Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-04-30

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Lass'i'hursday week. the Senate Of the
Uni,ed States took a fnal vote on the
Oregon qne>,inn Il viii be recnl!ected
tina, some lime since Nr CRITrLNDEN
offered u .nHstl,u,e TO The House Rpsou
ton for giving the .'Noiice"~ 10 Great
Britain. The eilec, Of the amendment
was 10 give discretionary power 10 the
presilen, AS To the time when the notice
should I've given Or the I6'h Nr JoHN-
Of Maryland offered slight amend
m n, which did not virtually alter the
trims Of Mr. Cri;lenden's proposition and
in this shape il passed the Senate by an
overwhelming majority. Should the
House concur in this amendment-and
we hope i, will : then the responsibility
will be thrown upon the President Of
giving the notice. The position Of the
President, with all the facts and private
correspondence in his possession, will
enable him 10 be far better judge as to
the appropriate time when the notice
should be given. than any other branch OF
the government. II the House concur IN
the amendment of the Senate. then will the
eyes Of The whole country be turned TO
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have Sufficient confidence in him to believe
tina, he will not wan,only plunge the
nation into war, and if he can preserve
the peace of the country by an honorable
compromise he will do il. During the
discussion Mr. Allen exhibited much sore
ness at his discontinue and took occasion
to ven, his spleen against Mr. Critenden;
but Tive noble Senator from Kentucky
compelled him to back out by placing him
in a palpably humilialng position. The
National Intelligencer looks upon the
action Of the Senate as highly pacific in
lis character, and adds:-
The resolution was not agreeable 10
most of those who were regarded as 81 40
men. Mr. Allen, the chairman Of the
Committee on foreign relations, Mr. Cass.
Mr. Hannegan, and others, voted against
il on lis final passage. Mr. Evans. Mr. l..
Clayton and Mr. Weslco,t ais, voted
against il, but we presume for very differ
ent reasons-,Aese gentlemen being of
opinion that no resolution Of notice a, all
ough, 10 pass. The final vote was very
s,rong-40 TO Il. Ii we add TO the 40
and take from the IA the three gentlemen
who are opposed to notice in any form.
the result would appear to be, that on, of
81 Senators present, 43 minated dis
lnc,ly their opinion tina, the Oregon dis
pmie ought TO be compromised; and of the
remaining l we doubt not that a maiori.
~ would be in favor Of compromise on
the basis SO often mentioned, if treaty
to that effect should come before the Sen.
ate.
The House of Representatives may or
may not concur in this amendment, of the
Senate. We hope they will; but if they
should not, i. is quite obvious that. look
ing to the probability Of a settlement. by
compromise. the state Of opinion in the
Senate is the matter of frs. and greatest
importance.
The following is the final vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Archer. Ashley. A,her-
ton, Bagby. Barrow. Benton, Berrien
Calhoun, Cameron. Chalmers, John NJ
Clayton. Corwin. Crit,enden, Davis, Day
ion, Dix, Greene. Haywood, Houston,
Huntington, Jarnagin. johnson. Of Mary
land. johnson. Of Louisiana. Lewis Ne
Duflie, Manenm. Miller, Morehead. Niles,
Pearce. Penny hacker, Phelps, Rusk. Sc.
vier. Simmons, Speight, Turney, Upham,
Webster, Woodbridge-40.
Nays-Mesrs. Allen, A,chisen. Breese.
Bright. Cass. Thomas Clayton, Dckin.
son, Evans. Fairfield, flanagan. Jen.
ness. Semple. Sturgeon. Westcou--l4.
The Senate then adjourned until Mon
day.
In the House Of Representatives the
consideration of Tie bill for the protection
Of American settlers in Oregon, for the
extension Of the Territory of Iowa over
that country. &c was resumed in Com.
priitce Of tho Whole