The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-02-07
TWENTY"NINTH CONGRESS

kentuckey, (Mr Crittenden.l on tbo 'o S'i from
ofthe Notice. Those resolutions bo SUBJECT
corded with his own views as hr 90 &c
went--but they fell short ofthe morI ~ey
The amendment was read for inGar,,..,
and ordered to be printed 1t provide. ,a T'a
in giving the notice ID shall be nccon'n,l Aa
by an offer to submit the question n ' n'laa
ton, which shall be final. Ii also in a,uua'
the Committees on territories 10 r,os puu'S
territorial bill for the government nr 6ras
TO go into operation at the expiration oss%u'
twelve months required by tie Conyo,.uN
provided the conflicting claims or Tho na"on'
tons should not be finally adjusted IN ia, ia,
meanwhile. !" mo
Mr. Allen moved to take from the tohlo L..
motion made by himself some time s;n ",o ' uls
which had been laid upon the table, h, I,aau
to introduce joint resolution relative n '' ~.
interference of Foreign Powers, with %. a0
dependent nations of the continent ~,
motion prevailed,-Ayes 23-Noes 81 >"
Mr. Cass said that il had been his interH,,
to make few remarks on this subject when
the resolution was first offered bur the ey,ro
ordinary course of the Senate on that occ,s.
ion had precluded him from so doing.
MIR Cass then went into an examination of
the principles asserted in the resolution, and
said that il was the same which had been do.
clared by Mr. Monroe-wOs fully concurrrd
in by tine Hon. Senator from South Carolina
| Mr. Calhoun but unfortunately net with
no response from Congress.
| Mr. G.. then alluded to the state oftbe Ore.
g0n question, and said that he was author.
! lied TO say that this Government had recey.
ed no advices by the steamer that changed
the complexion of the affair in the least or
which rendered it eXpedient that we should
pause in putting the country in state of com.
plete defence.
Mr. Allen said that il was his desire that tbe
resolution should he received. and then refer.
ed to the Committee on Foreign Relations
no other While up however he would re-
| ply 20 the charge made against him bv the
| Hon. Senator from ;. Carolina, Mr. Calhoun
that he had treated the other members of
the Committee with disrespect, in offering
the resolution on his own responsibility In
the first place, he had done no more than was
usual, and had been the uniform practice of
the Senate. He would ask the Senator from
South Carolina whether he had not rgltto
do as he had done-and he desired a direct
answer TO his question.
MIR Calhoun will answer ii, bt and BY
Mr. Allen.--l want an answer no,r
Mr. Calhoun will answer at my leisure
II think proper 10 do so.
MIR Allen then went ON TO show his right
and said he would read from books-vGSh
were, sometimes, terrible things TO men Of
short memories and devious ways-to show
what had been done in former times. He
| then quoted from the proceedings ofthe SEN
ate, some years since, TO show that MIR CaE
houn himself had pursued the same course
precisely on an occasion, in his opinion, SIM
\ liar TO the present. Mr. AS speech was yO-
! lent and personal towards Mr. Calhoun
| Mr. Calhoun said he had too much seli-re-
spect and too much regard for the importance
of the subject under consideration 10 allow
the debate to take the personal direction CIV.
en- TO il by the Senator from Ohio. MIR T.
made short speech on the merits otthe case,
and said that the Chairman ofthe Commit
tee on Foreign Relations had eminently fall
cd TO make ont his case, and the precedentS
he had quoted were not applicable 10 the pres
ent question.
Mr. Alien continued the debate, and de.
nounced the interference of England ana
France, against the annexation OF Texas, ana
notified the governments OF Europe that we
ment none of their interference, medlanon'
arbitration, or any other meddng on ms
continent.
Mr. Calhoun rejoined and inthe courseoi
his remarks, expressed the opinion that me
late news from England was highly favorable
TO the maintenance of peace, and ne naG
higher hopes than he had ever entertainer
before of the prospect of an honoraple ~''
mination of the controversy.
MR.. NJ. Clayton and others continued 'ne
debate until between four and five ocIoTN
when Mr. Allen carried his motion, giving H
resolutions second reading and reisrrHs
them to the Committee on Foreign AI1 r.
The vote stood &c TO 81. Messrs Cailoun
and McDuffie voting with the 81, and MesslS
Simmons, FIR. l., and Woodbridge, WINGS
with the majority. -,
HOUSE. Mr. King of Ga, presence
Joint Resolution upon the subject OF the W,
egon Territory. After a preamble, scum
forth the facts connected with the treauesS.
1918, 1897, the resolution proposes thai I,V
notice shall be given TO Great Britain OF ~ !,
sire TO terminate the treaty of lS2I--'ho'
shall be given at the termination otthe pr:
ent session of Congress-that notice OF 'i'o
tention of our Government to give TINS HUI
shall be communicated to Great BRIAN ~. ~
friendly spirit--that in case the question W
boundary shall not be settled by negoua''O,!
il shall be submitted to the arbitratloh ~ =,
friendly persons, and finally that the COMM IN
tees on Territories be instructed to brlns n NJ
Bill establishing territorial Goverlli n,nr
in Oregon to go into operation one year "'"'
the notice shall be given. Laid
Mr. King moved that the resolution pe '"N
upon the table and printed. 49,, a.
Mr. c. J. Ingersoll moved that all ulo os-
mendments hitherto offered upon tins q"''
ton be printed. The motions prevailed the
A motion was then made to go llI'o snn
Committee ofthe Whole upon the oiesuJl
question, and it was discussed by sew CIV
membe -Pendleton of Va. Opposing s'
ing notice. ;,G,rmed
Mr. Wentworth of Illinois, has illlo,. n
the House, that he meaus to bring ioI +" omen
resolution TO instruct the President to oP1n
with Great Britain for the es."u .o
!; L,,. orEree Trade between the wv