The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-16

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| MIR BENTON. would inquire il that amendment is
odeIed amendment TO the b or 10 the amendment
| Of the senator from WISCONSIN,
Mr HALE Il amendment 10 the bill
Nr BENTON. What want to say is this. thai il
Operates OF course, amendment made to the amend
poposo"s a"aaos :" rom VII oa . ~
nsIeore,H would be better 10 have the senator from
Wisconsin withdraw his amendment until the amend
MIR. WALKER will now do what intended 10 do
some time ago; understand thai. 10 certain extent my
motion would be embarrassment of the bill When
made the notion, did think ,ha. ,he effect OF ner-
alive vote would be such the senator from Georgia
has Represented We frequently have motions to snike
out oil after the enactng clause and when such neg
atived. we 20 make amendments as il no such mo-
ton had been made This s TO be sure not motion 10
strike out all after the enacting clause but mo.
ton to strike out very important part Of the bill How
ever pay due Difference the opinion Of the Chair and
vii! wihasw NY an Msmendmsnt. # il is in order TO do
ordered it can be done but by unanimous consent
No objection being made. the amendment was With
drawn. t.|
Mr.. CLAY said that though he had not examined the
amendment very closely be had been assured BY mem
G as ns r. enS; M se,i ,hi amendment
Mr.. BUTLER wished TO know why the amendment
lumbia as differing from that Of the States There might
be something in the laws relating to this District al Pc
culiar character. which he did not understand He
Mr. HALE explained. 1t had been suggested TO him
that ii he made the reference to the laws regulating the
State courts there might Be something u them which
condition Of the Territories would not be analogous; but
that by taking the District Of Columbia he would be
MIR. BUTLER was satisfsd with the explanation, and
saw no objection TO the amendment
The question being then taken upon the amendment, It
Mr. HALE moved that the same amendment be also
made 10 the 3Oh section to apply to the Territory OF
Mr. BENTON submitted the following amendment, Of
which he gave notice some time since:
Strike ou. Of proposition a.s Of section 80 asr he
dsl NOrs msay called I! pA.o lnnnins ap ,hss
river twenty miles, measured by straight line thereon.
longitude RED river being hs
ANGLE designated between the United States and
apart cr the Indian. BY lie Unad and insert .sr
the said word beginning these words, at the point 10 the
where the crossed by the lOad degree Of longitude
from the meridian Of Greenwich thence NORTH along
ongdc the S4th deg OF north latitude thence
sastwardy the point which the Tooth degree Of west
longitude tie Red river
Mr. B. said The motion is to strike out and IN Q
sertto strike out the commtes's proposed line for the
western boundary of Texas, and to insert different one
in place Of it. The committees line begins twsnty
miles, straight ne above Ell Paso, and runs north
eastwadly the point at which the Red river coseed
BY the o. hundredth degree of west longitude The line
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second degree Of west longitude about three hundred
miles. straight lne below FL Paso, and rnne aosth
with that Longitude the thirty y-fOur PARALLEL OF north
latitude, where strikes the committee ne and thence,
with that ine to it's termination at the nterscction Of
Red vsr by the ono hundredth degree Of west loos
|tude These the two lines and the difference between
them is difference of seventy thousand square miles
|cu of from New Mexico and given to Texas.
MY objections to the committees proposed line
FORM nd vh WA ian
said will be repeated The point OF those objections
was that that line was adismehbement Of New Mexico.
and giving 10 Texas My reasons for The line propose
were also stated in the speech, and will not Be re-
peated now Their point was. that hoe along the one
proper boundary between New Mexico and Texas the
that would conform to the actual posse Of both
countries and to their clv aud geograpncal dvnons
rise higher and establish the same points BY new and
closer evidence drawn, the rheoricans express IT, q
visesrsbs couse-from the bowels OF the case-hat to
vay from the bill and report OF the committee itss, and
! from the authentic map Of the State OF Texas.
begin with the committees bill. and show IRON that
cesson OF part Of New Mexico to Texas, and not the
asceranment OF the true line between them was the OBJ
iect OF the committee; and that in fact they make
eession Of half Of Nsw Mexico TO Isxas and h.n h
propose 10 her large sum 81 money besides Here
s the ceding clause in the committees bill:
seo~d Tho United States ssd to the Stat. of Texas sM
sssih Of line aforesaid And the said snn Of Texes
tho Unitod States right catm and utiO Wnacn
il has any territory lying worth OF the said lns
These are the words of the committees bll-a ces-
,ona mutual cesson OF territory from each to the other,
and in terms which imply title in each. The United
States cede to Texas a the territory that lies south OF
he committees ne Texas codes to the United States oil
The territory that lies north OF it, II is the act OF two
owners acting independently Of each other and making
an exchange of land, and in terms which imply IN
eouay OF title in the respective ceaaiens Upon shs
words of this clause, them this transfer TO texas
cesaon from the United States and conveys ths
rrh title and claim Of the United States to 81 ths ter
rtory ceded Another part OF the bill equally explicit
n treating this transfer q cession The sixth clause -
in these words
Sixth n tho said State OF Texas shall vsfx dscfs.S to
accede preceding articles they shall become ~s1 go
oid and the United shall be vswd barh TO AL their
articles of been rendered TO the accept
ance of the State of Texas.
This is confirmation both OF the cesson and Of the
sumine the title Of the United States, il the exchange
not agreed 10 by Texas II RENTS the tltle-sends
hack-to the United States il Texas does not accept ana
10 give more emphatic meaning 10 this remsssons -
return TO its former owner the expletive ossk =
peradded-a redundancy Of phrase which couio on{ e
Ius6ed bv the extreme desire OF saving Inc ues q Qe
United States IL the committee cannot s0cceso Sva9
Il away. $1,000 - ...,..,
The report OF the committee IN III supp0
S ;,..,9 II treats the line they propose - naking
ss.:nn ~ limited States territory 10 Texas and care
9nIv recaims the ,tle i the cssssbn y not accepted
Thus:
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