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[confidential.]
Message from the President of the U. Stalc$ >
communicating a proposition on the part of
the British-Government for the adjustment
of the Oregon question.
•[Ju'nu 10, 1840—read.]
To the Senate pfthe United States :
l Uv before the Senate a proposal in the
£,1111 of a Convention, presented to the -ecrc-
nrv ortho Senate on the 6th insU by the tf-
aw** Pto| r— 1
iRTCa&J.
of the Oregon- question, together with a proto
re of this proceeding. I submit this proposa
to the conSdenittou of the Senate, MmQ
Iheir advice ns to the action winch, in their
judgment, it may be proper to take m reference
l ° In the early periods of the Government, the
opinion and advice of the Senate were often ta
ken in advance upon important questions
our foreign policy.- General Washington re
peatedly consulted the Senate and asked then
previous advice, to which ho always conformed
his action. This practice, though rarely re
sorted to in Inter times, was, m my judgment,
eminently wise, and may, on oeortjMMrfgroa*
importance, bo properly revived. Senate
arc a branch of the treaty-making power, and
by consulting them in advance of Ins own^ac
tion, upon imporiant measures of foreign|P<>”
cy which may ultimately come beIo J'® J 1 '”"
consideration, the President secures hMMf
net ion between that body and lrnnsel .
Senate are moreover a branch of‘the.warr m
named Plenipotentiaries to treat and agree con
cernin' the terms of such settlement; t.«at is to
say, the President of the United States of Amer
ica,'has on his part furnished with full powers
James Buchanan, Secretary of Slate of the
United Stales, and her Majesty, the Queen of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
land, has on her part appointed the Right Hon-
orablo Richard Pakenhnm, a incmDer of her
.Majesty’s mos’ honorable Privy Council, and
her Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary und Minis
ter Plenipotentiary to the United States, who.
after having communicated to each other their
respective full powers, formed in good and due
form, have agreed upon and concluded the fob
lowing articles:
Article 1.—“ From the point on the 49th
parallel of north latitude, where the boundary
laid down in existing treaties and conventions
between Great Britain and the United States
terminates, the lino of boundary between the
tcrritoiies of her Britanic Majesty and those of
the United Stales shall be continued westward
along the 49th parallel of north latitude to the
middle of the channel which separates the con
tinent from Vancouver’s Island, and thence
southerly through the middle of the said chan-
net, and of Fuca’s Straits to the Pacific Ocean;
provided, however, that the navigation of the
aaid channel and straits, south of the 49th par
allel of north latitude, remain free and open to
both parties.”
Article 2.—From the point at which the
49th parallel of north latitude shall be-found to
intersect tho great northern branch of the Co-
lumbj^f jver, the navigation of the said branch
Senaioaremur^.v. u. propcr 8hal |and open to the Hudson’s Bay
!•'»?l,i*PMeutivo to take the opinion and ad- Company, and to all British subjects trading
h K UM with the same, to the point where tho said
branch meets the main stream of the Colum
bia, and thence down the said main stream to
the ocean, with free access into and through
tho saitl river or rivers, it being understood that
all the usual portages along the line thus des
cribed, shall in like manner be free and open.
In navigating the said river or rivers, British
subjects, with their goods and produce, shall be
treated on the same footing as citizens of the
United States; it being however, always under
stood that nothing in this article shall be con
strued as preventing, or intended to prevent,
the Government of the United States from ma
king any regulations respecting the navigation
of said river or rivers, not inconsistent with the
present treaty.”
for the Executive to take the opinion
vice of that body in ndvanco upon any great
question which may involve in its dectstou th
issue of peace or war. On the present occa
sion tho magnitude of the subject would induce
me, under any circumstances, to desire the pre
vious advice of the Senate, and that dcs.ro is
increased by the recent debates and proceed
ings in Congress, which render it in my judg
ment, not only respectful to the Senate, but ne
cessary and proper, if not indispensable to in-
nure harmonious action between mat body and
iho Execudne. In conferring on the Execu
tive the authority to give the notice for the ab
lation of the Convention of 1827, the Senate
acted publicly so large a part, Hat the d««»-
ion on the proposal now made by the British
Government, without definite knowledge oftho
views of that body in reference to it, might ren
der the question still moro complicated and dif
ficult of adjustment. For these reasons 1 in
vite the considerations bf the Senate to the pro-
i,oso I of the British Government for the settle-
inent of the Oregon question, and ask their ad-
vice on the subject. • . n
My opinions and my action on the Oregon
question were fully male known to Congress
in my annual message of the 2d December last,
and the ppinions therein expressed remain un-
d Should tho Senate, by the Consitutiona! ma
jority required for the ratification of Treaties,
advise the acceptance of this proposition, or ad
vise it with such modifications as they may up
on full deliberation deem proper, I *hal con-
form my nction to their advice. Should the
Senate, however, decline by such Constitution
al majority to give such advice, or to express
such ao opinion on tho subject, i shall consider
it my duty to reject the offer.
