Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1846-03-12
CONGRESS.
- SATURDAY, req. 70.
Nothing of importance done.

and foreign powers require, in his opinion an in
crease Of our army and navy-which lies over till
tomorrow. The Oregon resolutions we're then ia
ken up.
Mr.. Breese occupied the session in his argument
IN support of our claim to 81 10 of the Oregonter.
rtory.
House. The New Jersey contested election was
taken up The committee of Elections had repor-
yea IN favor oil mr.; Hunk, wing and sitting mem
Der: and now the locos began their efforts TO oust
him, as they did Mr.. Cabel of Florida. in spite of
the decision Of their own committee This bust
ness occupied the day mainly.
TUESDAY, March 3.
Senate. Mr. Clayton offered a resolution callinp
on the President for all correspondence on our for
egn relations since the 4th of February Lies
over.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr.. DAYTON.
relative to the necessity Of increasing the military
ana marine force OF the country, was taken up and,
on motion OF Mr. SEWER postponed for the
T present.
The Oregon resolutions were then taken up. and
Mr.. Dayton took the floor and delivered forcble
speech on " the notice."
House. The Speaker laid before the House the
report of the clerk, that the expenses of furnishing
the reporters with bills, reports, &C., before the
House, would be 1901 for the remainder of the SEES.
sion.
Mr. llard's resolution, calling on the Postmas-
ter General in regard to mail arrangements between
the United States and foreign countries and 10
The New jersey Contested election case was
then taken up. Mr. Jenkins, of New York, ad-
dressed the House.
WEDNESDAY, March 4.
Senate In the Senate today, communication
from the Navy Department was received in an
swcr to a resolution calling for opinions as to the
best mode of defending the Lakes
| resolution reported for printing % 900 adj
dtonal copies of the report of the commissioner
Of patents and it was strenuously opposed by Mr..
! Miles, and laid over.
The Oregon question was taken up, and Mr.
Haywood, Of North Carolina, made most uteres-
ting speech The stale of The question
| Mr. Haywood, (loco) in the course of his re-
marks, said he would not lend his aid to a faction
for the purpose of making great officers of little
men; (whereupon one or two men near him look
ed blani.)
lie commented, with keen severity, upon the per-
| potual clamor against the Ashburton treaty, and
the tacous motives that prompted it. He also re-
buked those Senators who had attempted to raise
an outcry here against all the nations of the EARTH
and brought into this body for popular excitement
subjects that properly belonged to the Executive.
! II was unnecessary tor him to say that he was a
! friend of the administration. He held the Pres-
deaf responsible for giving us such information as
may be proper for the discharge of our duties; but
he held that it would be entirely improper for ms to
ask or for him to answer what he would do # his
offer to Great Britain should be returned upon him.
But the President has offered 40, and before that
he had refused the British offer wholly inadmis-
sbe; and he had refused arbitration, right or
wrong. We could not help it If we would; and
| he would not help it if he could. 1t was a fact,
and we could not alter it. The President had no
where said, however, that the offer of 40 was mad
missibe. He challenged any one to show him
where the President had spoken of "a dogs. 40
Minis. Ii he intended not to take ~, it was his du
ty to say so {; but he haI not SAID so. What was
the inference from all these facts Arbitration
was refused the British offer rejected and
he now asked us, while negotiation was still OPEN
Tor The power to give the notice. a moral weapon
Could we believe that the President intended thus
to trap US into a war? He met this with denial
lie had never heard of any thing TO show that ne
EQUATION was abandoned and terminated. His
inference that the President intended to accent
AZ. In speaking of 40, Mr. III. wished it to be m
derstood that he did not speak of inches-his pat
rlotlsm was not restricted by inches-but he meant
somewhere about ~. He was prepared to stand
with the Administration on 40, without regard to
inches, and he would not concede substantially
thing more. Therefore, he would give the notice
If he meant to concede any thing more he would
not vote for it lie would give the notice, AMI saw
to the President, stand your ground on the 10th,
and we will support you in it. In the mean time
the President was not to commit us by going one
inch beyond ~. The country was not prepared to
take any thing less than 40. If this Senate inten-
ded to concede any thing more let them 90 through
the mockery of giving the notice, and place the
government lh an attitude OF contempt before the
world. If gentlemen thought that the Pres ent
would ever yield any thing more than 40 in sub
stance, they were mistaken; and If they did not
believe that Great Britain would settle the matter
upon that basis they might as well go to work nd
prepare for war at once. Mr.. II. indicated he
President for having offered the 49th, and show ed
that this government was committed to that offer
by previous negotiations but committed to
nothing more. If Great Britain would not give us
the 49th, then we might as well, if we oblig-
ed to fight, go for the whole Those who now cri-
ed out that the offer of 10 was an offence TO na-
tiona honor, and exclaimed against any concession
OF oar territory Of Oregon to any fJreign power.
were rebukeG by the fact that our predecessors in
this body who had nice Il sense of national hon.
or as any Of its present members, agreed to those
conventions unanimously, IN which we made con-
cesslons to England and Russia. The treaty with
Russia, by which we agreed not to settle North of
81 40, Though we had as good a right to 90 to 81
as to 81 40,) was assented to by the Scnate-veas
10, nays !. So there was but one true American
in the Senute then, according to the views of some
gentlemen here.
"Who was he Z" asked Mr.. Webster.
De HoE replied Mr.. Haywood-he was from
Rhode Island, and probably for that reason, wanted
to carve out some large States on the Northwest
coast.
Mr. H. went into argument to show that the
negotiation not terminated that the President
was not in the same position now that he was at
the commencement of the session that negotia-
tons had taken place since; that no one here
(meaning Mr. Allen had a right to infer, much css
to say, that the President would not accept the
i9lh. If the President did not expect an adjust
ment the 49th if he did not intend to accept it,
then he was guilty Of treason for involving us in
long and bloody war, without giving some no.
tce that danger at hand The President de-
signed no such trick upon us. 1t was false con-
struction of the Presidents position.
Mr.. Haywood did not conclude his remarks.
lie was severe upon Mr.. Allen, and his speech
was much attended to-
House The New Jersey contested election case
was decided.
Mr.. Runk, (Whig,) the sitting member, is declar-
ed entitled to his seat.
The vote was yeas 90, nays 90.
Where beinr lie the SNEAKER voted In the Af-