Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-02-14
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE,

WASHINGTON, Feb. LITTLE debate, to-
day, has damaged the chances of admitting Or
egon. Several Republicans have changed
their opinions, and will go against the bill
Messrs. Thayer and Comins of Massachusetts
ad vocated the bill, and were met by Messrs
Dawes of Massachusetts and Bingham of
Ohio, and c. b. Cochrane of New York, with
unanswerabe and crushing arguments. Mr.
Dawes showed that while Mr.. Comins vo ed in
the last Congress against admitting the free
State OF Minnesota, because she came with
constitution not quite up to his Know Nothing
standard, his constituency directs him to-day to
vote for Oregon, with a constitution giving al
most unlimited power to foreigners and aliens,
preventing the liberation of slaves in Oregon,
| dep living citizens of Massachusetts, whose
votes elevated him to his present place, from
ever entering the State or maintaining any suit
therein, and empowering the Legislative AS
sembly OF Oregon to restrain and regulate the
immigration to that State of persons not quail
fed to become citizens of the United States
thus providing fer the slave trade, as it also en-
dorses fully the bred Scott decision
Mr.. Thayer, in reply to the fact that the con-
stitution contravenes the Constitution of the
United States, said he had sworn to support
the Constitution OF the United States, but had
not sworn to make other people supportit
Mr.. Bingham regretted to hear such an ad-
mission. The gentleman's oath required him
not only to support the constitution himself
but to guard it against being violated by 9TH
| ers.
| Mr. Case of Indiana made a telling speech
against the constitution, but said he should
vote to admit Oregon with it.
Mr. Gilman of Maine, who, bv mistake was
counted for Oregon, yesterday, made a forcible
speech against her, tonight
| Mr. StpDhpnS will close tho dnhoto to-,,or
row, when voting upon the seven amendments
to the bill will commence.
The evidence before the Select Committee
on Public Printing to-day, will tasten perjury
upon Philadelphia witness The evidence
before this committee duplicates the publisher
of the Union. If Mr.. Wendell refuses TO tes.
tify an attachment will issue for him. Nearly
one hundred witnesses have been examined by
the Naval Corruption Committee, and three
photographic reporters have been employed
all the time. The reports and testimony will
make about eight hundred pages
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1L-There is but little
doubt Of the passage of the Oregon bill to-mor-
row, by ten majority, in consequence of the
objection Of Eli Thayer and other protested
| Republicans, who persist in the delusion that
an army can best sustain its cause by promot-
ing disorganization, and leaving every man
who chooses, to fight ON his own hook. geuril-
la fashion. The constituencies will probably
pass their judgment in due season upon these
strange freaks.
Except for this detection, the Oregon bill
could not pass Congress with its Constitution
prescribing free men of color more thoroughly
than is tolerated even by some of the slave
States. AT least Oregon could never be adj.
mitted with her limited population while the
English provision stands upon the statute
book, prohibiting Kansas from applying for
admission, until she shall have a full repre-.
sentative population Y. Times.