The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-08-07
THE REPUBLIC.
COLLECTIONS prernlcrs ~ Nonrn oAnoLlNA.

COLLECTION DISTRICTS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
MIR. BADGER moved, and the bill making
change IN the limits OF one OF the collection
districts Of North Carolina was taken up, and
passed.
CALIFORNIA.
The Senate then proceeded to the consideration
OF the bill for the admission Of California as State
into the Union.
Mr.. YULEE submitted substitute (of forty sec
tons) Tor the bill, which he desired 10 be laid on
the table and ordered TO be printed.
Objection being made, the amendment was with
drawn
Mr.. TURNEY moved TO strike out all after the
enacting clause, and insert as follows
When it shall be made to appear to the Presi
dent OF the United States by satisfactory evidence,
mat the people inhabitlng the Territory OF Calior
MIA, Tor 80 much of said Territory ID comprised
within the limits proposed by this bill as the bound
aries OF the State OF California; assembled in con
vcnuon, have agreed to establish as the southern
boundary Of said State line not further south
than the parallel of 36o 30 north latitude as the
southern boundary Of said State, and limited the
representation of said State to representative
until after the of the inhabitants Of the
United States, the said State of California may be
admitted into the Union, upon the proclamation of
the President upon an equal footing with the origi
nal States.
SEC. Ind be IL further enacted, That the line of
36' 80 of north latitude, known as the Missouri
compromise line, defined by the eighth section
OF an act entitled .'An act to authorize the people
lNof the Missouri Territory to form constitution
such State into the Union on equal footing with
the original States, and to prohibit slavery in
tain territories" approved March the 9th, 1870, be
and the same ID hereby declared to extend to the
Pacific ocean; and the said eighth section, together
with the compromise therein effected Is hereby
vived and declared to be III full force and binding
Tor the future organization OF the Territories OF the
United States in the sense, and with the
understanding with which it originally
adopted.
| Mr.. TURNEY supported his amendment, and
| the debate was continued by Messrs. DouGLAs,
| TURNEY, and FooTE.
THE TEXAS BOUNDARY.
A message received from the President of the
| United States by his private secretary.
| Mr. BERRIEN said that the message now on the
table wes in relation to the Texas boundary, and
he hoped no objection would be made to having it
read
The California bill was then laid aside by unani-
nous consent, and the message read. [The
| message will be found in the proceedings Of the
| House.
| Mr. DOUGLAS moved, and it was ordered to be
printed
| CALIFORNIA. =
Mr. DOUGLAS moved, and the California bill
| was again resumed.
| The question was stated to be upon the amend
| ment Of MIR. TURNEY, and, being taken by yeas
| and nays was rejected by the following vote:
| YEAS Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Barnwell
Bell, Berrien, Butler, Clemens, Davis of Missis
| sippi, Dawson, Downs, Foote, Houston, Hunter
King, Mangum, Mason, Morton, Pearce, Pratt
| Rusk, Sebastian, Soule, Turney, and Yulee-2i.
NAYS-Messrs Baldwin, Benton, Bradbury
Bright, Cass, Clarke, Cooper, Davis of Massachu-
sets, Dayton, Dickinson Dodge of Wisconsin
Dodge Of Iowa, Douglas, Ewing, Fetch, Greene,
| Hale, Hamlin, Jones, Norris, Phelps, Seward
| Shields, Smith, Spruance, Sturgeon, Underwood
Upham, Wales, Walker, Whitcomb, and Win
| throp-32.
Mr.. FOOTE submitted amendment, which
after debate by Messrs. CAss, BALDWIN, FooTE
DAVE OF Mississippi, and BUTLER, was variousy
modified, SO as to be proposition granting the as
sent of the United States division of California
| by the line of 800 80.
After further debate, the amendment was with
drawn.
Mr.. YULEE submitted a substitute for the bill
The substitute con stained forty-od sections, and
continues III force the existing government in Cal
ibrnia, not as state, but Territorial govern
| ment.
