question as one
upon which small men hoped to be rails
ed into great cGces." Sir! | would
rather be a small man, seeking high office.
than to be the Pander Of power, anil sneak
up The back stairs Of The paiace. in order
to bring into high places the mods and
Jecks Of porer. # JAMES X. Polk has
spoken such sentiments as the Senator
from n. c. attributes TO him then has
he uttered the language Of falsehood,
Nth the tongue Of The serpfnt!!!
The Senate then, amid great confusion
and the most intense excitement. adjourn
ed over until MONDAY next. The great