The southern press., 1850-08-17
CON RES SION AL.
IN SENATE.
THURsDAY, August Is, 1850.


THuRsDAY, August Is, 1850.
| On motion by Mr.. MASON,
| The Senate proceeded to consider bill No. %, in
relation to fugitive slaves being the bill to provide
for the eectual execution Of the third clause
OF the second section of the 4th article of the Con-
stitution Of the United States; and,
On motion by Mr.. MASON,
Ordered, That said bill be made the special
order for Monday next, and every day thereafter
until disposed Of.
The reception and entering of the protest of
some Southern Senators to the passage of the
California bill came up for consideration.
The following clause was added to the protest
Because the admission of California as State
INTO the Union without any previous reservation,
asserted to by her OF the public domain, might
involve an actual surrender of that domain to- or
at all events places its future disposal at the mercy
OF that State, and AS no reservation in the bill can
be binding upon her until she to it, as her
dissent thereafter" would in no manner affect or
impair the act Of her admission" ~
Mr.. BADGER, who yesterday declared his in
tention to vote in favor of granting the request
asked by some members of the Senate Of entering
protest against the passage of the bill for the ad
mission of California, stated to-day, that the re-
marks of the senator's from Maryland and Louis
iana, (Messrs. PRATT and DowEs) led to more
thorough examination Of the subject, and a conse-
quent change of views. He now regarded that
the entering Of this protest upon the Journal
would be establishing dangerous precedent
Mr.. b. then gave his reasons ut length for that
opinion.
The question Of the reception Of the protest,
and of its insertion in the journal was further dis
cussed by Messrs HUNTER, Butler, CAss, DAVIS,
Of Mississippi, TuRNEY, and SouLE in favor, and
by Messrs. WALKER, BENTON, PRArr, Downs,
HousroE, and WHIrcoMB against
Mr.. CASS was still of the opinion expressed
yesterday Reflection, and listening to the dis
cussion of the subject had strengthened that opin-
ion. The entering Of a protest upon the journal
was not forbidden by the Constitution The
Convention that framed that Constitution left the
Senate to exercise its own discretion in this mat
ter. He attached no importance to the mere enter
ing upon the journal Of paper of this kind-the
journal was not read by the people at large If
this paper was of such character us to be pro-
ductive of vast amount Of evil, it would not be
remedied by refusing an insertion of it upon the
journal. 1t had already been published, and
would soon be in the hands OF the people all over
the country.
Mr.. DAVIS, of Mississippi, thought that more
Importance had been given to the paper by its
opponents than it could possibly have attained if
it had been suffered quietly to be placed upon the
journal He then, in mastery manner spoke
of the general subjects connected with the protest,
and declared his firm attachment to Constitu-
tonal Union.
On motion, the question Of the reception of the
protest was laid on the tabe-yeas %, nays 10,
as follows
YEAS-Messrs. Badger, Benton, Bradbury,
Bright, Chase, Cooper, Davis, Of Massachusetts,
Dodge, Of Wisconsin, Downs, Greene, Hamlin,
Houston, Miller, Norris, Phelps, Pratt, Smith,
Underwood, Upham, and Winthrop-@.
NAYS-Messrs, Atchson, Barnwell, Berrien,
Butler, Cass, Davis, of Mississippi, Dawson,
Dickinson, Dodge, of Iowa Hunter, Mason,
Morton, Rusk, Sebastian, Shields Soule, Stur-
geon, Turney, and Yulee-l9.
The bill to provide territorial government for
New Mexico was taken up, the title amended and
passed; yeas 81, nays 10, as follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Benton
Berrien, Bradbury, Bright, Cass, Cooper, Daw-
son, Dodge, of Iowa, Douglas, Downs, Fech,
Houston, Hunter, King, Mangum, Mason, Nor
rs, Pratt. Rusk, Sebastian, Shields, Sturgeon,
Underwood, Wales, and Whitcomb-27.
NAYS-Messrs. Chase, Davis, Of Massachu-
sets, Dodge, Of Wisconsin, Greene, Hamlin
Miller, Phelps, Upham, Walker, and Winthrop
10.
The Senate then adjourned over TO Monday.