The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-04-11

80 i"oHy' war Ii no longer, enoyi,,u,
but clearly eyitabIe-peace, pcoco inevitable
lneyltable-there is no way 10 nvo;I necomes
Mr. Is. concluded statement of
hours duration or more, by protsss; uu an
adherence TO this Administra,ion'' bio
readiness 10 SUPPORT the Presiden',, ana bis
he knew his position, if he conIJ 40 10 isoohOs
conscience and his judgment to coin "llls BIB
him. " 'o'liclde with
Mr. Cass was absent.
MIR flanagan briefly replied tou.p
Oh account of some personal ond , "'L Denton,
fusion and nod at himself and h;s G S,'Nlld al.
ne had learned all that he knew Of O mends'
to Oregon from the Senator hmso TSf nile
would not forget the lessons. if biu u, lie
did. He congratulated the Seno,o 's f. .eucAer
c., MIR Calhoun) that the an,ipoda. "IHl J.
last met. He mir H. was a hilmbIo naa
in the army Of 81 40-no Ajax. R', M ,[1
God, no man was so high, in this ro "' nanS
10 be able TO repress public sen,,non ,"FE as
Hon. Senator bad forgotten, perInns Il, Inc
the seige ofTroy, there was ano,Gar,' . ,iaI at
, ter whom lac bad not mentioro5 ', Ti
was AN Achilles. Here, said Mr. II L, hne'c
/ TO MIR Cass's seat) is our .4rL5g,o pOiIuag
beware lest he shall grace the tripn' 'l l ncG
chilles. w." vi A.
IL THE House., the Sub-Treosurv I'm u
debated in Committee of the WboI". W." va,
several members addressed the Honss u ~
the subject, y"
SENATE. THURsDAY,Aprl2 M,a.L
ly said he. had the day previous yelJoa ' gu.
floor to Mr. Benton, for an eypsIa6on ,~y
Inc was now compelled to yield hwMS'..
for reply. e" GUS
MIR Cass spoke at great length. and with,
much ardor, nrcply TO Mr. Benton, and Ia
vindication Of his own position. thar the Gs
OF 40 never was established. He arguedla
the treaty of Uuetcht established the line Of
80 no further than TO the Rocky mountains
Nothing was said of,he line west of the ROck.
V Mountains. He then aimed TO throw m.
certainty upon the language of Mr. Madison
in his instructions to Mr. Monroe, then MINI,
ter at London. Our claim 10 40 deg VA,
based upon the treaty of So and not at aIun
on the treaty of IITetcht. An elaborate ey.
animation was then made of the document.
and Mr. Cass wished to know if the Senator
!rcm Mo-, thought that ~ was tie line agreed
upon Oregon by the treaty of UtretCh If
the Senator did not say no, lie claimed to be-
released from the Imprisonment alluded TO-
and the whole Of Oregon with hisrelease
Mr. Benton i'll reply, said that the Senator
J from Michigan had jumped out ofhe irving
pan into the fire. His speech today made
bad matter worse. If the position taken by
! the senator was correct, then all Our claim
TO the Oregon was subsequent 10 lsO7, and
all the previous claims fell 10 tie ground
! The Senator had not moved single position
/ he had laid dOwD,-uOt by myseItbut by Mr.
Jefferson. Mr. Madison, Mr. Monroe and oh.
ers. Mr. Benton said that his friend bad
/ Numbered in consequence Ofhis reliance up.
on the book of MIR Greenhow. Mr. G. was
advertised TO make q new book, and a more
correct one than he had made before.
MIR Webster closed the discussion BY call,
ing the attention of Senators TO The hcf has
the 10Th article of the treaty oiitrecifaWhor-
lied commissioners to be appointed to run
the line between the British and the french
possessions. He designed not TO Investigate.
the subject himself but wished that others
would do it. The Senate then went into
Executive session.
/ HOUSE. The Sub-TreaSury Bill Wasuk-
en- up, and Mr. Davis. OfkenUcky, spoke at
length against the bill.
| MIR Martin. of Tennessee, advocated Tie
passage OF the bill. In the course ofthe DIS
cussion. Mr. Folks vote against the Sub-lrss
ury in 1884, when first introduced into ih
House by Mr. Gordon, of Va, was the toFN
cfremark. Mr. John Quincy Adams name
was also brought in, as having then voted iG
Mr. Gordon's bill
I Mr. Admins rose TO explain. Mr. MarA
would not Weld the floor, and begged lla'N
might not be involved in the nearest or r.
n.o,est controversy with the gentleman Nlh
Massachusetts. He was always ready .
'.kEnock under to that gentleman ana NouN
saw TO him as the raccoon said TO Capt sCT,I
"ifyou he Capt. Scott, I'll come down. ~
Adams with good humor said, latter ',s
will surrender TO the gentleman" Mr. war
tain. II surrender first, and deem II 10 uS
/ honor, TO surrender 10 the gentleman NV"
! Massachusetts" ~
Tine debate closed here, and the amenG'
nients were voted upon. Every Wing aneaG
ment proposed was rejected,agreea0E Wu'
directions of MIR Dromgoole, and all IHOIV'
ed by him were adopted. .,l
Mir Graham ofN. G. offered one, ny WIZ
the Suh-Treusurers should he llaoie' y. ,sa
upon their real estate, if they adans.n '"n,
OF defalcation. This amendment was ID L,n,
nounced as carried, but new count :. I'Ts ~
ordered, it was rejected by the parry
"a. ,.,,,anr
The specie clause, entire, was in' ~ de
ed in the bill, by vote of lO7 10 ~ = 'i'
bill was passed by vote OF ~ 10 g ~, sub
SENATE. Friday, April j. Inc uore,
Treasury bill was reported from ,lg on
read twice and referred to the 0O''l'''
Finance. ,.,,,or,sucethe
Without further business OF iml .aor
Senate proceeded TO the spcc,ial oluS ,hs Sr
Mr. Ashly of Arkansas, addresse u II, 4.
ate in a very long speech IN iSNV G. =, na
merican claim to the whole OF e oLesO
the notice proposed before the ,,, Se,a moved
HOUSE. MIR Smith, of limos nuop The
that the House go into Committee o'io uT prevail,
Cumberland Road Bill. Inc Iho"'
ed by the close vote of So to D" Had TO the
MIR Foot of Vermont, was ca h' obtaining
chair, and after some time sPeil. ~ tbc fol
a quorum, the bill was read, askn ,S;,u0iOn Of
lowing nppropriations for the cohut s,otps Of