Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-03-15
CoNGREss--IsT SESSION
TUESDAY, MAsca Il, 1850.


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After pet.li5ns and some unimportabt business,
Mr. Foo,e moved that Mr.. Bells resolutions taken up
with cw 10 move then reference 10 committee OF thr-
teen constituted 81 selecting six from the South and sI
from the North, and the election by these twelve oil mr.
teenth member.
Mr. Baldwin opposed the motion and went into the
il the general question. He called 10 order anit
nails took his seat.
some conversation occurred between 1Ir. Hale and Mr.
Foote the construction OF the committee and Mr. Fooe
explained that the not designated.
The motion 10 take mp was agreed 10 by the following
Meas sIessrs A,chiaon Badger Bell Berren Bradbny
Cass Clay Clemens Davis of Mississippi Dawson, Dick
nson Dodge of Iowa, Downs, Foo,e Hunter Jones King
Mangum Mason Morton Pratt Rusk, Sebastian, and Sur
geon-2i
NAys-Messrs Baldwin, Benton, Butler, Calhoun, Chase
Clark Corwin Davis OF Massachusetts, Dayton, Dodge
Of Wisconsin, Fech Greene Hale, Hamin Phelps Seward
Shields, Smith, Underwood Upham, Walker, and fulee22
Mr. Fooe then offered the resolution to refer select
mittee constituted as above mentioned.
The Chair deemed OF il out Of orderthe dess
nation oi motions.
MI Foote modified the resolution avoid the objection
Dir. Berren opposed the objection OF the Chair,
AIr Clay hoped the modification would be adhered BY
the Although he had doubts whether the committee
would agree upon any plan which would succeed In the Sc
yet every effort ought 10 be made day and night to
bring about plan OF accommodation.
Mr. Butler hoped that the reference would obslrnc
the discussion.
Mr.. Fooe said il would not.
Mr. Cass speak and The subject postponed nil
Tomorrow.
The Senate resumed the consideration of Mr. Cays
ations.
llr Tuney addressed the Senate in defence OF The rights
Of the South He indicated the of the South in
gard TO the Southern address and the proposed Southern Con
verton 10 be held NASHVILLE Both Of these
tive measures and they aimed the preservation Of the
Union The Union which the constitution established was
the only worth preserving II the North continued their
aggessons resistance would follow resistance he contend
ed, disunon.
Ii was true the South was not entirely unanimous, and
those in the South who held back than their
Northern opponents they neither the constr
tuton nor 10 the Union They might be true to themselves
if their object was disunon.
The Northern anti slavery party rcprescntet the
speech of the Senator from New York. (r Seward yea
tsday We're he agned disunonsts The doctrines Of
the party he proceeded show subvssye oi tie
constitution After executive aesion the Senate adjourned
! HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,
Inc Speaker stated The sl business in order was The pro-
reconsider the by which the House rejected the reso
tlon OF the committee printing to print 600 copies oil
the mechanical portion and 10000 copies of the agricultural
portion OF the annual report of the commissioner of paent
Mr.. Evans, of Nd, denounced the printing OF 100000
copies OF this report gross abuse He in favor oil
greatly essening the number He represented agcnlu
raj population, but did conceive that the crude and d
gesed matter which composed that report would all ad
vance their interests if il distributed among them.
The motion to reconsider the oc, carried in the al
| frmavc.
The question then REQUIRED the adoption of the rcso
ton Of the committee printing; when
Mr.. Wentworth moved to amend the resolution Ia
increase The number OF the mechanical part Of the report
from 10000 to $4,000, and the agricultural portion from
! 1000 TO l00 900 copies
Mr. w. enforced this amendment with remarks and
moved the previous question.
Under the operation of which the amendment was adopted
and the resolutions finally agreed 10.
On motion by Mr. Richardson the rules were suspended
and the House resolved itself into committee OF the whole
the of the Union ( Boyd in the Chair and re-
sumed the consideration Of the bill 10 admit California
State into the Union
Mr. German wh entitled 10 the floor mania that
the territory Of the United States acquired from Mexico
all free territories and that slavery should be extended 10
them He then reviewed the action Of the two great pares
Of the country upon the slave question past AMI
with the view 10 show that the Democratic party Of the
country was the only party which had stood up the co-
promises OF the Constitution and for rights Of the South
lie maintained the doctrine OF nonintervention in regard
To those errilnries-tho doctrine of the Democratic IN
the late Presidential doctrine he said, in which
The entire Wing party Of the North had resisied-a pary
dyed in abolition everywhere in the free States He express
ed the belief that the Union would be preserved and that il
would only be by observing the compromises of the con
tuition.
He would for the Missouri compromise line be-
cause ne was for leaving 10 the people both North and South
OF that imaginary line 10 adopt such institutions as in
thought would prosper interests. He expressed hmse! a.
utterly opposed TO the Wmo proviso thing, nc SAID
conceived in nquy and brought forth in corruption and 10
crafty malignant spirit He was In favor OF admitting
| California
Mr.. Butler of Ct then obtained the floor and advocated
The adoption of the Wmot provo in all bills for the or
ganization of the territories HI tcr The admission :"
California
Mr. Disney OF Ohio next obi iiGei the floor but ga's
way to motion that The committee rise. The comHli'
rose, and the House. quarter to four, adjourned.
! For The Enquirer
There will be meeting of the three candidates. Messls
!. A. Goddin, r. A. Mayo and Dr. Hall, on Union HI, -
the Old Chapel Friday evening, at half past ocloch
We solicit the attendance of Wings and Democrats in oros
that they may hear and Judge for themselves