Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-01-03


Southern States that they might be Southwest
frontier and, impossible that these troops Al
present be withdrawn from that position the consideration Of
the of the army should be taken early day
practicable Il necessary to provide sufficient mum
Der Of troops to be placed in garrison Notifications
the seaboad, at least to guard the public property in those
forts.
Mr. HOUSTON Of Alabama persisted in his objection to
making so many special orders Let the various subjects
legislation stand upon their merits and have priority
codng to their bearing the general interests Of the country
Mr. MCDOWELL here called Mr.. H. TO orders but the
Chair decided that he of order in speaking
question of reference.
Mr. HOUSTON resumed, and said that if the House
should persist this practice, every committee which report
ed important bill would be asking that il should be made
the special order for particular day. Thus the hands OF the
House would be tied and should circumstances afterwards
change, matter how DESTROYS majority Of the House
might be rescnd the special ORDER could not be effected
without the consent of two-thirds Of the members
On the main question Of the object Of this bill he did not
wish go any dscusson but the urged by
the chairman of the Military Committee for taking up was
he understood it that this bill virtually part Of the
Oregon bill reported by the gentleman from Illinois, (M
Mr. HARRISON interposed to explain The gentleman
had mistaken his meaning What he had meant say was
that the passing Of the present bill might obviae the necessity
adopting the sixth and seventh sections Of what called
the Oregon bill but its provisions different and much
more extensive.
Mr.. HOUSTON resumed. It might be SO yet still there
intimate connexon between the objects of the two
seemed to him that the Oregon bill should be first considered
and not deferred until acr the present bill and those kim
dred nature should first have been acted II imposs
BILE present know whether that bill would or would not
pass and unless that bill other like did pass there
could be necessity of acting this BILL Let the House
first whether they would would extend the ursdc
ton of laws, &C. Oregon they resolved that they
would and deemed increase Of the army necessary that
would be the proper time take up and act on bill like this
as well to perfect any further legislation which might be
rendered proper and necessary The House knew that there
other bills Of subordinate kind to that great
which OF equal importance with this and he oppos
ed to giving this the advantage of being made special
der Let it take its place in the order of business according
to its intrinsic merits
Mr.. DOUGLASS said he hoped the motion to make this
bill the special order for Tuesday would prevail II
that would supersede the necessity of adopting of the
sections Of the bill which he had had the honor of reporting
from the Committee the Territories but it also true
that provided for the object in better fuller and
dgcsted form than the other bill had DONE He could NOT
concur in sentiment with the gentleman from Alabama Mr
HousTbN to the popey of postponng this for the Ore
gon bill, but thought it ought to be taken up first in order. If
that bill should fall "a contingency which, he trusted there
gentleman here present who in the degree
expected to be realized still the force proposed be raised
by this bill would be Of great value and Importance in protect
ing our emigrans and guarding frontier much
aged by the addition of Texas These two regiments would
be needed for these important objects He hoped however
that the failure of the Oregon bill probable that
the House should take action any such assumption He
thought much better that the House should this bust
first There he believed special orders appoint
ed for week. and he hoped the bill might be dis
posedof And he could DESIRE further that the several kindred
bills from the Committee on Indian Affairs and the Committee
Foreign Relations notice of which had been gven would
with this BILL be all made special orders the same day and
should they all pass Gas he hoped they would he should
then be prepared to modify the Oregon bill accordingly He
trusted that by the close of weeka the preliminary
might be agreed and then the House would have
fair field and could into the discussion Of the main subject
without embarrassents from questions of order This would
avoid all the difficulties which might otherwise up from
questions the conflicting jurisdiction Of the stand
ing committees These several bills did not depend on the
Oregon bill Even surprising that bill to fail, the
from the Military Committee the Indian Committee and the
Committee Foreign Affairs which embodied in the
bills severay reported from those committees would
still be necessary But should the Oregon bill be taken up
FIRST gentlemen opposed to its passage might cmbanass the
House by raising difficulties the order Of business and
might insist that that bill should be discussed until bills
should first have been reported from the several committees
which the subjects embraced by the Oregon bill appropriately
belonged.
The House had already the indication Of such pur
pose It seemed him that there game playing here
first insisted that the other bills should be postponed
take the Oregon BILL and then, when the Oregon bill
up, would be said that that must be postponed till the bills
from the other committees first considered Thus delay
would be produced from day day, and from week week.
until by side wind, the bill eventually defeated.
Mr. HOUSTON, with some warmth, replied that if any
improper playing in that House this subject he
must be in it but if the gentleman from Illinois considered
him as engaged such game the gentleman was usual
sadly mistaken
Mr. VANCE here inerposed, insisting that the whole de-
bate out of order il in fact debate priority Of
business but rule of the House declared that all questions
on priority OF business should be decided without debate.
The CHAIR overrued the objection. The debate
ON priority Of business, but motion for reference
Mr. DOUGLASS resumed In what he had said respect
ing game going in the House, he bad intended per-
sona ausion TO any person. but he thought he did dis
position to procrasnae every thing connected with this Ore
question: There seemed be terror about before
which gentlemen ready shrink away. Now, he could
not forgot that when the Texas question had been brought
into the House, they had met it boldly every body then
seemed inspired with bravery and there shrinking in
any quarter
Mr. HOUSTON discamed every thing like shrinking OF
seeking to procranate The gentleman certainly could not
have had him in his eye when making such remark because
he had expressly told him that he ready for the Oregon
bill, and intended TO vote for il.
Mr. DOUGLASS, resumng, said that he knew that and
therefore could not have intended his remark apply that
gentleman yet he must be permitted repeat that there
did seem terror about this whole Oregon question before
which gentlemen shrunk Now, for one he meant to meet
the question fairly there ought be military clauses in the
Oregon bill which did contain let them be reported
from the Military Committee but he wanted the question met
and met at Nobody had complained that the committee
was hasy when reported the bill for the of Texas
there was no shrinking hen but the House had met the
sure "with funk taught No question had then
been raised about the jurisdiction of committees; but
when twin question up he certainly did not witness the
6erceness meet IT, But had been regularly brought
into the House had from the appropriate standing
committee, and il the duty Of the House to meet and
consider IT, He could why this bill should not be
taken up and then the bill from the Indian Committee and
the bill from the Committee Foreign Relations giving