The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-09-12

protract the debate. The subject had been fully
discussed in both branches Of Congr IS therefore,
he considered il TO be loss Of time to enter into
discussion, and he moved the previous question
on the appeal
MIR. Harris of Tennessee moved to lay the APP
peal on the table, and the question being taken,
1t was decided in the negative-yeas Sc, nays g.
The demand for the previous question was sec
onded, and the question was stated, viz: Shall
the decision Of the Chair stand as the judgment
of the House
The result of the vote was-yeas 81, nays lI5
SO the House OUsTrUIed the decision, that the
amendment Of Mr.. Boyd, proposing Territorial
Government for Utah, was in order.
MIR. Fowler rose 10 privileged question and
moved to reconsider the vote Just taken and at
his instance the motion was laid upon the table
Mr.. Thompson Of Mississippi rose to offer
substitute for the bill; but gave way to
Mr.. Meade, to offer a provso TO come in as n
proviso to the first section of the bill IL was
read to the effect-that all owners of slaves with
in the State aforesaid shall be allowed twelve
months after the passage Of this act to remove
them from the limits thereof; and should any es-
cape from their masters, they shall he delivered
ND in the manner provided fdr ~ the Constitu-
ton and laws ofthe United States
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be offered by unanimous consent, and that no
amendment could otherwise be offered by a gen.
! tleman not entitled to the floor
MIR Thompson then moved a substitute for the
| bill TO admit California as q State which was
read. lie said that he knew and felt that the
hour of debate bad passed, and that the House
was impatient for action but he felt constrained
| even yet to make one more effort to secure JUS
tice for that section Of the Union which he in part
represented. Ii was true he struggled without
| hope; he knew, in advance. the result but he
had sought the floor to enable him to place on
record his own opinions and views
Mr.. Inge inquired whether the substitute was
not the same as that offered by Mr.. Soule in the
Senate7
Mr.. Thompson replied that it was substantially.
MIR. Orr wished TO offer an amendment TO the
original bill but he could not now do So MIR.
Thompson accepted it as his own, and which is as
follows:
Propided That the southern boundary Of said
State be and is hereby established on the parallel
of $50 30 north latitude
! Mr. Richardson did not rise for the purpose of
f<Ssscussion. The subject had been debated long
enough and he moved the previous question.
Mr. Holmes moved that the House adjourn hut
] the motion did not prevail
!" Mr. Power ~ ,oANSs = question whicl> 6s lad
asked as TO the effect of the previous question.
The Speaker replied, that the effect of the pre-
vious question, if sustained, would he this tn
House would be brought 10 n vote, first on Thu
amendment, then on the substitute, and lastly oil
the third reading of the bill
Mr. Holmes made an Intellectual motion for
call of the House.
The demand for the previous question wa
seconded-ayes rs, noes not counted
The main question was ordered to be put Of
the amendment making the southern boundary o
California on the parallel Of $50 30' north lati
tude.
! Mr. McClernand rise to point of orde,
understand that the gentleman from Mississip
pi Mr. thompson proposes an amendment to tn
original bill and then a substitute for the Who'll
bill make the point Of order, that the gentle
man from Mississippi occupying the floor had I
make his election between offering an amendmen
and Offering a substitute and that it was not com
petent for him to offer both.
The Speaker The same point of order wa
submitted by the gentleman from Ohio, and wa
overrued and it is now too late to make the poin
of order
The question was taken on the amendment, an
decided in the negative-yeas 70, nays 1872.
And the substitute of Mr. Thompson of Missis
sippi for the bill was then rejected-yeas nay
, 1874
Mr.. Holmes again moved, but the House re
8 fused TO adjourn.
Mr.. Thompson of Mississippi thought that
0 decent respect for the House required that th
bill should ut last be read.
o The bill was read, and then ordered to thir
r reading-yeas l5l, nays 81.
MIR. Richardson moved the previous questiC
q on its passage
Mr.. Featherston moved to lay the bill upon Il
|. table, but the motion did not prevail.
