The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-07-30
THE UNION.

| Mr. DUNN followed, and spoke an hour, principally
upon the subject of that has been
reasonably and consttutonaly restricted in almost all
the legislation OF Congress for the Territories
! Mr. HALL OF Missouri next obtained the floor, and
opened with remark upon the extraordinary fact that
so far in the discussion OF this bill auson whatever
had been made the necessities OF the people of Oregon
and their interest in this matter as though gentlemen had
forgotten that these people were portion OF our own
selves These people now numbered above twelve thou
sand souls Such large number of persons could
lst wthoulaw The provisional government which they
had many of the people refused to recognise and per
haps at this moment II Frustrated. He read from
late letter by leading OF that region in corrobora
ton of this statement, and appealing to the parent gov
eminent for protection 1t would be better 10
off that people forever, than TO sufer them to remain
in their present condition. The present government
but mere compact binding only upon those whose
names conspicuous in the matter; and if the laws
of this compact attempted to be enforced the ind
vdual who might make the attempt would be prosecuted
for esPass as soon as stable shall be eslab
shed there The only sanction of law there, was the
sanction OF public opinion and the excuses OF the people
only restrained by their latent sense of right and
wrong Just n proportion inai saese people require The
of their miserable compact become contemptble-espe
ciay those laws which pretend to regulate the rights TO
real estate
| When our people went to Oregon, they found large
numbers of English settlers there, whom they had to
conciate in the formation OF their compact They
obliged even to insert into Their fundamental law regu
Britain, should be required to take the oath OF allegiance
to the crown
Again, the PROVISIONAL government Oh me people OF IRE
gOn was this time without pecunary means, and II was
impossible for them to collect revenue, as IT was also I'M
possible for any government to exist long without money
Mr.. VINTON interposed TO say here, that il was not
necessary to establish territorial government to enable
the Oregon people to pay their debts OF this character
An appropriation for this object ought to have gone into
the civil and diplomatic bill.
Mr. HILL admitted, if were prepared to do this
that the might thus be reeved but the House could
never agree to do such thing without connecting with
legislative restrictions upon slavery or the rights
Of hold hnrn wa ia
upon the subject of slavery in Oregon Did we not know
that scarcely dozen slaves have yet found then way
there and that probably no considerable number VII Wi!
miserable abstraction of Wilmot povIso in bill to
tablsh the government of Oegon Why not leave this
question to be settled by the people themselves who are
Mr. H. then proceeded to state an amendment which he
desired to incorporate into this bill to encourage the settle
ment OF Oregon His proposition was to give section OF
land to every settler who prepared 10 join the "army
of occupation there To the settlers OF Oregon owed
the possession which resulted in the establishment of
our title to the whole regions and therefore he proposed
this sort OF bountyto them and others who might
choose to share their border life The people of Oregon
had already been induced to settle there by the promise OF
our protection; and now they had for several years APP
pealed to Congress- in vain for the protection of the laws
of the United States Without some such amendment
he proposed. the improvements which the settlers had
already made on the lands would become the property
of the United States.
He invoked the protection of Congress for these people
against the hordes of savages which beset them with
imminent peril This was the principal matter which he
desired He asked that the provision of the act for the
armed occupation of Florida be extended Oregon and
he argued the reasonableness of this demand. which
coming up from the west from the readiness with
which the west, few years ago. came forward to the
assistance OF their brethren in the Indian of the
south The sole object of the grant he asked to in
duce settlement, which was the only true protection of
frontier He wished to induce such emigrants TO go
there as were willing and prepared TO go citizen sol.
diers, and join the army of occupation there.
Mr.. MULLIN, at last, obtained the floor, whereupon
the committee and reported.
Mr.. VlNTON moved that committee of conference
b. appointed TO meet similar committee the part of
the Senate to confer on the dsageeng votes Of the two
And then the House adjourned