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THE. OREGON QUESTION.


. The probable termination Qfthis ever
lasting question, has been the theme of
so many harapgues and newspaper par
agraphs, and the prolific. SUBJECT of SO
many thousand conjectures, that the
country must be heartily sick of the
subject. For ourself, we confess, that
we are. Yeti the question is unsettled;
and likely to. REMAIN SO, we fear, until
the (ee-simpIe to that bone ofcontention,
is written in blood upon a thousand
swords. A rumor starts from Wash
ington and wings itself upon the winds
over all the country, that the question
has been adjusted, and ere the glad It'd
ings which we so fondly desired 10 be
true have grown faint and died away,
another comes with like rapidly and
talks Of war and desolation; and thus
the great heart Of the country throbs
alternately with hope and fear 1t is
the opinion of some that the question
has been settled as far as negotiation
can do it, but others are disposed to re-
gard it far otherwise. The New York
Journal Of Commerce, locofoco Polk
paper has the following:
From sources Of importance worthy
Of credence, venture the opinion, the
conviction, the fred fact, that it is now
(ihis 9th day of Feb. l846) an agreed
point, that the Oregon question shall be
settled on the 40; with an equivalent to
us of no practical value, and with sa-
crifice of inestima' lie value; in The which,
Buchanan and Pakenham are the tools
in other hands. A treaty is now being
concluded on the basis Of the 40; the
ratifcctlons Of which are TO be exchang-
ed--mon.hs after Great Britain
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+ Then was triumph, Of which we
may well be proud, when the repre-
sentatives Of The people of MlssisS ppl
spurned with Indignant scorn the at
tempt Of the locofoco progressives 10
repeal the amendment 10 the Briscoe
bill. The mandate went forth last
summer that the amendment should be
wiped from the face ofthe statute book
and that there should be no place for il
in that monument Of Mississippi wis
dom and Justice. And sure enough, ere
the members had got warm in their
seats, obedience to that mandate was
saught to be enforced. The result is
before the country, and the original Bris-
coe men. stand rebuked by the people
whom they sought 10 drive before the
car they had rreighted with their pro-
gressive doctrines; or in other words
they scared up on two broad Il wing,
as friend Of ours would say T. But to
make their confusion orse COMPOUNDED.
The high Court Of the state clothed in
the ermine Of justice, held the constiiu-
ton in one hand and the bill in the
other, and declared that one did not
conflict with the other.
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Senator Allen Of Ohio, seems 10 be
the great hornblower OF the party. Those
who know Allen can we'll attest that
when great noise is TO be made, he is
the man 10 do it, But what the party
can see in his speeches to admire, and
what they can sec in the character OF
the man to admire, is difficult to find
out. And yet this Allen is chairman of
one OF the most responsible committees
in the senate over such men Of the par
ty as Benton, Calhoun, Cass, and many
other great men. Then he stands from
day 10 day, imagining himself the life
and lungs Of democracy. and talking Of
war as u thing iha: is Of little. conse-
quence. Does any one presume to think
that in the event Of a war he would
resign his seat in the senate fight him
self for Oregon? The more cowardly
the dog, the more Justify he banks.
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OF The following Is an abstract of
Mr.. Adams speech in Congress. a few
hours before the House passed the Or
egon "notire" resolutions:
He had the Goth eth and 98th vers-
es in the first chapter of Genesis read
by the Clerk as the foundation of our
claim.
&c. And God said, Let us make man
in our own image after our likeness
and let them have dominion over the
fish Of the sea, and the fowl Of the air,
and over the cattle, aid over all the
earth, and over every creeping thing
that creepeth on the earth.
27. SO God created man in his oaGl
image: the image ofGod created he him
male and female created he them.
\ 90. And God blessed them, and God
said unto them, be fruitful, and multi.
ply, ana replenish the earth, and sub.
due it; and have dominion over the fish
OF the sea, and over the fowl Of the air.
and over every thing that movcth upon
the earth.
He also got the Clerk to read the 9Th
verse in the second Psalm, as follows:
8. Ask of me, and | shall give thee
the heather for thine Inheritance. and
the Uttermost parts Of the earth for
thy possession.
And he also had another passage read
commanding the children Of the earth
to 60 forth, 20 multiply. and subdue.
He said this was a controversy be.
tween Christian nations The Pope
was generally believed, formerly, 10 be
the successor Of Him, who gave the
command quoted from scripture. The
Pope gave TO Ferdinand and Isabella.
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and profoud analysis of me taO, some
passages Of asIfefned eloquence as
the language records.
