Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-07-12
CONGRESS-.

CONGRESS.
In the Senate, on Friday, the 2St,
INST, the consideration of the com
spromisc was resumed.
&. The question pending at the adj
SJournment yesterday was on the sub
Sstltutc propo cd by Mr.. Soule. (for
that pat of the bill relating to Cali
sfornla,) and the amendment to es-
btablish the territorial government for
ESouth California.
MIR. Davis, of Miss, resumed the
6rcmarks commenced by linn on yes
terday. He said the amendment of
SNlr. Soule was one involving the COM
promise which once restored peace to
q distracted and agitatcd county,
Great as was the danger then TO the
country, he still believed that it was
nothing compared with that of the
present day. He hoped that now
there would be found in Congress a
, majority equally willing to preserve
. the Union, even by a sacrifice of
themselves. He had supported the
motion to raise the committee, in the
hope that something could be devised
calculated to preserve harmony and
peace, upon which he could unite in
supporting. He had been disappoint-
ed f1e could not see in this bin any
thing which he could sanction as
Southern man, nor anything that he
could approve of as ameasure TO re-
store peace to the country. Mr.. JEFF
ierson had truly said the Missouri
compromise was but repricvc, and
/. such it had been proved and now
that which was denounced by
! Southern man was considered as too
ultra to be considered by Congress-.
They were now TO be denied Sc
cond reprieve.
He contendcd that the line of 3G
30 seemed to be marked out as the
natural as well as the geographical
line of division Between the Moth
and the South. He then examined
the geographical and typographical
situation of California, and comment
ed upon it, maintaining that the di-
vision OF that country by the line of
80 81 was measure eminently adj.
visab!e and desirable. He proceed
Sed at great length to advocate the
adoption of that line.
Mr.. Soule said that he proposed to
offer some remarks in reply to Mr..
Webster. The Senator had contro-
vcrted some of the positions taken
by him in his former remarks upon
this amendment. Mr. S. then rcpeat-
ed his former arguments, that unless
the public domain iii California should
fbc reserved to the United States by
some precedent compact between
california and the United States, that
domain would attach TO California
by the act of admitting her as a sove-
reign State. He examined the OBJ
lectlons 10 this doctrine urged by Mr..
Webster, and replied to them at
length, and again maintained his own
position.
lie also replied to M. Douglass
upon the points of legislative prece-
dents, embraced in that Senate. IS re-
marks ON Wednesday,. He again
maintained that with the exception
OF the State of Arkansas, there was
no precedent for admitting State,
containing public lands, until Inc pro-
visions of his substitute had been
complied with.
He repelled with much warmth the
intimation that The opposition to the
admission of California was because
Of the exclusion of slavery by her
constitution. He also denied en-
phatically that there was any ground
of apprehension of her secession from
the Union because of any proceed
ings which Congress may deem adj
yisable to adopt.
Mr.. Douglas replied, again repeat
ing the several acts admitting the
several States into the Union, and
contended that in no case had d com
pact been entered into ais condition
precedent to adrpission Of any State.
Mr. Webster also replied to Mr..
Soule,. in derial Of the doctrine that
any such compact war necessary for