Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1846-03-04
Passage Of the oregon Kesolu-,
tiOns.

tGOnSs
The House Of Representatives passed
the foaoving Resolutions on the 9lll iii. ],
BY a vote of l63 to 81, . majority unex-
pevtrdly large:
Rcsoleedl y the .Senaie md House Of Rep
resentafires 81 The United Sfotes of .9sneriIca
in Congress assembled, That the prsiden,
of lie United States cause rotice 10 Le
given to The Gos erninsnt Of Great Britain
| that the conve nlion between The United
States Of America and Great Britain, con-
serning The territory on the Northwest
Coast 0! America, west ct the Story
Mountains, of the 9Th Of August, 1927,
signed 1t London. shall be annulled and
| abragafea twelve months after given said
| notice.
p. find be II further resolrei Thst noth-
ing herein contained is intended to inter-
iere With tile right and discretion If the
proper authorities Of thetwo contracting
| parties to renew or pursue negotiations
| for an amieable settlement Of the contro-
versy respecting the Oregon. territory.
Tie passage of tie resolution to give
the notice is matter for the most sincere
qualification to the whole country, as Ly
the unanimiiy Of our people, so conclu-
svely proved in its passage, with SO few
dissenting voices, England will see an
earliest Of our ability and determination to
defend our rights. The proviso append
ed tpthe resolution, we consider ofno use,
as without it, negotiation could be had,
even if hos,ilties had already commenced.
We take tie following vote on the pas
sage Of the resolutions, with the accom-
| parying statements from the New York
News:
yEAs- Messrs. John Quincy adams,
| Stephen Adams, Anderson, .4rnold, At
kinsor, Roker. Barringer, Bell, Benton,
Biggs, james Block, Jas. A. Black, Blaa-
chard, Bowlin, Boyd, Brinkerhoii, Brock
enbrough, BrodlIead, il VIM. G. Brown.
BuGagton, Hm. " CampbeH. John IL
| eahPbeH, Cathcsr,, Reuben Chapman,
Chase, Chapman. Clark, Cobb, Col in,
! Constable, Callom, Cuirr, CaInm:ns,
Cunningham, Daniel, Dorrosh, JEFFERSON
Davis, Delano, De NJ ott, Dillingham;, Dob.
bin! Douglass, Dromgoole, Dunlap, Edsali,
Ellsworth, Erslinan, John H. Eomg, Fa-
ran, Fieklin, Foster. Fires, Garvin, Gid
dngs, Giles, Goodyear, Gordon, Grahaas,
Grider Grover, Ha.niir, Hampton, Haral-
son, iia'nanson, Harper, Henley, Hill
lard, Hoge. Elias b. Ho'mes, Hopkins,
Hough, Geo. S. Houston, H!l,agerford.
! Washngfon HINT, ]. b. Hunt, Charles ]
Ingersoll, jenkins, Jas. II. Jehnsan,
Joseph Johnson, Anirew johnson, Geo.
w. Jones, Seaborn Jones, Kennedy, Pres
ton King, Lawrence, Leib. La Sefe, Leuis,
Lerin, Lyon, Lumpkin, Maclay, Mclean,
MeClella,,d, McClerlland, Mcconnell,
MeCra'e, Mcdowell, ,McGapgley. Ne Hen
~, .'icIlraine, Mckay, John p. Martin,
Barclay Martin, Mnrris, Moultor, Nisen,
Norris, Oven, Parish, Payne, PerIill, Per
ry, Petit, Phelps, Pollock, Price, Ramsey,
Rathbun, Reid, Relic, Ritter, Roberts,
Root, Rank, Russell, sawtelle, Sawyer,
Scalnmon. Schenck, seansaa, screraace,
Leonard II. simms, Ebert Smith, Thomas
Smith, Robert Smith, Stanton, Stark
weather, S'earosI, 81. John, Strong, Sykes,
/ Thomson, ] ls. Thompson, jacob Thiomp
son, Thurman, Tibb4tls, Iaden, Towns,
1rum5o, Vance, Wentworth, Wheaton
JVhae, Wick, Williams. Wil,not, Wood.
| ruff Woodworth, Yell, Young, Yost Z l63.
| NAYS Messrs. Abb II, Ashmun, Bay.
3ly, Beainger, Milton Bfown, Burt, John
q. Chapman, augustus n Chapman,
Coeke. Collamer, Cralsion, Crozier, Dar-
/ gan, Garrett, D4vrs, Dixan, Dockery. Ed-
win II Ewing, Foot, Gentry, Grinncll,
Heirick, basc Z. HOLMES, John w. Hons-
| ton. Ediauna " Hujtard, s..u.l d. Hub
bard, Hudson, Hunter, Joseph II. Inser-
! soil, Daniel P. King, Le-ks, Long, Marsh,
| Miller, Mossley, Pendle,on, RhcH, julius
Rockwell, John A. Rockwell, .Saion, Il.
| q. Sta,s, Siaipsoa, Truman Sinnh, Caleb
| Smith, Stephens, Slrohm, Thibo1eaux,
/ Benjamin Thompson Toombs. 1ratilraq,
Vinon, Winthfop, Wooduuga, Wright,
| Inncy 54.
We have taken the above Statement, from
/ the National hfcHigGeer. The names oflhe
| Wigs voting tor the resolutions are in
! italics, as are also the names OF The Demo-
Gratis voting tgeiqSt them. The latter
number only sixteen, being IRON tie States
Of Virginia. South Carolina aud Alabama.
The affirmative vote is one short, the
name OF Thomas Butter King, Georgia
Wing, being probably omitted in copying,
as he was present at The vote taken imme-
diafely previous. The House consists of
223 members, Of whom III voted. The
| Speaker, John w. Davis has no vote;
! and there are three vac ,ncies, ore in
| Virginia, by the death of Mr.. Tas lor, and
one each in Massachusetts, and New
Hampshire, by failure to elect. There
leave only two absences, whom We take
to have been Messrs. Carroll, Wing, and
Wood, Democrat, OF this State, the latter
OF whom is now in Albany. flour count
is correct, the vote is 10 be classified ac-
cording to the following.
REHABILITATION.
DEMocRATs. wings.
Far. Against. For. Against
Maine. 6 O 0