The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-20
coNGREs SIGNAL.


Mr.. WALKER presented memorial, numer-
ously signed by the citizens of the Distric Of Co
lumbia, asking reform in the Judiciary of the
district, which was referred to the Judiciary
| Committee liia stl 1855 liA n4
lie also presented certified statement of the
votes OF the citizens of the District, at a recent
election, in relation to a reform of the Judiciary
ofthe District which had like reference
After other important business, the Senate re-
sumed the consideration Of the
ADJUSTMENT BMLss @
The precise state of the question was this:
Mr. FOOTE had moved to amend the seventh
section of the BILL by adding thereto the follow
ing proyiso:
"Prorided Notwithstanding, That proposition
shall be made, and the same is hereby made TO
the people of California and earnestly urged upon
their favorable consideration, to be acted upon by
the State of California after her admission into the
4 Union shall have taken place, that the said State
Of California shall consent TO the establishment
Of Territory within the limits assigned to her
/ by this act and that accordingly so soon as the
consent Of said State shall have been expressed
in some convenient and authoritative mode, new
Territory shall be laid off and established, to be
called the Territory of Colorado, the boundaries
/ OF winch shall be as follows
i Beginning IN the Pacific ocean three leagues
from shore, on the 35th parallel Of latitude, and
running with said parallel to the summit of the
Sierra Nevada mountains /; thence, following the
crest or highest part of said mountain as near as
may be, To the 9th parallel of north latitude;
thence east with said parallel until it ntersects the
Colorado river thence along the course Of said
river and down its main channel, and in the mid
die thereof, to the boundary line Of the republic of
Mexico thence along said boundary line west
wardly to the Pacific ocean, to a point three lea
CUES from shore; thence to the beginning inclu-
ding all its lands situated any where within that
portion of the sea embraced within the present
boundaries !; and for the government Of such Ter
rtory 30 to be established, all the provisions of
this act relating to the Territory of Utah, except
the name and boundaries therein specified, are
hereby declared to be in force in The said Terri
tory Of Colorado, from and after the day when
the consent of the State Of California shall have
been expressed in manner and form as provided
for by this act
Mr. KING had moved to amend the amend
ment Of Mr.. FoorE, by striking out all after the
word provided" and inserting in lieu thereof
the following ,a.se
'sThe boundary of the State shall be as follows:
Commencing on the Pacific at the 42d degree Of
north latitude; thence with the southern boundary
line Of the Territory Of Oregon to the summit Of
the Sierra Nevada, then along the crest of that
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lei Of latitude $50 3O'; thence with said parallel to
the Pacific ocean, - a8 6fs
The first question was on agreeing to the
amendment of Mr.. KING to the amendment of
Mr. FoorE
MIR. KING addressed the Senate on the
general subject of the bill, he was in favor of
certain portions of the bill, but unless some
amendments were made to other portions of the
bill, he could not vote for it. i
He defended the bill for the abolition of the
slave trade in the District It greatly disturbed
and annoyed the North, as they saw and he
would abolish it for the sake Of peace and har-
mony ie s3- II @
He was in favor of the plan of the Com
mittee for the restoration of fugitive slaves, as
being more efectlal and less offensive to the
North. He thought record evidence would an
swer the purpose best
He next alluded to the propositions made to
Texas for the settlement of the northern
and western boundaries of Texas He thought
the title of Texas was good and valid to all the
territory east Of the Rio Grande, from the
mouth to the source Of that river Still, as it
was disputed question, he was in favor Of set
ting it. at "5@osa
He then referred to the territorial part of the
bill, and contended that the provisions Of the
bill, in that respect, gave the Southern people
| right to take their property to the new Terrific
ries. He was afraid of no Mexican laws.
But the boundaries Of California were an in
| superable objection, in his mind The Southern
members, and he among them, had been willing
to waive the irregularities in the course Which
California had pursued, if she was restricted to
proper boundaries Hewished to give California
a natural boundary. He would ask those SEN
ators who were in favor of admitting Califor-
mia with her present limits, if they would vote
tor those limits, if California was slave
| State
lie dia not wish to see the Union dissolved
But whether the question was to be peacefully
adjusted, it must be by the Senate and House
| of Representatives. 1915 ag
/ His amendment, he said, proposed natural
boundary for the State. 1t left upwards of
ninety thousand square miles in the State Of Cal
fornia, more than twice the size of New York
| 1t left California between six and seven hundred
miles Of seacoast. He would go against the
! whole bill, unless this modification of the bolu,-
Diary were adopted.
| He would, after this amendment was disposed
of move to strike out the second section of
| the bill, which gave California two repre-
sentatives.
Mr.. BERRIEN said that, with regard to the
amendment of the senator from Miss. (Mr
FoorE), he thought it was begging portion of
our territory, from intruders on it.
| Mr.. FOOTE withdrew his amendment, as it
would not gain the votes of any of his Southern
! friends.
/ Mr.. KING then offered his amendment as an