Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-02-21

\ Mr.. Thomas rose anu WlthureW his
amendment, and in lieu Thereof offered a
substitute embracing the same limits,
beyond which slavery shall be excluded;
and varying from it, only in defining
its intent by express words. and omit
ting all reference to the ordinance OF
1887 1.-THE same as the amendment Of
fered by him on the I'D inst. and With
drawn
/ Mr.. Trimble, Whose amendment yes
terday was rejected, and not withdrawn.
as stated moved to amend Mr.. Tho
4 mass amendment, by striking out 50
much thereof as defines the line of Sc
paration. and to insert the following:
! s. all that part of Louisiana Gas coded
" by France to the United Statcs,)
| 8. which lies west of the Mississippi
s. river, except that part which is con-
6. tanned i'm the state of Louisiana, and
+. except that part of the territory which
s. lies north of the state Of Louisiana,
s. ant east of the 18th or GATH degree
{" Of west longitude, agreeable to Mel
/" lish's map) and south of the line
/" which may be established for the
4" northern boundary for the proposed
I" state of Missouri )" Tin substance, to
exclude slavery from the whole country
west Of the Mississippi, except in Lou
isiana, Arkansaw, and Missouri.
This motion WAS, after some discus
sion, decided in the negative, by yeas
and nays AS follows
( For Mr.. Irmble's amendment
Messrs. BurriI, Dana, Dickcrson, Hun
ter, King, of N. Y, Lanman, Louvre,
MeIlen, Morril, Horsey, Otis, Palmer,
PARROT, Roberts, kuggles Sanford,
Tichenor, Trimble, Van Dyke, Viii
son.--20.
Against it-Messrs. Barbour,
Brown, Eaton, Edwards, Elliot, Gail
lard, johnson. of Kentucky, Johnson of
Lou. King, of Ala. Leake, Lloyd, Lo-
gan, Macon, Pinkney, Peasants, Smith
Stokes, Taylor, Thomas, Nosle, Wal
Ell, of Alab. Walker Of Geo. Williams
of Ten. Williams of Miss.-s4.
The question then required on Mr..
Thomas's amendment, which is in the
following words
"And be ii further enacted, That
in all that territory coded by France to
the United States. under the name of
Louisiana, which lies north of Sc deg.
so min. n. lat. excepting only such
part thereofa is included within the
limits of the stale contemplated by this
act, slavery and involuntary seryitude,
otherwise titan in the punishment OF
crimes whereof the party shall have
been duly convicted, shall be and is
hereby for ever prohibited Provided,
always, That any person escaping into
the same, from whom labor or service
is lawfully claimed in any state or ter
ritory OF the United States, such fugi-
tive may be lawfully reclaimed, and
conveyed to the person claiming his or
her labor or service, as aforesaid"
On the adoption of this amendment
the question was taken by yeas and
nays, and determined in the affirmative,
as follows
For the Observation-Disclosures. Brown,
Burriil, Duna, UickersoM, Eaton. "a
wards, Horsey, Hunter, Johnson. of
Ky. Johnson Of Lou. King of Alabama,
King of N. Y. Lanman, Lcake. Lloyd,
Logan, Lo~rie, Meiien, hiorril, OTIS,
Palmer. Parrot, pinkney, Roberts,
Rugglcs, Sanford, Stokes, Thomas,
Iichenor, Trimble, Van Dyke. Walker
of Alabama, Williams of Tennessee,
Wilson-S4.
Against the Observation-Disclosures.
Barbour, Elliot, GaiIIard, Macon, No
bic, Peasants, Smith, Taylor, Wal
ker of Georgia, Williams of Missis-
sippi.--l0. /
MIR. Trimble then moved 70 amend
the bill SO as to bring the north line Of
the state of Missouri, about half de-
gree south of the line proposed with
the view, as he stated, substantially, to
give to the state which shall hereafter
be formed north of the Missouri, a
share OF the fine valley OF the Des
MONIES, of which he spoke from per
sonai knowledge, particularly as the
Missouri state will possess both sides
of the Missouri river, which runs near
ly through IFS middle from it's east tn