The Columbian fountain., 1846-02-10
Reported for the Columbian Fountain.
Tw enty ninth Congress-
FRS T SESSION.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9th, 1916.

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After prayer, the reading of the journal was
dispensed with.
The House Immediately went into commit
amendments thereto.
Mr.. Thomas Butler King addressed the COM
miltee He gave as much sound argument,
facts, and logical deductions therefrom in his
peculiar, pleasing, and forcible manner as has
been compressed in any single hours speech
during the whole debate. He incidentally
stated fact noticing, viz: that he chad been
tsld by members of this House thatthey would
rather have war, than too see the tariff Of
1912 reduced. And by Democrats too !"
Mr.. John @. Adams then took the foor An
objection was raised by Mr.. G. ]. Ingersoll
that Mr.. A. had spoken before; but Mr.. A. ex-
planned away the objection by saying that he
had not spoken before in committee He pro
ceeded
If his mind had not been made up before as
to the propriety of giving this notice now, 1t
would so have been made up after hearing the
lengthy debate which had been had IN this
House;and he stated that it was not only the
most important debate ever had on this floor,
but il had been conducted in the most able
manner--on both sides-and that the subject
in research, in arguments, SC. was not only
exhausted, but had been dealt with in the most
full and complete manner, and worthy OF its
vast importance. He repeated that it was his
solemn conviction that the time had now come
10 give the notice 10 terminate the convention
between Great Britain and this country in re-
gard to Oregon. He denied that he had ever
entertained or promulgated any opinion that
Great Britain had any rights in Oregon except
the rights under that convention, such as they
were. He was now ready TO show by his vote
that such was not his opinion now. He should
vote for the adoption Of the joint resolutions as
reported by the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tons, and for any amendment thereto that
would be most likely to obtain the concurrence
Of all in its passage--that would secure the
giving the nolice at all events. He would vote
for one almost supplicatory in its terms, 'even
the last and most limidsof them all" Chat OF
Mr. I. B. Kings, similar to that Of Mr. Man
gums in the Senate. aa9iR.r1 a2.
II there was nothing else to give us title,
and 10 exclude England, there was little book
that members were sworn upon at the Clerks
desks, and which many southern men some
times kissed when they swore, in token, as he
supposed, OF respect. That was the founda-
lion of our title. (The Clerk, al his request,
read the Goth, 9th, and 26th verses of the LIST
chapter OF Genesis. Great confusion had been
:uade by a misapprehension of the Convention
of 1918, and OF its continuance in 1927. II
did not authorize joint occupation, but nom
occupation. If the controversy was not with
Christian nation, the quotation would not be
applicable. CThe Clerk, at his request, read
the 9Th verse of I'd Psalms, and the verse pre-
vious.) He said that verse referred 10 our Sa-
vior and the Church, and the Christian peo-
pie. Now, the Pope Of Rome was allowed
and recognized as the representative Of Christ
until the time Of Martin Luther. Another
verse he would repeat without OBTAINING the
committee by asking the Clerk TO read it. 1t
was: & Go preach TO all nations, and will be
with you 10 the end of the world" Now the
Pope had the power, and which was nniver-
sally conceded, TO give permission to Christian
monarchs 10 conquer the heather. AT the
time OF the discovery Of the North and South
American continents this doctrine was admit
ted and Columbus, sailing under the auspices
Of Ferdinand and Isabella, in 1892 or the year
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