Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-01-14

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of the offer of tho 4a,h parallel by our Govern.
| ncnt, as compromise of the Oregon question:
pa: end 70 all negotiation upon the subject and
/ further that Congress ought TO pass measures for
securing and defending the whole of Oregon.
/ A motion was mado TO suspend tho rules in order
| to consider these resolutions now, which was lost
ayes rs. noes 50.
| Mr.. Davis of kentucky. submitted resolutions,
which were read, proposing that the committee of
! tho whole be discharged from considering the bill
from tho Committee on Territories, introduced n
t few days since by Mr.. Douglass. and on his mo-
ton mado the order of the day for Tuesday next,
and referring different portions of said bt to as
many appropriate Standing Committees.
After several motions in relation points Of
order, it finally decided that the motion to
make said Oregon bill the ordor of tho day for
the LIST Tuesday, should DO changed so to mako
i. the order Of tho day on the I'd Tuesday in Jan.
Mr.. Rathbun moved to reconsider tho vote Of
yesterday referring the resolution 10 order 1900
copies of the tenth volume Of tho Laws of tho u.
States, the committee Of the whole, and mn king
It tho order of the day for to-norrow-and on shis
motion an extended debate had, in which
Mcssrs. Ra,hbun, Winthrop. NJ. Brown, Cobb, Dill
lingham, Martin and Read took part.
! Mr.. Mcdowell called for tho previous question.
which taken, and the motion to reconsider
was decided in tho negative.
| Mr.. Gorden offered resolution calling upon tho
Secretary of the Treasury for information in rca.
ton tho wool trade, both foreign and domestic,
and asked for suspension of the rules; which re.
quest was not granted.
4 Committees called for reports.
and several reports were made, and sundry pri-
yato bills introduced.
Mr.. HARRISON, from the Committee on Military
Affairs, reported bill to raise regiments Of
/ riaemcn, and for other purposes. He wed that
the bill be mnde tho order of tho day, in com.
mi,tco of tho whole, for Tuesday next, and ex-
planned that it connected in its object in pa IT.
10 operate with tho bill already reported by tho
Committee on Territories for tho occupation of
Oregon
! Some objection boing offered to .h, motion by
Mr.. G.. S. Houston, debate of most interest.
ing and exciting nature spraEg up, in relation to
the merits of the Oregon question in general, in
which Ncssrs. Harrison. Houston, Holmes, Of
South Carolina, Douglass, and J. Q. Adams took
part.
Mr.. Douglass, in reply to Mr.. Houston, mado
Some severe hits at certain peculiar friends Of
/ Texas for their manifest lukewarmness on tho
Oregon question. Evor ytiing made 10 60 by
tho Jump when securing Texas, but every.
thing must moods DO thrown in tho way of secur.
ing Oregon! He paid the Committee on Foreign
Relations few reflections for not reporting
the subject of Oregon, which brought up Mr.. G.
J. Ingersoll, its Chnrman by way Of pIa tio1.
He then turned TO MIR. Holiness of South Ca rolina.
and hoped that he would be as earnest, zonlous
and as bold IN securing Oregon, although England
would be opponent, no was last year for
Texas with Mexico for our adversary.
This called up MIR. Holmes, and tho members
from all parts of tho House began to Ieavo their
seats and draw to him that :hoy might catch
every word he should utter. He commenced bv
declaring that he did feel tho deepest concern at
the prospcc. of a war between tho United States
and Great Britain. which stared him in the face.
He deprecated hnse and precipitancy in this great
matter. The bill, reported by the cornmttee
Territories, if passed by Congress, would inevita.
i bly, bring war, tho horrors and cost of which
there could ba counting in ndvance.-Whcn
war should come. however, # como war must, he
notified his wariie friend from Illinois Mr.. Doug.
lass) that he would be as bold and Jealous any
one in standing by the cause Of his country.
/ Mr. ]. Q. Adams rose to address the House.
He said tina, he ought perhaps to commence with
an apology to tic House for addressing il at nil
! on this question. Tho s:ato of his health
such as TO render it impossible for him to enter Mt
all tho many important questions connected
with this subject. and, whatever observations he
| might feel it his duty to mako upon it, must
cessary be brief. His physical power would not
ena bic him TO 90 a, any length into tho question.
4 Tho question now Immediately boforo tho
House he understood to be. whether tho bill
king provision for raising two regiments Of rifle
men should be made the special order for the first
| Tuesday in January.
1 The Speaker said that that constituted one part
Of tho question, but was not debatnbc. Tho
other part of tho question was on referring this
bill TO Committee of tho Whole on tho stn'e OF
tho Union. and ihnt question was open to debnte.
Mr.. Adams said that he asked, then, that the
question nigh, be divided, and might first be put
on tho reference, bccn use he presumed thnt there
was no diversity Of opinion that point; if there
was, it would change the whole state Of tho de.
bate.
Mr.. Houston, of Alabama, said. in explanation.
that it not the reference Of the bill no had
objected TO, but it's being made q special order.
= The Speaker further declared that the hrss
branch of the question, viz. the referonce OF tho
bill could 90 decided By majority. bu: that to
mako il a special order would require vote OF
two-thirds.
Mr.. Adams said That. if the House should re-
fnse tho reference, then he should have nothing
further 10 say.