The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-01-23

! The all absorbing question is Oregon, and lit.
gress. The senate meet, transact a little morn
inS business, go IN hour or two into executive
session, then adjourn to listen TO the Oregon de-
bate in the house. This debate was commenced
/ on tho 81. an abstract Of tho speeches of which
day Is given ON our frs, page. Ou the following
day the debate was opened BY Mr., lngers"ll, Tho
chairman Of the committee ON foreign affairs in
the house. Mr.. |, sustained the views Of Mr.
Adams, and was for giving tho notice to England
without delay. Messrs. Darrah, Holmes, Pres
ton, King. Winthrop, Owen, and Baker spoke
on the same day. OF Mr.. Bakers speech Mr..
Wentworth SAYS, in letter to the Democrat, he
went a little further than Mr.. Albums, and was
tor war, war. war, rather Than give uP an inch OF
Orr gnn below 5lo i0'.'
On Monday, Jan. oh, Immediately niier the
jor rnal had been read, MIR. lnerr>oII offered,
IN ubedienca TO instructions from the coul-
mtslee on foreign affairs, a resolution lnstruc-
ting the president to give notice To the british
Go vernment that the convention between tins
&c vernmcnt and that OF England IN reference TO
Or egon shall one year alter the date oi such no
tic be ann uled. and he moved that II be referred
10 Che committee Of the whole aud made The "r-
def OF the day for the first Monday IN February
ne; t. Immediately there wer voices all over 1Ae
hoHsc, "Oh net so long to murrow--to day
I.tr
strHctirns and the motion could only he altered
by the house amending ii. The minority OF the
commit tee on foreign affairs also presented re-
port, closed by a resolution 10 the effect TIA,
congress had no right to NEEDLE with giving the
notice ia question to England but that II belong
ed to the treaty making power. The debate was
resumed on the Oregon question generally, the
INN edaite question before the house being on
mas ing the resolution the order of the day for
the first Monday in Feb. Mr.. Gdiings, the ia.
nous Ohio ahoIitioni,,, first obtained the floor,
and made a characteristic speech; he was for the
whole Of Oregon, 10 restore the balance to the
Union lost by the ennexation of Texas and as
"4 wal hc 'uuusht IL Noutu uo soou, Us ~ NNulu
result in instruction Of the slaves in the south
who might thus gain their freedom. Mr.. Rhett
OF =. c., followed IN a furious speech against CIV
ing the notice. Mr.. Mcdowell Of Ohio, sims OF
Mo, aud others continued the debate until the
adjournment.
On the oh, the business Of the house was
opened by the eccentric Mcdonnell Of Alabama
who offered series of resoluti ons worded 10
meet the spirit aud progress Of the age, be said
for the annexation OF IeiGnd to the United
States. Bot his buti1onery was mere than made
up for by his colleague, Mr.. Hiarj new and
yet quite young member. who made the best
speech of the session in favor of the notice and !
the whole Of Oregon. After he had co included,
the house voted on the motion to refer Mr.. Inger.
soils resolution to the committee If the whole /
which was agreed to, and the motion 10 make it [
the order Of the day for the first Monday in Feb. |
was lost. The debate was then resumed, and
continued 10 the close of tina, day and until the
S,h, later than which We have no proceedings
In the senate, Mr.. Calhoun was, on the It'll,
excused from acting as chairman on the commit
lee Of finance. No reason given.