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called, 80 as to leave with the motion to commit
a separate and distinct proposition
| "Mr. Wentworth. Then | send the following
to the Chair, IA portion Of which was at the in
stance of Mr.. Howard) as additional instruc-
tons, and move the previous question
"'With instructions 30 to amend the amend
ment as to exclude slavery from all the territory
acquired from Mexico by the treaty Of Guada-
! lupe Hidalgo, lying eastward Of California
"Also to strike out the words in the first section
Of the proposed amendment to the bill:
"'Thence following the main channel of said
river TO the parallel Of the thirty-second degree
of north latitude, thence east with the said de-
gree TO it's intersection with the one hundred and
third degree of longitude west Of Greenwich
"And insert:
! "'Thence down the main channel of the Rio
Grande to the point where said river crosses the
l02d meridian of longitude west Of Greenwich!
TO strike out from the words:
Propdsd, also in the eighth line Of the fifth
proposition Of the bill, to the words United
States in the nineteenth line Of said fifth prop
osition'
The following is the part proposed by the
latter clause to be stricken from the original
bill, viz:
GO Provided, also, That no more than five mil
lions of said stock shall be issued until the cred
itors Of the State holding bonds and other GER
tifcates of stock Of Texas for which duties on
imports were specially pledged, shall first file at
the Treasury Of the United States releases Of
ell claim asaipss the United States for or on &C
count Of said bonds or certificates in such form
az shall be prescribed by tbe Seaystsrv Of the
lrcoSNry ,sss>-aa OVed " NN-sh~ASt- r ~
United States'pl
Mr.. FeatherstOn of Mississippi, the floor be-
ing yielded by Mr.. Wentworth, moved the fol-
lowing as a substitute for the instruction Of the
latter.
Strike out all Of the original line after the
enacting clause, and insert as follows:
"'That the boundaries of the State of Texas
defined and established by the act of the Texan
Congress, passed December 10, 1896, for that pur-
pose, are hereby recognised by the Government
Of the United States'n
Pending these instructions, the decision Of the
Speaker that the instructions might be voted on
separately, was repeatedly questioned, but he
steadily adhered TO it, saying
81 motion is made to commit with instruc.
tons 1t is not the right of the member making the
motion to ask separate vote on each clause of
the instructions by virtue of his having made the
motion. But when a motion to commit with in
structions Is pending the Chair is Of opinion that
a division upon the instructions can be had 30
, as to take sepsrsteyote on the instructions 80
far as they are misunderstanding a distinct prop
osition connected with the motion to commit"
Featherston's substitute was then rejected
yeasTi, nays l2S, German of Indiana being tn
only name from free State recorded in the at
firmative.
The question then required on the motion t
commit with the instructions moved by MI
Wentworth.
Mr.. Inge now demanded a division Of tn
question on the instructions, but by this time tn
Speaker had changed his opinion The change
with the reasons, he frankly stated to the Hous,
and pronounced that the motion to commit wit
the instructions was indivisible! Mr. Wen
worth, finding himself placed in q somewhat en-
barrassing position by this change of opinion
the Speaker, asked the Chair to repeat to tn
House what was the understanding between
and himself.
"The Speaker. The Chair stated to tn
House, that he had replied to an inquiry by th
gentleman from Illinois, Mr.. Wentworth tina
. the instructions would be divisible. And tn
!, Speaker takes upon his own shoulders the Who'll
responsibility of the difficulty in which the ger
|, tleman is involved
The change was certainly very Opportun
one for all those who wished to avoid a direc
: vote on the Wilmot Proviso so that it is nc
strange that, on an appeal from the new decision
the Chair should be sustained in it by vote
1Ol to Sc. The same Wings and Democrat
j, from the free States, generally, who had vote
with the South ON all previous questions, voted
e this case to sustain the Speaker.
st After several Intellectual attempts by Mr. Wen
worth to withdraw his instructions the questic
IL was taken on the motion to commit with instru
a. tions, and decided in the negative, as follows;
. YEAs-Messrs Alexander, Allen, Baker, Bel
y nett, Bingham Booth, Burrows, Thomas B. Blu
J. Ter, Joseph Cable, Calvin, Campbell, Carte
e Casey, Chandler, Clark, Cole. Corwin, Crowel
: Dickey Dixon, Doty, Duncan, Durkee, N. Evan
Fitch, Fowler, Giddings Gott, Gould, Halle
way, Harlan IIebard, Henry, Howe Hunter, Wi
y liam +. Jackson, Julian, James G. King, job
Q A. King, Preston King, Horace Mann, Mattesor
!. Nick issock, Meacham, Moore, Morris, Nelson
Newell, Ogle, Odds, Otis, Pesslee, Peck, Pitmar
Putnam, Reed, Reynolds, Robinson, Rockwell
Root, Rumsey, Sackett Sawtclle, Schenck, Scher
: merhorn, Schoocraft, Sylvester Sprague Thad
!, deus Stevens Stetsou, Sweetser, Taylor Tuck
}, Underhill, Van Dyke, Vinton, Waldo, Wen,
/, worth, and Whttlesey-S0
;, NAYs-Messrs Albertson, Aston, Anderson
!, Andrews, Ashe, Bay, Bayly, Beale, Bokce, Bowie
: Boyd, Brock, Briggs Brooks, Albert G. Brown
!, Cabell, George A. Caldwell, Joseph p. Caldwell
i CIngmsn, Williamson r. W. Cobb, ConVer
!, Daniel, Deberry, Dimmick, Disney, Duer, Dun
: ham, Edmundson, Eliot, Ewing Feathe
Freedley Fuller Gentry, Gerry, Gilmore, Cor
, man, Green, Grinnel, Hall, Hammond, IIaral
son, lsham G. Harris, Sampson w. Harris, Thorn
, AZ l. Harris, Raymond, Hubbard, billiard Hoag
land, Holiday, Holmes, Houston, Howard Hub
bard, Iuge, Joseph w. Jackson, Andrew John.
son, J. l.. johnson, r. w. johnson, Jones, Kauf
man, Kerr, George G. King, La Sere, Letter, LIE
, vim Iittlefed J. Mann, Marshall, Mason, Nc
Clernand, Mcdowell, McGaughey, McLanahan
a, Robert M McLane, Finis z Mclean McMullen
McQueen. Meade MillsoD, Morehead Morse
Morton, Orr, Outlaw, Owen, Parker, Phelps
Phoenix Potter, Powell, Richardson, Robbins
, Rose, Ross, Savage, Seldom, Shepherd, Stanly
Frederick p. Stanton, Richard III. Stanton
a., Strong, Thomas, Jacob Thompson, James Thomp
son, John b. Thompson, Thurman, Toombs
Walden, Wallace Watkins, Wellborn, White
Wildrick, Williams, and Young-l2l.
Mr.. Toombs amendment now came up. Pres
ton King demanded a division.
The Speaker The question Is divisible The
first proposition will be repeated:
"And be Il )ur,hey @aeed, That no citizen OF
the United States shall be deprived OF his life, lib
erty, or property, in said Territory, except by
judgment OF his peers and the laws OF the land. y
This was adopted without division.
The remaining branch of the amendment was
read:
"Aud that the Constitution of the United
States and such statutes thereof ~ may not be To-
cally inapplicable, and the common law AZ il ex
listed in the British colonies of America unit
July 4, 1915, shall be the exclusive law of said
Territory on the subject Of African slavery unit
altered by the proper authorityn