Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-15
THlI,TIE TIL CoAGREss--s'lrs, sessio,


of Mr.. Badger.
THlitTIErIi COAGREss--s Irsi Session
SATURDAY, AUGUST r. 1913.
SENATE.
After some unimportant business had been DIS
posed Of
The Oregon Territorial Bill was taken up
having been returned from the House, with IN
action Of that body thereon, in regard 10 tn
amendments OF the Senate.
Mir. Mason moved 10 lay the bill on the table
and The question being taken BY yeas and nays,
was decided in The negaive-l8 to 81.
Mr.. Benton expressed his satisfaction that IN
Senate had refused 10 lay he bill on the able, an
proceeded 10 show The necessity Of providing at IN
present session government for Oregon. II
asked Senators to reflect upon the present condi
lion of that territory, and the delay which has al
ready been permitted in complying with thei
wishes. The World was locking to this mode
republic, and were the Senate prepared 10 sd,
that its machinery should stop2 Had The motion
to lay on the table succeeded, and no government
been provided for Oregon, he would have con
ceiced that case mad presented itself where lh'
President would be justified in exercising his pow
err under the Constitution 10 call an extra session
He concluded, BY moving that the Senate reced
from its amendments.
Mr.. Westcou moved 10 postpone, with view
TO proceed to the consideration oil other business
Lost, % 10 81.
MIR. Berrien called on The Senate 10 vote dowr
this proposition, that committee OF Conference
might be appointed. Two questions had arisen
First, whether government shall be provided iO
Oregon land secondly one more important, whe
Their the equality Of rights between The Stale:
shall be preserved. II the iron rule was 10 be
adopted by the North, il would be the duty OF The
South 10 resist But lei them nevertheless have
a conference committee, and il nothing then could
be devised in The way Of Cancellation, let The un
happy consequences which must result, rest where
they should. The Two Houses had disagreed
lei a conference committee be now appointed
that they NAV act in conceIt-whalever they
might determine upon.
Mr.. Calhoun had voted to lay The bill on The
table, not because he was opposed 10 Confer.
ence committee, but because he could moi consent
10 an abandonment of Southern rights.
The prospect of jus. settlement, he believed
| was gone-the vote on the bill in The House-'he
vote here this morning-shewed il: The South
| had showed every disposition 10 compromise
and he would now say to the South that they had
but one course TO pursue-if the determination t
deprive Them OF their rights was persisted in
| and that was 10 resst-to nsis! upon those rights
This was not a territorial queslion-t was a
question OF equality between The States-and il
Inc South yielded heir rights they were deserving
| OF the annihi!ation which would follow. One
| side could rot exclude The other without the
grossesl injustice, and submission could not be
made without grossest degradation.
| In the Compromise bill he had yielded one Of
their greatest aTgumens-that of equal justice 10
all the States 10 regard TO these territories but
he had done so. and left the question 10 The Su.
preme Court, tor The sake OF harmony-lor the
sake OF settlement.
| He felt very little soicude about this Nilsson.
| ri Compromise, though he had voted for it. II
they did not choose 10 give il TO them, The South
would stand in regard TO The subject, as they had
stood before.
! Mr.. Bell sail i, seemed to him from the course
| OF The honorable Senator from South Carolina.
and those who had voted with him, that they were
| raising false issue-an issue upon which they
were prepared to go home and say that the die is
cast-and wha, is that ssue2 1t was the ques-
lion of a government for Oregon country TO
which The South has never looked with view TO
make from it Slave States. II they were TO re-
sist, let il be upon The true issue.
| II had been said that the issue must come-lhat
| the vote Of the House proved this. But he came
TO no such conclusion. There were 100 many
noble spirits at the NoHh-men who would never
vote 10 exclude slavery from all Mexican terrific.
~, and Till such vote was recorded in the House,
he would never believe it. Let them wait until
| il comes, before raising the issue.
| He had voted against laying the bill on the la
| BILE, and against The vote 10 pospone-and he was
| ready 10 vote for a conference committee-thopgh
he had very little hope that the compromise in The
| bill would be agreed upon-his hope was in an
| other measure 10 which he would not now allude.
| He would vote against The motion 10 recede, and
| he would vote 10 insist.
| He wanted the northern men 10 have the oppor.
unity to pass The BILL with The ordinance OF 1857
! in it-and he would moi quarrel with them for so
doing. He expected TO find himself arraYed with
his southern brethren in defence OF their rights
| and honor But he would go against The raising
| OF any false ssue-wilh raising that issue with
| regard 10 Oregon.
| Mr.. Tuyney was in favor Of Committee Of
! Conference. Seldom had such 4 Committee tail
cd to propose something, in all cases, satisfactory
and why depart from it now in regard TO To-
| cal question.
| MIR. Butler had not been disposed 10 separate
the Governments Of Oregon, California and New
| Mexico in the bill, bu, as all hope OF uniting
them had passed, he conceived there was no rea
son why this proposition 10 compromise should
not be incorporated into the Oregon bill-why
the question should not now be settled.
Mr.. Houston was willing that his views upon
this subject should be known not only 10 the peo-
ple OF This country, but TO the world, though ne
regretted the necessity which required him 10 oc-
cupy the time Of The Senate al this late day OF
The session. He then went into an examination
OF the condition, in regard 10 slaves, upon which
Texas came into the Union. He regarded that
admission as compromise upon the line OF So
30, 10 which Texas would adhere, and re did not
consider the introduction prohibition OF slavery
in Oregon into This bill, as in any way conflicting
with the principles established by that conpro.
mise.
Mr. Benton again addressed the Senate TO show
the precise stale OF the question, and in favor Of
| concurrence with The House, and passing the bill
as il had been originally sent 10 them. This talk
about dissolution OF the Union was all fuss =
':sound and lury"-making no impression on bis
mind whatever.
Messrs. Yuee, Johnson, Of Georgia, followed
but without any action, The Senate took its usu-
al recess to hali-pasl 5.
THE Senate, to-day, has agreed to the Reports
of the Committees OF Conference, on the Gene
raj Appropriation Billion The bill 10 carry into
effect certain treaties Of eIlradlion and 10 refer
encc 10 the United States Courts in Western VIZ
einia-all which Reports had been also concur
red in by the House. They also Ieceded from
amendments 10 The Posl.roule Bill, ID which the
Hous. refused 10 concur
| u. S. SENATE-NlGHT SESSION.
The Senate was in session all night. Various
motions were made Immediately alter the recess
10 gel up the Report Of The Committee of Con.
ference, on The disagreeing votes oil the TWO
Houses on the Army Appropriation Bill, and FOL
that purpose 10 postpone The consideration Of The
Oregon Territorial bill, which the presiding Off
Ger MIR. Niles) had declared 10 be first in order
From this decision Of the Chair Mr. Yulee final
ly appealed, and the decision was reversed, 10 &c
SO. The Report OF the Commtee OF Confer
ence was accordingly taken up, and, after debate
was finally concurred in.
The consideration oil the Oregon Bill was ther
resumed-Mr. Johnson OF Georgia having iht