Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-02-04

arose on Mr.. Aliens morio5 90 take up
his motion for leave tu:inuoducfs his joint
resu!utiuu, declaring tIe principles y h'cii ta
would govern re Unned sStaiGs, in re
gard 10 he interp"slrion pc European
pow ers IN the poli,lcal aifaIfsipf lndepen
dent American NalioGs.
Gen. Cass was Of opinion tsia. Mr. A.
lens resolution ought to beadop,ed, mo
in d rnilfed form as a respppse3 from il'e
Legislative body. N thegpripei les$asser'
c by Mr.. Monroe am, MrsPolk illrH
ought 10 he so expressed az roFsav OH ''!t
'ni<interprrrainn pul upons slr FPolk's re-
cent declaration by some foreign lp"lili
cians-ttal declaration hadsbeen.assertetd
to have heen applied TO Oregon: Some
English papers, which he feterred to-
Supposed it t" apply 10 all the possess'"n>
Eof 9toreisn powers in -Nnrt America =
Nothing could he more erroneous: a.
H. undrrslond, It's soc objeri was 10 DE-
clare that free md independent .nnlons nl
this c.,nllnrnl should not bflhOverrnn aud
subjected 10 foreign rule. ftiheT posses
sluns ~ ere not 10 hr re- col1hised by En.
ropean powers II had Eolhng To do
~l'h The possessions Of !oresgn powers
nothing IT, do with Oregon, half Of which
AIR. Polk in the same message said he had
offered to Great Britain He hoped how
ever, thai The President did:intond to ap.
ply it to California, and t!tat he did in
tend to say that The coIonizetion of that
country by England would not be per
milled.
After this there was Discussion upon:
the propriety of Mr. Aliens Introduction
Of This subject wilhnur consulting he
Committee on Foreign Affairs. MIR. Cal
houn had said that.it wasttssrespeclfnl 10.
the Committee andl Senate and wholly
unprecedented. Mr.. ALLEN sindlcaletl
his course, and in very illnImp pered man I;
ncr undertook to shew ,hatsii was jnsli-
fled by Mr.. CaIhoun's example When ne
introduced his Slavery Res4Juliuns. 59Mr.
Wehster's Greek Resolutions. &c He
called upon MIR. Calhoun, ihlhe course of
MS remarks for an answer tS his question.
MIR. Calhoun. without rising, replied thai
if he chose he would ref,y .f leisure. :,
Subsequently. Mr.. CalfiEun showed
that Mr. Aliens precedvnls Gid not apply
lie stated also that he was opposed To
the policy of the Resolutions liz was cal
culaled 10 dnus injury abroa3f by making
a DECLARATION, which We haM neither The
pow cr uor pulposc 10 malnaEn. lie as
srnled entirely to the contamination nl
Foreign interference iliiGNmelIcan al
fairs, bul hr thought IN useleSs To-. make a
declaration which he did upilntend prac.
licahly 10 malnain.. He hnf assenled 10
Mr.. Monrne's drclarannn,sb1h without re- !
necliau. MIR. Adams vas he author of
that declaration Mr. Adai afterwards.
while President ,FallrnpteJ. carry u lnio
execuliouiu the, Pauania-in oli, the con-
sequence Was that in six Ks alter, he
was perfectly FRUSTRATED n.s Congress,
which as ~ y 2 ri lie
: Mach other very rrereN3 converse
lion followed. in which Mri Simmons of
r. T., Wing, main,aiueda fhe original
declarations OF Mr. Moproe. nd advoca-
led the mulicn for leave 10 iAlroduce lhe
Resolution.
Mr. j. M. Clayton was asa INST the mo.
lion. but would not commit himself upon
the abstruct propositions oE The RFsoiu-
lion.
The motion was carried. Yeas &C.
NAYS II and The Resolution was reirrreh
TO The Cnnullre on ForeaH Rrlptinus.
Nj. Magnum Submitted A pr"posiion
a. =, - IN
Arbitration for The adjustment tof the. .Pend
rus difficulties with Great B3lain.