Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-07-01
Correspondence of the Tribune.
Things i'll Washington. - Debate in
the Senate-House Proceedings
WAsuISGroN, Thursday. June /.

loi some Importance. The Oregon question
came ur, aud Mr.. Haleof ". Fl. introduced
an amendment providing against Slavery
m the territory. ltgavc rise To an animated
discussion. Mr.. Calhoun said, at the prop-
er time he was ready on the part Of the SEN
ate to meet the question. He did not avoid,
he rather longed for the issue. But he
thought the Introduction of the question
then into the Senate, was immature and I'M
necessary. 8..s
Mr.. Niles of Conn. regretted that the rer-
liment raised two years ago for the express
defence and advantage ofour countrvnen IN
Oregon had been devoted To the purpose of
this unfortunate war" with Mexico. Mr..
Miles spoke briefly and to the point. And il
may not he mpertinent To add here that the
Senator from Connecticut has on several oc-
casions this session showed no less n
hillty than honest purpose, so far as speech
went, IN the proper PRONUNCIATION of sound
sentiment Ii had been better for his fame.
better for his country, had he always con-
iirned by his vote the seeming sincerely Of
his speech.
Mr.. flanagan urged the speedy action of
the Senate in relief of the Oregon sufferers.
He depicted with his usual warm coloring
the disasters which had overtaken them and
the farther dangers TO which they are ex-
posed. In allusion to Mr.. Hale's motion
contemplating the exclusion of Slavery
from the Territory, he remarked thai he did
not believe any sane man in the country
supposed that Slavery could exist within its
limits.
Col. Benton afterwards rose with all the
gravity of nanner that distinguishes him.
lie gave full description of the present
condition of the inhabitants of Oregon;---
showed that, If aid We're granted them now +,
months would elnpse before il could reach
them. The gorges in the mountains, he
said, early in September were almost stop
ped with snow; Journey, at all times most
difficult, would become dangerous soon af-
Ter the summer solsfice.
He spoke of the power of the Indian tribes
and of their apparent hostility. He recall
ed 10 the recollection of The Senate how
long ago and how earnestly he had labored
To send military assistance 90 our country
men in those remote regions. A great por-
tion of the people had been agitated, he said
with the question of acquiring their exclu-
sve sovereignty. But after such sovereign
" had been obtained, no successful effort
had been made TO establish jurisdiction
there.
The question of Slavery, he said, Ind de-
fented all honest effort for the establishment
of a territorial government there. Ii was n
question which affected and Initiated all sub
: iects before the Senate. No measure could
be Introduced, but this "pestferous" ques-
ton was tackled to il. II prevented or clog
ged all legislation. He had read IN the Hoo
ly Book of q people who were cursed by n
special visitation. They were visited by an
linundation Of frogs. II they looked npon
their tables, behold there were frogs; it they
turned to their kueading -iroughs, there too
they found frogs: even in nearer and denrer
domestic relations, 10 mysterious 10 he allu-
ded to, they were still cursed by frogs
Thus il was with this pestiflerous subject of
Slavery; it was introduced to curse all leg
Islation.
For himself, he was willing 10 meet the
question nj all times. He feared not 10 en-
counter il. At the same time he denied and
would ever deny that any one Senator had
II right TO speak for the fifteen slavehoding
States. He could speak for one State and
that was all any Senator on the floor could
DO.
sThere was significance IN his eSpres-
sion nS we'll of countenanre as words, that
plainly Indicated that be intended some nj
fusion to the "honest Nulifer." The latter,
however, did NOT vince, bat seemed wholly
unconscious of any personal application Of
the remarks.
Mr.. Hale afterwards replied 10 these sew
eral speeches, and in 40 eloquent manner.
He was surprised that Senators from Indi-
ana should raise their voices in opposition
10 the extension Of the ordinance of ~ over
the Oregon Territory.
No monumental stone, he said, could re-
cord so indelibly to all future ages the fame
of the great author of that ordinance
TaoMAs JEFFERsoN- rs the State Of Indi-
ana itself The vast wealth of that State,
its great and growing prosperity-tho indus
try, happiness aud augmentation OF lis pop
ulation its cminence ~ statesmen, ~ all that
constitutes the dignity or power Ola State
sprang from the ordinance of 1887. BY
that Thomas Jefferson erected monument
more durable than Of brass or stone, the in
scripiinn Of which would become more leg
ible with coming ages.
Mr.. Hannegan replied 10 Mr.. Hale with
nm argumentans ad hominem, but MOTTO con-
trovert any position the other bad laid
down.
Col. Benion's story of the frogs might
have been turned by Mr.. Hale against the
argument. 1.-THE author Of the Book of Gem
esis p" has writ his annals true" the frogs
were sent 10 plague the Egyptians for hold
ing The lsraeiites in bondage, as soon aS they
had permission to depart from their seryi-
tude, the frogs disappeared. There could
be no Wilmot-Proviso, or other plague TO
yex the T.. :. :. were il not for the bondage
of certain individuals but little darker IN
their skins than the Egyptians.
+ P "Hallo, Jim, where did you get that
cloak -
sob, anne ged il, and Pm going 10 nc
qnire dress coat some how, if I can esiab-
lish territorial government over dozan