Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1846-06-06
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
House Of Representatives--May 20.
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service and serving during the war; ten dollars
per month, and at the end OF the war to receive
one hundred and sixty acres Of land, or in case
the soldier dies in the service, that his heirs re.
ceve the land.
Objections were made to the resolution, which
was in the form Of instructing the Military Com.
mitee TO bring in bill to that effect.
Mr.. Stewart moved to suspend the rules, and
called for the yeas nays, 1.-TWO thirds being neces>
sary.) The vote was yeas 70, nays rs.
The rules were not suspended and the friends
Of the Administration were found voting in the
negative. Though earnest for war they are not
ready 10 pay for services rendered.
Iron War Steamers
| Mr. KING Of Co., under instructions from the
! Naval Committee, reported a bill for building
twelve iron war steamers, and one iron frigate, at
an expense OF about five millions of dollars,
provided for in the bill.
Mr.. KING asked for The reading Of the Report
which was objected to. The bill was then read
twice and took its place upon the calender.
The Resolutions against the repeal Of the Tariff,
adopted by the Legislature OF Pennsylvania, were
introduced by Mr. McLane and read. They
commanded very general attention, and when
read Mr.. Holmes asked if these Resolutions were
adopted by the Democratic State OF Pennsylvania?
daughter and cries Of Eyes, they were.')
| SENArE.-Msy 90.
| Mr.. WEsToorT, agreeably to the notice made
yesterday, moved the postponement Of the Ore.
gon bills reported yesterday to the first Monday
in December next Mr.. w. said he saw no rea.
son for passing these bills at the present session
Of Congress. He believed the public interest
would not suffer from this postponoment. There
were local authorities there already with local
government, and they were abundanty able 10
take care Of themselves:
4 Mr.. Allen had word 10 say about leaving the
local authorities and making them officers of The
government, and about leavingithe Americans in
Oregon under British authorities after the 18th of
May, 1S47 or about that time when the years
notice would expire.
, The Committee on Territories were then dis.
charged from the further consideration OF the bill.
Mr.. Benton said he regarded the present occa-
sion as proper one to state what he regarded
y as our due limits OF territory. His object was 10
| ask nothing but what was clearly right, and to
submit to nothing that was wrong.
Mr.. Benton commenced his speech by what he
called the ungracious task OF correcting the errors
which had been published far and wide in the
j. Republic, and were contained in the book Of Mr..
Greenhow.
Error the first was in regard to Russia making
e a line Of 81 deg. 40 min; at certain parallel.
n No such line was ever agreed to in the world
y claim up 10 81 deg. 40 min., and Russia the
territory beyond. Mr.. Greenhow did very we'll
n in copying maps, but in going beyond this and
in undertaking to settle the politics Of nations by
1t de filming their territories, he should say that his
n own maps contradcted his own statements.
}. Upon the line Of 81 deg. 40 min., MI. Benton
9 made some amusing remarks. There was, he
); said, no such line. It was mountain born OF
10 a mouse, and those who went in pursuit OF it
d would not find it. The end Of this ridiculous
C excitement about 81 deg 40 min, would end in
e ''thn air" Those who were ready to die and fight
,, for 81 deg. 40 min, could find nothing to fight
], and die for. Mr. Benton dived deeply into docu.
ments and official papers, and upon all the topics
i, introduced by him made learned and attractive
g. speech.
Y. Mr.. Benton received great attention while
'r discussing the Utrecht treaty. The light thrown
v. upon this subject would have given sun light to
darkness. 1t was proved that for fifteen years we
have claimed under this treaty from 1903 onward,
81 that by the treaty Of Utrecht we shut out Great
is Britain from her having claims to Louisiana. By
,e the Utrecht treaty we had been able to accom-
plish more for the extension OF our territory than
- by the treaties made with Great Britain.
The treaty made 1870 years before with France
and Great Britain fenced out Grea. Britain from
J" the Mississippi. The authorities quoted by Mr..
ID ted States, England, France, and Spain, and
,e bearing closely upon the direct question could
- hardly fail to produce an abiding impression up.
u on the Senators and upon all listeners.
Mr.. Benton, after speaking two hours, said he
r. had spoken thus far only 10 remove the important
errors into which the country had fallen by rely.
ing upon Mr. Greenhow's book. He should now
,e go into the main question, involved in proper
10 settlement of the Oregon question upon the basis
,' Of the 49th degree Of north latitude.
u The subject was here, however, postponed un.
es til Monday next, and on motion Of Mr.. Hay.
Mt wood, OF North Carolina, bill was briefly con.
20 sidered having reference TO the number OF Gener.
- ais and other officers Of the army and proposing
We general increase Of the same.
The bill was read, and Mr.. Haywood deemed
, it necessary, in view Of the large corps Of volun
" teers ordered out and authorized to increase the
ig officers at once, and therefore called for the
he prompt passage Of the bill.
&c The Senate thought it too important question
:, to be passed upon at once, and therefore Mr.
IL Mangum moved an adjournment, which wa
We agreed to, and the Senate adjourned 10 Mondu,
Id next.
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