The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-01-31


OREGON coRREsPoNDENcr.
Mr. WEssTERs resolution, calling upon the President
al correspondents upon the Oregon question, was
adopted.
ton Of inquiry subject OF agricultural bountiss
| In Florida Adopted
Mr. BREEsK in pursuance OF what the Secretary of the
Navy had promised, offered resolution directing the
Secretary Of the Navy to report to the Senate upon the
| On motion OF Mr. WOODBRIDGE, the said Secretary
further required to report upon the expediency or
nexpediency Of ship canal connecting lakes Superior
private bill two passed. and an adverse report or
| two concurred In
AMENDMENTS OF THE CONSTITUTION
Mr. BAGbrs Joint resolution for amending the consti-
that the said term shall BIO extended TO six Years No
member OF either House Of Congress be eligible to the
while such member nor for four years there
after nor shall any member OF Congress be eligible to
me CABINET during the time for which he may have been
elected to Congress.
On motion ofMr. BAGBY tho resolution wss set aside
till March next.
MT FAIRFiELps bill, approprating $685. 900 to the
building ten war steamers and for other purposes
sumed as tho regular order.
perhaps the talest man ever elected to Congress- not
excepting John Wentworth) arose to address the
delicate state Of his health, and the ne cessv notwh
standing of defining his position upon this measure he
proceeded once to the merits Of the main question He
opPosedi the bill as unwarranted from the evidences
around us Of continued and profound peace II
called fort was useessly extravagant. Mr. Speight
referred to the downfall Of the democratic party in s4O
mainly upon charges Of extravaganza in Mr.. Van Blu.
rens administration The charges Of extravaganza and
thing else the expulsion Of the elder Adams the gun
boat system the weakest of all systems of Defence had
Deen adopted during Jeerons administration in order to
escape the inordinate demands which would have been
made upon the treasury for the large increase of the
navy, which would otherwise have been required Even
the administration Of John Quincy Adams, administered
at an expense Of thirteen fourteen millions had beer
oused in great degree from the effect Of the cry Of
Osad MI
extravagant expenditures from the extortionate taxa
tons which were always the consequence As peace
measure the war steamers not wanted and if it
could be established that under contingency likely
to grow out of our foreign relations the bill
crescence then he hoped the Senator reporting the bill
would acknowledge the corn" and permit the bill to
be laid upon the table Mr. unprecedented war from
was one Of those events which occurred Mexico about
every three or six MONTHS and the next perhaps,
tary dictator was superseded by Santa Anna,
other ophemera despot There nothing he thought,
the spassonate Senator preached the Oregon question
The failure of Lord John Russell to form Cabinet,
tile to this country was obnoxious to Lord Grey, Mr.
Speight said was news which, made his heart glad to
hear This single fact regarding the attempted change
dence could be desired Of the continuance of peace.
we were to be rushed into war would be from our
gu,ne OF compromise upon the Oregon boundary be-
about The honorable senator bluntly denounced the
war panic as originating from who had nothing to
lose but every thing to gain from war-the cry was
hawked about the streetssof Washington by men who
were bankrups in money, in morals in politics and in
honorit was echoed by demagogues who were anxious
to rideinto poverty bankrupt Spectators in politics
well in stocks by the whole horde of drones who
Of esps as
rather by strong practical reasoning than
such speeches from Democrats Of tho Senate will lay
out the inevitable war; among the obsolcte ideas Of
the great panic of the session of '45 9,
WEsTCOTT
ance Of previous motion, on motion the Senate ad-
joursed over to Monday next at u o'clock.
House II Representatives.
WARRINGTON, Jan. 29th 1916.
Mr. Ia SKA. 9Th, the new member from Louisiana, in
Mr.. c.. lsGERsoLL moved that the debate on the
Oregon question cease on the 9Th day Of February.
Upon this tho yeas and nays were ordered-yeas 81,
nays o. So the House refusedt fix any day for term
The House resolved itself ino Committee Of the
WholeIMr Tibbatts, the everlasting little Kentucky
Mr. HoLMrs, offs. c.. having the floor from yesterday,
spoke against the notice We are not in position for
MIR. EWING, of Tennessee, the new whig representa-
tive OF the Hermitage, next got the floor He would not
TO practise deliberate fraud upon this House. The
state Of our relations with Great Britain il in very cr
unmtgated stern, direful war This he proceeded
to prove war with England will be war of giants
and all that may be- may have been invented by in
fernal ingenuity will be brought to destroy the human
species.
Mr.. EwSG having concluded, Mr. BAKER, Of Illinois,
followed him in regular western speech England
was nothing Oregon was ours by manifest destny-we
ought to take it now-gve the notice Immediately, and
occupy He had opposed Mr. Polk and his cleo
ton but he would support him when he right and
he had written correct views, in some respects about
Oregon The spirit of our fathers would bring through
contests had done before He had been opposed
to the annexation Of Texas contrary the intention
done and he would submit He saw California, and
Mexico herself stretching their hand. under
the influence of manifest destiny wishing to become
part Of our Republic If England docs not wish to yield
land wants to fight will Let the Pre-
sident but give the word and egons of armed will
get credit ba.sy surendsed what she boldly s
claimed He did not believe war the greatest evil nor
peace the greatest blessing He referred to the meeting
at Montreal where was proposed to the northern
part of this country to Canada With all due Difference
to gentlemen who thought England so powerful he
would prefer to annex the other way He called the
argument in opposition to the notice cotton" argu
ment
Mr.. BAKER replied that it was a" cotton argument
for some gentlemen seemed to desire the safety Of
cotton than the honor OF the country.
As soon as he sat down. and two three times before
screaming Mr Chairman amid roars Of laughter from
otherparts Of the House Mr. HAcuE of illinois, got the
aoor and the committee rose Without transacting any
further business the House adjourned.
TExAs.-An express from the government of
the United States, bearing with him to Texas the
acceptance of her constitution by Congress- arrived at
New Orleans, and was fortunate enough to find the
steamer Mckim on her return TO Galveston, where he
arrived on the morning Of the 18th inst He left mme
diately for Houston IN company with Captain Elliott,
her Britannia Nsjestys charge Mr.. Todd (he bearer
OF the dispatches Of the American Secretary Of Ssate
was still more ortunate in meeting President Jones
Houston, who had come to meet the dispatches which
he was daily expecting President Jones Immediately
issued the following proclamation
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS.
PROCLAMATION.
Whereas the Congress Of the United States passed
joint resolution for the admission Of the State of
Texas into the Union approved December Goth, ls45,