Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-02-11

WASHINGTON. Pad February, 1916

WASHINGTON. Pad February, lel6
Editors NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. The subject of our
Foreign relations has thus far occupied the attention of
Congress to the exclusion of almost every thing else
The debate upon the Oregon question, which has been
progressing the House for several weeks past s goes
ahead When will terminate, impossible
tell. resolution offered last week terminate the
debate Saturday. the 9TH instant; but the House
very promptly laid upon the table 1t is quite amusing
a stranger witness the scramble for the floor which
occurs upon the conclusion Of each speech " lille
be speaking those who desire to get the floor coll
ect around and seat themselves him. As no mem
Der allowed speak longer than hour, the Chair
indicates the termination of the hour by rap with
his maet upon the table When the nlallet falls the
person speaking compelled 20 stop sometimes in the
middle of a sentence, and with word upon
tongue hut half pronounced. As the hour draws neal
close, you the anxious countenances of the asp
floor, generally fifteen twenty IN
number directed alternately the clock, the person
speaking and the chairman, and the maet fails they
spring their feet and simultaneous deafening yell
of Mir. Chairman falls upon the The Chairman
responds the individual whom he gives the prefer
ence, and the mortified and half ashamed of their
anxiety, oft their mutte-ing and grum
bling, and cursing.
Sometimes Whom the person speaking pauscs before his
hour expires, from which they think
his speech Is ended, twenty members around him rise
strength their lungs but unfortunately they
that the speaker has finished his speech and
PEELED take their again. the infinite
Of those who cooy looking Several member r.
have been trying for weeks day after day, obtain the
floor; but without success Some have abandoned the
effort in despair; but others perseverng more
make speech for BuncoInbe postery, are
still trying, and may Yet succeed
A stranger, witness the which daily oc
curing here, would be impressed with the idea that
gressonal legislation is very much Ike q farce.
The has very much abated since the receipt
the from In gland The British have
Tested much GOODNESS about NJ. Poks Message. tina,
eeaters who have been talking about ''lickng The
Brfish until they have ashed themselves fury
have become quite cool and docile. There nothing
coos man suddenly, when he is trying to raise
breeze provoke quarrel, find that his
keeps cool and pays attention 10 his clustering 1t is
generally supposed that the Oregon controversy Will b.
settled by negotiation Notw Tristan Ing Mr.. Polk has s.
authoatlve!y announced that title all of Oregon
cIear and unquestonabIe he will cede one-haf of
the British at any when he settle the question
by Going
There is now apparently more danger of war viii
Ne xico than with England. The government il
Mexico has refused to Minister and manifest
decided of hostility. The people of that
try very willing nder Texas, and W,
nav vet have serious difficulties before the
tied.
Last week the whir member fl ON Florida Mr.. Cabc
turned his by the locooco majority tbs
House and Mr. nbrough "a locofoco admitted II
his place a shameless act of party tyranny wa
perpetraed 1t apparent from the evidence
that Mr.. Brockenbrough not entitled to the scat tina
several ocofoco members, whose of justice had
entirely destroyed by parzan ZEAL voted to retain
sitting member, Mr.. Cabe Others. and quite
Der. TOO, willing disgrace themselves by 70
tbn bod
the maniin the honesty Mr.. Cabell,
therefore they rneanly skued refused all
aud their INSCRIPTIONS associates perpe
trate a wrong which they themselves ashamed Il
They might have prevented il, but yet they woult
The whig member from Indiana, Mr.. McGaushey
member of the committee elections before
which this contested election examined He made
his maiden speech in the House favor CT Mr. Cahe
the sitting member Although Mr. McGaughey quite
a Young man. and this his first speech in Congress-
admitted by all who heard it, be of signal abil
y, and decidedly the orcbe speech that made
upon that question. H commanded the attention of the
House during the whole of his speech and established for
himself a very enviable reputation
understood that Mr. Walker the Secretary of the
Treasury. is engaged in preparing bill to modify the
Tariff and render conformaoe 10 the free trade notions
OF Mr. Polk This bill, my opinion, will become law,
if difficulties with foreign nations shall be adjusted
avoid Sir Robert Peel. the Prime Minister Of
England, ana M-. Polk, the President Of the L. States
manifest striking coincidence their opinions up
the necessity Of reducing Tariff Ii Mr.. Polk Will
PROSTATE American labor and allow British
capitalists ENJOY monopoly of markets very
probable that the British viii agree
the Oregon controversy by allowing keep half
of country-to the whole Of which. Mr.. Polk tells u.s.
have clear and unquestonable title If bargain
of this kind shall be made, where, think you will be the
British party More TITUS.
CINCINNATI, Feb eth 1876.
Leo by curiosity, dropped in last evening hear
exposition OF Mormonism by " m Smith, brother to
the murdered Frolhet, Who YOU may have noticed. il.