Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-02-12
THE HERALD,
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY IL IS"


go. msmb.fs 10 tsv, Ihal n's lAiluhs sie
,...u,.lv t,neueJ bdWetn our oAn and
"a, p,r,h Go,ctnmcn, upon the subject
9th, Oregon ietfdory. The tumor may
,,,, hut a, Mr. Ca., on Tuesday last,
,,,,d % po,ut,.ly and y, II bv authority
thai he ne~, by The Hlbetn,s DID no,
ehnart the Stale Of our foreign relations,
and that evcry hing between II, and Eng
land rcmaihed IN ,iyts gao, have hardly
bc,n willing to credit the report
No motion has bccn mad. to eHp~l ~
Nc Counell Of Alabams ior the brutal a.
,aut mode by him last nigh, upon Mr..
Cul,er Of New York. 1.-The members Of
IN, House are cculcn, 10 share IN the cdl.
um OF quietly being ln,ul'od bv ono Of
their members. or will svcu,e him, Upoa
the ground Of bis lnrbric,y, the public Will
hsrdiy ressrd ouch sn eIeuSs - ~.
The scene presented last night, when Mr.
NJ Connell was upon the floor, vi" IN
PARALLEL in all the proceedings Of the
Hou,e-d,grnecful s they have been
from time to time, during the ten yea"
past The majority BEAR with this mnn,
because he IS ono Of their number and the
the Wings are no, ready to move his e1'
pulslon because i, would probably be re-
sisted a, a party measure
In the mesn time, from day TO day the
House is d.sraccd by the presence Of one
who, in almost any city OF the Union,
would be COMMITTED TO the watch house or
,he common jalI for his vagrancy II IS
true Mr. McConn,ll's worst offence is HE
drunkenness, but thu, would seem 10 be Of
fence sufficient to keep him from the floor
OF the House, notwithstanding his eonai,u.
makes the Parliamentary law, bu, gives
the House the control ofihe conduct OF its
own members, and lid,.ordcrly they have
a right to cIpel them The language OF
Mr. Mcconnell IS both vulgar and bias.
phemou,, AMI though he may repent as
most mcn do, when sober. Of what they do
~hen drunk alll the house must share in
all the disgrace OF ,oera,ing such exh,t,.
tons The members are also the more re-.
spon.iblc for the last ofrnc-. because the
ofrnce WI, rather the subject Of nerrimen,
than Of ccnsurr to those who hoard him
The House Of Rrpr sen,n,ivcs pns'd a
bill to day, both in Committee OF the Whole
and in the House, designed TO limit the a
cer. and other custom house officers 10 the
amour, SLOWED BY Law The large fees
received IN the New York custom house,
and IN violation Of the law OF lS42. has
led 10 the introduction and promp, p,ssngc
Of this bill. There spprau 10 have betn
more haste than judsmen, in this hurried
acton Mos, of,he large fee, received are
m consequence OF more Wig liant disc barge
OF otficial duties, and If the motive to vlgi.
lance be taken away, there will probably
be more carelessnc. IN the discharge Of
'ho.r dn'ic, This may p'rhap, be bad
morality, but II IS good philosophy,
The Oregon debate day, in the House,
With some personal explanations growing
out Of the proceeding, Of yesterday, have
given grea interest TO the session. Tho
anImadvc,ions Of an Illinois member, by
the name Of Hoee. upon the conduct ef Ger.
/ tain Southern members led 10 a call for oX
plantations, -hrN, from Mr Ynucey OF Ala
bama, and secondly, from Mr. Bayy Of
/ Virginia Tha fla member desired 10 be
understood as saying, tbs, q war with Eng
land would give Oregon to England, and
Canada to the United St,les while the
latter gentleman ~as in favor OF shifting
the responsibility from his own shoulders
TO those OF Col B,n,oo, for hu defence Of
the forty ninth parallel as a stumble part.
lion o. the territory for compromise. Ne
I ss,,siions had 20 far committed Us lha, we
were stayed from claiming anytkih1 be-
yond forty n'ne. Mr. Hnge had r-prsen.
ted bo'h memb rs a, saying much more
Than thin. and con,cndcd now, that dough
they mishl n'aH just what they sad they
had. eon,cnded for, yet tina, their peee be-
"cte very d,Trrc.t
No or three ofhe recent Western 10.
eoIoeo 'Peeohe, made upon the Oryon res
oIuilons n the House look like an auemp,
OF the rank and file 10 eoerce lhci, leod,,
The manner Of reply has become more
marked, the tone dee per, and The claim
greater. f'rrrdly and TO day, some Of
the Wc,u ~ and Southern memrr, Of the
dominant panty have rcnIurcd upon 40 o.
pen d'nuncnIon OF Their allies who will
MOI adop, their own rockies. course, and
advocate he whole OF Or, pon or non,