I also communicate herewith an extract from
a despatch of the Secretary of State to the Min-
ister of the United States at London, under
dale of the 28th April last, directing him in ac
cordance with the joint resolutions of Congress,
*• Concerning the Oregon Territory,” to deliver
the Notice to tho British Government for the
abrogation of the Convention of the 6th Au
gust, 1827 ; and also a copy oftho notice trans
mitted to him for that purpose, together with
extracts from u despatch of that Minister to the
Secretary of State, bearing date, the 18th May,
]ast> JAMES K. POLK.
" Washington, Juno 10,1846.
PROTOCOL.
A conference was held at the Department of
Slate on the 6lh June, 1S4G. between the hono-
rable Jamei Buchanan, Secretary of Stats, the
American Plenipotentiary, and the right honor,
able Richard Pukenham, the British Plentpo-
tentiary, when the negotiation respecting, the
Oregon territory was resumed. The British
Plenipotentiary made a verbal explanation of
the motives which had induced her Majesty’s
government to instruct him to make another
proposition to the Government of the United
States for tho solution of these long existing
difficulties. Tho Secretary of Slate expressed
his satisfaction with the friendly motives, which
Knd animated the British Government in this
From tbe Cturleoon ^
SENATOR HAH WOOD.
We copy from the Washington Union its
severe—not too severe-expnss.on of mdigna-
lion at Mr. Haywood’s extraordinary conduct.
The article addresses itself forcibly to lie hon
or, the pride and principle of the Democrats of
the old North State. They have to wipe out
from their party the slum of such gtoss trench,
ery. They have to avenge their o wn cause and
the cause of the Democracy of the Union-
Let every man in the State feel that he is per
sonally wronged by the stain of such desertion
-and let it give tlien, strength and determina
tion to redeem the cause from this disgrace.
We dot remember in the history of party a
more unaccountable delinquency than this of
Mr. Haywood’s. It was so out of character
with liis previous career—it is so difficult to as-
sign any plausible pretext for it-m the manner
of the act it was so thoroughly unworthy of a
man of any prido or self-respect-and.nthe
matter is so destitute even of speciousness, that
we are lost in wonder, and if we were on a ju
ry to determine the cause of theSenators polit
ical death, we must bring it in suicide with
the merciful qualification, that when he did the
act, he was not of sound mind.
In the whole conduct of Mr. Haywood, on
the Tariff bill, there is a congruent stupidity
and folly that is most admirable. With system
and ingenious device, he has contrived u trap
to catch himself, and provided with abundant
forecast that there should be no chance of es
caping the snare.
The Tariff bill has been before Congress a
Ion' time. Nobody had heard Mr. Haywood
intonate dissatisfaction with it. Ho kept his
lips scaled till the day for adjournment was fix
ed, and then Senators learned that Mr. Hay
wood was dissatisfied with the bill, on a point
of utter insignificance—and that without sub
mission to him on this point lie would vote
against it. Any amendment to the bill in the
Senate necessarily sent it bock to the House.
The resnlt was of coursesuch as Mr. Haywood
anticipated. Rut after making so very poor a
point, and threatening the Senate with his re
sentment, Mr. Haywood shrinks equally from
the responsibility of supporting or of opposing
the bill, and gets rid of the difficulty by sneak-
ing out of his seat. He had reasons which he
could not avow. With the attention of the
whole country fixed upon him, he has somehow
evaporated out of the Senate as it were by
chemical agency. The very Iasi words he. ui-
THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
Mfifon, Tuesday Morning, August 1, 1S-16.
Republican Nomination for Hie -3d District.
FOIt CONGRES8,
GEORGE W. TOWN'S,
OF T.SLJBOTt
—j- . . . e cnein.^-. —j. -
Article 3 —In the future appropriations ot terc j on t | le 3U |,j e ct, we published on Monday.
the territory south of the 49lh parallel of north — * : -~** —
latitude, as provided in the first article of this
treaty, the possessory rights of the Hudson
Bay Company, and of all British subjects who
may bo already in the occupation of land or
other property lawfully acquired within the said
territory shall be respected. -
Article 4.—The farms, lands, and other
property of every description, belonging to tho
Puget’s Sound Agricultural company, on the
north side of the Columbia river, shall bo con
firmed to the said Company. In case, howev
er, the situation of those farms and lands should
be considered by the United States to be of
public or political importance, and the United
States Government should signify a desire to
obtain possession oftho whole or of any part
thereof, the property so required shall be trans
ferred to the said Government at a proper valu
ation to be agreed upon between the parties.
