The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-09-12

by the Speaker, viz The gentleman from Men
lucky Mr.. Boyd had moved to amend the
Boundary bill by adding proposition for Ter
ritorial Government for New Mexico, NEARLY the
same as the Senate bill for that purpose,l and
which amendment Mr.. Clingman had moved 10
amend, as follows:
Aad be Gurfher enacted, That all that portiop OF
territory acquired from Mexico by the treaty Oh
Guadalupe Ildalgo, bounded as follows: BY
line commencing in the Pacific ocean, on the par
allel of $50 north latitude, three miles from the
main land. running thence due east till 1t strikes
the Sierra Nevada, thence eastwardly and north
wardly with the crest of said mountain range
until il strikes the parallel Of 80 north latitude,
thence due east with said parallel until it strikes
the Sierra Madre, thence southwardly with the
crest of the same, until it reaches the boundary
between the United States and the Republic OF
Mexico, thence westwardly with said boundary
to the Pacific ocean, thence northwardly with the
coast to the beginning, the whole of the said ter
ritory to constitute the Territory of Colorado /;
and that the government of said Territory shall,
in all respects be similar to that provided for the
Territory Of New Mexico by the accompanying
provisions Of this bill
The amendment was rejected-yeas 90, nays
| l30-as follows
YEAs-Messrs. Aston, Anderson, Ashe, Aver
EFT, Bayly, Beale, Bowdon Bowie, Bowlin, Boyd,
/ Albert c. Brown, Burt, +. Darlington Cabell,
| G. A. Caldwell, Clingman, Williamson r. w.
! 60 90 C1,ccck, Dapiel Deberry. EdrSppdsnn
] Ewing Feotbersinn. Green. Hall. Hammond,
IIilliard, Holiday, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard,
Inge, Jos w. Jackson, Andrew johnson, James
| l. johnson, Robert w. johnson, Jones, Kaufman,
La Sere, Marshall, Mason, Mcdowell, Robert M
McLane, Finis Z. Mclean, McMullen, Nc
Queen, Melville, Meade, Millson, Morse, Orr,
Outlaw Owen Parker, Powell, Savage Seldom
| Shepperd, Fred p Stanton, Richard IL Stanton
Thomas, Jacob Thompson Toombs Venable
Waldo, Wellborn, and Woodward-69
NAys-Messrs Alberston, Alexander, Andrews
Baker Bennett, Bingham, Bokee, Booth, Breck
Briggs Brooks Buel, Burrows Chester Butler
Thomss h. Butler, Joseph Cable JOS. L. Caid'
well Calvin, Campbell, Carter, Casey Chandler
Clark, Cole, Conger, Corwn, Crowell, Dickey
| Dimmick Disney, Dixon. Doty Duer, Duncan,
Dunham, Durkee, Elliot, n Evans, Fitch, Fowler
Freddy, Fuller, Gentry, Gerry, Giddings, Gill
more. German. Colt, Could Grinnell, Holloway,
| Harlan, Thomas l.. Harris, Raymond, Hebard
Henry, Hubbard, Hoagland, Houston, Howe,
! Hunter, William T. Jackson Kerr, Geo. G. King
James G.. King, John A. King, Preston King
| LETTER, Levin, Littlefeld Horace Mann, Jot
Mann, Mattesou, McClernand, Mcdonald, Nc
I Gaughey, Mckissock, MeaoSan, MOORE, Morris
/
Peck, Phoenix, Pitman, Potter, Putnam, Reed
| ReynolSs, $l,aElr,rnson, RohatxS, Rockwell, Root
Rose Ross, Rumsey, Sackett, Sawtelle, Schenck
Schoolcraft, Sylvester, Sprague, Stanly, Thaddeus
! Stevens, Stetson, Strong, Sweetser Taylor, James
Thompson john b. Thompson, Thurman, Tuck,
Underhll, Van Dyke, Vinton, Walden, Went
worth, White, Whittlesey, Wildrick, Williams
Wilson, and Young-l30.
Mr. Thompson of Mississippi said he under
stood that the amendment of the gentleman from
Kentucky, Mr. Boyd proposing a Territorial
Government for New Mexico was the only one
pending. He moved to lay the bill on the table
| as test vote.
Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania moved to re
consider the vote on Mr. Clingman's amendment
and at his instance the motion was laid on tn,
table.
The question required on the motion to lay up
on the table.
Mr.. Bayly protested against this being made
test question.
Mr.. Thompson Of Mississippi withdrew hi
motion to lay the bill upon the table.
MIR. Ashe renewed it,
And the question being taken, it was decide
in the negative-yeas 81, nays al.
