The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-08-30
The End of Compromises.

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! The End of Compromises.
PASSAGE OF THE OREGON Bill THRO'
| BOTH HOUSES, WITH THE HILAOT
/ PROVISO.
At 0 o'clock, on Sunday the 18th inst.
the Senate having remained in session 81
consecutive hours, the Oregon Territorial
Bi!! was passed, as 1t cane IRON the House,
with the Missouri Compromise stricken
out. The whole night had been cnnsum-
ed IN an endeavor on The patti Of The South.
ern members to stave off The final action
90 the bill, by killing time. Ii was, hove.
yer, finally passed by 0 vote Of 90 to %.
Mr.. Webster's brief argument contains
the pi,h of this action on the par, Of the
North.
He con,ended that, rs five slave States
had been added to the Union from acquir-
ed foreign territory, there was 10 injustice
IN limiting its further extension aud he
repeated, as he had the other day, that he
should do nothing 10 extend the area of
siavery-to increase the slave representa-.
ton 10 the other branch Of Congress. He
voted upon these propositions =
l. That when this constitution was a.
dopted, no one looked to the acquisition Of
new territory.
2. That there should be no interference
with slavery IN the States where it now
exists.
8. That as five States have been added
from foreign territory, no injustice would
be done in restricting the further extension
Of the area Of slavery.
For these reasons il was that he had de.
, clared that by no vote Of his would he do
, anything calculated to increase the slave
representation in the other House Of Con.
gfess.
IN SENiTE
SUNDAY, Aug. 10, A. M.
Mr.. Wesicott proceeded, and gave way
10 motion by Mr.. Lewis 10 ADJOURN
Lost, 9 to 81.
Mr. Westcott therefore continued his
remarks. II this bill were passed to-day.
with the restriction Of slavery IN it, he said
II would not be met with the executive
veto.
Mr.. Foote moved an adjournment, 40
minutes past g. but the motion was. deci.
ded in the negative, 10 to 90.
I Mr.. 1uee suggested that they might
now as well proceed to vote on the sub.
ject.
i Mr.. Underwood concurred in the sus.
gestion. They had done all in their pow
err. He had sat up some eight or ten nights
during the time he was a member of tho
/ House, but never had he seen such scene
as he had witnessed during the past night.
He hoped the practice would be abandon
ed, as no good ever como from H. and that
4 they would amend their rules SO as to put
it out Of the power Of any member 10 de.
feat or delay the wishes Of The majority.
he debate was further continued by
Messrs. Atkinson, Dickinson, Fitzgerald,
Calhoun, Mangum, Douglas, Downs, But.
colt and Walker. S's'
The question was then taken on reced-
ing from the several amendments, and il
was decided in the affirmative. So the bill
has passed both Houses, without the Mis-
souri, Compromise" and wih the VIII.
mot ProvIso."
The test vote was on receding from the
amendment by which the Missouri Com.
promise had been inserted, and was as fol.
lows:
Ayes-Messrs. Allen, Baldwin, Benton,
Bradbury Breeze, Bright, Cameron, Clarke.
Corwin, Davis, of Mass, Dayton, Dickin-
son, Dix, Douglas, Dodge, Felch, Fitzge-
raid, Green, Hale, Hamlin, Hannegan,
Houston, Miller, Niles, Phelps, Spruance,
Upham, Walker, Webster-29.
Nays-Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Bell.
Berrien, Borland, Butler, Calhoun. Davis.
Of Miss, Downs, Foo,e, Hunter, johnson,
of Md, johnson, of La, Johnson, of Ca,
Lewis, Mangum, Mason, Metcalfe, Pearce,
Rusk. Sebastian, Turney. Underwood, Yu-
lee, Westcott-25.
On motion Of Mr.. Dickinson. bill gran.
ting pension to Richard Reynolds, poor
blind man, who had lost his. syes in the ser.
vice Of his country, wss t6nef. up, as Mr..
D. said, to give Senators an opportunity to
do some good on We Sabbath day, nd
passed unanimously.
Then, at 20 m nu,es TO 10, the Senate
adjourned to O'Clock to. morrow morning.
.ERIA.aNAvIcATIoS.
Dr.. Sol andrews, Of Perth Amboy.
N. j.. announces Cha, he has discovered a
mos. infallible plan for navigating the at.
mosphere. lie is selling parcel Of land
in order to raise funds for carrying out the