New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-20
Congregational Proceedings


WAsHiSGToN. Monday. Dec j..
Numerous petitions and memorials were pre-
senieo notices Of intention % introduce several bills
given and two three bills OF unimPoitaIt character
Introduced and referred
Nr DorcLA,s Introduced bin granting the rsht Of
way and donation oi lznds i1r the construction Of a
railroad connect The waters ut the DPpor and Lower
| mi with the chain OF Lakes ~ Chicago.
Mr DorGIAs7 called up bis b!i for the admission a.
California aai New M-Sco. a. STATE into the Union.
With view O. tsreerence with his anne ndment % the
| Committee on Territories
Mr. bERHfAN consicered the proposiuon 10 reier 10
the Committee Territories novel one. as the uni
form practice had been % refer bills Tor the admission
| Of states Of the Judiciary Committee.
Mr DOUGLAss said the Senator had certainly over
looked one instsnce-ihat Of the biz Of last session r
the admission q Wisconsin That Din had been re-
ferre1 % the Committee on Territories. reported by
thst Committee and passed.
Nr BUTLER nade a few remarks insisting that the
Judiciary Committee were selected with express refer
euce % their legal atanments and that the proper re-
| ference was 20 that Committee. such bad been the
unflif ~ practice and be- planned the why the
Wisconsin bin had a. The last session referred o.
| the Territorial Cumrlttee.
The debate on This point was farther continued bt
| Messrs DOUGLASS. WEsTcOrT and luLEE.
Mr kfNG had not 6nown an instance. during hls
~ entytvc years eHpercnce ia the senate, where OH
authorizing new Stale & iorm Constitution had been
referred % the Territorial Commute. or which had
not been ur ormly referred % the Judiciary Commit
tee he could not under iand the effort now o. give
different direction 20 this bin. unless made with
/ a view % fOrestsl public opinion. SC SC.
Mr. D0rGLAss replied that % the Senator from Ala-
bama had looked 81 the journal he would have seen
eiy such bile had not hecn referred o the Territorial
Committee during the period OF his twenty I'VE years
experience There ha1 been 1O TtrrrOrt1. C1mmfffe
during that period Since The establishment of that
COMMITTEE the reference % 10 Of such bills had been
| uniform.
Mr Bn1cHr deemed the Territorial Committee the
proper Tor the consideration 81 the present Oil No
report which could receive the sanction OF the senate
could be- hoped for from the Judiciary Committee ~
/ M "a
! composed OF very different materials.
! Mr BALDWIN considered the question now iu v0gcd
very different from those which had arisen on former
occasions connected with The admission Of state into
the Union lie also favor OF the reference 70 the
| Territorial Committee that the policy of admitting
these terrtorirs state might fret he dctermnedby
the senate before any bgal question should be- raised
Mr.. kvsR IA favor of the reference % the Judi
/ cisry Commute aud explained the Circumstance
| under which the memorial from New Mexico had
been presented H. was satisfied from the attention
which he had given the subject since the presentation
OF that memorial that principal Oh ect 81 the memo
riaiss was % wrcst from Texas her territory cas ~
/ the Rio Grsude Convictions held IN New Mexico
were not lair expression of public s'nilmtr t-they
expressed the views nnd wishes of few lraders only
/ The people might attend ilem but zoe proceedings
were the acts exclusively of The e" who control the
| many.
Mr. BEHmAN made aiev farther remarks 10 .sh1w
that 1850 -ii and l~il. after the Institution ~ the
Territorial Committee bills for the admission OF states
into the Union had been 100 the met instance recrrCd
| 70 the Committee on the judiciary. ln l-i-, bill
from iN' mousse lot i' H"i"i'ai'h .i 'if't'-i'" iit'
the Union. bad been referred - the Committee on
Ierui0fcs-thus furnishing but ono precedent against
n-,e where such f' renee me- Pee made - me Tern
! tom" commute lie e',n'd %, I'''i,h'e % 'he '1
dcHiy committee uh4uestohaby the slAnale course
I ia the present instance.
Mr. BUTLER considered the present organization oi
the JUDICIARY COMMITTEE though the majority oi the
Commute Fert rom t-e south as ptr ~ accidental
Nor was be disposed g. draw any invidious distinction
between the judiciary committee snd NE committee
on Territories tui reference Oh this ol 20 the atter
| be thought entirely unprecedented
Mr. NILES was ia favor az the reference o. the Terri
iorisl Committee az ne considered 10 essentially ter
| ritons ouA
Toe yeas and mays. on motion oi Ir DOUGLASS were
then ordered, ana iealtri-AJes - Nays ID, as iol
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