Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-01-12

Territorial government, md he trusted ill.,,
wonld 10. be permitted 10 Icmain under ha. :,
factO govern menl for t@oyears longer, with r.
Other protection than that derived from CoI,sf,.
volvtrs &c.
MIR. Downs rose TO request iha, The reror
might be So amended as 10 lave il appear tis,
The first as we'll as The second resolution embo-c.
The opinion OF the majority of the committee.
Mr. Douglass inquired whether the repou
should not also be so mctifisd as 10 have i. al
pear that it expressed only the opinion Of lae
majority OF The committee He inquired lGrlhe,
whether the Senator from Louisiana did not dl.
sent from Inc report
MIR. Downs replied in the affirmative, ard
| further stated that The report had not been pre-.
senled to the committee until ii O'Clock this
mornins-then Waslhe first time he had seen II.
and as he had no opportunity 10 presen, cou.
ter report, he should lake the opportunity 10 60
50 hereafter.
In The case Of Louisiana, law had passec
| Congress, Immediately after lh@ nag Of he Uni.
ted Stale. had been raised, 10 admit her as Slae
! so soon as her population should amour /,
/ 80 OO0 And he saw no reason Why the same az.
lhorily should not be exercised 10 regard 70 Cali.
tornia and New Mexico.
He did not dissent from all IL naia;s III hi re.
nor. Some ot them he concusred in. Ba, e
was mol in favor OF rejecting the bill. He Ia.
preferred rather that il should be amended. n
| propased, in conc usion, resolution, as suts.-
TUE Tor those proposed b. Majority o. ib2s com-
mi,iee declaring that IL Is competent, and not IL
/ expcdi4nt 70 admit California as a State INC the
| Union. on the same terms as The original Stale
and III rightly undersloot) for The arpJnneG,ct
committee 10 inquire aud rcpori in regard g
tha. portion OF California lying West OF the 81
| ezra NJ ysda or California mountains.
He had agreed a the last session that sale
II probation was necessary, bur 2 STATE Of ihne>
| had since arisen, which would give 10 California
the population necessary Tor admission, ahG Srca
a population, too, as might render immincn! he
| danger OF anarchy, and perhaps The formation u
| eovernmen, Independent, OF The United SiaeS
| lie further referred 10 lorebodings Of ey 10 II.
gard 10 the permanency OF The Uaion bu, tits
! portion OF his remarks vas not clearly under
stood
Mr.. Butler considered The debate entirely -,
! of order: but he wished 10 state that 70 ne rep-J
eyer made by Inc Judiciary Committee had mole
deliberate attention ever been given. II In AS
| ir,imat;un Of desire, on The paTt IL ne Sra
Tor from Louisiana, 10 make counter iepoi', lei
been thrown out he should have been ~ fave! \!
| all necessary DELAY. a.,
| co,nmitree had desired that he should cu...
| before Them. and deliberate with them ~ u@ui'
| 10 he provisions OF the bill. And he Should 3
very mach surprised, when The report vas - y
| understood. il there we're found n lhat BODY,
| Senators dissenting from ~
Mr. DpuyIass remarked that il was miS'air
that any limitation u Inc kind had bceu y tr'e'
TO him; though he did moi complain that an
want 0! respect had been exhibited toward I'm
| by The Commiiiee.
Mr. Foo,c was in favor OF printing ae idrseI
number OF the Report. He, however, Has ~
II E.I Ibarr - 90
al Inc close OF the las, session, ard Eo- elnp"a'
| eli in This bill with some notifications. ~ ~
| Senator from Illinois was obnoxious IL al .st
| objections which had been 50 'ngenio'siy eisra
against j, in the Report. He was Tor dome some
| thing AT the present session, 10 save CaiioinS
from The evils apprehended from The present s:a.t
| OF things in that Tar distant territory
] Mir F. said he should have been diepos'd q
bring forward some measure himself, had u at
| bcen for the apathy manifested here 70 tie n
! icct. He thought there was serious danger lha'
We should lose California, IL something was hot
done al The present session, and he On; no yet Ge>-
| pair OF doing something In regard IL dissou-
lion OF he Union, alb VI which fears had ben
expressed, that, he conceived, depended upon ne
course pursued ~ uat fanatics VINO were asI-
| ,ains the country
All The POINTS hal ben discussed and settled
! a, a meeting anterior to the adoption Of N he-
port.