And then the bill, precisely rs it came from II
If Senate for the admission of the State of Califo
mia into the Union, was passed-yeas $50, ma,
l. So, AZ follows.
YEAs-Messrs Alberston, Alexander, ALLIE
Anderson, Andrews, Baker, Bay, Bennett, Bins
ham. Bissell Bokee Booth Bowie, Bowln Brec
8 Briggs, Brooks, w. J. Brown, Buel, Burrow
Chester Butler, Thomas B. Butler, Joseph Cabl
e JOS p. Caldwell, Calvin, Campbell, Carter, Case.
Chandler Clark Cole, Corwin, Crowell, Dickey
e Dimmck, Disney, Dixon Doty, Duer, Dunoai
Dunham Durkee, Elliot, Alexander Evans, Ma
e than Evans, Ewing, Fitch, Fowler, Freddy, Ful
Ter. Gentry Gerry, Giddings, Gilmore, German
q Gott. Gould, Grinnell Hall, Holloway, Hamilton
q Harlan. ThomasL Harris, Raymond, Henry, Hill
bard Hoagand, Houston, Howe, Hunter, William
+. jackson, Andrew Johnson, James l.. Johnson
Jones, Julian, Kerr, George G. King, James G
King. John A. King, Preston King, Letter, Levin
Littlefeld, Horace Mann, Job Mann, Marshall
Mason, Matteson, McClernand, Mcdonald, Nc
Gaughey, Mex issock, McLanahan, Robert M
|
Morehead, Morris, Nelson, Newell, Ogle, Odds
Otis Peasee, Peck, Phelps PhGnix, Pitman, Pot
ter, Putnam, Reed Reynolds Richardson, Rob
bins, r obnson Root, Rose, Ross, Rumsey, Sack
EFT, Sawelle, Schenck, SchermerhorD, Schoolcraft
Sylvester Sprague, Stanly, Thaddeus Stevens
Stetson, Strong Swcetser, Taylor, Jams Thomp-
son, John b Thompson, Thurman, Tuck, Under
hill. Van Dyke, Vinton, Walden, Waldo, Wat
kins Wentworth, White, Whittlesey, Wildrick,
Williams, Wilson, and foung-l5O.
NAys-Messrs Aston, Ashe, Averett Bayly
Beale Bowdon, Boyd, Albert G. Brown, Burt, +
Darlington Cubell, George Alfred Caldwell
Cljpgmau. Williamson r. w. Cobb, Colcock, Dan.
iel Deberry, Edmundson Featherston, Green
HARRISON. lsham g. Harris, s. w. Harris, Hill
lard. Holiday, Howard, Hubbard, lnge Jos. w
Jackson, r. w. Johnson Kaufman, La Sere, Me-
Dowell. McMullcn, McQueen, Melville, Meade,
Millson, Morse Morton, Orr, Outlaw Owen
Parker, Powell, Savage, Seldom, Shepperd, Fred.
erick p. Stanton, Richard IT, Stanton, Thomas
Jacob Thompson, Toombs, Venabe, Wallace
Welborn and Woodward-j6.
Mr.. Richardson moved TO reconsider the vote
and Mt his instance the motion was laid upon the
| table
Mr.. Seldom obtained the floor, and spoke at
! some length. He was replied to by Mr.. Toombs
| of Georgia after which,
The House resolved itself into n Committee OF
the Whole on the state of the Union, and Mr.
McClernand was called 10 preside.
Much confusion prevailed and, after few un-
| important preliminares the Senate bill establish
| ing a Territorial Government for Utah was taken
up The first section was read, as follows:
"B> ea0c'ed, &C.. That all that part of the ter
ritory Of the United States included within the
following limits, to wit bounded on the west by
the State Of California, on the north by the Ter
ritory Of Oregon, and on the east by the summit
Of the Rocky Mountains, and on the south by
the thirty-seventh parallel Of north latitude, be