Here is one, exhibiting lively picture
in reference to the banking mania, that
has run round the circle Of our coun-
try, and .radiated from its centre to IFS
circumfer :-"The cool and sagac-
ous sons Of New England, the impet-'
'uous and inpulsive children Of Ethe
South and the hardy and adventurous
men of the West. have all PERFORMED
The same circuit" BY the way, what
Judge ever was an ornament TO the
! bench, who was not the. pr ide Of The
bar? Judges, like the infamous Jeffries,
may minister 10 the tyranny of
crown, OF like some in more modern
times, may inquire at the grog-shops
and taverns,- how popular opinion is
moving on a given question: yet he
who would win 4 deathless name IN
judicial history, history that never
dies and never misrepresents, must
climb up 10 that enviable immortality,
not by panderIng to'a tyrant or null
titude, but by course of high uncom-
promising devotion TO the principles OF
liberty and justice, enrobed in judicial
science, that will win the confidence
and affection of the men who have
always adorned the legal profession,
and who we trust will adprn it 10 the
latest generations
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shall have reduced her duties on bread
stuffs to--per quarter, and after this
shall become obliged by
law, ITO continue for fifteen years. to
lew no duties above 90 per cent. on
British manufactures, except on iron and
coal.
Such--such a treaty will be ratified
by the senate by a vote of SO 10 10,
Texas settling the question.
The following from the Baltimore
Sun does not tally we'll with the above,
but presents different picture for the
country. TO look upon.
There is still a very great variety Of
opinions Of the Oregon question. Some
have asserted very positively upon in
tihasions which they profess 20 have
received from members Of the admin
istration, that the question is upou the
very brink OF settement-that- Mr.,
Pakenham will make a liberal offer,
yielding even more Of the country than
the region south of 40, in consideration
Of certain commercial equivalents.
Some of those who have been confident
of this have to-day expressed some mis-
givings upon the subject, and now be-
gin 10 imagine that the administration
reekons without its host.
Others think that a deeper gloom has
been thrown over The subject Dy the
late correspondence, and by the rejec-
ton of the offer of arbitration which Mr..
Pakenham had proposed as ''perhaps
the only" means Of an amicable adjust
ment.
Some opinions upon this subject have
been expressed by the two gentlemen
who stand at the head of the committee
on Foreign Affairs in the House, which,
from their position and means of inior-
nation, arc entitled to great considera-
ton. Mr.. c. J. IngersolI said the other
day, and in a manner which seemed TO
challenge special attention, that the re-
representatives. Of the principal European
powers at this government, meaning,
probably, France, Russia and Prussia,
were all opposed TO the position taken
by the United States on this question,
and hence 1t was that he pronounced
that position as new, bold and perlIous,
though one that was worth all its haZ-
ard.
But just now, | heard Mr.. ALIENS
harrangue, before one Of the most bril-
liant and intelligent auditorles ever as
sembled in this country-in which Mr.
A. carried out this iidga a little farth-r,
and indicated rS~.rIt ~, WIN De start
ling to the public ear. Mr.. Allen ex-
pressed 1t as his opinion, that the Bri
fish government would call upon the
governments Of Russia and France 10
interpose in Ibis matter, not as media
tors, but as dIcta;ors, and insist that
Oregon shall be an lndcpendant nation
its independence to be guaranteed by
these powers, and TO be sustained as a
check to the progressive strength and
extent Of the United States; and there
fore, Mr.. Allen said, Great Britain
would not 60 to war sNg,e-handed
against US, but we should have to en-
counter the whole Alliance in arms.
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STATE OF the QUEsTIoN.-The Alex
andria Cd. e. Gazette, Of the 10th
inst, says:
We have good authority saying that
since the rejection ofthe offer of arbi-
tralion on the 4lh instant, by Mr..
Buchanan, no other offer whatever has
been made by Mr.. Pakenham-nor is
1T at all probable that any offer viii
be made by him until the receipt Of
farther advioes from his own govern
ment after the rejection Of the offer to
arbitratc shall have been made known
to it. We speak advisedIy on this
subject.
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of Spain, all of this territory. That
Spain originally had the title--not very
good 10 be sure-bul the same by which
England has alone held Ireland. The
treaty Of 1918 was not, Mr.. A. contend
ed, for ':joimt occupancy" but express
ly for non-occupancy.
Mr.. A. wanted it determinated, SC
that we might have a valid title o.Or.
egon, by actual occupation--and then
go on to people il, Chrstainize it, and
make il. blossom and bloom like the
rose,
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We learn that the Steamer I,aco

We learn that the steamer Lacon
which left Our landing eight orten days
since with over Thousands bales Of cot:
ten on board, was sunk not far above
the mouth Of the Yazoo river. The
.Greenwood'met the captain. of the La.
con, his wife and. gentleman going
down ina. yawl, and the cotton bags
floating about at their 1easure.
