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Ia 4 - w.
Al ? o'clock lhe Comniues proceeded
10 vole upon The proposition submitted bf
Mr.. Oxen, Of Indisns. and accepted b
Mr.: Douglass. Of Illinois. IS modification
Of his own. 4 does moi assume tie Tex.
- debi. add DIRECTS fhai there Be formed
forthwith one Slave State the balance Of
the Territory 70 se divided hereafter into
ihIee more States. 10 which siavery small
exit Or moi. Is de people there may De-
lrfsnine.
The vote stood -hyes o6. NAYS 1917.
The proposition Of Mr. Weller. Of Ohio.
WAS thep taken Up. which efecis .Texss
tsio S's.s without anything .beisg. said
shout eltssfy and iIsis government 10 IS
same The Texas debt to the amount d
so 00n 900
Hir HAhlsn. Of Maine. offered An :.
medeneni- Leaving she settlement Of The
terms Of 81 risaon 70 Congress.
This amendment vas rejected ayes
4 % nays moi counted
An amendment by Nc Hale. % New
Hampshire: VA, rejected; only sixjeen
voting in the affirmative
An amendment 81 NJ Seymour Of
Wv York. va. rsjseisa 10 se;iss ID .lhe
lIirmaiise;
ar Blinkenheif Of Ono. offered an a
lndment providing TIA, i shall be one
Tie terms upen which Texas shall be
hiiied, that slavery shalt 20, exis. in
me half The Territory. being the vest.
ern portion o. il.
The vote vas taken and Il was rejected
--yeas46
| ST. Burke. Of New Hampshire. offered
3 80 amendmeni, the|prineipal provisions
Of which were that slavery shall not ex-
isiRorib Of 36 degrees 30 minutes north
latitude. aud that souihS OF that /; shall or
not {as the people there may determine
The Texss debt no, to be: ASSUMED. but 10
Ne paid out Of The public lands Of Texas.
r Sjscied-yeis 90, nays Ill,
The amencment Of Mr. Milton Brown,
Of Tennessee. was then read. which pro.
siass for one slave Side and -four OTHER.
10 Sc rerecjed here after IN which il shall
exists or not. south Of the Missouri compro
mise iias ss the people ID zach Of then
may determine. The Texas debt not 10
be assumed. but TO be paid oUt.of che pro
ceecs Of be public lands
AT the Suggestion OF AR. Douglass. OF
Illinois, Mr.. Brosn modi6eL his PROPOSE.
-tiop. so as 10 exclude slayerSSAunlh Of The
Missouri Compromise Line. ~
The amrndnent was adopsd-yeas
los. rays 80
The drig,asl proposition before the~Com-
miltee VAS the plan OF Mr. G. ] Inger.
snlI Of Penns.. = which islhe same as the,
TIeasv.
MIR Browns propositions. fns: adopted
vas olfsteS a. an. amendment &c r. pro-
position Of Mr. j., and is.in fact snbsli
luie for tbs whole Of the plan Of that gen.
sleman.
The original proposition a. amended
was then adopted. Ayes no. NAYS 90
= The Committee then srose. and the
Chairman reported Me-. Bsown's PROPOSE.
ton IN The House.
1Air Cave Johnson, OF Tenn. moved
the previous question. and sail he hoped
no further debate would take place and
,ha, the House would put an end, at once,
to this disiraciing question.
The votes on seconding the previous
question stood ayes l07 nsys97.
So there was a second.
The Speaker then pat the question
s'shaafihe main question be now put.
Mr. BrinkenhoG. OF Ohio, demanded
the yeas and nays which were ordered
sEd STUPID ayes ll3r nays 106.
so il was determined that the main
question should be put. II was on con-
'eqrrence in the amendment adopted BY
The. COMMITTEES Of the whole being the
proposition submitted BY Mr.; Milton
Brown, OF Tennessee, 10 annex Texas.
On motion Of Mr.. Vinion. of Ohio. the
yeas and nays were ordered and the =
mendment was decided in the affirmative
-s-syee liz. nays i0i.
The pote was then taken ~ yeas and
Tsys Vb-,he engrossmeni Of the resolution
--ssss lI9. nays 81.
Tie resolutions having been read third
: ssimes.And being put upon Their final pas
sase. they we're passed. The vote was
taken BY yeas aud nays. and siood-ayes
= l2O nays IS.
A motion was then made 10 reconsider
The foregoing soie. which was rejected
The House then a2teed 10 tbs, 1.-THE 10
theresolulionssnd Al 4 o'clock adjourned