Article 5.—The present Treaty shall bo
ratified by tho President of tho United States
and by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate thereof, and by Her Britannic Majesty;
and tho ratifications shall be exchanged at Lou
don, at the expiration of six months from the
date hereof, or sooner if possible.
In witness whereof, the respective Plenipo
tentiaries have signed the same, and have af
fixed thereto the seals of their arms.
Done at Washington, the fifteenth day of
Juno, in tho year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and forty-six.
JAMES BUCHANAN,
RICHARD PAKBNHAM.
From tbe Baltimore American.
THE DISMEMBERMENT OF MEXICO.
Tho comments of European journals on the
nows received by them of the victories gained
by the American troops on the Rio Grande, in-
dicate the opinion very generally that oer war
with Mexico will be a short war, and that it will
cease with tho establishment of the Rio Grande
as our South Western Boundary. Apprehen
sions, indeed, are occasionally expressed as to
tho probable designs of the United States on
California ; but no European imagination has
yet embodied seriously the idea that a line from
Tampico to the Pacific, cutting off one half of
the Mexican Repuhlic, may possibly become tho
division line which is to separato us from Mex
ico.
ndcuvor. . . . .
Whereupon, the British Plenipotentiary sub- The extensive and elaborate system of opc-
litied to tho Secretary of State tho draught ol; ra ,j ons established for tho invasion of Mexico
f\-»fivr>ntion fmarked AI setting forth the : i:„_ .i
Convention (marked A) setting forth the
inns which lie had been instructed to propose
i tho Government of tho U nited States for the
ittlemciit of the Oregon question.
JAMES BUCHANAN,
RICHARD PAKENHAM-
'o the Seuate of the United States :
In accordance witli the resolution of the Sen-
e oftho 12th inst.,that “ the President of the
nited States bo and lie is hereby advised to
;c?pt the proposal of tlio British Government,
:companying his message to the Senate, da-
d June 10.1S46, for the convention to settle
junda-ies &c., between the United States and
rent Britain, west of the Rocky or Stony
oantains,” n convention was concluded and
gned on tho 15:h instant, by the Secretary of
^Itc on the part oftho United Slates, and the
nvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
iry of her Britannic Majesty on the part of
real Britain.
This convention I now lay before tho Senate
r their consideration, with a view to its ratifi-
tion. JAMES K. POLK.
Washington, June 10, 18-10.
[confidential.]
onvention behreen the United Stales of A-
sh erica and her Majesty the Queen of the
t r nited Kingdom oj Great. Britain and Ire
land, concluded at Washington the 15th of
June, 1846.
Juno 16. 1S46—Read n first time.
Juno 17, 1846—Read a second time and
(fared to be piiuted in confidence for the us f
the Scua’e.
The United States of America and her f<!aj-
ty the Queen of iho United Kingdom of
rest Britain and Ireland, deeming it to fade-
able, for tbe future welfare of both countries,
iriho state of doubt and uncertainty which
s jiilli'-i-to prevailed respecting the sovcrcign-
ujni government of the territory on the
tilth West Coast of. America, lying westward
tlio Rocky or Stony Mountains, shoujd be
ally terminated bv an amicable compromise
tho rights mutually asserted by the two par-
s over Qxijji territory, havo respectively
clearly implies that no inconsiderable object is
contemplated as the result of such .formidable
preparations. While Gen. Taylor, with fifteen
or twenty thousand men, moves on to Monte
rey, having in view probably ihecity of Mexi
co as his destination, n strong force under Gen.
Kearney is advancing upon Santa Fe, to unite
nfterwards with Gen. Wool’s division, which is
to enter Mexico* by way of San Antonio.—-
From tho Pacific shore a movement is also to
be made. Our. squadron on that coast has
doubtless already seized upon the Mexican
ports of San Bias, Muzalalan, San Francisco
and Monterey. A detachment of United States
troops sailed recently from New York for Cali
fornia in tho store ship Lexington, and another
expedition is nearly ready to go for the same
destination in the Independence.
