The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-03-05
TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
Senato.

TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
Senate.
WASHINGTON, March ,, 1896
Prayer by the Rev MIR. Tustin Journal OF Monday
The VIcE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate two com.
munica'ios from the War Department the subject of
subject OF certain treaties with the Choctaw Indians
rEriTIoss-By Mr. Fairfield, for marine hospital and
ior the extension Of land Prescriptions By Mr. Dickin
son. various petitions IN reference to Cattaraugus
Dor; and the abrosation of certain treaties with tho
dams OF Western New York. and fer the Improvement
from Theodore Frelinghuy and others asking that
books emporta for the special private ndivdu-
ais, be free OF duty, books imported for public
institutions Also petition that steel may be admitted
At the lowest possible duty Alao, several petitions TOR
abrcgaton OF treaties with the Indians of Western New
York Mr. Pennybacker and Mr. Jsrnagin also present
Cd petitions.
A considerable number of reports embracing the in
PRODUCTION of several relief bills were made.
On motion OF Mr. DICKINSON. Mr.. Turney excus-
that ne may devote his time TO retrenchment : ''N'
Mr. ATcHrsoS introduced bill for organizing tke ma
MIR. DAYTON submitted resolution, asking of the
President whether the present relations OF United
States with foreign nations, of such aspect to
require increase, augmentation and re
OF the army and navy and defences Of the country gen.
srsiy ana SO, 70 what extent and upon what scale
An adverse report from the Judiciary Committee
against the claim Of court clerk in Louisiana for fixing
up court house. MIR Johnson, of La soutly defend
ed the claim. Mr. Ashley infexiby stood up the
shonldbe provided for not By specific, but by gene.
ra law Mr. johnson renewed his defence of the
and argued thatt was mere technicality by which
claim was defeated before the department Mr. Ashley
was inexoraele against the claim.
There there was message announced By the Ser
geanatarms from the President of the United States
whereupon the smiable Mr.. J. Knox Walker made ais
appearance reported that he instructed by the
President to deliver to the Senate message writing
which he accordingly delivered II Is supposed that
Mr. waiser came up from the White House in green
sleigh
The Court House blu after further discussion by Mr.
Johnson was laid aside
House severaIy read twice and REFERRED
Attendance Of ladies In the semicircuar gallery very
much diminished from Thursday last. The norwester
the cold, and the drifting snow, supposed be the OBJ
s,aclss
sraoNo REVOLUTIONS raost iLLrNom
Mr. sKMPLE presented preamble and resolutions
from the Legislature Of illinois, upon the Oregon ques
ton. enthusiastically that whereas title Oregon
from AZ TO oA4o not obscured by single doubt
whereas our fellow citizens settled in Oregon demand
our and wheras portion of north
tions and whereas IL Is TO read the Holy
Alliance lesson upon tho balance of ower-Resolved,
instructed to their best for the OF
the convention of 9th August 1877 Ia relation joint
tracing parties OF the territory Of the Oregon. Or.
dered to be printed.
The venerable John Quincy Adams and a number Of
other members from the House. in the lobby below
Jsdge Douglass talking TO the ladies in the circular gal
iery Proceedings in the House dry endenta
iecture.l
THE OREGON MONTHS GRACE.
On motion, the joint resolutions Of the Senate for
giving the notice Great Britain pursuant TO treaty
spulatens, for the dissolution of the joint occupancy
OF Oregon, were taken up together with the House
solutions, and the amendments proposed by Messrs
CriItendsn, Colquiu Bresss ami others
Mr. Bsrrse said, that though he did not expect to
throw any light upon the subject he should ask the in
diligence OF the Senate 10 expose Of the why
he should vote for the notice MIR. b. said there but
one opinion in Illinois respecting the title and the
the United states should regard the Ore.
territory and that was for the whole none, and
gon or nevsr-ifwe rightly understood the honorable
Nm In RATA IN fha haa
ators from New York (nessrs Dix and Dckinson) had
made SO perfectly clear that he should have but little
TO say upon that branch Of the question And then Mr.
B. proceeded to say good upon this identical divi
sion of the subject beginning with discoveries by
Great Britain, OF the North Atlantic Coast in 1885, and
her subsequent charters of the lands of North America
extending from sea to sea and continuing with
s.s. W with P9nsy n IN spsn and her
rendered irrevocably all claims TO the territory
Of of North America west Of the Mississippi
vention-the Falkland lsands-ferez, Quadra and Van
couver &c, were taken up ssria in ction with
the policy OF Great Britain respecting tho North Anne.
rican continent [Some nineteen Senators present-e
reading, writing, and listening to Mr. Breese. Gal
ing N BtseSe refers 10 bs VEN read ssc
laration OF Mr. Monroe respecting this North American
he argued the sxpsns IRON .ne QUESTION Q, the e,
every OF national homer and of the
walton Of the peace and the retention of the national
soil, and the security Of the national rights He hoped
the notice would lie passed, and passed unani-
m s,u mo hoped there would be no partly dyi-
Mangum talking over something or other Mr.
Bresse opposed Mr. colqutts proposition for a compro.
mise We ought not to recede single inoh. We had
nothing 10 fear from Great Brisoin the cases of the
annexation OF Florida aud Louisiana, she had protested
accom- iisbed these objects peacefully We mus; take
the whole territory-sve tho Hudson's Bay Company
something Tor their fzturesand the of the Column
ia, until they can wind up their business, and then
they must go. England will have to succumb ;
she Is no: in a condition TO 20 TO war but il
True. may be sacriGosd and some of our
snis OF war destroy but they DO easily replaced
But England on the other hand viii be the greater SUIT
ierer even IN this He would prefer any all tho evils
that might arise from with England TO sure n
der OF foot Of the soil south of the Russian line. He
der Of part Of Oregon. Mr. Breese considered that
the capacity oil the United TO arm Itself was far
superior 10 hat OIL any nation the EARTH Our
ships, and our commercial marine could. in a single
year, be converted into such navy as Great Britain
never Jaw pu, ~1u,a seem from the representations
weakest nation upon the taco Of the earth
Mr. ~ CLaYIos mere arose and at some length ex.
cial of the United states Ith lrea,
Britain and other nations Of Europe BY the latest re
turns appeared that England had some 700 vessels OF
with aggregate of INA guns while at the last
quarter preceding, her complement Of ships was 81
and 1922 guns, OF which number Of ships pe were
steamers; now she had I2I steamers with compile men
Of 10000 The navy Of the United States comprised
some " vessels with an aggregate OF 2a59 guns while
our commercial marine nearly great II not quite
as that of Great Britan showing, that while to every
100000 tons OF commercial shipping Great Britain has
nsvl protection OF 800 guns, have but the protec
tion Of 90 guns The disparity between commerce,
ana our navy compared with the other nations Of Eu
Mr. Bsrssr commended that the effect Of tina SENATOR
ssucs, vas 20 snow that we were about the weakes
no nation whose capacity for defence on land and OF
sea- was to be compared with the canacitv Of the nee
States Besides, England was looking to a rupture
Again, she had three naval stations 10 pratsct
on the coast Of Africa-one China and one IN the Pa
cifc. She was not in condition 70 make war sasns,
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