The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-11

a. $1,000, -. - 4, IT. - IT. t-e-7s =
,,st u ta 'hss ~yuia MAKE INC y ~ pgeuo'sa
tbev es 49,, ~. Ll,,,Is.;,, ~ ~, W. AZ sl 800
her hey would have ior hundred millions He was pot
PREPARED TO Soy that IN np should State be admit
ted without the ratio OF population emitting her TO
representative Ina congress but the people Of Oregon had
tnree umes voted against aipsson ana since he ena
bling act had been passed Congress had declared that
hee stats SHOULD not be admitted without third more
Reputation that Kansas had "hon shc applied when
Tue peoe o. hansas came here aud asked To be relieved
q The oppression, outrage, and wrong imposed upon
them TINS very tribunal said thcy would not DO " unless
they would consent TO become slave State While this
decision stood upon The statute book he could not con
sent 70 inc admission OF ahothei o.ate without the re-
CURED population lie denaed tha the compact and guar
aeeS OF the ordinance OF 81 10 relation 70 the admission
OF na.ee appheh " oiegoh anu eea document 10 show
that the last vote numbered ~ ai and multiplying that
oy any number they pleased, the popuauon would not
exceed 90 Voo q. pest
MI LANE Oh oregon, stated tha, at inc last general
eecuo tneie We're more than SIX thousand voters at the
fraser Yer settlements and some Two OF Three thousand
at anoher goid digging IL they had all been at home
ana Yo'ed they oouu nave poiie" twenty thousand
woes - .
mr. uhoW would raise no question: with the gentle
mau uis statement was the best esuehce tha the pop
uhtoh To-Day was no greater tnan III WAS SIX years ago
lie made no point about population Show him the peo-
pie OF oregon suffering IRON iawessness and The Execu
i've 'hs 70 40 MS uu'y, anu nc Wouiu so'e ior tnef
auhiss'oi' IN oohoinsioh, nc oheie" Tue ioiio"ihB
amendment
BE further enacted That much OF entitled AN for
IN, sl,ssSn 81 e ssa o. hnns n s unon approved the
popaon Of said Tsrrpsy equals or gSes tho ratio repfessn
ton required of mebc Of the House Of Representative Of The
81 's '"'''u W. " '' ''"' 'o'Oos' ''e"'''
Mr.. BINGHAM, of Ohio, gave notice that he should
offer amendment in relation TO the boundaries of the
proposed State,
Mr. HUGHES, of Indiana, advocated the admission OF
Oregon. he thought that it deserved to be ranked
among the States OF this Union, and this House would
national cscuclcon, the heavy Responsibility OF
refusing TO Territory every way competent for adj
mission the right TO- tecoe State. lie kitw that there
strong opposition ariaycd against this measure
because IL SO happened that the application for admission
came from democratic State In 1854 the people of
Oregon had refused by decided vote, to apply for adj
mission In the succeeding year they had repeated this
refusal to incur the expenses Of staB soternMent But
weh the proposition termed the enabling act had passed
the House without serious opposition and had failed in
the Senate only through want of time consider it, the
people of the Territory, in compliance with the povs'
ions OF that act formed tie Constitution with which
they hoW claimed admission And he would here re-
mark the strange fact that the gentleman who had
reported the enabling act was the very gentle
man who now formed the head and front of the
opposition to the bill the gentleman from Pennsy
Mr. Grow. Here Yves yrmayFabls change of font
There was pait5 iBySmeht Id this The papers of the
republican party had long ago chronced the very change
they were now witnessing Here he read extracts from
the Washington correspondence of the New York Times,
aud Courier and Enquirer predicting the opposition of the
republican party to the admission of Oregon. Already
they had the members of that party three times
fuse to suspend thY rules ia order 10 ake up TIE BILL and
now that i &as taheh UP They would them endeavor
to defeat it, II was the electoral vote of Oregon her two
senators i'll Congress- and above ALL her representatives
in the next Congress- that rendered her so unwecomc
visitor in the eyes OF the republican party.
' NY - " onio, s'Ateu 'ia. NJ n.eihs see'heo
the admission Of Oregon being narty o,,e-np bs rem
d;ar taloatibef N haa hotbny Ia do with marty and
the gentleman had better have waited until he could sce
the votes before he determined how II stood IN marty
sense He came to the simple nain letter Of the const
tuton md ,und there clause auotiyi,,p congress 10
admit States with certain li,Iions very we'll understood
Congress had the power to admit Oregon and n was
merely a question of pronricty and esnediency
He. for one without regard 10 any extrancous
question whatever was prepared to vote for her
admission He then prtaccicd 10 point ont the
Inconsistency of the course pursued by Mr. Grow
in opposing the admission of Oregon when he had re-
ported Tie enabling act under which she now applied
for admission He was perperatinr one wrong to ns,ifv
another
Mr. GRANGER OF New York condeu,ned the nropo
stoh To admit Oregon With less population than was
reaured for Kansas as ,infit Pnt hi fpotled the nro
visions m relation 10 alier suffrage ia i,e NOR, form
ae o,Net.d ad heeyed be friends of the hill vould
nrovsons
NJ, MAYNARD of Tennessee. also opposed the bill in
its present shape, account of the nsutcency of the
population and the provision In the constitution in rcla
ton 20 alien suffrage II the amendment he proposed to
offer should be adopted then he should be willing to sup
port the bill
On motion of Mr. STEPHENS of Georgia, it was
agreed that the vote this bill be taken on Saturday