In regard 10 ne Senator from Illinois, no o.
nosition exisied 10 exclude that Senator tom re
deliberations al he Committee, and he only 70
son why he had not appeared before them vas
1 thalthe Senator himself had express ed an nn"i,-
\ linguess 10 do 50.
| Mr. Berren said the position in which ne So.G
! might seem 10 require that ne should say ~.
| thing, after tie remarks which had been n.asc
4 here iG-iay Ills position on the committee aat
y kaap hu him,
deavcred 10 perform his duty in The committee
To the statement Of the Senator from Lou.
| siana that he had never seen the report un
| this morning, and was, therefore, unpreParcd u
present a counter report, he mus, say that 81
\ the propositions Of the report had been discuss
cd at a previous meeting Of the committee, ani
all had there received the deliberate vote Of
each member.
The committee, in the report, have merely &c.
serted that Congress has never exercised IN" Az.
tbority to declare any unorganized TERRITORY
without government, TO be- State oil MS
Union In the case of Kentucky, the Legl'a.
ture OF Virginia had expressly provided Tor No
case, and from that act of separation in li9U
up to 1892, hen Congress legisiatcd Tor her
! admission into the Union, there had been an &c.
| tual government in Kentucky. So also ~ te-
gard to Vermont and Tennessee, actual terrific
| rial governments existed at the time oil Their
admission. In the case Of the latter, that ter
| rtorial government was in existence from l'5u
10 1896, when she formed Constitution ane
applied for admission into the United States.
| He had, in concurTing IN the report been
firmly impressed with the opinion that Congress
| does not possess the power TO admit CALI irnia
| in the manner proposed. Ills views he should
state at length At the proper time.
4 nauuIaS: iuSis tnHl he no, We,
| in the statement which he had matc, the taos
which he had produced as precedent, IN nc co..
| sri,ational power II Congress. And when
| time came, 10 which The Senator lroa. Georgia
| had referred, he Should MAKE i = clearly IT.
pear. He proceeded 10 repeat ard explain '.e
several ac's in reference to The admission a hr-
tncky, Tennessee, Vermont, &c. 10 prove mt y
had been correct in his Statement, OF facts, restIV.
| nc The remainder OF the argument ~ the ''Pt.'
| per season."
Mr.. Wescoil argued against the power = n.
nit Cali orsia and New Mrxico as Sia'ai y
long as they were in a state Il disui:Anz '.a.
| though he admitted that The pre,en.alita !
written c. niiiiu'ion 10 the frs i"st!uce Sas W.
necessary 10 such admission. jhe c}aiiiHa 4,
California AMI New Mexico was. howevef, VfF
dif-rcn, from ,h- .iae Of ftia2s whicn rIl e n
Vermont, kon'ucky AMI Tennessee, when 'h'as
| Sia'es were 4, mi To. INTO the Union.
Mr.. Dayton hal been very ind'n SUIT t',.
The course which his debate had taken. &C.
mcmner oi tn committee IN POSITION 80 ~
wha, peculiar, Tor he h u cancurci in l.r naii
propositions -fl ,!y, that Congress hat ao' he
Constitutional power now 10 admit Cai'.i
STATE; and, secondly. that j; is igex9eli"9t aoF
20 embrace within lie territorial Inns = -"
Mexico territory lying Fest OF The b'an'a'y !
he State ol Texas.
Mr.. Bell desired 10 know when his qrss's3
would probably b. gain called up. lie G'i
concur entirely with ei'hef siie IN 'h@ v:'S.
which had been eSpsesset, and desired q take
opportunity 10 give his own.
Alter some in.tnCr CONVERSATION, the r'?of' :
.e,b~r with y, the ne counter 1esouon N.Y.
Mr.. Downs, were ordered 10 be pfinei ~ II
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