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MORMON ENpowMENTs-The follow
ing is given as an instance of ''endow-
ment" business now practiced at
Nauvoo:-
'An Indian chiefiain from the great
plains Of the West visi ed Nauvoo, TO
receive This endowment in the compile
ted Temple. Willis, perambuating
the streets of the city, his eye was
attracted by the appearance of beau
tiful woman, the wife of an exemplary
saint. The Indian Immediately went
to the temple, and made the very mod
crate request tina! he might be given
as his endowment the wife Of the
aforesaid saint! Nothing easier!
Her matrimonial vows were annuled
and she transferred 10 her courteous
red lover. When ready TO depart for
his desert home, The old husband ac-
companied the new one some fifteen
miles on his way, and taking an affec-
Tomato leave of his former half, re-
turned 70 the city.
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egiSldiure.-Ihe following from
the Mississippi Democrat, is the lates.
news we have from the Legislature:
. Capt. J. A. BlNFoRD, one of the Re-
representatives. from this county, returned
from Jackson on Sunday last, and to
him we are indebted for the. following
information.
The Approximate bill, the subject of
so much angry discussion and feeling,
had been finally disposed of-32 Sena-
tors and SO Representatives being the
number agreed on. The following is
a summary Of the bill, for copy Of
which we are indebted to Capt. b.
.SenatorS.-The counties OF Tiprah,
Marshall, Tishemngo, Itawamta, Pom
totoc, Lafayette, Carroll, Yallobusha,
Monroe, Lowndes, Choclaw, Warren,
and Kinds, each Senatorial district,
entitled TO one Senator. The remain
ing districts as follows: De Soto and
Tunica-Panola. TaIIahalchie and Goa
homa-Chickasaw and Oktbteha-
Noxubee and Madison and
Scott-Holmes and unnower--Boli
yer, Washington, lssaquena and Yazoo
-Leake and Attala-Neshoba and
Kemper-Bankin and SmIth-Newton
and derdale--CIarke and Jasper
Simpson and Copiah-CIaiborne and
Jenerson-Adams, Franklin and Will
kinson-Amte and PIke--Lawrence
and Marion--Jones, Covington, Wayne
and Green-Jackson, Perry, Harrison
and Hancock.
RepreSentatires.--The counties of
Marshall, 1ippah, and Tishemingo, four
each. The following counties each
three representatives: Carroll, De Soto,
Kinds, Itawamba, Lowndes, Pontotoc,
ard Yallobusha. The following coua-
ties flco each: Amite, AttaIa, Chicka-
saw, Choctaw, Copiah, Lauderdale,
Holmes, Kemper, Lafayette, Madison,
Monroe, Noxubec, Winston; city Of
Natchez, one, county Of Adams, one;
city Of Vicksburg, one, county of War
rem, one. The remaining counties each
one Representative.
The new Revenue law reduces the
taxation about $4,000. The following
are some Of its provisions: Land tax
(ad valorem) one fourth Of one per cent;
sales Of Merchandise, do poll tax, 25
cents; tax on slaves, 60 cents; bank
stock, 3-10lhs OF one per cent; one cent
on each head Of cattle over twenty own
cd by single individual; &c.
A bill allowing pre- emptions. to per-
sons who have already settled on the
donation land, was passed. Also, bill
extending the time for the redemption
o:Iand bought in BY the State at tax
sales.
The law ''prescribing the mode OF
proceeding againstincorporated Banks"
provides for the sale Of all the proper
~ and assets Of the forfeited banks, for
cash in gold and silver, except the
Planters Bank, for which the bonds and
coupons Of that institution are TO bore
ceived in payment. The MisSiSSippian
remarks of this act that it "wiIl give
the quielus 10 the festering.rarcases Of
the rot,on banks i'll Mississippi"
A bill TO divide the. Stale into Con-
gressional districts, passed the Senate
on Friday last--ayes II, Boes lA-but
its fate is doubtful in the House.
Both Houses had agreed to. adjourn,
sine die, on tomorrow. =.
In future numbers we wi!lt give. an
accurate synopsis ofrhe most importanl
laws passed.
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Saturday EmpOrium.-This is, in our
opinion one of the best literary papers
published in the United States. 1t is
published in New York at two dollars.
By sending on two dollars Of current
funds, persons can get The Emporium
and a copy Of the wandering Jew.
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.KtSSEd1- BY. MISTAKE.

