The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-13

Ing TO Blackstone, bat not in determining the pro
per action ofa great Government. But il the ter
ritory Is that Of Texas let her have it. II not
let the General Government keep her own with
out paying money for il. He (Mr. g. was will
ing to stand by SO much Of the Presidents mes
sage as right but repudiated its advice to
thurst his (Mr. G's) hand in the treasury Of his
constituents, to satisfy Texas.
The idea that Texas would take up arms, being
urged so freely, was preposterous. When ad-
mitted, she came begging here. on the ground that
she could not longer maintain herself seperate
Government. Texas was not consttutionalIy in
the Union.
MIR. HOWARD interrupted Mr. GrpDINcs.
asked him how it came that he voted to exercise
jurisdiction over Texas on q certain occasion, if
of opinion that she was not in the Union'
Mr.. GiDDINGS (resuming) had voted to ex-
ercise jurisdiction, not over Texas, but New Mex
leo. He held that Texas demanded ten millions
Of money for the territory.
Mr.. HOWARD (again interrupting Mr.. g.
denied the fact. Texas had never asked dollar
for the territory. He did not know that she
would not Indignantly repudia,e any such ar
rangement
Mr.. GIDDINGS (resuming the course Of his
remarks) commended that the Texas senator's had
whned and begged for this money. The North,
as he went on to show in giving in to their threats
and entreaties, were again playing "doe face. :
He held that it was folly to attempt to put down
the nti-slavery agitation. That was progressing,
and would progress with heconstituency of every
Northern member in ratio with the progress of
the arts and sciences. The North would surely
repudate the idea of paying Texas ten milhons;
and if so paid, Texas would want twenty mil
lions next year. The message began boldly, and
ended cowardly--commenced with Taylor, and
ended with Webster. This proposition to pay
ten millions was that Of Webster 1t was more
mertorious than any Southern man In Congress
would have brought forward. He did not regard
the President as criminal, but as weak beyond
calculation. He trusted, however, that the ru-
mors as to his desire to bend the interest and rights
of the North, to proptiate the South, were un-
true, in part at least The South, for their opin-
ions and interests, were pursuing the right course
in holding nightly consultations; while the North
were broken, dspirited and weakened by treach-
cry 1t was said that this Pearce bill is TO be
passed without reference TO the Committee OF the
Whole. He hoped that the opponents Of that
measure would defeat that project. The Presi-
dents organ had this morning ordered the Wings
to watch and pass, at first the Utah bill, then the
Texas boundary bill, &C., without the.usual refer
ence to the Committee of the Whole on the state
Of the Union. This was proposed to be accom-
plshed under the screw of the previous question.
He (Mr. G.) called on the country to watch who
should move it and who should vote for il.
: Mr.. JONES then addressed the committee in
an hours speech against the tendency of the spirit
existing in the House to lavishly expend the
public money.
Mr.. JOHNSON, of Tennessee, spoke next,
arguing in favor Of the claim Of Texas to the dis
puted territory, and against the views of the pow
of the Presidency involved in the doctrines Of
the recent Executive message.
On motion, the Committee rose; when,
Mr.. CONRAD asked and obtained the unani-
nous consent of the House to move that the
Committee of the Whole House be discharged
from the further consideration of the bill for the
relief of Winthrop S. Harding; agreed to.
Mr.. C. then moved that the said bill be put
on its passage; whereupon, the question being on
ordering the said bill to be engrossed and read the
third time,
Mr.. STRONG made few remarks to show
that this was not case for the interference of
Congress with the action of the courts, as he held
was proposed in the bill.
This debate was then further continued by
Messrs. HUBBARD, MoRsE, MEADE and CONRAD,
for the immediate enactment Of the bill, and MIR.
STRONG against it; when,
Mr.. S. moved its reference again to the Com
mittee Of the whole House; when,
On motion, the House adjourned.