Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-08-16
SPICY DEBATE.

In the Senate on Monday there sharp shooting
between Messrs Foote and Soue both ardent representa-
tives of the South and chvac they spirited and
eloquent Mr. Turney had offered amendment TO the
California bill the main character Of which may be gathered
from Mr. Soue remarks Ii also provided for the reduction
of California to the line of 36 deg. 30 min In reply TO
question from Mr. Douglas Mr.. Soue said he would vote
for the BILL provided the boundary reduced to the line
of &c deg 30 min. Mr. Foote said that this adms-
sion of the constitu,ionaty Of the bill and that Mr. s. was
inconsistent in being willing for the bill thus modified
in single particular and yet ayowng his readiness to resist
s on account of her extravagan limits and other
objections which he Mr S had declared to be nsuperabc;
Mr. SOUIE supported the amendment, minimizing the
four following points, that the authority over the eminent
and useful domain an attribute OF sovereignty ana
that passes that power exercising sovereignty unless
retained BY express provision in the act conteng the sove
reipnty that this bill, it Stood placed the public
lands beyond the control Of Congress- ana e Tue general
government regards the public lands, al the mercy o.
the new States The section in the bill relating to iure
reinqushmcnt Of all claims 70 the public lands was Of no
effect and inyad for until the State is admitted she Is no
party the compact and may repudiae al that
in that part of the bill =,
That in no instance has State been admitted with
out Congress first retaining by express act the pubc DO
man He urged upd repeated the arguments which ne nae
made on former OCCASION when his subs ltte io inc part
of the COMPROMISE bill relating California was under con-
sjderaon that unless Congress- by some act prior to the
admission OF California, required reinluishment by Call
orni of the public land all title Of the Government 10 those
llndS
suyereirn State He opposed The admission of California
with her present boundaries under the present circumstances
Tie referred the amendment originally proposed oy M
Dourls but part of the bill wholly Inadequate
10 the protection OF the rights OF tie General Government
in the public lands lie ur.ed the adoption OF his amend
went and appealed advocates the admission Of Call
frn 10 pause before they violently forced California int"
tie Union against the constitutional objections OF large
section OF the country :,
wholly unnecessary for the protection OF the rights OF th
United States to the public to.naia that any condition
should be made in this BILL by any other for that
The public lands California ac the property oi the United
States and will remain So whether California bo made
State or remain as s The United States own The lands
and the tile will be in any way affected by the admission
of California 80 r,
Mr. FOoTE replied to the remarks of Mr. Soule he
sa that he would for the amendment ihoush he hao
but . hope of it's The opportunity to divide
California and have territorial government for the south
crn part had passed and the Senator from ana
others responsible for the present diincuy ne in
which he supposed the manner in which the Sout ~oulo
consider the admission Of California was treated ana urged
that the language of the Senator was that adVoca seces
sion by tho South or resistance to the act OF the General
Mr SOTIE sad that he was not be drawn into con-
test apainst that species Of parliamentary strategy wcn
placed In mans mouth language and sentiments @mcn ne
had never uttered or conceived He dsclaimed the scn
attributed to him by Inc Senator from ssi'Sp, ="
the would-be philippe just delivered .,..-,.,.,;a.
Mr. FOOTE reoined, conending that the Interpretation
he had placed on the Senator's language was correi ne
Senator had spoken deliberately and If his remarks Were
nmhshed ma thew We're delivered the Interpretation placed
on them by him Mr F would be found to be correct The
Senator had said the South would not submit 70 .s aus
sion of California What did the words, mot submit,
mean unless secession Resistance " armed ofce
against the acla of the General Governments end nad
told him the words used By the Senator lhey were
70 the effect that If southern Shareholders submitted 10 th
hey deserved 10 DC slaves themselves This language OF the
Senator he considered scdi,ious
THE PRESIDENT called the Senator to order
Mr. FOOTE said the language was not constitutional Ian
euage-it was unconstitutional language:
He con,ended that tile Senator from Louisiana had moi re-
What d,s smse 10 esDg
his remarks woud-be philippe Sc He attempted no phi
pic and forwo because he had not 'he ca
pacy the other because he saw no Philip 10 altacs ae %
other remarks by Mr. F. he said that e language ai
annals of his native country-more suited to one Of the
members Of the Mountain, the days OF Danton hooes
pierre and Marat than member of the u Siates
Mr.. SOULE explained the language he had Isea, ano
said that taken in the only and meaning which cou
ben sentiment, widely differing from the statement
by the Senator and his friend From the course OF e
Senator il would that he dcsrous of provoking
something else than an oraorica argumenative contest
II this were ue the Senator should remember that thc Sc
nate Chamber the place proper suitable TO bring 1t
about 1t should BIO done without the Senate. The Senator