Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-04-09
CONGRESS-.
IN SENATE.

TUESDAY,, April. I.
The orders Of the day called for a, an carly hour.
on motion OF Mr. ASHLEY, and the morning business was
lnimpoftnnt.
Mr.. WrBrER took up omitted points in that par,
uhs Washington treaty which related to the North East
yin bouhoay' lie held m his hand the opinions OF Pal
morston Douglass, and Napier, all condemuinr the treaty
ot Tue ees-ois made TO the United States. lie did not
intend To read these opinions balance those Of Peel md
hcs lie was free to confess that oversis enens had
been made on both s.dcs AL he claimed for the WISH
ng'on treaty that there had been concession on
our part, Tor which full equivalent received lie
p'a"ed that the concessions on our part mention
90 ny gentlemen upon the other sde by gentle
men where the concessions The surrender of
>"uses Iont was regarded net Of great importance
to u, aud the history Of the last war, well rs ia. e,,
ninauon OF Capt IslcOu and Commodore Morris found
,na' INC se was OF immonsc importance u.s.
In closing this branch cf the subject, Mir Webster said
ne feared that much OF the prejudice which had arisen
upon this subject, sprung from desire not to award
TO much credit to those who had negotiated the Wash
ington treaty.
The Caroline and Mcleod affair was then the subisc, Of
debate aud all that related Ia hs subject was given with
the greatest minuiene,s aud interest MIR Webster do 81,
Pon the fact that all this had occurred under MIR Van
bnlch's Administration. The Caroline was DESTROYED IN
S'S, aud Mcleod was arrested in 1870 The burning of
ne Caroline was act ayowed by authority and justified
Zen HARRISON was for calling the British Governments TO
ace ,unt Tor this act, and for giving up Mcleod If II could
De- uolc because the act was svowod. lie for hold
me Tie lion aud not the lamb responsible Tor what WINS done
MIR. WEBTrEE short time passed To the NcI.od mn,
nsonmcnt aud he allegations made by CHARLES J,E,p
NSkRso IN his Oregon speech the House Rcp,cs.n-
| pronounced al
absolute downright, and entire fabrication aud faschooI
onc little monosylabo which were base enough
I" deserve, but which gentlemen dislike use was emil
nenty HIS hydrostatc pressure had power in conden-
sung steam equal Ia the author OF this speech IN conden
sing inisehoods Mr.. WEBSTER remarked that he eoud
conceive OF no motive for such mnlicousness Tie did NOT
even Know that there malice IN the creature or thing
III was moral obuseness, native OF PERCEPTION that
"i not enable him To distinguish between truth and false
no The man seemed, Ia term Of mechanics 10
leave screw loose. The whole machine wa. crnzv
nckcty, aud drsIonIed. And So Mr.. Wun.TEE with ma
NY more remarks of the kind left Mr. IsarRsot clio.
sing with the remark that foul aud black nouthed
ehuuon was never elected from any thing standing on
two legs. "
Mr. DcEISs9S's endorsement of this speech was spoken
OF with most marked and emphatic rcbnkc
Nj Dickinson denounced for endorsing misernbI.
c"n"mpube and caumlnus speech. dragged from the gut
tes aud drawn from the ditch lie had pronounced it t b
false aud yet the Senator from New York; had endorsed
the iaschDod, when told false. lie complained o
this aud the manner OF complaint most pointed and
effective. The concluding points the treaty were rapid
ly reviewed by MIR WEBsrEE.
Mr. Dickinson, of n. closed in few words and gave
notice that lie would speak Tomorrow.