Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-04-25
From the Philadelphia Ledger

kedger BY Magnetic Telegraph to Baltimore,
and thence by special messenger to this city, Of
the pssssge Of the "notice" resolutions BY the
Senate. The amendment to the resolution of
the House Of Representatives, originally sub.
mitted by Mr.. Crttenden, and altered At the eug.
gestion Of Mr.. johnson, Of Maryland, was adopt.
&c as a substitute for that and all other PROPOSE.
tions before the Senate. lie as follows:
Resolved, &C., That by the convention con.
cluded the twentieth day Of October, eighteen
hundred and eighteen, between the United
States Of America and the kibg of,he United
Kingdom Of Great Britain and Ireland, for the
period Of ten years. and afterwa,ds' indefinitely
extended and continued in force by another con.
vention Of the same parties. concluded the sixth
day OF August, in the year Of our Lord one thou.
sand eight hundred and twenty seven, it was
agreed that any country that may be claimed by
either party on the northwest coast of merics.
westward Of the Stony or Rocky Mountains,
now commonly called the Oregon Territory,
should together with its harbors, bays and creeks,
and the navigation of all rivers within the same,
jects Of the two powers, but without prejudice
10 any claim which either Of the parties nigh,
have to any part Of said country and with this
further provision in the second article of the
sid convention of the sixth of August, eighteen
| hundred and :wenty.seven, that either party
might abrogate and annul said convention, on
giving due notice Of twelve months to the other
contracting party-that it has now become de.
sirable that the respective claims Of the United
States and Great Britain shoulc be definitely
settled, and that said territory may no longer
than need be remain subject to the evil conse-
quences Of the divided allegiance Of its Amer
can and British population, and Of the confusion
and conflict of national jurisdictions, dangerous
to the cherished peace and good understanding
Of the two countries. And therefore, that steps
be taken for the abrogation Of the said conven.
ton Of the sixth of August, eighteen hundred
and twenty-seven, in the mode prescribed in it's
second article, and that the attention of the gov.
ernmcnts of both countries may be the more
earnestly and Immediately directed to renewed
efforts for the amicab!e settlement of their dif.
ferences and disputes in respect 10 said terrific.
~.
And be il further Resolved, That the Presi.
dent of the United States be, and he is hereby
authorized, at his discretion, to give to the Bri.
tish Government the notice required by it's said
second article for the sbrogaton of the said con.
vention Of the sixth of August eighteen hun.
drcd and twenty y.seven.
The vote upon the resolutions will be found in
the Washington letter. They omit the part
which specified that the President should no,
give the notice until after the adjournment o
Congress, and leave the giving of it, the time
&C., 10 his discretion.
The passage of the resolution is considered
, highly favorable to the preservation OF peace
1t certainly presents the matter in the least OBJ
jectonable form TO Great Britain, and gives ,ha
t government the positive assurance that the U
!. nted States take this step not in spirit of hos
tility, but to effect an amicsble adjustment O
G all difference in dispute in respect to the terri
q tory. The National lntelligencer, speaking @
n the resolution, says:
"As thus amended, the resolution was not a
greeable to most Of those who were regarde,
: as "a 40 men. Mr.. Allen, the chairman of th
Committeeon Foreign Relations, Mr.. Cass, Mr.
Hannegan, and others voted against it on its Fl
nal passage, as will be seen. Mr.. Evans, NJ,
> II. Clayton, and Mr.. Westcott also voted agains
the resolution, but we presume tor very differ
ent reasons: these gentlemen being of opinio
!. that no resolution of notice at all ought to pas
!. The final vote was very strong-40 to IA.
:, we add to the 40 and take from the Ia the tire
;, gentlemen who are opposed 10 notice in any form
the resul, would appear to be. that, out Of 5
;, Senators present, 43 intimated distinctly thei
), opinion that the Oregon dispute onght to
Il compromised and Of the remaining ii W
doubt not that majority would be in favor of
compromise on the basis so often mentioned,
. a trcary to that effect should come before ,h
Senate. The House of Representatives ma
or may not concur in this amendment Of th
: Senate. We hope they will /; but it the
> should not. it is quite obvious that, looking
: the probability of a settlement by compromis'
the state OF opinion in the Senate is the matte
. OF first and greatest Importance"
n DASviLLK BRipeE.-The Legislature has pa
sed a new charter Incorporating Company
u build bridge over the North Branch of the Su
y quehanna at Danville, to take effect three montl
- after the date Of its passage. Three months al
g thus given to the old Company to decide whet
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