The instructions of the Secretary of War to
Colonel Stovenson, commanding the latter ex
pedition, contain some remarkable phrases.—
Ho gives Stevenson to understand that his reg
iment is to bo composed of ** such as would be
likely to remain at the end of the war cither in
Oregon, or in any other territory in that region
of the globe which may then be a part oftho
United States.” ** L * - - L • —'
They were a pompous assumption on his part
of acting on a little higher principles than the
Calhouns and MtDuffies. He would not? make
issue on such a petty collateral question as the
printing of Tariff memorials. Nothing but the
very heart of the great question itself, would
satisfy a transcendental devotee of principles
ns Mr. Haywood. The next thing we hear of
him is that lie lias resigned his seat, because he
wanted the bill to go into operation the first of
March, and the House bad fixed upon the first
of December.
God knows with wliat sorrow and mortifica
tion wesay these things of a man wc-had hoped
to count ever among the honored and useful
representatives of the South. Mr. Haywood
had ability and was fast rising to a high reputa
tion. By wliat madness was he led to cast him
self down hopelessly and forever from his po
sition 1 But it is useless to lament. His net
defies all attempts at explanation. He falls,
like Lucifer, to rise no more.
TAKING SAN JUAN WITH A SINGLE SHIP.
Mr. H. Brown, an ingenious engineer from
Illinois, and formerly of Massachusetts, says
the New York Journal of Commerce, has laid
before a Board of Naval officers, and also the
President, 3 plan for the construction of a steam
ship of war, that will bo perfectly Secure against
shot of any kind of weight. Several very sci
entific officers here, having examined the plan,
pronounced the opinion that it will be entirely
efficient for its object. The vessel may be arm
ed in the usual manner, or as the inventor pro
poses, with a new and patent element of des
truction-liquid fire—which by steam power,
is to be discharged from the vessel,.and thrown
to any point and to a considerable distance.—
Mr. Brown wishes to be laid along side of the
Castle of San Juan, with one of his vessels.—
Hois confident of taking the castle without
much trouble, and will, at all ovents, risk his
life in the attempt. •
INTERESTING DOCUMENT.
The following prayer was delivered by the
Rev. Jacob Trout, on the evening before the
battle of the Brandywine, i. e., on the 11th of
September, 1777. It was pronounced before
the main body of the American Army, in pres
ence of Gen. Washington, Gen. Wayne, and
other distinguished officers of the Army:
Prayer of the Revolution-
Great Father ! we bow before thee ; we
invoke thy blessing, wo deprecate thy wrath,
we return tlieo thanks for the-past, we ask thy
aid for the future: for we are in times of trou
ble, oh! Lord, and sore beset by foes, merciless
and unpitying.* The sword gleams over our
land, and the dust of tho soil is dampened with
the blood of our neighbors and friends.
Oh! God of mercy, we pray thee to bless the
American arms. Make the man of our hearts
strong in thy wisdom; bless, wc beseech thee,
with renewed life and strength, onr hope and
thy instrument, even George Washington—
shower jhy counsels on the Honorable, the
Continental Congress; visit our host, comfoit
the soldier in his wounds and afflictions, nerve
him for the fight, prepare him for tho hour
of death.
And in the hour of our defeat, oh! God of
Hosts, do thou bo our stay, and in tho hour of
triumph be thou our guide.
Teach us to be merciful. Though the mem
ory of galling wrongs be at our hearts, knock
ing for admittance, that they may fill us with
the desire of revenge, yet let us, oh! Lord,
icli may then be a part ol the sparo the vanquished, though they never spared
Such is the genera! outline of us in the hour of butchery and bloodshed.
the Secretary’s instructions. And in the hour of death, do thou guide us
Conquest and occupation are here implied ; *-*' L ^ * 1 *-— 11
uv UIIU WVLU|'UI|UI| at V IIL1V f
the men of the expedition tire to go ns soldiers
and ns colonists. An overland emigration to
Calif r.>ia took place at tho beginning of the
season for the same purposes of conquest and
settlement.
But if rupiors are to be relied on, our views
of acquisition ure'not to be confined to Califor
nia. The Northern departments of Mexico
are also tn l>e included ; they are to be annex
ed to life United Stales and to bo governed os
Territories until ready to he admitted as States
into, the Union. Wo must wait for events to
ascertain how far these rumors are really true.
* ' /'« "" l 1
Mother, mother, here’s Zeke fretting the ba
by. Make him cry again, Zeke, then mother
will 'give trim some sugar, and I’ll take it away
from him; then lie’ll squali, and mother will give
him more, and you can take that, and then we’ll
boUt have some. A smart boy, that. *
to the abode prepared for the blest; so shall
wc return thanks unto thee through Christ, our
Redeemer. Godprospek the Cause. Amen.
