Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-03-20
Correspondence ~ The AmerieoH.
TWENTY-NINrH CONGRESS.
WAsniNoroS. March rs.
TNITHn CIR SENsrE
UNITED SrATEN SEN ArE

UNITED STATES SENATE.
N Chair Was taken by Mr.. Sewer ot Ar
kansas, at the request OF MIR. Dallas, to-day
absent from the ciiv.
MIR. Cameron presented the memorial OF
the Harrisburg Military Convention asking
Tor a reorganization OF the Militia OF the
States.
Memorials were presented adversely to the
Seneca treaty.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Mr.. Dsv,on's resolution. offered ten DAYS
since, calling npon The President of the L.
States to inform The Stnatc whether the state
Of oar foreign relations demand any increase
of the Navy. and il 80. what the state OF those
relations are. came up.
Mr.. Spcight said hc desired that the rcso-
luton should be laid over until To. morrow.
MIR. Dayton consented. but sid lac should
ask that the resolution BE- acted upon to-mor-
row.
REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMIT
TEE.
Mr.. Benton made the Report from the Sc
lect Committee chosen on Thursday io inVes-
tigatc the charges Of the Washington Times
against the L. :. Senate. The Committee
made their examinations with the intention
not of Furnishing The libellcrs, bat of obtain.
ing th Ia authority. The Committee sy they
have found, upon examination. the charges
tldNt 10 - hAb'fAN anu fntifflf hiNf.
The examination leaves no doubt i'm the
minds oi lac Committee that the change was
a false and contemplate libel.
The whole story in regarl to the Wing
meeting, the Committee further Soy, - ials'
aud u~niouuded, AMI an ahSuul fabrication.
In regard to the dinner table story the Com.
mit,ce say that upon examination IL turned
out 10 BE- a dcspicablc false aud corrupt
charge.
The editor OF the Times states in his testi-
mony that h. WAS the writer of all the arti-
cles in the paper, aud that he knew nothing
personally ot the charges preferred. They
were the Coinsge OF his own brain.
The report was rad by Mr.. Benton at the
Clerks desk, when MIR. b. returned to- his
scat and moved the printing of the Report.
Mr.. Tumcy of Tenn. said he cuncurrcd
heartily in every woud of the Report. In his
judgment there never was a more mfoumdrd
Calumuy. aud he Concurrcd Cheerlully in the
report which had been read by Mr.. Benton.
Mr.. Dickinson said That he concuucd i'm
the Report. There was no evidence, near or
remote of the truth of the chargcs made. II
was an uniounded Calumny. bat hc did not
concur IN the proposed expulsion of the Eli
tors and Reporters ot the Iimcs, unless such
was the judgment of the senate. lie though,
nothing would be- gained by this. He rgarl-
ci the Times mru a. the victims of Calum-
nies.
Mr.. Jamegan referred TO some of the addi
uonal wrongs ia this article of the Times by
pointing ont the atrocities ia Mr.. Robinson's
article. The principal editor said hc expect
ei To prove has charges 10y such Senator'S a.
Webster. Evans. Mangum and other Wings.
aud by Mes>rs. Csihoun. ilgby, McDuihc,
Colquitt. and other Democrats.
Mr. Jauicgln shove ct that the libel had
b,cn most wiliui.
Mo Beuien expressed hi smazcmcnt at
The remarks oi the Senator from y. y. lie
had assumed the Ssudtc that hc concuTred ia
the Report entirely ond Yet pronounced the
the victims oi catumny i'm Others.
Mr Dickinson said Ice did not stand here
to Ninlicatc The authors Of the calumny. and
had done NO more than suggest that they
should not h. expelled from the Scnate.-
mon had most unjusily, mos, wrong.
fully. without Justification .sspcrscd this boIy,
end he thought their punishment would b.
sufficient in wrong they had done.
MIR. Benton said the Reporters Of he Times
occupied the privileged STATS in the cutlery,
and morrow he should move for the cxpul
sion oi all persons connected with the Times
newspaper. The Report was then ordered To
be printed.
THE OREGON QUESTION.
This subject now cameup, when Mr. Cal.
houn rose aud ssid-
The question was whether notice shouldbc
given al the end of the year. Having been
connected with the negotiation hc should say
nothing OF title, "a il would bc exceedingly in
delicate Tor him iodo ~. lie should Sy moth
ing either calculated la offend any one.
All must perceive that the aspect OF ihi,
question had changed since the meeting al
Congress. The Presidents message declared
that sfnn ..t,nv.u.s.a N,lf.G -. -
ought 10 b. accepted. The President further
-sld that st the end ofonc year the time would
come when We must either aS>crt or abandon
or claims To whole al Oregon. lie was
Obliged Ia admit. however. that there was "A
iaiT inference To bc drawn that il the British
Government would renew the offer of 10 deg.
direct or substantially, IT would b. accented.
Mr.. Calhoun said be wasopposed to notice
because II would not produce comprumisc,
while Others were ready tn oppose the notice
~ u would produce comptomisc. Between
waTand compromise, Senators upon the one
side chose the former. while be- and his friends
were in favor of compromise because they did
not regard our title to the whole of Oregon as
clear and unquestionablc. He thought the
subject was a proper one iof compfomiSe and
Tor a lair adjustment oi the territory i'm dis.
pute.
Mr. Calhoun thought the construction ofthc
Message did not warrant any conclusion of n
pacific character. 1hc President in his Mes.
sage had directed that we should vindicste
our claim TO the whole OF Orcgon BY sn appeal
To arms and not in any other form whatever.
Tie dad not believe tho, TIE President intend.
el 10 mtimiHaie England by ncommendina
The notice, for his own good sense must have
taught lim That II would have Produced a di
rcCtly different effect.
Nor dat hc concur with S%anator. who
thought it unwisc that the Convention sboold
never have been entered into at all. That
Convention was 90 be- mad. ~ war wn.ld
have ensued. England would not rompro.
mis- the question upon a.. anl We were obi.
god, Therefore. 20 make the offer
he hazaulcd nothing in saving that there
was a large majority in thi. loiy who ,er.
ior ~compromi-e- Honorable oompumise-up.
on this question