The amendment occupied some time in its read
| ing, when
| MIR. SoULE moved that the Senate proceed to the
| consideration Of Executive business.
| The motion was ruled out of order.
| MIR. NULEE commenced a speech in support oi
the substitute, and then gave way 10
| MIR. DAVIS, OF Mississippi, who moved that the
| bill be postponed till to- morrow.
| Mr.. DOUGLAS demanded the yeas and nays
which were ordered, and being taken, resulted az
| follows:
YEAS Mcssrs. Atchison, Badger. Barnwel
Bell, Berrien, Butler, Davis of Mississippi, Daw
| son, Downs, Foote, Hunter, King, Mangum, Ma
son, Morton, Pratt, Soule, Turney, and Yulce-l9
NAYS.-Messrs. Baldwin, Benton, Bradbury
Bright, Cass, Clarke, Cooper Davis of Massachu
sets, Dayton, Dickinson, Dodge of Wisconsin
Douglas, Ewing, Fetch, Greene, Hale, Jones, Nor
ris, Phelps, Seward, Shields, Smith, Spruance
Sturgeon, Underwood, Upham, Wales, Walker
Whitcomb, and Winthrop-30
SO the Senate refused 10 postpone the bill
| Mr.. lULEE resumed his remarks and in few
moments gave way TO
MIR. BADGER, who moved the Senate adjourn
And, the question being taken, the Senate refused
! TO adjourn, by the following vote.
YEAS.-Messrs. AtchisOn, Badger, Barnwel
Bell, Bcrrien, Butler, Davis of Mississippi, Daw-
con, Downs, Hunter, King, Mangum, Mason, Nor
ton, Pratt, soue, Turney, and Yulee-IS.
! NAYS.-Messrs. Baldwin, Benton Bright Cass
Clarke, Davis Of Massachusetts, Dayton, Dickinson
| Dodgeof Wisconsin, Dodge oflowa, Douglas Ewing
Fetch, Greene, Hale, Hamiin, Houston Jones, Nor
ris, Phelps Seward, Shields, Smith, spruance
Sturgeon, Underwood, Upham, Wales, Whitcomb
and Winthrop-30
| Mr.. YgLEE again resumed his remarks, and
| after some time, gave way 10
| Mr.. soULE, who moved that the Senate adjourn
| And, the question being taken, the motion wal
negatived by the following vote:
SEAS.-Messrs. Atchison, Barnwell Bell, But
Ter, Davis OF Mississippi, Dickinson, Downs, Hun
ter, King, Mangufn, Mason, Morton, Pratt, Sebas
| tian soule, and Yulec-l6.
| NAYS.-Messrs. Baldwin, Benton, Cass, Clarke
Cooper Davis of Massachusetts, Dayton, Dodge Of
| Wisconsin, Dodge of Iowa, Douglas, Ewing, Fetch
! Greene, Hamlin, Houston, Jones, Norris, Phelps
|
| derwood, Upham, Wales, Whitcomb, and Win
| throp-2S.
| Mr.. PRATT moved the Senate adjourn.
| MIR. DOUGLAS raised the point Of order. NJ
| business had intervened since a like motion hsd
| been made and rejected.
| The CHAIR sustained the point Of order.
| MIR. sOULE moved that tie bill be postponed tl
| tomorrow.
A debate cnsued upon the respective powers o
endurance Of the friends and the opponents Of th,
bill, and upon the proprety Of setting the bill ou
| tonight; IN which Messrs. ATCHISON, UNDER
| WOOD, BUTLER, FOOTE, YULEE, and MAN
GUM, advocated the postpOnemcnt, and Messrs
| DODGE Of Iowa, DOUGLAS, aud DICKINSON
| opposed the postponctncnt.
| Mr.. MANGUM moved the Senate adjourn.
| Mr.. DAYTON called for tho yeas and nays
which were ordered; and the question being taken
/ resulted in the negative, as follows:
YEAS.-Mcssrs. AtchiFon, Barnwell Bell, Bot
Ter, Davis Of Mississippi, Downs, Foote, Houston
Hunter, King, Manguin, Mason, Morton, Phelps
| Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian, SOult, Turney, Under.
! dcrwood, and Yuloe-2l
! NAYS.-Messrs. Baldwin, Benton, Bright
Clarke, Davis of Massachusetts, Dayton, Die kin
son, Dodge Of Wisconsin. Dodge Of Iowa, Doug
lac, Ewing Felch, Greene, IIamlin, Jones, Morris
Seward, Smith, Spruance, Sturgeon, Upham
| Wales, Walker, Whitcomb, and Winthrop-25
The question REQUIRED on the motion 10 postpone
| and II was also rejected, follows:
| YEAS Atchi,on. Rarnuvcil Reli Dav