The amendment of Mr.. Boyd, proposing Tel
ritorial Government for New Mexico, was disa
greed to-yeas 90, nays 106, as follows
YEAs-Messrs. Albertson, Aston, Anderson
, Ashe, Bay Bayly, Beale, Bokee, Bowie, Bowlir
Boyd, Brock, Briggs Brooks, William J. Brown
Buel, Chester Butler Cabell, Geo Alfred Cald
well, Joseph p. Caldwell, Casey, Clingman, Viii
, hanson w. Cobb, Daniel, Deberry, Dimmict
:, Duer, Durham Edmundson, Elliot Ewing, Fuller
\ Gentry, Gerry, Gilmore, German Green, Hal
Hammond, HARRISON, l. G. Harris, Tn. l.. Harris
Raymond, Hubbard, Hilliard, Hoaglaud, Hous
ton, Howard, J. w. Jackson, Andrew johnson
James L. Johnson, Jones Kaufman, Kerr La Ser
Letter, Levin, Litlefeld, Job Mann, Marshal
, Mason, McClernand, Mcdonald, Mcdowell, MI
Gaughey, Robert M. McLane, Finis Z. McLeal
: McMullen, Melville, Morehead, Morton, Gu
=, law, Owen, Parker, Phoenix, Pitman, Powell
, Richardson, Robbins Robinson, Rose, Ross, Say
=, age, Shepperd, Stanly, F. p. Stanton, X. II. Star
' ton, Strong Thomas, John B. Thompson. Toomb
!, Walden, Watkins Wellborn, Wildrick, William
Wilson, and Young-9s
NAYs-Messrs Alexander, Allen, Andrews
Averett, Baker, Bennett Bingham, Booth, Bow
don, A. G. Brown, Burrows, Burt, Cable, Calvin
Campbell Carter, Clark, Cocock, Cole, Congel
Corwin, Crowell, Dickey, Disney, Dixon, Doty
Duncan, Durkee, N. Evans, Featherston, Fow
Ter, Freddy, Giddings, Gott Gould, Grnnel
; Holloway, Harlan, S. w. Harris, Hebard, Henry
Holiday, Holmes, Howe, Hubbard, Hunter, lnge
: w. T. Jackson, Robert w. Johnson. Julian, Gee
G. King James G. King, John A. King, Preston
|
Queen, Meacham, Meade, Milson, Moore, Nor
: ris Morse Nelson, Newell, Ogle, Odds, Orr, Otis
Peaslee, Peck, Phelps, Putnam, Reed, Reynolds
Rockwell, Root, Rumsey, Sackett, Sawteile
Schenck, SchermerhorD, Schoolcraft Seldom, Sill
vester, Sprague Stevens Stetson, Sweetser, lay
Tor, Jacob Thompson, James Thompson, Thur
man, Tuck, Underhill, Van Dyke Venable, Vim
ton, Waldo, Wallace, Wentworth, White, Whit
tlesey, and Woodward-l06.
4, 49, 40 NM
TO lay that motion on the table Whereupon
The yeas aud nays Were demanded
Mr., Marshall moved that the House adjourn
but the motion did not prevail.
The question REQUIRED on the motion to lay the
motion ON the table, when
MIR Schenck withdrew the motion
Mr. Carter renewed it, and then moved that thu
House adjourn.
Further proceedings took place, and
Mr. Boyd moved that the House adjourn.
, The question was determined in the negative
yeas II, nays l2s.
, MIR. Carter withdrew his motion
/, The question was stated, "Shall the bill b
read a third time ~ when
Mr. Houston moved, but the House did not al
) journ.
:, The question was then taken, and the iious
: refused to order the Texas boundary bill 10
l. third reading-yeas So nays l26-as follows
n YrAs-Messrs Albertson, Anderson, Andrews
: Bay, Bokee, Bowie, Breck, Briggs, Brooks, VII
|, liam J Brown, Buel, Chester Butler, 7. Cald
; WELL Casey, Chandler, Williamson r. w. Cobb
|, Dcbcrry, Dimmick, Disney Duer, Durham, Ellio,
) Ewing, Fuller, Gentry, Gerry, German, Gould
:, Grinnel Hall, 7. l.. Harris, Raymond, Hubbard
; billiard, Hoagland. Houston, Andrew Johnson
; James L. johnson, Jones, Kaufman, Kerr, Jane
!, c. King, Letter, Levin, Little6eld, job Mann
McCiprnand Mcdowell kiss0ck, Robert M
!, McLsne, McMullen, Moore, Morehead, Morton
: Ogle, Outlaw, Parker, Peaslee, Phoenix, Pitman
!, Robbins, Robinson Rose, Schenck Shepperd
: Stanlu Strnna Tavlnr lanes ThOmpsOn, yOhl