Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-01-22
BURLINGTON HAWK-EYE

IL will be given. and that We shall do it
as the first measure TO be ,aken-tn be
followed afterwards by real occupation
Of the Utoie territory. Grea, sensation
IN the House. and an incipien. clap. which.
hawever. was promptly arrested by the
Speaker. who loudly called TO order. i
Blu, il is indispensable that we shall first
give notice.
The gentleman from Illinois. Mr. Doug
lass saws il appears 10 him there IS
game playing here--a remark which IS
quite incomprehensible to me. l shall
not inquire to what the gentleman alluded
but confess was very much surprised
to hear that The Committee on Foreign
Affairs will no, report 10 the House such
notice.
Mr. e. ]. INGERsoLL know Of no
member OF that committee who has said
so.
Mr. DOUGLASS. said so. because
heard that snch was their determination.
Mr. ADAMS resumed. | have heard il
from various quarters; and, if tile report
is delay ed much longer, shall believe it.
T A laugh. l( il is so. shall dep.ore il;
shall deeply regret if majority of tina.
commillee shall not be ready 10 give that
notice. All the Other measures must de
pend on that. While we Sit talking here
about regiments Of rilemen and regiments
of infan,ry,an stock abe forts and sappers
and miners and pontoniers, Great Britain
is armng her steam vessels, equippng
her friga,es and line Of battle ships, and
sending troops over here to be ready. i
,couLi press a resolution giving the no
lice THIS DAY. if hoped lha. majority
of the House could be obtained TO effect
the measure.
Mr. WENTWORTH here moved that the
rules be suspended. TO afford an opportu-
nifty for such a motion, but the molten
was pronounced to be out Of order.
Mr. ADAMS continued his remarks in a
patriotic strain. still insisting on giving
the notice and declaring that it war did
come in consequence, if he had any
breath Of life in him he would be willing
to GO as far as any in making sacrifices To
render tina, war successful and glori-
Gus.
On the Sd inst. Mr. G. j. IxGrRsoLL.
Chairman Of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, took the floor. lie stated that
according to precedent the whole subjec,
matter of the Oregon question was now
open to debate. lie made the sta,emen,
for the information Of gentlemen who
wished TO make speeches on the subject.
lie i,,.eH proceeded with his remarks
He said in what he had to say he wished
to be considered as announcing his own
individual sentiments and not as speaking
az the chairman Of any committee. He
threw all blame Of not reporting the reso-
luton Of relinqnshing joint occupancy
during the last session, on President Tyler
and Mr. Beardslee Of New York, who is
not now me mber Of the House. He
said he had taken the same view Of our
position and the necessity Of first giving
The notice as the venerable member from
Massachusetts. Mr. Adams, had DONE
lie regretted that the agreemen. Of Join!
occupancy" had ever been entered into.
He called it the Gordan Knot, but he
did no. agree with that portion Of the
press who insisted that it could only be
cut by the sword. He agreed with the
gentleman from Massachusetts,. that all
we wanted was, women and Children
We had to recur TO the firsl.born Amer.
can principle principle Of Popna-
ton. In defining his opinion he said he
was neither for war Of aggression nor a
peace of submission. He was no, friend
ly 10 that ..wse and mastery inactivity"
which had been announced by distin-
guished gentleman in another branch Of
the Capitol, abiding to Mr. Calhoun
lie did not approve Of waiting one minute
longer than until our faith should be
cleared by the termination Of the joint
occupancy, and he was not Of opinion
that war would then ensue. He was
rather severe on Mr. Douglass, whom he
called his "Gccidenfai friend" for ha, ing
used at the commencement and iermlna-
lion If his bill the phrase Joint occnpa-
,ion," for as the gentleman of Massachu-
sets had said there is no suciI Thing as
Joint occupation. He said that during The
negotiation Of 1918 by Mr. Adams. as
Secretary of State, the term was no, used,
and il was not until 1926. al the 9Th con.
ference between Mr. Gallalin aud the Bri.
fish plenipo,en'iaries. these words "jon,
occupation" stole into the negotiations. -
lie called il a monstrons concession and
he was surprised tina. his friend. the
Chairman of the Committee on Terrific.
ries, who was disposed 10 carry this ma,
tel III ct arms who had made it his
Alpha and Omega, the beginning aud end
! OF his biIl-shonld concede tina, there was
such thing as join. occupation. There
was no such thing. All we had to do
was peaceably TO adhere to our rights
| He alluded 10 the fact that within the
space Of two years, since the time in