The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-02-20

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ies n t< tested By me supreme ccar.
He had n0 eoaelus~d. when ! nogion 10 20
INFO Ereeus~ session Prsssi!sd, and shortly A.
forwards the s<axts adjourned.
IN The HsrsE The Resenss cslIsesioa bin wss
under eonsdsfzsisn. but no 6naI action was had
on H.
i on Tuesa ,. IN the azsarr. Mr.. HsIspsesrns-
Cd petiiioa signed BY over l4oo wen<s Of Do
yer. " H.. prsing that Congress win mol ex-
tend slavery over the territorial
Mr.. King moved to lay the motion TO receive
on the table-nesaiiseJ-y yeas 10. nays 20.
The question Of reception war then debated by
Mesns. Douglass. King. and Dawn Of Mi~hsiypi
i Mr.. Butler denooaced the miserable minority
which lives on mischief, who daily interrupted the
lbu-is<.s a the Senate BY introducing this sub
jrrf. He Was msdman OF worse. who sHowrd
himself 10 be the tool Of such persona Is fhoss
who signed lhese petitions.
Mr.. Hale rejsinsJ in y most intelligent man
ner. conisnding that ell the talk As y he South.
He wss not to be iniimidaied fran The path has
duiy, nor from tho expression Of his sentiments.
New Hampshire hood eoursed through no coward
veins. This SUBJECT was then postponed, and
Mr.. Bernen resumed his remarks. TIE con-
tended Congress had no power over this subject
; Of slavery. lie wosl5 vote for the Missouri Com.
: promise.
In conc fusion. he said that be would, in cass
Of the worst, abide the decision Of his State. and
whatever that decision was, he would stand TO i
for veal or for woe.
The SUBJECT was then postponed tin tomorrow
and tx Senate took up joint resolution suiho
. riarg the appointment Of special CIelk 10 sh'
: Supreme Court, which was sdop,ed.
In the Horsr. inc Revenue Collection Bill
was amended. and passed it, third readins-yea'
ITO. nsys rs.
The House then went into committee Of th,
, whole on The state Of the Union. chr. Boyd in In,
Chair.) and resumed the consideration Of the mo
ton to refer The President. message On the sub
jcct Of California and the Territories.
: Nh. brown. Of Mississippi occupied few mi
nutes only, in saying, substantially. thath he differ
: Ell with Gen. Cass. and did not believe that tn
= people Of the territories have right to sxciud
= slavery from them.
Mr.. Inge. Of Alabama. said that the President
: message gave new phase 10 the Wilmot Prov
20. The question is not now the Wilmot Prov
soi that isdead; bu, the California prosiso submit
ted in lieu Of il. This is the Psctical isu
I which Southern men have to meet. The VII
mot Proviso had been eyaded by fhs H---.
Were they to think that il had been abandoned
{ MOI ~ a1l The very individuals who voice
down The Wilmos Proviso are pledged now to ex
elude the South, because they find il in the Pre-
lsident's recommendation. The South must re
sist his at all hazards and to the almost extrem
= ty; they must resist aggression in every form
!, They could defeat the California proviso II South
ern men stood firm. Amer speaking an hour, III,
gentleman resumed his seat.
Mr.. Hard commenced, but did not conclude
his speech. Although wishing well to the Ad
ninistraiion, and giving to the President the Gre
dit of honest and patriotic motives, he could no
approve Of the message, which left the question
which now agitate Us open. These should be SET
!. tied now, 50 as to give peace and repose to th,
= country. To admit California as State woul,
be attended by the greatest disaster to the South
as il would destroy the political balance whicl
!. has 50 long existed in the Senate.
The Committee rose, and on motion the Hous
:, adjourned.
: Hon. John @. Calhoun. The healil
Of Mr.. Calhoun is said To be sill in mos
critical and prrcarious condition, nolwiih
:. standing The announcement in some Of III,
: papers Of his convalescence. His physi
I clans regard il as matter Of extreme loub