New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-30
Mr. AsHrus said the amcndm .pt was out OF or
Ter. If The House think proper they can Indulge

NJ. BURT replied that the gentleman should bear
il read 10 know what u b
Mr. WILmoT-I II the amendments shall b, voted
down, Will the bill be open TO amendments
The SPEAKER replied that the previous quesuou
would not exhaust itself until the bill wn dis
posed Of
Mr. ecBEEcK understood that " phe amendments
should be vo,, down, there would be no chance 70
modify.
The SPEAKER said II the Previous Question
should be sustained il would bring the House 70
vote frat on the amendments OF NJ Chngman, ana
then Mr.. Boyd's, and Dext on the ensro"msn' OF
the Bill.
Mr.. THonPsos of Miss. raised a point Of order
that the Boundary bill involves an appropriation
and should 90 to Committee Of the Whole:
The SPEAKER gave grounds for his decision that
the bill does not require to be committed.
Mr. THOMPSON OF Miss. appealed from the decl
sion Of the chair.
the table.
Mr.. THOMPSON withdrew bis appeal.
The house then refused TO second the demand
for the Previous Question-Ayes "a Nays l07.
Mr.. BURT asked if 1t was in order TO move an
amendment
The SPEAKER said II was not.
Mr.. BURT moved that the bill be referred 30 the
Committee Of the Whole, and demanded the Yeas
ard Mays
Mr.. EcCLERsAsD moved the preyioas question
Tie SPEAKER said if the motion be suitsined 1t
will bring the House 10 vote on the question 70 com
nit and II the House refuse to com nit the question
will recur on the amendment and the engf ossment
Of The bill.
Mr. BURT withdrew his motion.
Mr. McCLERsASD moved 70 commit, and the
House on this refused to second the DENIM for the
previous ieston. 49,
Mr.. RooT moved to amend the motion by adding
the following instructions, namely: To amend tne
bill 80 30 10 exclude Slavery from the rerrsories
a. qured from Mexico lying eastward 0, ''sio'nia'
He said he did not rise 70 make speech
Mr. MADE rose to question Of order. The sab
ieot of instruction bad no reference to this Texas
boundary.
The SPEAKER decided that the smendmen. Sas
ia order.
Mr. Roor desired the yeas and nays, that there
might be 10 chance for lodging he did not offer
the anne BdmeIt In the expectation that the House
would support it II the yeas and nays coad be
called we can smoke out the Dough faces.
Mr. McCLERSAsD opposed the insurectionist.
Bis object in moving to commit the bill was 10
test the strength of the House the original bill
without the amendments. He thought the peace
ard quiet of the country and the stability OF the
Government depends on the settlement OF these
question: He then gave bis reasons why he was
against the Wimot Proviso, and said that IL was
designed to answer no practical purpose. Ii vas
TO Keep up agitation, without which the Free
Soilers and Abolitonists would sink into oblivion.
slavery is excluded from the Territories by the
imperious natural laws and by God himself
Mr.. Brooks was opposed to the anne adment OF
the gentlens an from Ohio, and was as ready toface
tt g music now DC a. the earlier period OF the SEES
sis n. The more the world rolk on the more the
people are ready TO face the music which Is pre-.
scented nrd to run away with the mischlevous ma
sicisrs There wssa time when the Wilmot Pro
vso was Of some USE IT answered its purpose OF
arrestipg the Mexican War; it taught the south
II at coDquests could not bs made 10 extend Slave
~ and the North that extension OF Territories,
&c. Ieoparoized the existence Of The Union. Thus
the Pfoviso bad answered its purpose, and he
could well understand the purpose OF gentlemen
who voted for IT, But that time was past. TIE
music has been faced. The Almighty GJd who
rules The destinies Of the country has settled the
question, unless We are wiser than de and empt
to settle the question to where Slavery shall
lat for ourselves The thing is fixed, ana irrevocs-
chby aud all We have to do Is 10 stand ~ the de-
crees of Providence. II non Intervention would
satisfy any portion Of the South, any par, let il
be So He was against exertDg the power Of the
Government for the extension or exclusion OF
Slavery. He would not vote foe the Wilmot Poo
viso to be applied North or Sou'h OF 80 3V. de
was for standing on the principle OF Cinpromise,
the principles OF the Constitution. HE own sac
ton Of the country had nothing 10 gaio - non,sc'
ton or ION Intervention. Zoe cDutn nave nothing
to gain by sctioD Intervention FOR all toe powers
Of Government can never suetch Slavery 10 the
shores of the Pa,i6c. The columns OF emigration,
the steamboat, the rush Of The northern mighty
mutitudef, had settled that question. His obsc.
tioIs to the division Of California we're that he
wanted the new States to be as large as possible,
on the ground that the cider States shall not be
outv oitd and represented in the halls OF Congress
by tbose " ho come from the unreasonable regions
" bicb have eDured 10 Us by the Mexican treaty.
The gentleman from Ohio, In his err4nd Of duty and
n -. =.
elsewhere.
Yves saw yeiferday and we see here to day, 10
the voting, the most extraordinary combin alton,
the most amszng assoc ,iions the most c1rious
beof flows ever presented, reminding him of the
pgrt disJts placed in the cauldron by the witches
IN Macbeth 10 mske il bubble. The combination he
must presume 10 be patriotic but IL presented A
devotion to abstract principles the like Of which the
world seldom saw before. He (BrOoks) was con-
vii ced that he was right when he saw such a com
hinatiOD against him he had no doubt that the
RorIhtrn people were willing to face the music
when the drum and 6fe sounds in their ears II ne
oesssry to make sacrifices, they will be msde The
great body Of the Northern people are willing to
n abe The m, and they expect the South TO make
them toO-wihout them the Government cannot
be successfully maintained II we are 10 have this
constant agitation weakening the ties OF frster0iy
and good fellowship, that was a moral disso u,on;
but physical disunion OF the hoods Of this Govern
uent is impossible fit could dissolved amid
fire and blood, DO sacrifice would be too great 70
avert the horrible csta,trophe. This Government
10 stronger than the despotBm OF Russia and the
wildcat Democracy OF France, because it is found
ed on The al. ctloDs OF the people bat this aft Sc
ton must exist-aDd it is stronger than hundred
THOUSAND bsyonets and hundred thousand cavalry
Who be ssked, cor sti.nted The gentleman from
Ohio, or any other man. musician Sgerusl VINO
made BIN the overseerl He would not exclaim
what ,oleDt language, or say that they must face
The music. Hs did DOT know whGs Divine right the
senlsmsn has to call on US to shDS our hands AMI
give our votes. He said, too, 'nat be- wished To
smoke oct the doushfaces, sno 10 lBrooks) was
willing to be annexed an honest discharge Of his
high public cuties made him q doUgbfsce.
He then proceeded to sbo " the folly OF applying
the Provi'o to Utah where Slavery eau never ex.