New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-15
Passage Of the Oregon Bill through the
senate.

senate.
Correspondence OF The Tribune.
WASHINGTON Sunday August 10.
The Oregon bill as it passed the House a few
DAYS since passed the Senate this morning be-
tween the hours OF . aud 10 o'clock. There are
no Sabbaths in Revolutionary tmes'-and these
times, according to Mr. CALHoUN, are revolutionary.
The first amendment 10 the House bill, which
made it the duty Of the Governor OF the Territory TO
transmit 10 each House of Congress copies OF any
bills he may Veto with his reasons therefor i'm
mediately after each session of the Territorial Le-
gisature, aud which was adopted in the Senate on
Thursday was given up today by a vote of 81 to 49,
The second amendment. which directly coniers
the veto power on the Governor of the Territory,
and provides that in such cases the bill shall not
become a law unless approved by Congress, was
reinqushed without division.
The third amendment, which provides
THAT the line of $50 800 of north latitude known as
the Missouri Compromise line, defined by the eighth
section of an entitled An act to authorize the peo
pie of the Missouri Territory 20 form Constitution ana
State Government and for the admission OF such
STATE into the Union ON equal footing with the orgi
nal States and 10 prohibit Slavery in certain Terrific
RES approved March g. 1920 be and the same IS mere,
BY declared TO extend the Pacific Ocean and the SAID
eighth section together with the Compromise therein
effected il hereby revived and declared to be In full
force and binding for the future organization OF the ter
,ores of the United States in the same sense and with
the same understanding with which II was orgihaiy
adopted and
was after the struggle of hours, finally receded
from bv vote OF 30 ayes to 2J nays, as follows
AyEs-Allen Baldwin, Benton, Bradbury Breese'
Bright Cameron. Clarke Corwin, Davis OF Mass Day
ton Dickinson Dix Dodge. Douglas Felch, Fitzgerald
Green, Hale, Hamlin, Hannegan, Houston, Miller Mics
Phelps SpruGnoe, Upham Walker Webster-2s.
Those in Italics are from Slaveholding States.
Enfle
Wis of Miss Downs Foote, Hunter, Johnson OF Nd
Johnson of Geo Johnston OF La. Lewis, Mangum, Ma
son Mecslfe Pearce Rusk, Sebastian, Turney Under
wood Westco.t, Yulee-25
Every Representative of a Northern State voted
against retaining the invidious amendment epen
Dickinson The Demonstration at Buffalo has
made him sick at heart.
The absentees were Messrs. ATHERToN, CLAY
TON, KING and STURGEON.
Messrs. ATHERToN and KING oil Alabama, par
ed off early in the morning exhausted by the pro-
tracted session.
Mr. CLAYrox is still in Delaw are summoned
and detained there by n domestic calamity.
The reason of Mr., SURGEONS absence did
not learn
The night was consumed in speeches, not for
conviction bat delay. After Mr.. WEBsrER's
speech at y O'Clock in the evening, nothing was
said but had been better omitted
little sparring unfortunately took place be-
tween Judge BUTLER of 5 c. and Col BENTON
Senators of their high position and public service
should subdue by conduct and bearing the younger
and more undisciplined members of the Senate
not serve as precedents for outbursts of vulgar pas
sionS.
Judge BUTLER I'M the course of the evening
made a motion Tor an Executive session Some
member OF the Senate, he said, had been guilty OF
violating the seal of secrecy which IS supposed to
control the proceedings OF closed doors. IL was
not apparent from his remarks that any one Sena-
tor was intended 10 be designated.
Ii seemed otherwise To Col. BENTON. He made
areply not in Senatorial language, and certainly
moi IN good taste To talk Of "crammng the lie
down the threats Of persons is coarse. Some
thing. il is true can be pardoned to anger arising
nom an unjust dispersion; but TO meet charge by
intemperate abuse or by denunciaton is not al.
ways the easiest way OF establishing innocence or
OF gaining sympathy.
n the Suarre had stopped or stops at words
however violent, there had been or will be less
20 regret. But from the character OF the conflict
such is not {, be expected, unless from the ardent
interference of friends Slows lSs l 'eun noiii &c
nortl would have been interchanSed IN the very
eens,s hnt for the rapid and determined conduct
osSenators near by the heated adversaries.
i, h 'unnleasant TO alude to such an occurrence.
The person who records II seems TO snare Por
non of the guilt OF the actors IL should never DC
mentioned but as " arning-as a neSns " P'e'
vent a repetition. ,.,
The distinguished gentlemen Will undoubtedly
Il. 4. III,
early regret the Incorporate heat into "hioh tneg
have been betrayed, and deplore the consequence
too likely to follow IN the Senate from the example
they have set .,,:.
Gen HoUsroS, gratihed at the orstorica DIS
play of the morning. took the floor during tne
niehtsession again. He made a second hat like
the frst.
He PASSED an enoomium upon Mr.CLAY tor his ser
vices i'm concocting and carrying successiuythroush
Congress the Missouri Compromise His remarks
hereupon drew plaudits from the spectators in the
gallery, and came very near drawing the spects-
tors themselves from the same place motion
beipo Immediately made " 10 clear the galleries,
which however after some very proper remarks
bro and con, was finally very properly with
drawn.
Gen. FoorE made's speech in which ne praised
Mr. WrnsrEK-who however, at the time being
temporarily absent from the Senate lost It all.
This morning the Senators had faded ook-s
spisitless expression. But they have all the day
before them for repose.