: ACAB1N IN .LUcK-7EQuite "a funny.
and at the-sane time Indierus mistake
is chronicied in the News published at
.Charlestons Mass, "a mistake in which
a .fair damsa and icabman. were the
principles. ..1he younglady, expected
her father from the. eastward By the
boat that night, sat UP for him. The
old gentlemantrue 10 hispromfse, came,
and was rolled. along from the landing
at midnight TO his own home in acab,
the. driver Of which, before letting.bim
out, sprang up The Steps and pulled the
hall Bell The response was stimuli
laneous, for it. appears the anxious
daughter, hearing the sound Of the
wheels and the footsteps, quickly open
cd the door, and having no doubts,
threw her fair arms around the dri
vers neck, and implanted kisses after
kisses on his brown, weather beaten
face. The father was let out, and
rushed to the support of his daughter,
while Jehu, doubtless feeling himself
sufficiently recompensed, drove off with
loud crack Of his whip.
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North CARoLINA-A Wing State
Convention was held at Raleigh on the
18th, by which the Hon. VIM. A. GRA-
HAM was nominated for reelection. A
mos, spirited speech was made by the
sterling Wing, EDWARD STANLEY, (and
several others,) and series Of resou-
tons were adopted, Of which we copy
only this:
Resolved, That we believe that the
United States of America have the bet
ter title to Oregon; that, being fully
sensible Of the awful consequences TO
both nations which must inevitably re-,
suit. from an appeal 10. arms we most
ardently desire that this perp'exing
question may be'settled by peaceful ne
@gptiatfoh; But, should~ the course of
England drive out-country into war
f6r the,ruaintenahee oEodr-s dsr rigtr:s
or .rfalional hopor, the Wings Of North
.Caroiina, ASSN the days of the Rsvdu-'
ton, will be.feund. to- a imaa batting
with Their might in their country's
cause.
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6FSpeaking of the new Tariff bill,
the Baltimore American remarks:
The new measure. soon 10 be pro-
posed, is styled revenue measure.
1t should be rather called bill 10 ia
Vor the lmportations Of foreign goods
and to discourage the mechanical and
manufacturing industry of the United
S'a'es. 1t must favor foreign impor-
ta,ions; because in order TO raise tho
same amount of revenue now Welded
by the present tariff much larger
amount Of importaiions must take
place. Tie reduction Of duties on
goods imported must be compensated
TO the Treasury by the larger quaint
ties imported. These increased impor-
talons, it is also TO be remembered.
must be paid for--if not by our exports,
then by specie
That the second result OF the new meas
ure will be to discourage the mechan-
zeal AID manufacturing industry Of the
United States is evident from the TACT
that the main reductions Of duties are
to be made on articles which our own
people can make and which they are
engaged in making. The increased
lmPortatlons under The proposed system
will consist OF and commodities which
must enter into competition with arti-
Giles and commodities made at home.
A tRerenue Tariff! 1t is SO, WHY
are tea and Coffee allowed to come in
free of duty? There are no articles
more properly the subjects of impost
duties for revenue purposes. The bill
in fact seems 10 be sort Of half and
half affair-a mongrel of neither one
breed.nor another. its authors denouce
protection, yet make the duties higher
on some articles than on others 10 ia
vor and conciliate certain interests,
which are protected interests. They
talk of discrimination for revenue; yet
there is no such principle consistently
carried out in the BILL 1t is an insd-
uouS attack upon so much Of the pro-
tective principle as there seems to be
hope of prostrating; the rest may be
attacked hereafter.
With regard to revenue, it is not
pretended that the new measure will
raise more than the present; it is not
pretended that the existing system has
failed to supply an abundant revenue.
No; the only charge against the tariff
of 1912 is that it is protective as
| well as revenue measure. 1t brings
revenue into the Treasury as the new
81 stem is expected TO do; but then the
Wing tariff is guilty of the monstrous
crime Of protecting American industry;
and for that it must be oyerlhrown.
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The Charleston Mercury concludes
an Article on the Oregon question with
this forcible passage:
''Look back at our progress-at our
peaceful advance-our increase Of ter
rtory without conQuest-our augment
ing population, wealth and power, and
tell US which is the true patriotism tina,
which has secured TO US these grand
triumphs Of peace, or that which wo uld
have led US, on every petty pre'eXt,
to waste our energies in Gighting-to
turn our husbandmen into solIiers,
our merchant ships into men ofwar.
and our money into gunpowder."
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The PreSidency-A Washington let

The Presidency.-A Washington let
ter-writer says the aspirants to the
presidency for l848, are beginning tc
show themselves. He says that Cal
houn will be candidate at all events,
whether he has The nominee Of the par
ty or no.. lie cannot expect 10 have
the field all 10 himself, and among. Il
multiplicity of candidates, he expects to
be chosen by the House of Representa-
'tives. The same writer says THAT Gen.
Cass considers himself safe for tina; Of
flee in l843, and expects to gain it as
the leader Of the war party. Poor
Polk, no one thinks of him for the next
term.
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Saturday March 2, 1916.

NOTICE.-All communications should be
addressed TO The Editor Of the Lynr. This is
important to US.