The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-02-05
CONGRESSIONAL
sAruRpAr, Jan. 25. 1916.

present at any time heretofore during the ses-
sion. The galleries were also crowded to ex-
cess, and SO full was the one Appropriated 10 the
ladies', that many Of them were forced TO take
Judgement among the gentlemen.
At 2 o'clock the Committee proceeded to-
vote upon the proposition submitted by DR.. Owen,
of Indiana, and accepted by Mr.. Douglass, of H.
Iinois, as a modification of his own. 1t does not
assume the Texas debt, and directs there be
formed forthwith one slave State, the balance of
the Territory to be divided hereafter into three
more States, in which slavery shall exist or moi,
as the people there may determine,
The vote stood-Ayes 96; nays 10Y,
Tho proposition of Mr.. Weller, Of Ohio, was
then taken up, which erects Texas into q State
without anything being said about slavery, and
this government TO assume the Texas debt 10 the
amount of $l0,O00,000.
Mr. amlin, of Maine, offered an amendment
leaving the settlement Of the terms of admIsr
sion 10 Congress.
This amendment was rejected; ayes 25, nays
not counted.
An amendment by Mr.. Hale, Of New Hamp-
shire, was rejected; only sixteen voting i'll the
affirmative.
An amendment by Mr.. Seymour, of New
1OEk was lCICClCuj ~ FoiIli9 III 'S
Mr.. Brinkerhof,, Of Ohio, offered an amend
ment, providing that it shalt be one Of the terms
upon which Texas shall be admitted, that slavery
shall not exist in oHe half of the Territory, be-
ing the western portion OF II.
The vote. was taken and it was rejected
yeas 46.
Mr.. Burke, of New Hampshire, offered an
amendment, the principal provisions OF which
were that slavery shall not exist north OF 81 de-
grees 80 minutes north latitude and that south OF
that it shall or not, as the people there may de-
termine. The Texas debt not to be assumed,
but TO be paid out of the public lands of Texas.
Rejected-yeas 96, nays Ill.
The amendment Of Mr.. Milton Brown, of
Tennessee, was then read, which provides for
one slave State, and four others to be erected
hereafter, in which it shall exist or not, south of
the Missouri compromise line, as the people IN
each of hen may determine. The Texas debt
nol to be assumed, but 10 be paid out OF the pro-
ceeds of the public lands.
At the suggestion Of Mr.. Douglass, of H.,
Mr.. Brown modified his proposition, so as to ex-
clude slavery north of the Missouri compromise
line,
The amendment was adopted yeas 100; nays
90.
The original proposition before the committee
was tie plan of Mr.. c. J. ~Ingersoll, of Pa,
which is the same as The treaty.
Mr., Browns proposition, just adopted, was Of
fered as an amendment to the proposition of MIR.
j., and is in fact a substitute for the whole OF the
plan of that gentleman.
The original proposition as amended was then
adopted. Ayes 10, nays9 90.
The Committee then rose, and the Chairman
reported Mr.. Browns proposition to the House.
Mr.. Cave Johnson, of Tenn, moved the pre-
yious question, and said he hoped ne, furiher de-
bate would take place, and that the House would
put an end, at once, TO this distracting question.
The vote on aeconding the previous question
stood ayes 10Y, nays 81.
So there was u second.
The Speaker then put the questions ''S!lalI the
main question be now put"
Mr.. prinkcrhoG, Of Ohio, demanded the yeas
and nays, which were ordered and stood: ayes
ll3, nays LOG.
So it was determined that the main question
should be put. 1t was on concurrence in the
amendment adopted by the committee of the
whole, being the proposition submitted by MIR.
Milton Brown, of Tennessee, to annex Texas.
| On luOLlOu Ol Ilt' flilOl5 Va OHIO, tIC JCdn
and nays were ordered and the amendment was
decided in the afirmative-ayes llS, nays l0l.
The vote was then taken by yeas and nays on
the e~ngrossment Of the resolution; ayes ll9,
nays 81.
The resolutions having boen read a third
time, and being put upon their final passage, they
we're passed. The vote was taken by yeas and
nays, and stood, ayes 100, nays9S.
YEAs.-Messrs. Arlington, Ashe, Atkinson,
Bayly, Belser, Bidlack, Edward J. Black, James
Black, James A. Black, Blackwell, Brodhead,
Bower, Bowlin, Boyd, A V. Brown, M. Brown,
w. J.. Brown, Burke, Burt, Caldwell, Campbell,
S. Cary, B. Chapman, A. A. Chapman, Chappell,
Clinch, Clinton, Cobb, Coles, Edward Cross,
Alvan Cullom, Daniel, John w. Davis, Dawson,
Dean, Dellet, Douglas, Dromgoole, Duncan, Ell
lis, Farlee, Ficklin, Foster, French, Fuller, Ham
NETT, HARRISON, Henley, Hays, Holmes, J. ?.
Hoge, Hopkins, Houston, Hubbard, Hubbell, J.
NJ. Hughes, Charles J, Ingersoll, John Jameson,
Cave Johnson, A. Johnson, G. w. Jones, A.. Ken
needy, L. Kirkpatrick, A. Labranche, M. G. Leon
ard, w. Lucas, ]. II. Lumpkin, L. Lyon, W. C.
McCauslen, w. B. Maclay, j. A. McClernand,
r. G, Mcconnell, J, J., Mcdowell, J.J. Mckay,
J. Morris, J, Mathews, |, Z, Morse, II. G. Muir
ply, w, Newton, M. Norris, jr, r. ID. Owen,
w. Parmsnter, w. w. Payne, J. Petit, j. H.
Peyton, Emery D. Potter, Zadock Pratt, Day. S.
Reid, ]. H, Relfe, r. Barnwell Rhett,J. Ritter,
Roberts, Russell, Saunders, senter, I. H. Sey-
mour, Simons, Simpson, Slidell, John T. Smith,
T. Smith, r. Smith, S%teenrod, J, Stewart, Ste
phens, Stiles, ]. w. Stone, A. P. Stone, Strong,
Sykes, Taylor, Thompson, TiDbats, Tucker, We'll
Ter, Wentworth, Joseph A. Wright, Yancey, and
Yost-l20.
NAYs--Messrs. Abbot, Adams, Anderson, Ba,
ker, Bnrringer, Barnard, Benton, Brengle, Brin.
kerhof, jeremiah Brown, Burlington, Carpenter,
Jeremiah E. Cary, Carroll, Catlin, Causin, Chill
lion Clinnnnnn Clinfnn Cnllamer Grnnefcn d.