The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-08-14
Congress---Interesti Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, July 81

WASHINGTON, Wednesday, July 81
SENATE.-Nothing of importance transpirAd
during the morning hour.
The omnibus bill was taken up at 10 o'clock
the question pending being on Mr.. Norris a.
mendment of yesterday.
Mr. Davis of Miss. submitted some remarks
in the course of which he declared that he hac
no fears of civil war The American could no
be induced to draw his sword upon his brother
The patriot, Gen. Scott, whose blood had beer
free offering upon every field for so many
years, had so long and with so much honor
drawn his sword in behalf of the Union, would
would draw it against his brethren of Texas
This was the feeling of the army, he referred to
the notification war, remarking that he was then
in the army, and among those who anticipated
being ordered to Charleston, and, much as he
then valued his commission, much as he then
desired to remain in the army, that commission
would have been torn in tatters the moment he
was ordered to pull trigger upon South Caro-.
linian. This was now the sentiment of the peo-
pie Where would volunteers be obtained to
fight against Texas-they would have to get a
foreign army of Swiss, whose presence in such
a cause would draw every patriotic son of Amer,
lea to the aid of Texas
After further debate by Messrs Baldwin Ew-
ing anu MASON was ouoPIeu-
Yeas %; nays 20 as follows:
Yeas-Badger, Baldwin, Bell, Bright, Brad
bury, Cass, Chase, Clay, Clarke, Cooper, Day
ton, Dickinson, Dodge of Iowa, Douglass, Felch
Greene, Hamln, Jones, Mangum, Miller, Nor.
ris, Phelps, Pratt, Seward, Shields, Smith, Spru-
ance, Sturgeon, Underwood, Upham, Wales,
Winthrop.
Nays-Atchison, Barnwell, Benton, Berrien
Butler, Davis of Miss, Dawson, Downs, Ewing
Hunter, King, Mason, Morton, Pearce, Rusk,
Soule, Turney, Walker, Whitcomb, Yulee.
Mr.. Pearcc moved to amend the bill by strk-
ing out all in relation to New Mexico. His rea-
son for the motion was that the senate of yester-
day crippled the provision for the establishment
of territorial government in New Mexico, by
adopting an amendment providing that that
government shall not 90 into operation on the
East side of the Rio Grande, pending the action
of the board Of Commissioners.
MIR. Clay appealed to Mr.. Pearce to with
draw his amendment for the present 1t was the
design to offer amendments which would relieve
the bill of the difficulties which the Senator had
alluded to.
Mr. Pearcc said he had no desire to defeat
the BILL or the provision for the settlement ofthe
Texas boundary question. He designed, if his
pending motion should be agreed to, to follow it
by motion to restore that which was stricken
out yesterday on motion of the Senator from
Georgia, and to move amendment providing
that the Territorial Government of New Mexico
90 into operation before the 4th of March, 1851
He could not vote for the bill in its present con-
diton, and would not be coerced into voting for
it, because certain others could not have it pass
ed in exact compliance with their demands. If
it defeated the bill he could not help it. He was
determined to maintain to some extent, at least,
the independence of his own Judgment After
some conversation, Mr. Pearce varied the form
but not the effect of his amendment by moving
to strike out all that relates to New Mexico, and
then reinstate the whole oft except the amend
ment moved yesterday by Mr.. Dawson, in lieu
OF which he offered provision that the Terrific
rial Government of New Mexico shall not 90
into effect until the 4th of March next.
Mr.. Rusk opposed the amendment, saying
that if justice was done to Texas in the bill it
would receive his vota
Mr.. Shields said, he yesterday gave his vote
for MIR. Bradbury amendment, as amended by
MIR. Dawson, vote, which upon reflection he
could not defend here or elsewhere, and he was
glad Of the opportunity now afforded to him to
retrieve that vote. He would now vote in ia
vor Of Mr.. Pearce's proposition
Mr.. Dawson defended his amendment
Mr.. Yulee requested MIR. Pearce to divide
his amendment and allow the question to be first
taken upon motion To strike out
MIR. Pearce assented
MIR. Benton submitted some further remarks
to show that not only California but Texas had
been delayed by incongruous measures. In
commenting upon Mr.. Dawson's amendment
yesterday, and its effect upon the bill, he COM
pared the latter to the play of Hamlet, with the
part of Hamlet left out. The bill with its pres
ent form established a Territorial Government
with the Government out, because as he showed
by reference to the map, that the inhabitants
oe New Mexico were all east fthe Rio Grande,
and atthere is not single village even, on
the west side, which any Senator had ever heard
of, and he challenged any Senator to mention
the name of a single place upon that side. He
considered Dawson amendment at some length
that it countenanced most fragrant
derelection of duty in providing that the treaty
of Hdalgo shall not be carried into effect, be-
cause that treaty made it the duty of Congress
to extend Government to the people of New
Mexico.
After additional debate by Messrs Dawson
md Houston, the question being taken on Mr..
Pearces motion to strike out, it was agreed to-
Yeas 33;-nays g.
Mr.. Pearce then moved to amend the bill by
'etaining all that portion which had Just been
stricken out, except Mr.. Dawson's amendment
IF yesterday, in lieu of which he presented
clause providing that the territorial Govern
ment of New Mexico, shall not 90 into opera
ton until the 4th of March next.
Mr. Douglass moved to amend the amend.
nent by striking out MIR. Pearce's provision that
The Board of Commissioners in the Texas boun-
dairy shall report by time stated, and that their
action should be presented to Congress during
its next session-suspending the operation Of
The Territorial Government of New Mexico un-
til after the Commissioners shall have agreed
upon terms, and that in the mean time, the rights
Of both the United States and Texas shall re-
main unchanged and unaffected.
This amendment was rejected. Yeas24 nays
80. @
MIR. Hale moved an indefinite postponement
of the bill, which was rejected Yeas q, nays
32-as follows:
Yeas-Baldwin, Barnwell, Benton, Butler
Chase, Clarke, Clemens, Davis of Mass, Da-
Wis of Miss, Dayton, Dodge of Wis, Ewing,
Greene, Hale, Hamlin, Hunter, Mason, Miller,
Phelps, Seward, Smith, Soule, Turney, Upham
Walker, Winthrop, Yulee.
Nays-Atchison, Badger, Bell, Berrien, Brad
bury, Bright, Cass, Clay, Cooper, Dawson,
Dickinson, Dodge of Iowa, Douglass, Downs,
Felch, Foote, Houston, Jones, King, Mangum,
Moreton, Norris, Pearce, Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian,
Shields, Spruance, Sturgeon, Wales.
MIR. Douglass moved an amendment to Mr.