The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-04-21

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TO N 10 a sneeeb that WAS made soon sf,sr in Rat
more unan hs snhsc, "S. 49, ~. :"
i Mr.. ADAMS i1tsrno,sd and INF Il vieldingl
requested of the g.ntIenap 10 nyoducs he Isiiey
| which he had insisted wa. ,5drs.ssd ~ him INF
Az by the Secretary of Slate al thai lime pronosine
j this appropration ''N's' p'NrNDs
/ Mr. INGERSOIJ r.ou.., of IN. u.,,I.o,.n
4 from Massachusetts 10 produce the mote wbich he
announced In The entry as III thinkI a wri,t.n com
/ munication What are tbe word. tbsr., (a.Lsd M
4 T. of the clerk \ " N~ ''' t''''
4 Tbs 49,, a., A.. -. 1900, - Il
ne extract from ths ABOVE record Of the Joarnal
i the Saeretarv of Sat- 10 M cnsh;n, - M. Al
ans !, Sc "a snoksn Of N"s N''N 'N'' ->N
4 NJ ADAMS M I .o.;nu ,,.ta;,.N ..id ID. e.,
That there was an annca9on fom ,hs ss.r.,.r, Of
state for an ,nn,onrs,;on e. sS,;..s,y ~ ~
IGreat Rrtaip vas pnao,h,.d, - ~ ~, 49,
lanoronriation rsou.ssd from ,hs Sscr.,ar AZ S,s,s
al thr drsction ~ he prs.dsns vss a"n,;ds.sJ IN
line commit,ss and 10000 hy ,h. .orona,,s. 80
aIso ,r,1s ~ WV W.
Thai snv vvr;,,sn cororo,n..,;o, 4, h;,, 49,, n :.
STATE ,ook nl.cs hs h.d no ,.alI.s,;nn
Iof and he ala M, &c.,. ~ S,hsS "a 49,
la communication "A v,a.id h.vs ,.~,.t =; M. go
lmt,ee-room toos,hsr win r.. 80. ~, 80
II made in NV own hand
II With resneet 10 hs fac, vvbs,h., M. .o,,,,,;.
ltion was made Inv tha Sners,srv Of S,., in ;,,uo
or verbally he did not know that thsra wa. .nv inn
lportance Connected with the f.c, u.a h. 49,
hlA 1lIttlA In
saw whether such tooL nl.c. h. .houI
have answered il Instantly. What The gen,I.m.n
. proposed 10 make of II n. did no, know I, ,-.s
possible though, that there might have been com
lmunicaton from the Secretary Of St.is M M cn.b
linz He did moi unds,taks n sa,, a. =, IT,, ~
perfect positiyenesg ~ ~ ''A'
But 40 far ss related 10 snv sscra.,, i, thu ,rans
laction Mr. mayer considsyad ,h.r.' NO.. 90, o.
that there wa. anv tr,a,on IN !, nor snyhna' no..
than the ordinary sort of communication from The
executive department to the COMMITTEE on Forei~n
Affairs
i Mr.. INGERSOLL (resumipgl said he knsw
nothing at all of this matter exceot what was writ,
ten in the handwr of the gentleman from Massa
chusetts upon the minutes of what migbt be called
1.-The journal of the Commitee ON Fore,1n Affairs ai
lthe Iime. He did NOT know that il was secrs, a,
that time His attention were called 20 il Inv zen
teman not now a member OF this House- He GER
tainly supposed that there was a written eommnni
lcatiOn because the gentleman knew az we'll as he
did that the President of the United States never he
sunnosed csls on Con0ress tbrouyb ON. of ;,s corn
supPosoc' eaN' Oh Coasieo' .hfough one oil Jus com
n'"ees Io' 80 Important an ar' as inc appropriation
mssion TO a foreign country without MAXIM ,hs
! commnnication in writing nd ,uha, hronrhe -
into acquaintance with some other facts was going
to the department to find thai letter. He did not
md II there, and he was informed Z could not be
iounu' anu he 'oiioS'oa IL eAoied some surprise
IN T ms % Hoa,s wo0a r,eo.o, tim, b. ..;d ,.
smoke upon the Oregon question that that d;f;culty
was an unfortunate legacy from the Maine difficulty
Lord Ashburton came here for the purpose of set
Ting both; and the language Of Lord Aberdeen on
that subject is certainly remarkable Lord Ashbur-
ton came here to settle both: he did not settle both
NV impression, confess, was---and saw no very
great impropriety in it-tbat between ord Ashbur-
ton and Mr. Webster as there were no protocols,
az the whole proceeding was informal. Conversation
al and confidential believe in n preai rneasurs a.d
~ ..,.s
louentIv written down-that there was an agreement,
thought il very likely that thew had agreed thai
the OREGON Question should be lef for f,tre action
and for a specal mission to Great Britain. .s he
Maine question was then settled bv special mis-.
sio, to this country And the innyaet I 6nd here
lof Lord Aberdeen TO Mr.. Fox is Iiite remarkable
II will be found AT the l39h pase of the prcaident,s
message and Recommending doeuments comno,n ;c..
ted to Congress at the commencement of the presen,
session: .-alI I.I.Il - :.
~ -, .s,,. ,,.. 80 n.-,L,
) tain, v ' ''''"' "''"
"You that Lord Ashburon was furnished with
specific and detailed instructions with respect to the treat
e 81 ms ~ I'm ae .wo govern
ed and which he has brought to SATISFACTORY issue.
For which is not necessary here to state at
ina, Pon ater having been made The subject ofcon-
her pressed The main rrean aIiSeed iorhi, a
ab,ainng from proposing 10 carry on the DISCUSSION With
respect to the question Of the northwestern boundary
the lest by 50 doing the settlement Of the far
should be- imneded or expoed 10 the hanarS ~
-. ~. I..;sMI TN.AIr.r ,N
i'ta'ou uii' I'i'u VT ~ oeonuse oeueVeu II 10
be a TACT, ana think nave aoundantly proved 1t,
n,de Z Se M Ie I mas
. Ia. 7 - =, a.. :. -, .s.a.'' = 80. '. vi ~ ~
believe strong authority that the Executive of the
United States had attempted to influence the consti
tuted authorities of the State of New York to pre-
vent the tria ana procure the release OF Mcleod.
That is the substance of what stated stated, if
ntp,ic ukao lad