“ Hark, from the Tomb! a doleful cry.”—
Mr. Toombs of Georgia has just made a most
violent anti-war speech, denunciatory of the
President, and in defence of Mexico! Will
the land of Clark, of Troup, and of Crawford
tolerate such a spirit? Wo trow not. Mr.
Toombs has dug his political grove, and when
he returns, all Georgia will sing out to him, to
the tunc of “ old hundred,” “ye living man
come view the ground, where you must shortly
lie.”—iV. O. Jeffersonian.
Cheap Flour.—Flour was at-St. Louis on.
the lOtli ult. at S2 06 a barrel, which is believ
ed to be the lowest point which Hour has-ever
reached at anv place of shipment in this coun
try.
» it -513Jil-'t ki ?•-
There is no news of importance from the
Seat of War.
Geu. Taylor has commenced his advance
upon the interior from Matamorns.
The Georgia Regiment had all arrived at
Brazos Santiago. The officers and men were
all well and in fine spirits. Tne Regiment was
to have left that Island about the 25th ult.,for a
point a few miles above the mouth of tho Rio
Grande.
The command of the Mississippi, Alabama,
and Georgia Regiments will, it is said, be given
to one of the newly appointed Brigadier Gen
erals,—Gen’l Quitman, of Miss.
Our barque is launched and the pilot placed
on board. We wish him favorable gales and a
fortunate voyage.
In obedience to the unanimous voice of the
Republican convention, held at Thomaston on
the 27th ult., we place at our mast head to-day
the name of the Hon. GEORGE W. TOWNS,
as the Republican candidate for Congress in
this district.
Of Col. Towns, it is needless for us at this
time to speak. He is known, and known favo
rably to every voter in the district. Wo call
upon his friends in the district every where, as
well os every admirer of tho principles which
ought to bind Southern men together as broth
ers—all wito mean to defend the Constitution
and Laws against every aggression—to stretch
every nerve, and return him to tho next Con
gress.
JUDGE IVERSON.
This gentleman, as all know, is a cherished
and belovfed son of Georgia, one who has sought
few favors at the hands ot the people, and who
has received such ns have been conferred upon
him, with a modesty that is only equalled by the
disinterested and affectionate zeal with which
he has always discharged his duty.
It will be gratifying to the Republican party
throughout the State to learn that the choice
of the Republican convention of the Second
Congressional District has fallen upon Judge
Iverson. We congratulate our Republican
brethren of that district upon the selection.—
If a pure integrity, both in morals and politics,
never questioned or suspected by his bitter
est opppnents—if tolents of the most distin
guished order—if an ardent zeal and affection-
ate service in the cause of Republican princi
ples—if a clear head to design, and a strong
arm to execute, and an eloquent tongue to sup
port and defend his principles, and advance
the best interests of his constituents and coun
try—if the respect of those who know him,
and know him best, nro of any value or give
any man a passport to the confidence of an in
telligent and free constituency,—then is Judge
Iverson not only worthy of tho strongest sup
port from the people of tho Becond district, but
his election is curtain,
THE TARIFF.
Our hopes have been so often awakened—
our fears alternately excited and repressed;
and our most sanguine anticipations have been
so often carried to the highest pitch, in connex
ion v ith this great question, merely it would
seem, to make the bitterness of disappointment
still more painful and mortifying, that we hard
ly feel safe in venturing yet to say that the
question has been settled.. The Tariff bill, it
is true, has passed the Senate, with a slight a-
mendment—immaterial in all respects, except
that tho bill must be sent back to the House of
Representatives, and it is almost impossible to
conjecture what its fate may be there. It is
said that several members of tbe House have
left- Probably enough to postpone the bill for
the present, in favor of the protectionists. We
will however hope far a better result. A few
days will relieve all anxiety. Tito Union,
alluding to the scene in the Senate on the pas
sage of the bill, says:
“ We can only say—in short hand, as it
were—that the tariff bill has passed the Senate
by a majority of one vote, with a single a-
mendment only, which does not affect the prin
ciple, spirit, or the great details of the bill, aud
perhaps improves it. We cannot permit our
selves to doubt its passage through the House.
During tho two last days in the Senate many
members have acted a very conspicuous part.
