Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-02-12

psfe"'a", ,f acme other business,
u'ns'I,u, .noum rose and said he had
N. - ..tich he was DESTROYS Of pre-.
r''l'" ~ the Senate, in order that, at she
sens emu, ,ue he nigh. move i as an amend,
p'p., series Of resolutions which had
mem . - By The Senator from Ken
oeep !, relation to the Oregon territory.
, ~ sss,ine this resolution, Mr. y. remark
10 , ." ,be question, in his opinion. wa.
e. US ,mnor,ance, and he would be glad
Of -. o,ic,nal resolutions, together with
u u" xb;rh he now presented. should be
v" .,,d The resolution offered by The
p.,,r from kentucky, as far as they 60
.ou;ncidenl with bis own views.bnl
!, s. ,bough, they stopped short Of The true
~ which they should extend. lie
..d from the courtesy Of the Senate,
Il ~, ,hey would allow all the resolutions
~" IN. ureanble and resolution heretofore
.f.red by Mr. Crittenden were then read;
n, liangu,n moved TO amend them, as
4 .,,,n,lly offered to The Senate, by adding
\ ,hs following:
proviaed, further. 'rhs, the said notice
4 hall be accompanied with proposition
from The government TO subml, the claims
1.-The Uni.ed States and Great Britain to
aid territory to the arbitration Of person
Ar uersons qualified to determine upon
1 h,f respective rights in and to the same,
those decision sllalI be binding on both
uaians.
i Resolved, That the Committee on the
Territories be and is hereby instructed
hhe House Of Representatives concur
nng) 10 report bill organizing Territo.
nal Government in Oregon, TO 60 into
oreralion a, the expiration of The notice
,iorssaid, terminating the existing conven
lion between he two governments. unless
ME President, in his discretion aud b.
Moelama on, suspend the same, which
he is authorized Ia do. unlil reasonable
time si,er the meeting ct the mex, session
of Congress lhereaf.er: Prouided, Tina,
al that time the right of the respective
nations 10 The territory in dispute shall
mol have been definitely determined nv
~goialion or arbitration: find, further
1 That copy Of The foregoing preamble
and resolutions shall accompany The 10
re to the government, OF Grea. Britain
herein provided for
The amendments were ordered TO be
printed fur the use of the Senate.
Mr. Alien, remarking That he had been
mcuded. by The adjournmen. OF the Sen
ale from Thursday until Monday, from
ealing up his resolutions in reference TO
ureign interference in the affairs of this
comment, moved now to take up the mo.
lion 10 grant leave which was laid upon
The table, and he asked for The yeas and
nays.
The motion prevailed by vote of %
h2l.
Zone or two Wings voted in the affirm.
sliye from courtesy 10 Mr. Cass, who de
slred 10 speak upon The suhjec, at the time
the motion to lay on The liable was made. I
| The jeint resolution being before the
Y Senate.
j Mr. Cass rose, and made a set war
JTeech. lie began by exonera,ing Mr.
Allen from any want of courtesy las had
been charged upon him By The Senator
kom South CarolIna) in not consulting
the members Of The committee OF Foreign
/ Relaious upon this subject. He had nam
Cd his intention 10 him Ht Cass) and he
believed To some others af the committee
OuI he had Nh nndoubled right TO do what
Mdid IN his Individual capacity his po-
alton as Chairman did not lessen his right
aan individual Senator. He believed!
aa, with some change of phrasenIogv
the resolutions would NEE, with general
''neurrence. Ii = proposition is oppnttune
md Important, there was no reason why
should he trampied under foot. He
alluded 10 Mr. Monroe's declaration, which
Unfortunately met with no response from
cSnsress. He read from The Spectator
md Times. English papers received by
aell,e arrival, which he said misrepre
.sasu and seemed TO misappreheni Mr.
], FOLK. What Mr. Polk meant was. not
!. nat foreign Powers should not send men
. Ma money. and means TO their colonies
mere, bu, that they should no, interfere to
saanse existing forms Of Independent,
uo'ernmen!s-,ha, they should not, for
Instance overrun Mexico. He had M
u'uO' that the President had in view the
s"e Of California. and he nigh, well fear
,n' lnr'her acquisition Of territory here
Y wa Power with whose possessions we
we're already bri,ed round. |. was vain
"unuer'ake To suppress the discussion
'r'n ms subject. for in one form or an
u y'ae' u will certainly come up. 1t was
ss'dy before the worll-il had gone
WIN upon the wings of the wind. and
\, 'Aa II The refusal Of The Senate to consid.
s" more than all, i. had gone to Eu.
~ ana every journal there. from John
= 0'oa1's 10 Lands End. would have a
MsA US. What is the Resolution! -
."p'y The assertion of principle which
s'As 70 repel aggression. whe ,her made
Z "a me plea o: a balance OF power er
:. - amer. What is this balance of pewer
Y saow seiup! Ii Is an altemp, to trans
a,m this continent system OF condnc,
Y "en mas always sought To stlfe the first
N II" ~ freedom wherever i, has appear
a system which enables five
m'pean Powers to govern jus. as much
i VIC EARN as they de.ire, and in JUS,
No., way ,hey choose. Here Mr. & emu.
i'm. 'e0 me various changes and revoIu
IONS which IL r.