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The Slavery Compromise Bill.

The Bill providing Territorial Government
for Oregon, California and New Mexico, report.
ed by the Compromise Committee, passed the
Senate on the 9Th instant; that body having re.
mained in session the whole of the previous
night.
The vote stood yeas 80, nays 92, as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Alchson, Atherton, Benton,
Belrien, Borand, Breese, Bright, Butler, Cal.
houn, Clayton, Davis of Mississippi Dickinson,
Douglas, Downs, Foole, iannegan, Houston,
HunIer, Johnson of Maryland, Johnson of Lou.
siana. Johnson of Georgia, King, Lewis, Man.
gum, Mason, Phelps, Rusk, Sebastian, Spruance,
Sturgeon, Turney, Wescou and Yulee-33.
NAYs-Messrs. Allen, Badger, Baldwin, Bell,
Bradbury, Clarke, Corwin, Davis of Massachu.
sets, Dayton, Dix, Dodge, Felch, Fitzgerald,
Greene, Hale, Ham!in. Metcalfe, Miller, Niles,
Underwood, Upham and WaIker-29.
ABsENT-Messrs. Cameron, Pearce and Web.
ster-3.
For the principal features of the Bill, see Free
Press Of last week.
Mr.. CoRwlN's speech in opposition to the Bill
is said 10 have been mastery effort. The fol.
lowing extract is of the substance of his remprks:
Mr.. Corwin desired to submit one or two ques.
lions Of law and of fact, TO the chairman of the
committee and the learned gentleman, before
acting upon This BILL whether they made any in.
vestigalion as TO the power of taking cases to
the Supreme Court, by writ of error, when they
may occur in these territories! And so, whe-
ther they can disclose the RESULT And again,
whether writ of error, as provided in the bill,
can be brought 10 the Supreme Court for less
amount than SO ,OOO without some special legs'
lation on the subject! He proceeded to show
the effect of the law, if executed by the terrific
rial Judge, and 10 argue that the result wouldbe
10 have the fate of a slave decided by a Judge
appointed by the present President of The United
States, unless the value of that slave vas $4,000,
for under existing laws writ OF error Tor loss
amount could not lie 10 The S93reme Court.
Mr.. Phelps, of Vermopi, is reported as lollows'
He thought that opposition to the bill had 10 q
great extent er!aan from the want OF a proper
understanding of its provisions. This bill,
while it avoids special legislation, leaves the
, question where the constitution places it, and let
> them determine as they might. the constitutions
al question must be determined elsewhere, by
the Supreme Court. The commiuee have en-.
deavored to provide for the revision of the deci.
sions of the Territorial tribunals by the highest
judicial power. And he proceeded to argue that
the Supreme Court have decided that they will
take cognzance of the wri. of error where they
have jurisdiction in the matter-whenever they
have, as in this case, cognizancc of the ques-
ton. Any process to bring case before the
? Supreme Court will be sustained by that Court.
Even admitting that it snecessary that the prop
erty shall amount of $4,000, it would be only
necessary for those who desire TO test the qdes'
t tion, TO buy negress to the amount Of $4,000
and send them into California, 10 have the ques'
q tion settled. r..
Mr.. Hale said he should vote against the bill
though he did not consider 1.-THE worst that might
have been framed. If it could he honestly, ju'
diciously construed, he did not think it would
$ be very Objectionable, he had no confidence