Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-01-05
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FORE CONGRESS.
IL the ah.enee Of proceedings Vt Congress TIN s.hss
parI of the public mind here deeply nsnalcd W tina
foreign relations 81 tbs country md the irnes iiks.
ly To gto~ "u, ut The Oregon question The Executive.
by his Mtssage and through his .ilical organ having
been able uok his TREND Ia Congress into something
Of passion against u British Government, pr,rssss,
II is said. ,ntro Willingness ~ leave the subject
Congress. HIS would have been User conclusion IL
II not accompanied by Tho iac that thu President
knowa Ia hald and encourages The II ep,n-
hon urun tins mnlnenlus question: There is, fear, bur
tte dnh tint tle meiny ~ Congress III aci IN hat
u,ony with The ptesdents upn,"a. Whatever they are.
IN reference Ia tins veNed question, The House u Rep
nsenatiyos ar certain 10 do so, aud the only l"p- IN
the Senate grounded upon the hope thai Mr. Calhoun
aud his Immediate hinads may have sufficient political
ndcp nence 10 shaw moro alta ,lnent Ia the interests
OF the country than IL the success oi party Ut which
he and his m nds are nenhrrs pun all the q,tsiluns
that have been decided Ia Congress there has lspn
murh Submission 10 rapcus drntlon tha, ibis h"ls
dies mol seem tn be very reasonable Mr.. Benton
and Mr. B,gby have assumed an independent p~i,n up
On qu suos glowing ou Ut the ehoce ot officers, hut
these tulms matters COMPARED with the qnve qae.-
Ilohs which agitale the cuuafy, aud uhing
nafed with the dispositions shown Ia sustain the Execn>
i've IN tie determination 10 have an Executive uTgan VI
lis uwn choice.
All questions before Congress and The cauntry sink in
10 lnsiamdcauce compared with tia: which al This
momeui threatens var with Great BRIAN. Il Is CERTAIN
from ecs received here by both the last steamers that
Mr.. Pavkenhem has received ~ iebnae tou his CIV
trnmsn IN consequence u the attitude assumed hy him
III declining accept the proposition submitted by thu
Secretary ol State making the i9.i d,gree Of latitude
the dividing boundary line between the Brush and A.
mefean p,ssesslous II Is equally certain thai we
going IN deence Of extreme caim and tina, any
proposition thus ta Introduced by any Trend III the Adj
min sttaln has AIMED M the eure dsossessi"n II tho
British Government from The whole Northwest f-rrito
ttIs ttat~ ftaf
by the Committee Territories N HE House OF Rep
csena,ives aud made the special oIder 81 The day mr
the first Tuesday January. This bill makes the ol.
lowing important prosisons
lst That HE BOUNDARY OF Oregon be extended to tho
5l'h degree aud Al minutes ., Northern latitude. ,ir
Sou rrn Boundary the AID purmlld oi Norh lai u,i,,
the Eastern the -onin Of hr Rorky Mou, ,ains md thu
West The Pacific Ocean including the Islands adac,et
Ia the coast
%. That The President he advised forthwith 10 rive
the years notice provided 6r in the Secmd article Ut
The tnay ot the 9th August 1877, whereby JOINT ,,s-
sessions nav held ot the disputed territory; but that
this ac shall moi he entered manner Irptive any
ID the SUBJECTS OF Grral Britain ii any OF The rights and
privileges SECURED by the Convention Of 1897 until tbs
one years notice sha have been given.
Sd. That there shall be complete territorial orysos,
f2aon extended at the " hole III this disuusd
terory, and that HE svsof Iowa shall be in iu trcs
NJ far NJ they may be applicable. Judicial Districts,
judges and Justices Of The Peace and all necessary nns
siea' eicers, asn provided in the bill with Snr~f
Agents aud whatever civil officers necessary Gn thu
poltelion OF tbe Government. small ruue Is also
ahsled mn ST. Joseph's, Missouri, 10 The mouth VI
ilu Columbia.
1h Bluckhuuscs, siuckadcs and military pos,s ara
authorised 10 be ercc,ed, aud regiments of n,oane
men 10 bo nIscd Objected aud equipped serve 10 t
country.
5h Six hundred and frv acres of land are offered
% every white male inhabIian Of The territory Of Ores
gon Of the age ri lS and upwards, who may have
gone there, or who may 90 within twt years from
Tho passage of the act, and who shall cultivate the
same hr five consecutive years. Also 10 the villa and
child ol every rmgfhnl aud settler 100 acfes,le land
10 be secured 10 the heirs ataw in uf Tho tasu
ol the parties.
Should this bill become law, and tho Government at
Tempt To enloee H. viii be- regarded equivalent ~
declaration oi mhr, aud all hopes u, negotiation end
once HE Senate are moving more cautiously and pta
pose subjects inquiry there The House propose mime.
diate aud positive action.
The whole question, regard Il In whatever aspect Il
may 10 presented, is Taught with serious ccnsrsncs
The country, and II will need all The oreease. good sense
sve II justice and OF men 10 keep the two governments
rom engaging III csisisn and with all Ibis il will
be- miracle If The wisdom Of Use is inots that
ovef,alaneed by The folly Of fools.
The lresdchl having approved The Joint Resolution
admitting IeAas SlatH thlo this Union, and dos
patched The same by special messenger Is pfohshe
that two months viii see Texas merging her identity
an independent nation into single STATE Of The Union.
with representatives. npon The floor III Congress. Cali
1rna may follow. and Cuba Ia proposed. and MeK,co
with US IS deemed speedy probability IN lie minds IT
many here All this luohs 10 dIrtcliou o The
nenI. Oregon Is the absorbing question elsewhere, and
some ready 10 lay claim . every inch 1t
country from Cape Breton 10 the Pacific. May Provi
drnce preserve us from he tate ot those wh,se ambition
has proved the graves Of nations and Of men.