The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-03-12
LOOK TO THE SENATE y

LOOK TO THE SENATE"
This is the portentous sentence which tho
editor of the Washington Times has appended to
several articles In his paper, which strongly in
slnuates that certain Senators have battered their
country's Interests in Oregon away, at a dinner
given by the British Minister, lately in Wash
ington. And by that paper of Monday, it would
appear that The editor is threatened with COIN
mit'ee OF inquiry from that august body He
maintains his position however. and thus throws
the gauntlet at those he has attacked =
Whatever may be the result of this matter
Eve write previous 10 the meeting of the S,,nats1
we will say that we have nothing TO take back,
Dnt must repeat. in view of what we know has
taken place, LOOK TO THE SENA IF. )"
As this wholesale charge of the " Tim ess" of,
corruption in many members of the Senate, at one
and the same time, the same subject. has
astounded the American nation, we notice it "a an
accident of the day. There was but one false
disciple among the Twelve our Savior had
chosen, and there was but one Arnold AMONG the
most, who made up the army that gave us liberty.
NO man believes the sweeping charge, made
against the Senate-it is too mons,rous 10 he com.
passed by mems minds. The calumr,y was
uttered on the occasion of the Hon. Mr. c oIquit's
Resolutions of Notice, which. as they are in
vested with peculiar interest, by the CHI aige of.
the Times, we now give them to our readers:
4" ResOtDed, That notice be given, in the
terms OF the treaty. for ahrogatng the conve nion
made between Great Britain and the United
States on the twentieth of October. eighteen hun
drcd and eightee n, and continued by the co,1yen-
ton OF eighteen hundred and twenty-seven. i'm
mediatey after the close of The present sess on of
Congress, unless the President in his discr .tion
shall consider 1t expediant to refer it to a later
period.
" Resolred. That it is earnestly desired that
me long standing controversy, respecting Ii mits
In the Oregon territory. be speedily settle ed by
negotiation and compromise, in order to tranclu ze
the public mind, and to preserve the friend y re-
latlons of The TWO countries"
The denial of the truth Of the SANDER o the
Times article, and the denuncalion of the au-
thor, by Mr.. CoIquit, was indeed terrible. He
says OF that article" the thoughts incorpo RI led
" In it could never have been conceived but hv
{" scoundrels head, could never have been
written but by scoundre's pen The man
VINO was capable of writing such an article
" could have enshrined in his heart no virtue. I'M
proper feeling, without causing him sef-cou,
'""''S toIluIe' as lar as ne was cOnceTned
" there was no foundation for the remarks in the,
article he referred TO- Nor was there contain
6 ed in it single word that savored of truth
We wish this boring question was settled-it
has become perfect bore to {" Buncombe" and
the borerS have all had their s. hour" and more
folly, froth, gas and humbug, have been poured
upon the people. that ever fell upon the pit-ites,
from Herr AleXander's bucket of wafer T, hoo
been as bad, or worse, than that shower bath.
and we think is destined to end in about the same
manner, although it will cost the spectators more.
1t was just that subject which every one, who
was a brother to the advocate against BALKAN.
could make speech upon, have printed, and sent
to his constituents, TO prove that he was great
man, and show that he was wide awake to their
interests