American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-03-04
rR.8ored for the American Republican,
Gr,Fs S1n SESSION of the goth CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, March 3, 1876.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, March 3, 1876.
SENATE.
TIE presiding officer laid before the Senate
n communication fom the Secretary of the
Nevy, giving & statement Of the naval forces
oriha world
Mr.. J. NJ. Clayton said this was in answer &c
resolution winch no had submitted, and as
The information was highly important he NOV
eli that 5000 extra copies be printed. Ibid
over under the rule.
MI Bright presented several Joint resolutions
from tho Legislature of Indiana, chiefly in re-
latcn 10 public 10 nds in tina; State; referred.
Mr.. J. NJ. Clayton submitted resolution re-
guessing the President to communicate any cor
repo1deucn that may have taken place be-
tween this Government and that of Great Bril-
tain, since the last which has been made pub
lie; or so much ofsuch correspondence as is not
iacomoati5Ie with the public interest; lies over
SndoT lhe rule.
Inc resolution yesterday submitted by Mr..
Dayton, calling on the President mot as we
reported the Secretary of the Navy,l to say il
an increase Of the Navy was needed, and for
what reasons, il so, coming up in its order,
Mr.. Sewer desired that il might lie over for
day or two, and Mr. Dayton consented
The Oregon question was then continued by
Mr.. Dayton, who spoke for about two hours
with his accustomed solidity Of argument and
beauty Of diction.
He could not but feel, that there was no pre-
else point before the Senate for discussion-the
debate in which they were engaged began with
generalities, and thus, he feared, it would end
He was obliged to speak in this manner him
self but were he as anxious for the whole of
Oregon as soue Senators of the other side, he
would make precise point, and instead Of hur-
rying this matter to premature decision, he
would insist that nothing should be done, j. c
he would meet Great Britain on her own
ground when she insisted that only occupancy
could confer title. Our citizens were croWdng
to Oregon in the proportion OF one hundred To
ono Of hers; and yet it would be long, very
long, before that state Of things could occur
which the Senator from Mo happily illustra-
ted m the case Of the Patriarchs Of old. The
focks and herds mad ample range, nor need
there be any strife among the shepherds.
Mr.. d. then reviewed the diplomacy of our
government, and concluded this part of his
speech by excusing Mr.. Buchanan, whose abil-
ity was unquestioned, for not having made
better argument against arbitration, on the
ground that the subject admitted Of no better !;
and he feared that the civilized world would
view his argument on this point with dlstrust,
as being evasve and unsatisfactory.
He then passed to MIR. Breese's speech of
Yesterday, and showed the utter futilty of
many of that gentleman's conclusions.
The Senator from ILL.,, (Mr. Breese,) had
asked, among his other arguments, why Great
Britain, if sincere in her pretensons of title to
Oregon, had silently stood by while the nego-
tahon was concluded between this government
and third party, (Russia) without making
the slightest interference or remonstrance? MIR.
ID. said the gentleman was entirely mistaken
in Il matter Of fact, and to prove this he pro-
posed to read from a document many years
since before the Senate in its Executive capa
city, from which the seal Of seCresy had never
been removed. He believed that he had a right
to use it, especially as he designed only to read
what was already well known to the British
government.
Some sensation occurred at this point, and
hr. Webster turned in his seat towards the
Senator from n. J. and asked him how he
came by the documcnEl
Mr. Dayton said it was published for the use
Of the Senate in 1918.
MIR. Sewer objected to the use of it, and the
Vice President was understood as sustaining
tho objection.
Mr.. Dayton readily waived his design of rea.
ding the extract but said it showed conclusive
ly that the British government were neither a
sleep nor idle at the period referred to by the
Senator from Ill.
He next passed to some of Mr.. B. 8 specua
tons with regard to war, the capacities of the
two countries to wage it, and the comparative
results that would ensue; and here he made
Mr.. B. blush while he answered the idle, bit.
terly idle calculations in which the Senator
from Ill. had INDUCED.
Finally, MIR. ID. alluded to the rumor of
secret understanding between the hgh-con
tracing parties as to settlement Of this diff
Guilty by connecting it with other questions o
vital interest. Once, he said it had been deem
ed a pertinent question in England-"WhC
reads an American book?"-but now it seemed
that one Of our documents furnished the very
pabatum Of the British House of LORDS
{Laughter)
Mr.. Haywood rose next. 1t had been hi:
design, he said, to withhold all remarks upor
this question unless in Executive session, but i
the Senate would indulge him, he would like
TO address them tomorrow.
The Senate thereupon adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Speaker laid before the House COM
muaication from its Clerk Mr.. French) in an
swer to a cali as to the expense Of carrying i'll
70 effect the resolution to provide reporters
nth copies Of I'll the public documents, SSc.-
tie represented J!c cost 10 o1 p0O4 lot ue re-
JnaJndeg of the session.
The business in order being tho unfinished
business az yesterday, the New Jersey contest
cd election case came up.
MI Chpnll Of Mich concluded his re-
marks comneacad yesterday, and interrupted
by a successful motion adjourn. lie defend
cd the interests Of the contestant aud advocat-
ed the adoption of the minority resolution,
ogaijDg the sitting member