Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-06-20

Pursuant to call, the members and officers of the
State Constitutional Convention, now in session at
Lansing, the seat of Government of Michigan,
friendly to the passage of the Compromise Bill under
consideration in the u S. Senate, met in the Hall of
the House of Representatives on the 10Th instant.
Mr.. Hanscomb, from the committee on resolutions,
reported the following, which were unanimously
adopted:
RcSoired, That the great doctrine of Congressional
non-interventiOn in the domestic legislation of the
territories, harmonizes with the spirit of our in
situations, and is the only platform upon which the
democratic party of the Union maintain its ma
tionality and its ascendancy.
ResolUed, That the general provisions contained in
the Compromise Bill, under consideration in the
u 81 Senate, ought TO receive the sanction of Con-
gress The bill is conceived i'm a spirit of harmony
Its provisions respect and preserve the rights of the
different sections of the Union and the tendency of
It's passage will be to alay agitation secure peace
and tranquility, and set at rest the only question
which threatens the stability Of the Union.
SENATOR WHITcoMB.-We find the following in
the Senate proceedings as given by telegraph TO
of the eastern papers. 1t is somewhat fuller than
the report sent west
Mr.. Whitcomb addressed the Senate, contradicting
the statement that he is the author of the amendment
suggested by Mr. Pratt, and modified and accepted by
Mr. Jefferson Davis. He was the contrary, op-
posed TO that OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES it specially pro-
yided for the protection of slave property He was
opposed to any such notion by Congress, well as
TO the Wilmot provso. He went into a history of
his election to the Sennte-to show that he was not
elected as proviso or free soil man, as had been
charged, and declared himself decidedly favorable
the extension of the ordinance of l757 to the terri
tories. In conclusion, he said that he should travel
along with this bill-strve to amend it in accord
- Il. T.
in shape Justifylng him In voting for it. he would
against it. He desired settle all these ques-
tons but in the last resort would vote for the adj
mission of California as an independent measure.
The correspondent of The Philadelphia Public Led
} ger sums mp Mr.. Benton's arguments in his late
{ speech follows
LIST. That the admission of California is Just, and
ought to be effected. I'd. That territorial govern
ments ought to be established in New Mexico and
Utah without the Wilmot Proviso, against which
Mr.. Benton himself has voted the other day.) 3d.
That the Texas boundary should be settled by all
] means; Mr.. Benton having at the commencement Of
the session, introduced bill for that purpose giving
Texas fifteen millions of dollars instead of ten
e tacitly agreed upon by the Committee of Thirteen
Mr.. Benton, then, is for the measure precisely
as Mr. Clay, but for different reasons, and ne want.
the measures to pass separately, out Of respect fo
s California. This is his whole argument.
: The Delphi Times of the 18th inst says, that h,
: Board of Directors of the Frankfort Plank Road Com
pany held their meeting at their Office on Monday th,
Sd inst. We understand that they adopted vigorous
measures for the prosecution of the road, and conem
plate finishing it far Rossvie the present fall
We are also gratifed to learn that the road on th
portion finished, Give mies) is paying about fifteel
IF per cent, clear of the expenses of the ollgate
OF The Benton Democrats of the St. Louis Dis
rict have nominated Gen. F. A. RozIER as their can
bt didae for Congress Judge BowLIN would have bee
nominated, but he out in favor Of the compro
mise.
m SOUTH CARoLINA.-The Hon. ROBERT w. BARN
n WELL has been appointed United States Senator ii
,e the place of Mr.. EImore. Mr.. Barnwell was dele
gate to the Nashville Convention.