Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-04-08


the article BY the British Commissioner pro
posed that line "a, FAR asfheir respective ter
riforios ertcad in that gnarfer"Ins,nelv v.s,.
wsrd.l Provided. That nothing In he nrcSent
article be construed To extend To the Nor,b.
west coss, OF America, or 10 the territories
belonging to ot claimed by either ON the con.
tincnt of America. 10 the westward of the
Stony Mountains.
Mr.. Benton coutended that UPON the as
sumption Mr.. T.. had made this morning. our
claim to Oregon dates after 1919. IL was up
on the title derived from la. under The treaty
at Utrecht, that NJ. Gallstin declared a, Lon
don that IN 1917. that our title to the valley
OF the Columbia was clear. He argued that
MIR. Jefferson depended upon this line csisb-
lished by the Utrecht treaty. lie Mas opposed
to the proviso above quoted. he Wished il kept
out. Mr.. Jefferson he aid, could not b.
charged with British influence. ant therefore
he mus, b. beaten down, hid. overlaid. This
negotiation which was the work OF Mr.. J.Ier.
son, must be denied, construed away, aud
Mr.. Gresn must write a book TO do ii. Had
the proYiso been rctsined as Mr.. Jefferson lie.
sired, there would have been no difbculty-
the line of ~ would have run 10 the Ocean.
II tins were not the case, we must throw our
selves entirely on the Spanish title, acquired
m lSle. The discoveries OF Levi il and CLARK
would bc cut OF, the discovery of the South
Pass, by Henry. would b. cut ofi. aud Guy's
discovery OF the Columbia would b. cut on.
Mr.. Benton proceeded at some length ,o
oommen, upon the position taken by MIR.
Cas-, To rccapitula;c the iscts abluced bv him
yesterday in support OF his position and To
! illustrate his argument, aud IN doing ~, forti.
he'd himself very strongly, while he at the
weakened the citadel in which Mr.. Cas- had
taken refuge. Which had the best OF the mr..
gument | will not undertake Ia decide. not
being fully competent To do so from the fact
that 4, Is utterly impossible TO hear more than
one half, sometimes not more than one quar-.
ter OF what Mr.. Benton saws. where 1 sit,
owing Ia the very indlstinc, manner in which
he p~Onounces his words, and the low tones TO
which he SINKS his voice most of the time.
When MIR. Benton concluded, Mr.. Webster
rosc aud desired tn draw the attention of those
Senators TO some historical facts in ref,rrnce
to DAVIS Straits and whether there was no, a
connesion between them and this line of 40.
there must have been a starting poin, some.
where-something caused tins line 10 be 6Aed
upon, and he suggested 10 Senators 10 urn
their investigation ~ a. 10 ascertaiu n ths
discovery OF Davis straits, It's connection with
tl1e hndson's Bay Company. and It's touching
The line oil ~ al a particular place. did not
occasion that the line To BE- assumed a, the
az dividing one between the possessions of
France on The South aud England on the
north.
The Senate then wen, into Executive se,.
sion.
have eecnablc 20 give but q very faint idea
OF the conflict and grapplc OF mind vita mind
The tug ot war between Greek and Trojan.
winch took place to-day. and which elected
Tue most profound attention, not only from
TIE audience IN the galleries. bat FINN ev.,x
senator. not one OF whom, "a | could observe.
'lcit the Senate; il Is impossible 10 40 ius,;s,.
10 u'e scene without giving the arguments. H.
lusiniions. aud structures OF the two di.,;n
suished Senators more in detail than your
space or my ability will permit. Both YES.
terdsy and to-day will BE- long remembered nv
those who witnessed the conflict. IL was \
conflict which the pen of the poet alone can
adequately describe. Something like il las
been Illus most graphically Described.
'iiusinous Hector first in fierce advance.
Di'ect on Ajax huhd his ponderous lance.
Ana smote hlm where The belt that held his
blade, us
The belt that brsc'd his battle shield DER laid.
The dart there stsyed-ihsn wild with wustb
and woe,
The chief Indignant, at the ~irui,less blow.
Slept back
DO, Ajax. where a rocks huge fnsmen, law
hcaNd up from earth the atone That cfoss.J
his way,
And whlrliug like y wheel the mass smund
lha, once had nsoorcd a galley on tina, ground
nufldit al HcctoTs ofbcd shield aud sIno,e
HE hero : breast. aud struck his tender ,hro.,
The House passed the Sub-Trcasury bin IN.
day by l23 TO o..
OLIVER oLDSCHooL.