The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-06

1 Unless the suggestion he Mr. Il had made were
adopted everything would be damned up.
The SPEAKER. The question, then, is ON the
i reference.
Mr. J. r INGERsoLL suggested to Mr., TuOMP-
SON whether his object could not at once and with
out Crcuity OF action, be met by general consent
10 receive the reports Of committees for one hour
| Mr.. THOMPSON thought II would be but a very
/ partial accomplishment Of the object
During the whole ofthis colloquy, Mr. boWLiS naa
sat quiet lamb in his seat, neither claiming
the floor nor anything else, but leaving the DISPOSE
i ton of the matter entirely with the House,
/ So no further objection manliesung ITSELF
The queston on the first branch OF the motion OF
/ Mr.. G J. IEGEasoLL was taken, and being decided
Tn. Ioint resolution Of the Committee on For.
si1n Affairs was referred 10 the Committee OF the
| Who'll on the state of the Union.
And, on the second branch Of the motion-to wit:
ON making the resolution the special order for the
Il first Monday in Fshruary-the yeas and nays
Il (Which had heretofore been demanded) were now
1 again asked by Mr. JoHs A. RoeRwElL, and or
I dered
Mr.. JACOB THOMPSON moved that the House
nor resolve itself into COMMITTEES Of the Whole on
the state of the Union
| Mr.. WINTHROP rose ana objected.
lCTes; Take the y0te."l
Mr.. TIBBAT'rS moved to 10y on the table the
recond branch of Mr.. C. ]. lEaERsoLL', mouon
| Mr.. WINTHROP submitted thar this could NOT,
/
much as a division OF the question having been order
ed and one branch Of the question having been taken
The question the second branch must Of necesai-
N ~ follow.
The SPEAKER. so deciding, ruled the motion OF
Mr. TIsnArrs out Of order.
The question on the second branch OF MIR. c. J..
IssERsoLLs motion, was then taken, and resulted as
fOllows
YEAs-Messs Abbott, John quincy Adams. Stephen
Adams, Arnold, Ashmen, BarringGr Bayly, Bedinser,
Bell Dggs James A. Black, Bl1nrhIp, Milton Brown,
william O. Brown. Burlington, Burt. Cahel william w
CamPbsil John u. Cs@Pbeli, Augustus Chapman
Croisr Cullom Daniel Garrett DAVIS, Jefferson Davis.
Dixon. Doeksy, Dunlap. living, Foot, Gillngs, Gls'.
i Graham Grider 8rinnel Hampton, Harper, Herrick.
ELIAS b. Holmes, Isasc y. Holmes Edmund w. Hubbard
SAMUEL d. Hubbard, Hudson, Hnhgeaord Washington
| seph Johasoa, ID. 2. King, Thos. Butler King. Lsaks,
sib, Lewis, Lyon; Long MeGsgghey, MellehY Nc
Roberts Julias Rockwell. John A. Rockwell. Root,
Runk. Sea schenek seaman ssddon, Severance. A.
D. Sims simpson, Truman smith, Albert smith, Caleb
b smith s,-wor, strohm ThibodeIuS Thomasson. Ben.
amia Tho@pso9 Til,s", Trssd~ay Irumeo' Vance
NkYs%sisssrs Anderson. Baker, Benton. Jane, Black,
Rowln, Boyd. Brinkerhof Broihead, Csthcst, Chase,
Chapman. Cobb Collin. Culver, C,tnnisghlm Deano, De
Mon. Dillingham; Dobhin Douglas, Ed,all, Eh.worh'
Erdmsn Ewing Farsn Fickln. Fries, Goodyear Gordon
Moreover, hanlin HARRISON Henley Hose, fough, James
Hunt Jsnsns James ~ JS S.,o % Ss ,SnssSs
Levin, LumPkin hsclay, McCesn, MeCielland MeCler'
Morse MoaoS Ni,sS. Norris, owen Parish frndson
rrnill Petit Price Ramsey Rathbun, Reid Relic Rit
smith, Robert saith. stanton '' sarkwssthsr stepSsns
81 John, strong James Thompson, Jacob Thompson,
ribbatt., ToOmbs, Wentworth, Wheaton, Williams, Wood
worth. Yell and Yost-s7
So, two-thrds not voting therefor, the House de
l cided that the resolution should mol be made the
! special order for the first Monday in February.
