The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-02-06
VOL. VINO. So.

lllnaily Welt Tor Al, Whist all those
who finally went against the bill,
went for inserting the notice. The
fears of its friends were realized,
and the bill was defeated in the SEN
ate.
4 Mr.. HOLMES called Mr.. v. TO or
der.
Il Mr.. w. sat down, AID demanded
the point OF order.
! The CHAiRMAN desired the gen
tleinan from South Carolina TO state
his point Of order. y -
! Mr.. HOLMES stated. that il was
put OF order to allude TO the Senate.
I The CHAIRMAN overruied him, and
said the gentleman was nlluding to
: theSenate of last session.
;. Mr.. WENrwoRTI, said TINT was the
gentleman's point probably. Ode
} mortuis nil ni1 bonnm p"
Mr.. HOLMES. ".NH m0rfuis.2v
: Mr.. WENTwoRrH would leave the
Latin with the gentleman, and 20 to
Oregon again. Well, sir, after pass
|, ing this house by an overwhelming
majority, the bill was lost in the SEN
ate by two votes only, and those two
were the votes from South Carolina (;
: and lac presumed there was not
gentleman in this house but believed
that, if the two measures had been
kept separate, one or both would
have passed. On mature delibera-
ton, he was satisfied that he pursued
the proper course in voting TO keep
the two measures separate. No man
who went with him regrets it, whilst
there are those who voted to unite
them who would not do so again if
they had the matter TO do over again.
Mr.. w. alluded TO the fact that
the south and the west went togeth-.
er for Texas, and lie hoped they
would go together for Oregon. Tie
west certainly so expected If they
did not 60 together there was class
Of politicians who would make
great deal of capital out of it. The
non slaveholding democrats had
gone for Tcxas-Mr. w. among
them. He was sorry there were
slaves there. But, notwithstanding,
he was glad he voted for it. Ore
gon was free from slaves, and he
loved it the more because it was so.
Now, after annexing foreign
) slave community, what would
, be said of us if we give up FIVE de,
, grees and forty minutes of nom
, slaveholding country, which every
member knew who had spoken con-
, coded to belong to us? Already
have certain politicians and papers
begun to predict that the south, hav-
. ing used the west to get Texas,
, would now abandonit, and 60 against
Oregon.
: Mr.. YANcv here inquired whether
the gentleman from Illinois meant to
intimate that there was a bargain
between the west and the south
that the south should vote for Ore
gon, if the west would vote for Tex
as? He would ask him os a gentle
man, to say whether he (Mr. Yancy)
was implicated in any such bar
f gain? cs3a
Mr.. WENTWORTH replied that he
had not said that there was any
, such bargain. To say so would on
ly implicate us as party to it, after
having voted for Texas he only al
luded to the course pursued by the
opponents Of the annexation of Tex
as, to ruin politically every demo-
crat who had supported it.
Mr.. HousToN of Alabama. If II
will not be too much trouble, will
the gentleman from Illinoispoh out
those who were parties to this sup
posed compact ?-for there may Be
some stragglingvotes from the south
in favor of the notice.
Mr.. WENTWORTH had made no
charge of bargaining, nor charge Of
any kind. He would impeach acts,
but never motives, leaving them to
the God of heaven who alone knew
them. What he had said was rather
an exortation to the south, than a
charge upon it. He expected it 10
come up and meet the Oregon qucs-
ton fully and frankly, and so belle
the charge that it would not as
quick extend the area Of freedom on
the north as the soutll.EA )
Mr.. HousToN rose to explain. "a 1
voice. "Don't be interrupted. They :
will consume your hour."]
I Mr.. WENTWORTH. 1t is no inter-
ruption. | have said all I wished;
and if the gentleman wishes 10 turn
the remainder Of the hour allotted
to me into an inquiry meeting, ON
willing. will hear the gentleman
with pleasure.
: Hlr. HorsToN. What l did in re-
lation to Texas, ! did for the ques-
.tion. ard for thci conntrv What L