Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-02-05


non OF The country, If | were thus 10
consent 10 weaken lis power. Unless We
can ODiaiu the admission OF Missouri into
the Union, on the same terms, aud as free
ana unsliackled as Maine, | am decidedly
OF opinion we ought 10 admit neither.
MIR. BURRILL, Of Rhode lsland, took
the moor. tie commenced with some re
marks on The question Of order involved
IN the amendment. He apprehended The
committee had fallen into an error il,
| reporting IL (; at least il was without pre-
cedeni Tor committee 10 report on any
subject referred 10 them by way of IA
meihment TO bill from the House Of
Representatives, embracing totally diff
iereni object. Ii would be agreed on all
hands, lie said, that an observance of
'heir own rules was necessary 10 The dig
nlty of tins body, and 10 The order amt
dispatch OF business. He did not dwell
long, however, on The point of order, but
proceeded TO consider the merits of the
question. which was simple proposition
TO separate the Two subjects of Maine and
Missouri
u was cOnfOrmable TO the rules and
practice at The Senate, he said, TO divide
question, when asked by any member,
where II was susceptible of division. :.
Now, he asked, was not this question
susceptible of The proposed division p
| IL was not only susceptible of division
| he said, but The eases embraced by il
were essentially dissimilar. With regard
| 10 the Stale Of Maine, the TERRITORY en-.
braced BY II, had, from the adoption of
| the constitution. been known as the Dis
trict oi Maine It's limits were known
| and accurately defined. The question
on The admission of Maine was a ques-
ton rsspeciiHg the division of one of the
original states. And would any one saw,
that the division of an old state was "A
question of the same nature as That of
The erection oi ii state Out of an acquired
territory There we're cases, he said, in
| which Congrt SIS were under an obligation
| 10 eretc new states in the territories of the
United States but they were not obiig-
ell 10 admit into the Union state form
ed out OF an old state. He agreed with
| gentlemen on The other side in some OF
thor premises, though he dissenied FIR IN
| Their conclu>lons. He agreed that the
question OF conserving 10 the division OF
ne" Slate, was a question Of pokicy a
| question on which the Congress was 10
| ex rclSe sound discretion. For exam
| pie, If the state of which he was Re
preventative on this floor, we're TO ask 10
be divided, though the people composing
II should be unanimously agreed on The
subject, he doubted whether Congress
would assent 10 il. The question. there
fore, embraced by the bill, was about The
division of stale, which Congress was
to decide as il, should deem most wisely
IN regard 10 the general interest of the
Union whilst the question involved in
The amendment regarded the erection of
new sia'e III territory, which Com
Tpr nj,
not only from the colonial condition OF
the territory. but by tie force of treaty
with foreign power, as had been con
tended, and as he admitted i'm certain
sense, TO establish. There was no con-
nec,Ion between questions so distinct in
Their nature, and they ought not TO he
united III the same bill
Looking al this question i'm another
point OF view alter II was agreed thai
| Massachusetts should be divided as Do
posed on which he had never heard of
aHy difference OF oplniOn-Ae asked what
Objection there was TO giving the simple
assent OF Congress TO the admission of
| Maine inlo The Union We have, said
J he, no compact to- make with her: whilst.
u gentlemen will look al the provisions
| Tor the admission of Missouri, reported
! by way Of amendment iothis bill, they will
+, see That there are many conditions and
| restrictions 10 be imposed OH IL, and some
oil ihem OF much Importance, and admits
ting Of much difference Of opinion. The
one question Is simple one, on which
The mind OF every man is made up the
other Is complex, including variety of
regulations relative TO bounty lands, the
right OF taxation, &c. &c. questions
which require deliberate consideration,
| great attention, and knowledge OF de-
! tails, with which the Senate was not vet
| supplied. lie must be allowed further to
| say, That The committee oil ihe Senate
which had reported this amendment had
not furnished the necessary evidence M
respect 10 these details. Ii had been sta
| ted That there were IN the territory OF
Missouri 100, 900 inhabitants. Ii would
appear, MIR. b. said, from careful peru
sal % The memorial, that il did not state
this fact. IL stated that The whole terrific
~ contained that number, and prayed
for a division Of the territory. That part
OF the prayer OF the petition had been
granted at the last session by the
erection OF the territory of Arkansaw.-
MIR. b. said, he should be glad TO know,
therefore, what was the amount oil
the present population of the Mis-.
sour Territory. Gentlemen might say
HAT, IN their opinion, tic population
OF the territory is forty, fifty, or sixty
thousand but, Mr.. b. asked, where was
The evidence of tie fact, in such shape as
Congress ought 10 IegIslale on? There
had moi been before the committee, nor
was there now before the Senate, single
document on tie subject, but the petit.
iioH presented al the last session, from
the Legislature OF Missouri, part o.
which had been granted. There was il
fact, he said, no application, from Mis-
sour AT the present session, 10 be admit
| ted into th,. IIuio, IL tberc ,..s s,,,,h .,