Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-01-06
TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS
SATURDAY, JAN. 3, 1916.
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Alter HE reccplion uf several Executive com
mnn;ca,ions. in answer 10 resolutions Mr.. Bel
r;en presented memorials asking appropriation
FIR HE removal of distractions in The harbor o
Savannah.
Mr. ATIERTON presented memorials in IA
vor OF referring the Oregon difficulties 10 afbra
lion.
Memorials were also presented for The con
struclion Of q Canal around The Falls 81 The Ohio
Mr. BREEZE introduced bill authorizing The
President 10 sell the reserved mineral lands 0tlhe
West
Mr. DICKERSON reported 4 bill for lie i'm
provement of the Hudson river
Alter The passage oil some private and local
bills the Senate held short Executive session
and then adjourned 10 Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
In The House, The first business was the con-
sldcraton OF the motion relative Ia the reference
of the bill reported yesterday from The military
committee Tor The raising oilwo simen,s offihc
mtn.
Mr. {. J. INGERSOLL, the Chairman Of liz
Committee on Foreign Affairs, took the hoor--
He applaudcd The speech al Mr.. Adams yr>ler-
day, and said il could not fail 10 exert an i'm
meEse paciiicaiory influence on both sides Of The
Atlantic. He, Mr.. L. agreed most FULLY with
The venerable gentleman, that nj present there
can be no fear OF war. nor can there be until The
termination oi The joint occupancy. Our only
plan was 10 90 on and give The notice and leave
The rest 10 The women and children Ceres OF
what do You meaID Why, said he, what
mean is this: When Dr. Franklin was AT the
British Court and he found That all hope of peace
was at an end, lie TUNED 10 4 gentleman near
him and said, there is no safety now bul III the
women and children. Cur success all depends
up them, therefore 60 home and tell them all
10 20 10 work and get children as last as possible
(Roars OF laughler) Yes, continued Mi. l., our
only safety lies in proper obedience 10 HE Pc,
pulalion laws; let u give the years notice, and
The women and chiIdlen will attend 10 The rest
(Rencwed laughtcr.) He wenl on 10 say, that he
had jus, been told hy friend, that the recon-
mcndalon OF Doctor Franklin r0S being lu!-
" attended t. in Oregon. (Roars OF laugh
tcr.) He repeated that in giving HE years
notice, there " a. no lear Of war. Ii was, on The
empbalica!iy measure Of peace, and
in This view he was Sustained bv The English pa
per published in New York. He furthermore
expressed his belief that in The course Of few
days, The Committee on Foreign fairs would re.
potl IN favor ci giving The notice. lie then re-
lrried 10 The fact that there are already in Oregon
seven thousand American citizens, with heir
wives and children. These men had, too, Anne
rcan rifles, and considering the immense DIN
Guilty Great Britain would have in sending noois
10 900 miles, these seven thousand rifles were
able 10 hold the country, and Great BIiialn Wen
knew il. IT. however on the giving oil The no
tee, Great Britain should think proper 10 declare
war on that account, as some Imagined. u
would he wal which both God and man would
condemn.
MIR. HARRISON, in reply TO the remarks OF
Mr. Holmes Yesterday, said that The committee
in reporting this bill Tor Nv" regiments al fllrntn,
had no view Ia any expected hUsilltlcs The hIll
,ras simply reported for The completion OF our
peace establishment.
Mr. DARRAGll, with reference 10 our Oregon
Iiiliculty look the ground that nothing IS 10 ~
.ained bv delay lie thought we had delayed
he a>sellinn oi our rights long enough. He al
uded 10 the rumored war preparations OF Great
2ran ever since The first cloud arose IN The no
izun relative 10 Orgon-and Why, he asked.
ought not 10 take the same coufsel Ever
.incc 1923, Great Britain had been adopting
measures for The protection OF her settlers in Ore
,on--ani what, he asked, had we done lie was
or daving no longer.
Mr.. KING, OF n. T., continued The debate, an
1ounce,. himself in favor Of The b'll from the
committee on Territories, and then quoted from
bc I nuiou Times which b:.d said (i,rc y that
Mr. Polk was payinga game upon this question.
The Administration he thought had committed
IN error in offering the l9lh degree Of North la
ilude. lie believed, however, that the otter would
lot have been made, il our Government had not
supposed i, would have been rejected.
MIR. WINTHROP coniended that il was our
,est policy ii We desired 10 procure our rights,
lot 10 give The notice. al this time, but 10 permit
,ur settlers Ia swell HE population. BY this
f,,,Y IN. hy IN a m ItfI
,etter condition than now 10 enforce our claims,
should they lie disputed Under all existing cir
he was Of opinion that The giving of
he notice al this time would precipiiate us into
war He did not see how il was 10 be prevented.
lie advocated peace, and held, that The difficult
les can all be settled by arbitration II not BY
crowned heads, by o her diseneresled parties.
Mr.. OWEN OF Ia. addressed the House upon
some few points OF the question: believing our
claim 10 The whole OF Oregon 10 be perfect and
vet defending The Administration tor It's offer To
which he believed was made ouI Of
respect 10 the Statesman Who had preceded him
in The offer
Mr.. BAKER OF Ill said, he was against The
bill before lie House. or any bill Ia increase The
A rmY until he knew, from actual occurrences,
whether or not we were Ia have war; but he was
for Oregon, and the whole Of Oregon iur every
sand that slers in lis moonlight, and for every
pebble that appears in its sun. II We gave up
The territory North Of the 10Th degree OF North
latitude, We should surrender it di>honorably, and
lie was for no peace but an honorable peace. Tie
would never consent 10 give up any part OF NE
territory.
Mr.. MCDOWELL then obtained The floor,
when The House adjourned He has The Moor Tor
Monday.
N1o1Icr is HEREBY GIVEN. ,ha, an election II