Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-01-27

Fly aud patriotic Speech on his amendment
to the Oregon TerritoraFBill. The Bill
had incorporated, in it the section OF The
Ordinance OF 1887, which prohibits slave
~ in the region affected by that Ordin-
suce. Mr. Burt did not propose 10 strike
out tho section, but 50 to amend il as TO
recognise The line ofrhe Missouri Compro-
mise. The amendment was rejected in
The Honse-yeas 81, nays lib. On the
question Of the passage of'he Bill, the de-
bate of The day before was renewed
hlessrs. Leake, Douglass. McClernand'
Rhett aud Thurman severally addressing
the House. No report of the debate has
reached US, but twas very animated and
continued to late hour, when, without
taking The question, the House adjourned
I In the Senate on Friday, the Bill giving
EIland bounties to the volunteers and re-
cruits for The war, was discussed and then
postponed. The Bill providing for the ap.
pointmeat Of Lieu. General, was then
taken up; Mr.. Badger spoke against it,
and at the conclusion Of his remarks,
MIR. Mangum said that, as test ques-
ton, he wonld move TO lay The bill upon
the table; aud upon this question he de-
manded the yeas and nays; which were
ordered, and being taken, resulted as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Messrs. Archer, B adger, Berricn,
Butler Calhoun. Cilley, Thomas Clay
ion; John NJ. Clayton, Corwin, Davis,
Dayton, Evans, Greene, Huntington, Jar
uaeip, johnson, of Maryland; Juhnsun, of
Louisiana, Naugum, Miller, Morehead,
Pearce, Phelps, Simmons, Upham, Web.
ster. Woodbridge, and Yulee-2S.
Nays--Messrs. Allen, Ashley, Achison,
,Atherton, Bas5y, Breese, Bright, Cass,
Chalmers, Dickinson, Dix, Fairfield. Han
negan, Houston, Niles, Rusk, Sewer,
Speisht, Sturgeon, Turney, and West
cott-2l. So the bill was laid on The ta-
ble..
This,is very serious question settled
at least we hope tits settled. The propo.
sition on The part Of the President could
I, moi have been made with due considera'
ton. The proceedings Of both Houses
have shewn conclusively that there was q
great majority who did no, like il-who
4 dreaded the efec: it might have on the
I discipline, spirit and efficiency of the Ar.
4 my,-who saw no need of ri and no good
to come Of il. In the House there was "A
manifest disposition 10 slrange the propo
I Esiion in the dark,-as If 10 prevent The
world from knowing that they had ethics.
{ considered or sighted l.. And they seem
!. mol 10 have remembered, ill after The vote
was taken, that the President srecommen.
dalions, already published TO The world,
cannot be hidden by body whose pre-.
Eceedings are also published, ,-and then,
4 they rather awkwardly rc,raced The step,
and rejected the proposition with sconsid.
Grafton and due gravity, After all :his, il
: seems very 5ilI.adVised TO have brought
i Ilhe maller before The Senate. Clearly
8 Congress did mol wish 10 create the Office,
:: but it was possible lie weight of The
. Executive, the reluctance 10 slight his;re.
Y Il;St:onnntrndution und tiro feeling llal de-
q leato ofrhe administration was defeat oil
81 The Party aud 10 some extent weakened
q bo,h,--.il was very possible that these con-
4 siderations might have given The prnposi.
;Eiion=ihe reluctant support of q majority
4 and what then? Why hlr. Polk would
z have appointed Lieut.. General ,-the
4 result would have been. as we believe,
: misclrievous-lhe blame would all have
y been laid on the Presdenl, aud he would
! have lost thousand times more than he
I has Lust by the rejection of his measure.
\ To urge lhe mater, under The circum-
stances, was 10 risk everything without a
4 chance Of gaining anythins-to risk the
rejection of The measure,-to risk disaster
and confusion in the army. if il was car.
ricd, for the faint possibility that man
4 who had never commanded troops might
do as we'll as The veteran GeHerals who
have made the world ring with the fame
Of their victories.
| From the Charleston EuSning Mrlcs.
THE SLAVERY RESTRICTION.
4 In despite of the remurslrauce of the
Southern members. the House of Repre-
sentatives having rejected The amendment
of Mr.. Burt, re affirming the principle OIL
The Missouri Compromise, which is equiv
alent TO the passage of the bill restricting
j Slavery in the new orrilnries: Ii is ho-
ped that The Senate will place its ucsa-
tive OIL this perious measure, aud save
the Republic the disgrace of geographical
divisions while the country is engaged in
war. II there is any sympathy in this
mailer between the two branches Of the
National Legisature--if that body. which
is the conservative power i'll the govern
melt of the Union, sanctions Ibis reslric-
ton. there is an end to this confederacy OF
States. So soon Us the bill passes The
lower branch, meeting should be instant
|iy held al Washington of all the Southern
Senators and Representatives, TO express
their united determination Of their couslit-
uents, the States aud The people they rep
resent, not 10 submit 10 the restriction.
Such an expression of opinion will, no