Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-04-03

who had rot 81 seq, wien Inc Committee rose al
nearly O'clock
Tine House then adjourned
Tuesday, MARcH 3lsT, 1916
SENATE
Petitions we're presented b. Messrs Sneieb,
Semri-, GOWN, Dayton, Wes;con AM Dicai0.
son. 90
NJ johnson Ct La. on leave. reponed bin
win Spain. ''Nie VI "'e lrea'y
Mir. Breese gave notice, ina, he would cn 10
morrow call lie ai,en,iun II the Senate 10 Tie re-
| solution offered BY The comci,lee on lie ccuun-
gent expenses OF the Senate, which contemplated
immediate action in reference 10 an : eld:icn in
The galleries OF the Senate.
The resolution heretofore offered by Nr. Bag
By, thai he Serate viii, on and after monday
next, meet al II O'Clock coming up in order,
Mr.. Allen moved 10 amen., b Stirling cut On
and alter Monday next and inserting on ar
after to morrow"
: Alter brief debate, the question or me pa
sage OF The resolution was iakea ~ ave. pu!
! noes, and decided 10 ihe nesa.ise-ayes Is, n.es
81
IA resolution from the Committee or Pnbic
Lands, authorizing the Secretary OF lie T.easu-
~ 10 have the maps now o. file n The General
Land Office completed was taken up end adop:et.
Mr.. Jarnasin was excused from serving CT the
Committee on Private Land CLAIMS.
The Senate then proceeded 70 the coasi,'e-a-
ton OF the special order oihe day, an The o. S.on
debate was resumed.
Mr.. Cass addressedthe Senate upon tic question
before it, He defended himself, and those who
look The same position he did; from the charges
that had been made against them, and quolet from
speech Of Lord BTougham, in the British Par
lament, 10 show that, on the score OF decorura. rc
debates in Congress would bear favorable
comparison with those of that body. Mr. Ca>s
then entered into an argument 10 show that
the assumption OF The line OF 40 degrees rs
Inc northern boundary OF our claim, vas :opnd-
Ell upon an erroneous impression, hat hat lnr
was established By The treaty OF Utrecht ard
was GOT now binding upon this country. lie
also advanced some reasons WHY the whole ,e:-
ril0ry OF Oregon should be held zone and infivi.
sable" and maintained that our claim 10 The whole
ot!i, was placed upon the very same grounds as
those upon which England, herself, now held
many OF her colonial possessions. When il was
shown 10 him that the line Of 40 degrees was cS-
tablished BY The treaty OF Utrecht he would he viii
ling 10 stop al that line, but until il was, he should
march to The Russian boundary.
Mr.. Cass then went on 10 show that the offer
Of ~ deg. had been four times made and rejected
and thrice wihlrawn-twice By Mr.. Gailalin,
who withdrew a proposition made By Mr.. Rush,
i ANA then one which he had made hm>ef-an!
that this country was not bound b. any PROPOSE
ton which il had ever made in reference 10 this
] question.
| Mr. Cas- read from speech which he had
made some years since, 10 show that ne then took
| the same ground that he does now; that he then
| declared that our title 10 Oregon should be NALL
tanned at all hazards, and that nothing was 10 DC
gained by concession. When he spoke Of Ore
aon he meant The whole OF Oregon, and not o7e
inch of il shoui ever be ielded 10 Great Britain
with his consent.
I MIR. Cass then defended The President from al
1 the charges that had been made against him in
reference 10 his POSITION said that he had reason
10 know that The Chairman Of the Commiltec on
/, Foreign Affairs (Mr Allen) was in daily com
munion with the President, and enjoyed his full
est confidence.
Mr. Cass said that This was not question Of
Inc horrors Of war, or The blessings 81 peace; tu,
| il was whether peace cor!i he honorably pre-
served. We mus. not lu ourselves into iancicd
security. We must moi change our swords into
plough shares, and our spears into pruning
| hooks. The time had not yet come when The
Lion and The Eag lie could lie down together. he
would not cry peace. peace, when there was no
! peace" and for himself he could not yet sec the
light dawDing upon the horizon. He earnestly
| urged preparation, and said that the nation hat
would not 90 10 war 10 defend It's rights, would
very soon nave no rlSh's 10 deiena.
Mr. cass said, be had II heard IL said, That in
! ms enilsn'chea age Two great nations fooid NOT
! Soio war win each DINER. ms vas Inc s,tan-
| sesl sentiment he had ever heard. !! Woulc GER
tainly be more honorable for w 20 great nations 10
/ gu 10 war with each other, than for two erca. na
slon> 10 make war upon HUE ono, as Vas COW
the case in The La Plata. He also aivered 10
The war now going on between two srca, aruiies
10 India, and The war wheh had been made ~
England upon China.
MI. lass SPOKE ioI aoon. 'hfpe hon,si anu %es
is'eneu - WIN my" h,.e"''Gn hen nc "au
sonc"ueu, w: hsG!es ou:a.he" ~ ii''; "nu &c
Se,'",e WI. ',''o LAe'u''e sesSion anu s'o'"y
"i'ei n,lg Jys. 49, ~, n,,,rcr,-,r,
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W, ,,,'n, =. o. - NV" w. 'ne iu.s =. ~
n,,ds tho ress a,i o,r. r.,r, o5.,crod uren s
motion 10 suspend The :res and Inc rules were
not suspended.
MI. Dfomgooic then asncd Tor me reading oi
cuDin'un ION ;"e .1Vee:a'y - !ue iied-
D.nos;t Panke The Rennr, Iei,,ed n = PAM
!, T.nn.e.o. which d.ci;rod - 80. - .,'n,;,,,
rsor;rad The Pero,, was lid rnon he iahic
and ordered n 10 nr;n,.I
MIR Dromroole ,,fT.rod . resolution 10 close The
dsba,p nnon Tho Snh. Treasury -, an rT.ursi,v
-, ,,c,ncl,
Mr. Thonnsor moved one o'cIoc,. to-r,orrcw
which was moi aereedio.
Saturday was a so named and disagreed %
and the resolution was then ado2ied
The House wen, into commi tee Of IN Whoe
on The safe OF the Union Mr. Johreon OF va. IN
the Chair.
Mr. Chapman Of Michigan made ar car,es;
defence OF The Sub Treasury III his own peculiar
STYLE Of eloquence.
MI j. R. ngersoli Of Pa made an able arsu-
men, upon the merits Of The question, AM set
forth his views a, length.
The debate was further continued r Messrs.
Brown Of Tenn.-sile which The aoor was gwen
and he House adjourned.