The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-04-24
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The debate IN the senate opened on The
Eighth b. Az Interesting passage Of arms btIw', u
Nj Cas-, and Mr. Webster, touching certain de-
lcllc p ,inls OF international Jaw involved N the
Mcleod case; after which Mr Dickinson got
the Il ior aud made three hours Tcpt, In Nj.
Tho Ashburon treaty. On the 9h Mr., Mausum
took up the day IN abusing The al niuislrlIlon,
unJer the Oregon head, and on the l0;h after
another passage Of arms between Mr. Fairfield
and Nit Webster about The AaLburSan treaty,
Sir Basby replied To VIZ. Maugum aud npdc an
able speech infayor Of ",he notice" On the lih
Mr. II ham, Of Ncmort had he floor; m the
1871, Nf. Fairfield aud On the l1'h Mr.. West
c,u, Of Florida, Who went aeains, he notice, and
yet vas iot the whole Of Oregon up to $40 40.
This long. ledru. and proi'iess debate, we arc
understood hat the Sn,e was 10 be taken on the
|l6h.
| Ia the house, on the Sh, the senate hl to
raise a regiment Of mounted rllemen to prntec,
( the cmisrsnts 10 Oregon was taken up, in com.
n.iItce, AMI an animated debate followed on
{ the naturalization ItllrS On 'he oh, as soon as
/ the journal was read Mr.. lngersoll, chairman OF
he committee on foreign aiT-i,s rose TO person
nal explanation. he read parts Of the speech
/ OF Mr.. Webster made in the senate the day be-
I fore, attacking him OR. L. AMI then introduced
a series ofresoutions calling FOR tie items Of the
secret service fund, since March, isI With CO.
/ pies Of all correspondence, which he said would
show that Mr. Webster, when secretary Of State,
had applied portion Of this fund for the purpose
OF procuring the release Of Alexander Mcleod,
and adjusting the north eastern b0undery ques-
ton. Also, that Secretary Webster was guilty
of malvetsation, corruption, delinquency, and
misdemeanor, conviction Of which would re-
move him from the senate, aud disqualy him al
together of holding any office under the United
States.
A furious debate sprung up on these rcso!u-
tons, in which dozen Of members participated,
and never was man in this country more lauled
or violently abused than was Mr.. Webster in the
course of this debate, FJnlly Mr.. IngersoI'.
resolutions. were adopted, and the house adjour.
ned. The answer to the resolutions is awaited
with great impotence. On the l0,h, half the DAY
was taken up IN the house in fruItlrss attempt
/ to reconsider the resolutions ,llercd by Nr. In
gcrsoll and adopted the day before; after Nhiot
/ the discussion on the senate bill TO raise regI
men, Of mounted riilemen was resumed and con
iinued to the close Of the DAY. aud on the III
| this debate was drawn 10 a close an The bli
passed. On Monday, the 18Th, the bill TO organ
zc territorial government in Oregon was taket
up and discussed through the day the main poiu
of difficulty about the ball being whether the ter
ri,ors government should extend over the who'll
Of Oregon or only the 10 b degree. The discus
sion was continued on Tuesday and Wednesday
and was to have been bruugh, to a close OF
Thursday, so that, on that day, very imponan
vote will probably be taken in both houses o.
the Oregon question
The committee on ways and means, on III
l4h, a, las, reported the new tariff bill to III
house. The bill makes all duties specific, and i
in no case goes over 80 per cent.