The southern press., 1850-09-06

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shall be deprived Of his life, liberty property
in said territory except by the judgment of his
peers and the laws Of the land and the Constitu
ton of the United States and such statutes thereof
as may not be locally inapplcable, and the common
law as existed in the British colonies of America
untirthe 4th day July l776, shall be the exclusive
laws of said Territory upon the subject of African
slavery until altered by the proper authority"
Mr.. WENTWORTH, Of Illinois, moved to
commit the bill, with the following instructions,
to the Committee of the Whole on the state of
the Union:
"To amend the amendment so as to exclude
slavery from all the territory acquired from Mex
leo by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, lying
Of California. "
"Aso, to strike out the words in the first sec
ton Of the proposed amendment to the bill thence
following the main channel of said river to the pa
rael of the thirty second degree OF north latitude
thence east with the said degree to its intersection
with the one hundred and third degree of longitude
west Of Greenwich, and insert the words thence
down the main channel of the river Rio Grande
to the point where said river crosses the one hun
dred and second degree Of longitude west of
Greenwich also, to strike out from the words
Provided also in the eighth line of the fifth
ton OF the bill, to the words United States in
the nineteenth line of the same"
Mr. FEATIIERSTON, of Mississippi, (Mr.
WENTWORTH having yielded him the floor on con-
dition that he would move the previous question:
moved to substitute instructions for those moved
by Mr.. W., and then called the previous question.
They require the committee to strike out all after
the enacting clause of the bill and insert:
"That the boundaries Of the State OF Texas, as
defined and established by the act Of the Texan
Congress, passed Dec. 10, 1896, for that purpose,
are hereby recognized by the Government Of the
United States"
Here scene of indescribable confusion en-
sued, continuing nearly an hour, interspersed
with calls to order, questions and answers, doubts
and suggestions, as to the dvsibiity of the ques-
ton, and the propriety and order Of the amend
ments, when finally
Theprevious question was sustalned-ayes lo2'
nays 40.
The question was then taken upon the substitute
instructions offered by Mr.. FEArHERsroN, and de-
cided in the negative-ayes II, nays 1913.
NAys-Messrs. Alston, Anderson, Ashe, Av-
erett, Bayy, Boyd, Breck, Brown, of Miss,
Burt, Cabell, Caldwell, Of Kentucky, Caldwell,
of North Carolina, Clingman, Cobb, Of Alabama,
Colcock, Daniel, Deberry, Edmundson, Ewing,
Featherston, German, Green, Haralson, Harris,
of Tennessee, Harris, Of Alabama, Raymond,
Hilliard, Holiday, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard,
Inge, Jackson, of Geo, Johnson, of Tennessee
Johnson, of Ky, Johnson, of Arkansas, Jones,
Kaufman LeSere, Marshall, of Ky, Mason,
Mcdowell, McLane, Of Maryland, Mclean, of
Meade, Millson, Morehead, Morse, Morton,
Orr, Outlaw, Owen, Parker, Phelps, Powell,
Savage, Seldom, Stanton, Of Tennessee, Stanton
of Kentucky, Thomas, Thompson, of Missis-
sippi, Thompson, of Kentucky, Toombs, Vena-
BILE, Wallace, WeIlborn, Williams, Watkins,
Woodward-7l
YEAs-Messrs. Albertson, Alexander, An
drews, Baker, 'Beale, Bennett, Bingham, Bokee,
Booth, Bowin, Briggs, Brooks, Brown, of In
diana, Buel, Burrows, Butler, of Pennsylvania,
Butler, of Connecticut, Cable. Calvin, Campbell,
Cartier, Casey, Chandler, Clark, Cole, Conger,
=, ,rnn lirl IHnnnIck Disney
Dixon, Doty, Duer, Duncan, Durham, Durkee
Elliott, Evans, of Ohio, Fitch, Fowler,
Freddy, Fuller, Gentry, Gerry, Gilmore, Got,
Gould, Grinnell, Hall, Holloway, Harris, ofllI,
uebard, Henry, Hibbard, Hoagand, Houston,
Howe, Hunter, Jackson of N. T., Julian, herr'
King, Letter, Levin, LIttlefed, Mann, Of Mas
sachusetts, Mann, of Pennsylvania, Matteson,
Mcdonald, McGaughey Mckissock, McLana-
han, Meacham, Moore, Norris, Nelson, New
ell, Ogle, Olds, Otis, Peaslee, Peck, Phoenix,
Putnam, Potter, Putnam, Reed, Reynolds, Rich
Rose, Ross, Rumsey, j.. Sackett, Sawtelle,
Schenck, Schermerhorn, Schoolcraft, Shepperd,
Sylvester, Sprague, Stevens, Stetson, Strong,
Sweetser, Taylor, Thompson, of Pennsylvania,
Thurman, Tuck, Underhill, Van Dyke, Vnlon,
Walden. Waldo, Wentworth, White, Whittlesey
Wildrick, Wilson, Young-l2S.
Mr. lNGE, of Alabama, called for division
of the question on the several propositions con-
tanned IN the instructions moved by the gentleman
ri The SPEAKER decided that they were not di-
visible. He regretted that he felt compelled so to
decide, as, when the gentleman from Illinois,
moved his instructions, he accepted notifications
OF them to accommodate other gentlemen, under
an intimation from him THE Speaker] that sep
arate vote might be taken upon each That was
then his opinion, but upon further investigation
he had come to his present decision, and proceed
ed to give his reasons therefor.
Mr.. INGE, of Alabama, appealed from the de-
cision. The House sustained the decision-ayes
I0I, nays sc.
MIR. WENTWORTH, of Illinois, asked the
consent of the House to his withdrawal Of the
notifications which he had accepted to his in
structions. He had received them to accommo-
date others intending to vote against them himself
under the first decision Of the Speaker, which
admitted separate vote upon each.
Objection was made by Messrs. GERRY, of
Maine, CARTIER, of Ohio, and CoBB, Of Alabama.
Mr.. WENTWORTH then appealed from the
Speakers decision denying him the right to
withdraw when objection was made. The House
sustained the decision.
MIR. CLINGMAN, of North Carolina, called
for division of the then recurring question, to
wit: to commit with the instructions.
The SPEAKER decided that the motion to
commit could not be separated from the re-
mander of the motion.
Mr.. CLlNGMAN appealed from the decision.
The House sustained It,.
The question then recurred on the motion to
commit with the instructions, as moved by Mr.,
WENTWORTH, and it was lost-ayes SO, nays l2l.
Mr. DISNEY, of Ohio, moved to reconsider
the vote by which the main question was ordered
to be put.
The SPEAKER decided it not to be in order
under a vote of the House overruling, on another
occasion, different decision by him.
Mr.. DISNEY appealed from, and the House
sustained the decision.
The question then being on the amendment to
the amendment moved by Mr. TooMBs,
Mr.. PRESTON KING moved division of
the question.
Tie SPEAKER stated that first question would
be upon that branch Of the amendment which |
declared that no citizen Of the United States
should be deprived of his life, liberty, or property
in the territory, &c
1t was agreed to without division.
The ayes and nays having been ordered on the
remainder OF Mr.. TooMB's amendment, it was
dlsa. reed to-ayes "a, nays 1871.