Upon otto essential question to-day, the A r ice
President of the United States had to give the
casting vote on a tie, (Mr. Jarnagin not being
then in the hall.) Mr. Dallas gave it in favor
of the bill. His reasons were written out, and
are published among the proceedings of this
day. It is impossible to describe the noble
bearing of the Vice President upon this august
occasion. As a.member of the House of Rep
resentatives said to us amid the scene, “ I
would rather be that man now, than the first
crowned head in ah Europe.”
Tho two senators of Tennessee wero placed
in most responsible situations. Mr. Turney’s
speech of yesterday was marked by a force, a
directness, an energy of matter and manner,
which commanded universal attention and pro
found respect. Mr. Jarnagin, the whig sena
tor. discharged his duty to day, with all good
faith, in respectful obedience to tbe instructions
of the legislature of Tennessee—in which
State, the right of instruction has always been
held sacred by both parties. This right, so
much respected in Virginia by the Democratic
party, has thus gained additional confirmation
by the net of the Whig senator of Tennessee.
THE SENATE'S AMENDMENT.
Tho Section of the new revenue bill, which
was struck out by the Senate’s amendment,
reads as follows:
“ Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That if,
upon the examination of any parcel, package,
or quantity of goods, of which entry lias been
made, the appraisers of the United States shall
be of the opinion that the same are undervalued
by the owner, importer, consignee, or agent,
Since the above was put in type, we have re
ceived intelligence of the concurrence of the
House, in tho Senate’s Amendment. The
Union -of Wednesday night says :
We regret to announce, says the* New
Orleans Co’M'ier of the 27th ult., that Rvcral
cases of yellow fever have appeared wi* this
city within the last two or three days. Wo
arenot'of the number of those who think facts
of this kind ought to be concealed—on Hie con
trary, in onr opinion it is the duty of tire press
to put those who are not accustomed to our cli
mate, on their guard against the danger, that
they nny take precautions to avoid it.
On last Friday night a man named Georgo
Murphy, an Irishman and a drayman, died at
the corner of Canal and Trcme streets, with all
the symptoms of yellow fever, including a vio.
lent and abundant black vomit. This fact has
been staled to us by the physician who was
called to visit him.
Although there is no cause of alarm in the
appearance of two or three cases of yellow fe
ver, vet for the reasons mentioned above, wo
havo deemed ourselves obliged to statu these
circumstances.
OCT The New Orleans Courier, says ttitf
Picayune, has received the first number of a
newspaper established at Matamoras entitled
El Liberal, printed in the Spanish language
only. We have not seen it, but we learn from
“The long agony is now over—the act of18-12 Qur cotem p UI - ar y that it sustains the pretensions
is cancelled from the sl j' l J Uc I of Mexico in her controversy with the Unitod
new revenue aw has finally passed the House - , , - . .
of Representatives to-day, by agreeing to the States. It says if Mexico wtshes.to fight, she
only amendment which was adopted by the cun easily raise an urmy of 100,000 men, all of
Senate. On the lest vole before the House the w , )((11| would make good soldiers, and would
1 re . „ M/? tho I
with the intention of defrauding the •Jvenu-vwf
the United States, it shall be lawful lorX[ ° co
lector within whose district the same t. y b ;
entered, tho sanction ot the Secretary
Treasury first being obtained if, m his opinion,
ta san.0 shall he admahlc. lo u,hc a„ch g~d
for the oso of tho United State*. And snet
collector shall cause such goods to be sold at
public auction within twenty days from the time
of taking the same, in the manner prescribed >y
law tor the sale of unclaimed goods , and the
proceeds of such sale shall be placed forthwith
nto the treasury of the United States; and
3 ucli collector is hereby authorized to pay out
of the accruing revenue, to theowrier, importer,
consignee, or agent of the goods so taken, the
vahi® thereof as declared in the entry, and live
per centum upon such amount in addit.on
thereto; and the said collector shall render to
the Secretary of the Treasury, with Ins accounts
oftho customs, a statement showing the amount
of moneys so paid, the amount of duties char
geable on the goods so taken, and the amount
of proceeds paid into the treasury; anti this
section shall be in force until the first of July,
eighteen hundred and forty-eight, un.ess oti.ei*
wise directed by Congress.”
oeuuiu. v-tu mu •— — —- winiiii ivuu*
majority was 19—115 to 96 prectsey tie , nothing to fear from a nation whose per-
same majority which carried the bill on the dd ,
of Julv, being two more votes than were given
on that occasion, viz : 114 to 95. ibis bill is
manent army amounts to only 6000 men—and
the volunteers, however brave they may bo
whilst fighting for their rights in their own coun.
