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eese,flIy into war. Y
~. Bediaesr of We. n<1l ldlIes,e1 tas
HOSE. Iho4gh friend Of he sdninis.
irtlloe be opposed Tie notice. He claim.
g ~ 0rsgoa and every rood and acre
q Oregon up lo6fe 20. To secure hi,
re vs1 for delay. and believed that delay
alone eoaId secure us The whole Of Ore.
goo. Having once offered the forty. ninth
cegree - the line ne should have to &C
eept 4 when offered By E6sland unIes,
Ne should choose % say 10 her. - in bis
lludgsnent Ne should. that Ne we're mol
prepared . seills this question. and there.
lore We would delsy Il.
| M. .. argued 81 length, and earnestly,
tnst delay would SECURE us The whole Of
oregon. and thai be was not iherelore Tor
sny .mssieriy insciivily'. but that which
voeid secure us our whole claim. Mr.
nedinger deprecated ths assaults and in.
lslnuaiions IRON Wesrttn men against the
South. They we're heslled for, and M
generous. They y > unjust and unne-
Mr.. B. then addrel,ed himself very per.
sonally towards Mt Giddines, Of Ohio,
calling bin . pei bn. = and less Or =
statesman and p,iot-less faithful 10
his country and lesy mindful Of lie inter.
ests than were the Slsses Of the South 10
their masters. rhe Slaves would scourge
the member home IL Ne were 10 90 among
them. Mr.. B. was eaRed 10 order By ihe
Chairman. but nolsssit he had said all
he wished.
Mr.. Morse Of w. addressed the Com.
mitiee in favor Of giving the notice, re-
gardipg this q at least the commences
ment OF action upon this subject. He
was for notice, because negotiations were
suspended. The British Governme Mt lad
rejectedaa peaceful proposition from us for
the fourth and be trusted for the last time.
He desired tog give the notice before Eng
land would have .ine TO acceptit again
or to offer il 10 rs. IL England should
propose il to US, We should be bound in
honor 10 accept il.
Mr., Dobbin Of N. c. addressed the
House in favor Of giving be notice. He
regarded il as peace measure, and as
such defended il st some length. The
policy proposed by Mr.. Bedineer he re.
earded as ungenerons. an6 for q magnani.
nous nation like ours. unjust. Our first
duty was to put an end to The treaty which
tied up our hands. This done, nego,ia.
tons would be resumed. and the question
settled within the year. Hitherto il had
baffied the masler.mi Of the country,
such men % Calhoun, Buchanan, CLAW,
Gallatin and others.
Mr.. D. said nothing against the Com.
promise of49. and is propably for it. The
floor was given 10
Mr.. Rockwell. of Conn. after Mr.. Dob.
bin bad closed, and the Committe rose.
After which the House adjourned.
/, JANUARY 16.
Il The Senate was not;n session to-day.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
After various Reports from Committees
the House went into. Committee Of the
Whole when the debate upon the Oregon
Resolution from che Committee on For
eign Affairs was resumed.
Mr.. Rockwell of Conn. addressed the
Committee. The district which he rep
resented WIS deeply interested 10 the sub.
Iject before the House. From bis con stitu.
ents without distinction Of party be had
received . memorial asking that pacific
measures might beadoPted for the settle.
ment OF this question: They had some
100 ships 10 The Pacific and else here,
worth three or four millions Of dollars.
They were not iimid men. as the histo-
~ Of the country would show. and il war
was necessary, they pledged themselves
now 10 spill the last drop Of blood i'd de-
fence Of their country. II became such
men 10 talk about fighting, much better
than i did us, but oil these men asked for
peaceful measures. They asked il with.
out distinction Of party, and be was glad
that this was not 10 . be party question, al
least among the people.
Mr.. Pollock Of ~Pa.-a Wing member,
addressed the Committee in defence Of
ibe superiority Of our title 10 the whole Of
Oregon. To AGE it was clear and ought
to be unquestionable. Beyond that he
was willing to admit there was room for
csyil. Our Government in 1918, 1924,
1926 and ls45, had recognized id the
most marked manner that Great Britain
had rights 10 portion Of the Oregon.
Il was idle. therefore, to say she had no
claim. We had made il so by loo many
offers Of Compromise from the time Of
Albert Gallatin 10 our present Secretary Of
State.
|. Mt. Pollock said that this question as
sumed grave importance, aud il became
Us promPtly. Immediately. to meet the
danger, even il il should remotely come
upon Us. He would vote tomorrow for
an expenditure Of ffiy millions OF dollars
and for forty steam vessels.
IA Voice-lron vessels.
Mr. Pollock. Yes. iron vessels and
Thereby afford incidentally protection TO
Pennsylvania Iron.
The best way, said Mr.. P. in conclusion
10 avoid danger Is 10 meet il plumply.
Mr.. Goodyear Of N. Y. next addressed
the Committee in favor Of the notice, and
discussed The question with a higher sense
OF true salionsl honor than any man Of ihe
doniu:.- party from he free States.
The aoor. -, wen to Mr.. Pendleton
Of W. upon whose motion TIE ~ .nni.lee
rose and the House adjourned.
JANUARY ~.
The Senate did not sit to-day.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr.. Mcconnell made an Intellectual al
tempt to introduce resolution directing
the Committee on ways and means 10 re-