Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-03-30
Correspondence OF the n Y Tribune
The Last Night of the Session.
The Territorial Struggle.

Correspondence OF the n Y Tribune
The Last Night of the Sessions
The Territorial struggle.
WASHINGTON, Sunday March 4.
The long agony is over-the conspiracy
to coerce the House into an organization
of the Territories which should have them
open to the inroads of Slavery is signay
deleated-the Senate has been fairly driven
from its unconstitutional ground of dcta-
ton so haughtily assumed-and at 7
O'Clock this morning the XXXth Congress
dissolved, having failed to pass any bill
for the organization of the New Territo-
rles, and having passed the Civil and Diplo-
matte Appropriation bill entirely clean of
any provision on the subject. The House
bill extending the u. S. Revenue Laws to
California was finally passed by the Sen
ate and with the Civil and Diplomatic APP
preparation bill) signed by the President,
so that ali necessity of an Extra Session is
Il trust) happily averted. The question of
Slavery IN the Territories goes over-is
adjourned, but not, like this Congress, with
out day. 1t will come up among the first
and most important business of the next
| Congress at its first Session, and am con.
hdent will then be satisfactorily adjusted.
Slavery can never again be so strong as it
was last week, with an eddy between an
expiring and an incoming Administration.
On the whole, then, considering how much
worse we might have done-were almost
sure to do when the House met last evening
i think we have had good delverance.
| would not for much have the question
back where it stood one day since. The
chances were atleast ten to one last evening
! that the Walker amendment Of the Senate
would by this hour be the law of the land,
and our escape from it is almost miracu-
! lous-a striking instance of the truth that
! strength and skill and wisdom may all be
countervaiIed and COMPOUNDED in moment
/ by chance, or more correctly Providence.
! Let me endeavor to sketch as accurately as
my aching head and weary frame will per
nit the scenes and incidents of last night in
the House. | will speak only of the Great
Question, leaving all beside for future let
ter.
The House met after recess at six-the
seats soon filled, the Hobbies and galleries
denseIy crowded. 1t was soon known that
! the Joint Committee of Conference on the
Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill
! had failed to agree; and, as soon as the 9TH
er important bills had been disposed OF,
report was made 10 that effect In point of
fact, the Committee had compro missed all
the disagreemcnls OF the two Houses eX~
cept that on the Senate's Interpolation of
the Walker organization of California
that was insisted on by the Senate's Com
mttee and repudiated by that ofthe House,
and all attempts 10 find some medium
ground were fruitless. q regret to say by
the course things finally took, the House
was brought TO recede from all its amends
ments except that rejecting the Walker adj
dltlon to the bill, SO that the Appropriations
passed as they came from the Senate, and not
as the Joint Committee agreed TO modify
thcm-Which throws several heavy and in
the House judgement needless and prodi-
gal items of extra expenditure upon the
/ Treasury. This should have been Others
wise, but believe the rules made is imper-
atiye. The technical shape being that the
Senate insisted while the House receded,
the effect was as above stated.)
The subject being thus before the House,
the motion first in order of the multitude
/
Cling in wild tumult for the floor, was that
proposing that the House recede from its
disagreement with the Senate, topening the
question 10 further amendments and this
motion prevailed by Yeas Ill, Nays LOG.
Pennsylvania and Maine voted strongly in
the majority, as the Yeas and Nays
will show. Mr.. Murphy of n. Y. and
las l understooU Mr.. ClapP of Maine
changed from the negative TO the afirma-
tive after the vote had been taken, SO that
the vote originally stood-I cas- 100, Nays
los. SO the House decided TO recede, and
the proposition now open 10 amendment.
A vehement veil of Mr.. Speaker -
rose from the scores who jumped on the in
slant for the floor. The speaker gave it
to Morehead of KY, who briefly spoke Of
the absolute necessity of some adjustment
of this difference, and his anxious desire
to settle ii on terms honorable and just TO
all parties. He trusted he should he able
To propose an amendment TO the Senate's
proposition which would render it accep,a-
ble to the majority of the House, and that
a direct vote would be taken thereon. He
moved that the words West of the Rio
Grande" should be stricken cut of the SEN
ates amendment and pgoviso added 10 it
that nothing herein contained should be
construed as affecting in any way the ques-
lion Of the Boundary of Texas. (rhe eff.
feet OF this was TO organize al the Terrific
~ acquired frcm Mexico, be the same
more or less, and leave all questions of
Boundary to be adjusted hegeaf.ei.) He
concluded by moving he Previous Guess
uon The question on seconding was TAX
, en- by Tellers, and it was carried. Ghe
South again triumphant by los to lo2.
And now the question was raised on the
; efec, of The Previous Question. Mr.. Cobb
, of Ga. and his side contended that ii APP
piled to agreeing 5cit' tie Senate IS well
as to the amendment proposed by Mr..
: Morehead. The Chair ruled Otherwise