The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-07-28
IN CONGRESS- OF THE U. STATES



Mr. WENTWORTH moved resolution OF ule us s
form to close debate upon the Oregon bill nov pending
in the Commtee of the Whole on the stale OF 'ne olo
AZ o'clock this day. the committee shall mol come 10
Conclusion before that hour and upon this motion ne
called for the yeas and nays and demanded he previous
MIR HOUSTON of Alabama moved to lay the Issolrs
Mr.. WENTWORTH demanded the yeas and nays
Mr.. BURT demanded the yeas and nays; which were
ordered and being taken Tssusaysas h 81 nays liz
The question then recurring upon the mohoD to lay ON
the table the yeas and nays were ordered and being a
ken, the vote stood-yeas SO, nays 80.
So the House refused to lay on the table.
The question required upon the adoption OF The resou-
ton, and the call for the previous question was now sec
Mr. JONES of Tennessee moved reconsideration OF
the vote by which the House had just refused to lay the
Mr. ASHMUN moved to lay this motion the table
and demanded the yeas and nays upon his NOTION whifls
ordered, and resulted-yeas 50, nays 81
So the House refused to lay on the table; ana ,hs'
question required on Mr. JoNEss motion to reconsider
The yeas and nays being demanded ordered and taken
upon this question, il was decided IN the aihrmauVe-
yeas 90, nays 80.
The vote being reconsidered-- NJ,
The question REQUIRED again upon the motion by tli.
HoUsToN OF Alabama to lay the resolution on the table
and the yeas and nays being demanded, ordered anu
taken thereupon, resulted-y 90, nays So
So the resolution was LAID on the table
Mr. EVANS of Maryland rose to move reconsideIa-
ton of the vote of yesterday, by which the subject OF me
repeal or suspension OF the hve-mhu'eS rue was ''u
o" On %1 notion Of MIR. McCLELLAND, laid the
Mr. vINTON, by leave, from the Committee OF Ways
and Means reported with amendment Senate bill
titled IAN act for the payment Of lquidaied claims
against Mexico;" which was read ard referred to the
Committee OF the Whole on the state of the Union.
Mr. COBB of Georgia moved to reconsider the vote OF
yesterday adopting the joint rule concerning unfinished
Mr.. ROCKWELL OF Connecticut moved to lay this
motion on the table.
Mr. COBB had not intended to yield the floor for such
motion, and declared nevertheless that the rule would
prove bad in its operation for it was calculated to
place all the doubtful claims against the treasury which
may be passed during the present session. at the very
head OF the calendar for the next session.
VOICE 1t gives the same advantage to House bills
Mr. COBB appealed to Mr. RGcKWELL to withhold his
the taken with the motion OF the gen.
tlsman from Maryland, Mr.. EvANsl MIR. C. demanded
the yeas and nays, which ordered; and being ia
ken, his motion to reconsider was laid on the tabe-yeas
MEXICAN INDEMNITY.
On motion of Mr. SMITH of Indiana the House then
resolved itself into Committee OF the Whoe-Mr. MORE,
On motion of Mr.. vINToN, the Mexican indemnify
from the Committee OF Ways and Means, taken up,
the amendment concurred in, and then laid aside to be
reported to the House.
OREGON TERRITORIAL
The CHAIRMAN then announced the special order
TO wit The bill to establish the territorial government OF
Mr. WALLACE having the floor upon this subject
proceeded to address the committee and said he believed
there few who would deny that the territory of the
United States the joint property of all the States
that the power OF Congress to legislae such terri
tory was in the nature OF tras-so to be used to
inure to the cesfu que tru-he greatest possible bene
fiji In order to settle the right of those claiming this
terest was only necessary to inquire who purchased
and paid 10, IT wv Would hence that the Goh
fn @ inc
and that portion of it which has been acquired by con-
quest. has cost the blood of the citizens of all
the States.
He repudiated the ground taken by the gentleman from
Massachusetts, Mr.. MANN that Congress was the true
and real owner of the territories. That gentleman.
reasoning upon this hypothesis led him far as to
declare that under the authority of Congress- the people
Of the south might come down and erect the standard Of
slavery in Massachusetts, He could not express his
surprise at such augmentation Tho people of the
south had neither right desire to interfere the
affairs of Massachusetts, and they claimed the
emption from interference with their affairs which they
u for e
ge of the reserved rights of independent States If the
argument of the gentleman from Massachusetts, were
correct the proceeds of the sales of the public lands
would be more than common plumber for the members
OF the legislative and executive branches Of the
ment. The doctrine wholly incompatible with the
idea of constitutional restrictions and delegated authori
~. But fortunately for the hopes of the republic we
have other lights upon this subject We are taught by
the fathers OF this government that all power resides
the peoples and it sad cOmmentary.u upon the de-
geneacy Of the times, that have now, this debate
repeas the declaration, that the authority of Congress
s but delegated power, derived alone from the consu
ton 1t was also, to ask Gas he dd for the power
OF Congress to legsiate any way affecting the subject
of slavery, to impair the rights of slave owners
TO be pointed out in the constitution.
Mr. w. said the gentleman from Massachusetts had
contrasted the moral and religious conditions of The north
and the souh and boased Of the superior holiness and
purity of the former. Mr. W. deprecated religion which
more wise than the sacred record That such was
the religion of certain politicians but too plainly in
Dictated at the north at this day. 1t the spirit of ia
natcism-smilar to that which fired the zeal of Peter
the Hermit. 1t spirit most unfavorable to the
spirit of generous and manly rvalshp This spirit was
early manifested in this government and early marked it's
geographical line across the Union. protective tariff
spirit of anaticism The south planted itself upon the
bulwark of the constitution and defeated this scheme
odous exacons upon their labor; and upon its
rising up and being developed not the spirit merely
but the body and strength of most capricious and en-
vous abotionism 1t had now placed itself upon points
OF welEdehned hostility to the slavery of the south
Eleven States had Instructed their representatives upon
this subject, and many OF them stood ready do the
bidding
He asked the Clerk to read extract from pronun-
Gdento by the American anti-slavety society as copec
into late number of the New York Herald and il was
real accordingly
He denounced the article and showed from Vattel,,
Law of Nations that the part of States or Of
societies the publication of this article was adeonats
OF war The authority of Vatte also sustained the mon
oston that people have the power to govern them
selves according to their own pleasure The people al
the United States had delegated all the powers of Con
gess and he would ask any to show the delegated
power here claimed by this society for the Congress
assume it would be usurpatiOn He held up the shield
OF the constitution against these efforts and assumption
OF power to overtun the rights of the south 1t became
the people OF the north than the south TO look Il