Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-07-07
Washington, June "a.

The Oregon Bill has again been reached in
The Senate, after sleeping many days, and giving
many Senators an opportunity TO prepare them
selves for arguments uponthe maeraq Questions.
The people of Oregon, III the Government
which they have Instituted for themselves, have
inhibited Slavery from the territory, and being
temperate as well as free, they have also prohib-
tied the sale or importation Of ardent spirits.-
These are municipal regulations, and without be.
ing literally specified in the bill before the Sen.
ate, thoy are practically acknowledged by decla.
ring that force snail be given to these acts, as il
they were part of the fundamental law Of the
territory.
| 1t is proposed by half score Of Southern
Senators TO strike out the section asserting tc
these enactmcnls, ana various amendments have
been enforced l0vorng the principle of Slavery.
There are however, as | write, but two pending
one of which,-moved by Jefferson Davis, oI
Miss.,-provides that Domestic Slavery may ex.
ist in the Oregon territory, while part Of the
United States. and the other,--moyed by Mr..
Hale, of n. H.,--which proposed TO incorpor'
ate the Ordnace of '87. In this form the bill
has twice passed the House Of Representatives
and been defeated in the Senate. The Southern
Senators take more and more umbragc TO the
measure now, but have consented to allow ma
ked vote upon this section of the Bill. There
was so much Of law, and so many abstractions
in the debate yesterday, that the question was
hardly touched upon It's merits. Mr.. Dix, oI
n. Y, however proposes to do that on Monday
and being one of tho "Barnburnng" Senators
may assume stand, if he will.
Il e R,,
rem and Mr.. Dodge, as the choice of the Barn
burners, for the two highest offices ofthe Union,
was received with marked CONSERVATION, by the
Democratic party yesterday. The Hunkers
were literally struck by lightning, as the news
came by telegraph. The subj ect excited much
more debate and inquiry than anything before
Congress, exciting as even some Of the ques
tions there under consideration. 1t is impossi'
BILE that New York, should these nominations be
true or not, should give her heavy electoral vote
for any other than Taylor and Fillmore. The
Democrats there may throw away one-haIl o.
their votes on Mr.. Cass, and the other half or
| Mr.. Van Buren, or any body else. In no event
can any Locofoco candidate carry the State oI
| New York, Mr.. Van Buren, was cheated out
of the nomination in 1914, by the friends oi
Cass. He and they may now pay the nominee
! in their own coin.
The Post Office Committee Of the House have
reported bill reducing the rates Of postage tc
five cents, for one,half ounce letters through the
United States. The Chairman of the Commits
tee in report accompanying the Bill, propose;
that the uniform rates shall be TWO CENTS Tor al
distances, and this will be the reform ultimately
reached, and one that will in time, not only chea
pen the great means of social intelligence ou
Weld an adequate revenue to the Government
for the support of the service.
The House have passed Bill to-day Tor more
fully executing tho provisions of the Webste