try, would have no valor in a foreign Iand f
whither they had come for* conquest. "Such
soldi, rs,” says El Liberal at the end ofits ar*
tide, “are not formed far foreign conquest, nor
will Mexico ever suffer herself to be conquer,
ed. But if by an unexpected reverse of for-
brRh" houses—Gen^^cKay^oftlie^ House of tune Mexico should fall in this struggle, it will
~ ? -i w T.Pivii. Fsn.. lipmuse not a soldier is rett to bear a nms-
based upon the revenue principle alone. It a
boiishes nil deceptive minimunis, and all spe
cific duties. It proceeds upon the ad valorem
rule alone. It is a proud day to the country,
and to the age itself; and well may those be
proud of it—that numerous and indefatigable
host who have borne the brunt and battle of the
day; among whom we cannot forget the able,
chairmen of the Committees on Finance ot
Representatives, and Dixon H. Lewis, Esq
of tho Sonate.”
SENATOR HAYWOOD.
Of all the public men in the country, it would
seem that Mr. Haywood of North Carolina has
deliberately determined to occupy the position
of least respectability. With talents that
might have adorned a high place, lie has insist
ed upon being contemptible. Wliat else can
explain his course on the lariff? We say it
more in sorrow than in anger. Opposed totlie
Tariff, as it lies ulwoys been understood that
he was—scouting the absurd dogmas of the pro
tectionists before the people in his own State —
and now, when the opportunity of consumma
ting what had beenso long and anxiously looked
for by them, to betray his State, evinces
either a strange and wild hallucination, or a
heart sufficiently treacherous to deceive the
great elect himself, if it wt-re possible.
But it affords us no pleasure to dwellupon such
shameless apostacy. His shallow conceits will
■neither yield a shelter for his own head, or en
able him to direct the storm against others
Hereafter, he is powerless far either good or*
evil. Whatever maybe thought of the treason,
all honorable men will entertain the same o-
pinion of the traitor—without tho virtue to pre
serve his honor from prostitution, he has cast it
off in a manner that will deny him even the poor
consolation of a doubt of his frailty, in tl e
minds of any of his countrymen.
Ovid’s metamorphoses are nothing to those
of Senator Haywood, The victims of the en
chantments were themselves sensible of the
change,'but the honorable Senator, though
metamorphosed, seems not to be aware of the
change, or if aware of it, unwilling to acknowl
edge the enchantment.
We clip the following from the Raleigh, N.
C. Standard: -
“Hon. Wm. H. Maywood.—On Monday
last, we received the painful and startling in
telligence that the Hon. Wm. II. Haywood
had resigned his seat in the Senate of the Uni
ted States, and that his resignation hud put in
jeopardy the new Tariff Bill, which had just
passed the House and is now bcforejhe Senate.
This information was most unexpected to men
of all parties here; aud at the moment of wri-
ting this article, (Tuesday, 4 P. M.) we are
still completely in the dark as to the reasons
which governed Mr. Haywood in the course
he has seen proper to adopt.
- The campaign of 1844 was (ought in North
Carolina, as well as in other portions of the
Confederacy, with a most distinct and vivid un
derstanding on ail hands, that the democracy
were opposed to the Tariff of 1842, and pledged,
should they be placed in power, to advocate its
alteration or repeal. In that campaign, Mr.
Haywood agreed in opinion with the Democrat
ic party of the State on this vital question : and
indeed, l-he very Legislature which elected him
to the Senato, expressed its decided opposition
to the Protective System, and a desire that a
Revenue Tariff should be enacted. A majori
ty of the people in this State, in our humble
ty OI die people in tins oiuic, in our uuuiuie u- " - .
pinion, is at this moment opposed to the Tariff for the Bill, so that that rumor was blown o
of 1842, and in favor of such a bill as that re
cently passed by the House of Representatives;
and, so far as the Democratic party oftho State
is concerned, we feel confident that, without a
single oxception, they heartily approve the
course pursued by their representatives in the
house, to-wit: Messrs. Dobbin, McKay, Biggs,
Clark, Daniel and Reid. Thesegentlomen have
truly reflected the will of their canstituents and
of the Democratic party of the State ; but with
be because not a soldier is left to bear a mus
ket in defence of the country. If she do fall (
the conquering army will find nothing but tlio
vestige's of a valiant people, who refused to sur
vive their country or lo wear the bonds of sis.
very.”
The free publication of such sentiments in a
place occupied by A mer can troops, the Courier
rightlv regards as a proof of the respect of our
people for the liberty of the press. The liberal
editors in the city of Mexico would derive an
argument from this proceeding, in their denun
ciations of the tyrannical law by which they
are withheld from tlio expression of tlmir senti
ments on the leading pueslions of Mexican pol
itics.
