Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-04-25

come up, he womb not abandon the course which
he had already Indicated, bnt would move to
connect the territorial bill. with it
| Mr. Benton said the proposition Of the Sena-
10. was nethe, more nor less than that the Jury
should be sent out, and the gentlemen re''sinine
he then allowed To argue the carse AS !" the
charge Of obsruc'i"g the public business ne MAD
only to >ay that conscious OF the integrity ana
recitude Of his position, he wonld never he de-
tered rom the performance of his duty by such
ch,rpes His D sition was sustained by sixty
years e I'm, arying eislai,ob. The Father OF
bis Coun ~, himself, three times sent his mes a.
ges to Congo ss in relation To the admission oil
new Slater, under precisely similar circumsfan-
res with those under which President Taylor
had .ent his Cilifornii message. tennessee
Kentucky and Vermont came in precisely as
California asks TO come in. He was not to bs
scared off the track by the charge OF delaying
pubic business He would never fail to resist,
where he had The right to resist, proposition
which he believed to be wrong in principle
Mr.. Douglass submitted a few remarks In vim
dication of the California bill, from alluslon
BY Mr.. Clay, to the effect that it would, in lis
present form, give the Federal Government no
certainty of control over the public domain IN
California.
Mr. Foote made a point of order. that the Sen.
aior could not discuss The California bill al
this time.
The Chair SO ruled, and Mr. Douglass took his
seat.
The question being taken on Mr. Bento1's mo-
ltion to lay the table, it was negatived by yeas
LEA. nays 80 as follows
Yeas Baldwin, Benton, Bradbury, Chase,
lClark, Corwin, Davis of Mass Dayton, Dodge
OF Iowa, Dodge Of Wis, Douglass Fetch, Greene,
Hale, Hamlin. Jones. Miller. Norris, Phelps,
Seward Shields, Smith. Walker, Webster-24
.Nays--AtchIson, Badger. Bell. Borland,
Bnght, Butler. Csss, Clay. Clemens, DAVIS OF
Miss. Dickinson, Downs, Frote, Hunter, King
Msngnn,, Mason, Morton, Pearce. Rusk. Sebas-
tisn. Soule, Spruance. Sturgeon, Turney. Under
wood, Wh,tconb, fulee-26.
On the question recurring on Mr Clay's 4
inendment, Mr. Douglass ARISE 10 resume his re
marks, con,ending that. as The amendment pend
ing covered the whole subject, that It was IN Or
der to discuss any branch OF the general sub
ject.
After debate upon the point Of order, the Vice
President ruled Mr. Douglass out of order.
Several additional questions of order were
raised and discussed at considerable length.
Mr. Benton discussed Mr. Clsy's amendment.
No such proposition to lie up The hands OF the
Senie upon any subject, had ever before been
made. II was a new method Of applying the
prev,nus questionable gag which the Senate
had never before submitted Ia. IL might do very
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Mr. Clay, in reply, said there had heen no
caucus The subj. CT, a. in'iuated by MIR Ben
ton. The Senator had spnken of bis rlghts-he
must recoliect that other Senators have righ's.
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'he admission OF Iailinrn'a, ana are u""''''s ~
give governments u, '"e sa,ne '''',e 10 ',e '-.'
'oheS' Wills "po" .ne h"' VI ,"e 'e""''
a"x'ouS 10 of.hs IN C'i''''nia; hau e on
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which by the late Administration III time oil
var, had bean loudly condemned. In conclu.
sion. he said, he had deliberately prepared his
question at once, and keeping out the endless
propsi'inns tor instruction. which the ingenuity
OF the Senator from Missouri might invent. Let
the amend nent then be passed. aud the Senate
would determine upon question Of order, whe,h-
er II did not settle the mutter.
Mr. Benton reloin"d: The Senator had said
that the Senate would Yet be compelled to adopt
the previous question, Tor the purpose ct cutting
off unnecessary debate he had only TO say, that
when the Seuaie should take that conrs. be
would submit; but until then, would never sub
mt to the gag, disguised!y and surrepliiinusiy
attempted 10 be applied. lie also declared his
belief, that the COMMITTEE was all cut and dried,
and that the sending them ont was altogether a
farce.
Mr. Douglass said he was inclined to vote for
Mr. Clay's amendment, and for these reasons
He had only opposed line appointment of a Sc
lect COMMITTEE because OF hts un~ilngness To
make the admission OF California depenlen' on
any other measure. The Senate having INV
tnrlce, by yeas and nays, clared its determin.
alton to have the Con.rniutee, and The majurllv
having right TO so determine, he won,, 'o'e ,
for The amendment, for the precise --.son s,a'eo
by Mr. Clay 10 cut off all s,--no"'e"s, anu ge'
the whole question r :" ""'n Tue COMMITTEE as
early AS po-shi~- ne was '"e more conVihcea
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