Mr.. PRICE thereupon withdrew the amendment
he had submitted, to make the resolution the special
or for to-morToo, (which means to-day, Tuesday;
IL. INT,
Committee of the Whole on the state of the
Union. Oh
OREGON pIREcr-AG AIN.
The motion having prevailed, the House resolved
itself into Committee Of the Whole the state of
the Union, Mr.. TmBarrs Of Kentucky in the
| chair.
And the committee, on motion Of Mr. BoWLIN,
| took up the joint resolution from the Commit
! tee on Foreign Affairs
/ Mr.. BOWLIN whose claim to the floor not
contested, rose and addressed the Committee.
Mr.. B. said he regarded this question Of the
Occupation Of Oregon as one OF the deepest
! and most vital importance that had agitated
this government from its very foundation. II not
only involved the value Of the territory under con-
sheraton but involved principles Of the most
cred nature--principles upon which, If this nation
i was prepared to give way, she was prepared to
sStaw down deep degradation upon her head In the
1boom of youth. Ii was question of the greatest
Importance, whether we regard it in reference TO
| the power with which il might bring in collision,
] or in reference to the value of the territory, or IN
that higher character of the national honor, which Is
at stake upon it. Upon the question of our claims
10 Oregon he did not propose TO trouble the House
His views upon il had already been fully submit
ted at former session of Congress; and he should
4 only touch upon them as they might incidentally
be involved in the review ofthe treaties made upon
this subject. He proposed to leave the question of
title where the decision Of the last Congress- in con-
fomy with that of the Baltimore convention, had
placed it, and which the people Of this nation had
ratified by solemn and decisive voe-yiz: that It is
unquestionably in us. ,.... .....
The title Of Oregon, then, is ours, and is estab-
lished by the best authority in this country. That
being the case, had done any thing to place that
title out Of hands, or to bring 1t into jeopardy
And he re permit him to state, at the outset OF his
argument, that no act which we might possibly do
IN relation to Oregon, so long as we leave the rivers
bays and creeks Of that territory open TO the sub
iects Of Great Britain, and allow them the right
Of trading with the Indians, could be in viola
4 ton of that convention. We might establish
a Territorial government, regardless of the no.
tice; we might build our forts and Notifications;
\ we might send our people there; might organize
the territory into State; and, in his humble opin-
ION, there would be no violation of the treaty stip-
Nations between US and England. What had Eng
land gained by treaty on this subject The first
foundation of her pretended claim the treaty of
4 Nootka Sound; and upon this her own eminent
ish Parliament, that they had gained nothing that
\ they had not before. They had bullied Spain into
that negotiation; they had kicked her into it by vo-
ting supplies to the king for carrying on the war
but Spain outgeneraled them, and they gained moth
ing but fine words; they gained nothing but the right
Of ingress and egress in that territory, the right TO
trade with the natives, and to make temporary huta
and warehouses; ay, they gained loss by that very
treaty, for they gained the privilege Of the COM
mcrce Of the South sea, and took it boon at the
hands of nation which they at the same time, held
IN condition Of scorn and degradation. The next
l thing in the history of negotiation, by which
she pretended hat she acquired any rights. was in
the celebrated treaty with the United States in 1878
The terms Of that treaty werc perhaps, familiar to
every gentleman in this House; but he wished to
call the attention Of gentlemen particularly TO II as
l compared with other treaties Of the United States
with Greet Britain, that they might see whether she
ever gained any more right of soil, or other rights
under it than she had gained under other treaties,
4 with regard to which she had made no such preten-
SONS. What did the treaty Of 1878 give them
The third article of that treaty was as follows;
"AHrIeLr3 II is agreed that any country that may be
camsdh by either party the northwest coast OF America