Wc publish to day a copy of the Oregon
boundary treaty, recently radfied by the Sen-
nat**, together with the .Message of the Presi
dent, communicating the same to that body.
For a sketch of the exciting ^nd interesting
proceedings of Cougress during the week end
ing with our last advices from the Capitol. The
render is refureJ lo our WushmgU n correspon
dence.
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE TELEGRAPH.
Washington City, 29ihjuly, 1846.
At last we may rejoice—the perils and dan-
gers of the contest are over—and soon will t!is
Bill reducing the duties on imports, and faroilt-
er purposes become the law of t!ie land, requU
ring as it does, only the President’s signature
to become a law.
The past week has been an extremely exci
ting one, and now that the tariff question is fi
nally settled, the relaxation of one’s nerves pro
duces all the symptoms of extreme exhaustion,
which would be manifested after severe and un
remitting physical labor. The fears and hope*
of the past week have alternately taised and
depressed the spirits of the contending parbej
so that now when it is over, the gratification
which wc cn the succcoful side experience is
beyond control, and bursts out in the elevated
voice and cheerful laugh. But the reward
which we now enjoy h;*s been the more wel
come and the moro deeply felt on account of
the very anxious fear which have been oxcitcd
from time to time, in respect to the passage of
th j Bill.
-The discussion in the Senate commenced a
fortnight ago on Monday last. For the first
few days there were generally expressed opin
ions that the Bill would certainly pass the Sen
ate. Then came the manufacturers pouring
into the city, determined, as was s.rid, to uss
all manner of means to effect its defeat. fh® n
came rumors of the disaffection of some oftho
Democratic Senators who it was alleged w°ij!d
vote agajnst the Bill and cause its defeat. U ie, l
there was the rumor thnt Mr. Semple of Illinois
had left the city and would not return to vote*
and that the Bill was consequently lost. A' 10
next day it was found that Mr. Semple hw not
left and that lie was still in town and would \o' c
winds. Next came the rumor that Mr. Benton
would not voto for the Bill, and this rumor wat
ndustriously propagated and caused mooy
anvious hours lo the friends of the measure*
which' were dissipated at last some two or tliie e
dajs before the vote was taken, by the fact ’
coming known that a committee of Mam 1 *
turers had waited upon him and that he w 1 '
formed them that lie would vote for the oil > a '^
that they must not expect anv aid from him
1-11 • .Tl. >• ... • NTovt rnn’.e r u "
oitiiBuemucnmc puny ui ute oiaie ; uui *>■*»• *•««-_j —it-’* v ~ fU .
the lights before us, wtTare compelled to say, kill it cither direct or indirect." Next can
k I- .... J ’a-- J L„. ,1.0. Mr ttovLvnr.H ,.r North Carolina tv*
with profound and unaffected sorrow, that Mr.
Haywood has deserted his friends at a moment
when they had a right to count upon his assist
ance and co-operation, and that in this matter
mors that Mr. Hay wood of North Carolina
opposed to tho Bill as it stood, and “***
would propose ai; an amendment P r ? v ' 1 1 5
that it should not go into effect until th*.
penned more reluctant words: but our duty
must be discharged. We go for principles, not
men—take front us all things else, but leave us
our principles and our country.”
FLORIDA.
Wm. A. Kain. Esq., of Apalachicola, has,--
been unanimously nominated by the Democrat- j discovered to havo
. . i I nnrl ilin rumor l:i SD
ic Convention held at the Lower Mineral
Springs,- Florida, on the 13th ult. as a candidate
fa represent that State in.Congress.
nnce anu co-operation, anu mat in mis matter — w
he has proved faithless to his State, faithless to next March so as to allow the whom sess
'theDemocratic party, faithless to the interests j change it. i’his rumor gave way 00l ’ e . [0 •
of the South, and to the repose and welfare of | said that be had resigned, and tout 8^ vc , ^
the whole country. Never before havo tve one which said that he had not resign
‘ J 1 1 thatl.e would vote against the bill, and so n
feat it. Finally Saturday came—Mr. A cos
was to speak, and it was expected that >c
conclude his speech and the vote would o .
that evening. The Senate galleriesiant chan ^
ber was crowded with spectators ; t Jr. .
speaking, when suddenly Mr. r
;covcrod to have left the Senate charoWJ*.
and the rumor is spread abroad that at 1 13
slant ho had deposited, his resignation 1 ^
hands of the Vice President,.and as i ,
roves to be true! -
1 oiit. this rumor