Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1850-06-27
The Compromise EsilH,

unimportant business, the Senate re-
sumed the consideration of the bill re.
ported by the select committee ofthir-
teen, to admit California as State 10 |
the Union; to establish territorial gov
ernments for Utah and New Mexico;
and making proposals TO Texas for the
establishment of her Western and
northern boundaries.
The question pending was on an
amendment TO part of the 39lh section
containing the proposed boundaries of
Texas. The portion of the section
reads thus:
First. The northern boundary of
said State (Texas) shall be as follows:
Beginning at the poin, on the Rio del
Norte, commonly called Ell Passo, and
running up the river twenty miles,
measured by a straight line thereon,
and thence eastwardIy TO point where
the hundrelh degree of west longitude
crossed Red river, being the southwest
angle in the line designated between
the United States and Mexico, and the
same angle in the line of the territory
set apart for the Indians by the United
States.
The amendment pending was to
strike out this portion Of the bill and
insert as follows:
The northern boundary of the State
Of Texas shall be line drawn due
east from the Rio Grande at the sonh.
ern end of the tornado del Muerto. or
Journey of the Dead, to the Red river.
and thence down the centre of said
river; and the eastern boundary Of the
Territory of New Mexico shall be the
range of mountains or dividing ridge
separating the waters flowing into the
Arkansas and Red river.
Mr.. Hale, who had the floor, said he
would give way to the Senator from
Missouri.
Mr.. Benton moved that the further
consideration of this bill be postponed
till the fourth of March in the year
1851. He alluded TO the character of
the bill, and its avowed object TO restore
peace and harmony to a distressed
country. He said that he did not be-
lieve there was any distress in the coun.
, try. He believed that the nation was
in the enjoyment of every blessing thai
, was possible. lie knew Of no distres:
in the land since the time when the
. Bank Of the United States ceased to ex
ist.
In the days Of that bank he was &C
customed TO hear Of dstresses, but they
, no longer existed. There was no dis
} tress in the land save among the poll
ticians, and of tina, he thought he coul(
= say, "it's all in my eye" lie did no
imagine that any Of that distress ant
e alarm, so knowingly pictured by the Sen
=, ator from Kentucky, existed among th'
0 people. He did not believe in the ex
e istence of those five gaping wounds 81
d fearfully pictured by the Senator, ant
SO emphatically enumerated on the fiv
S fingers of the left hand. The Senate
:. had but five fingers on his hand, and b
(Mr. b. thought that perhaps the rea
son why there were no more wound
{ than five was, that the Senator had n
l. more fingers on his left hand.
Z This compromise bill was the sove
" eign panacea TO cure all The evils of III
=" country. He had thought the idea c
} sending out committee Of thirteen I
y propose a settlement of these evils we
: unnecessary. But, as the thirteen di
tinguished gentlemen who compose
d that committee now seemed to be 81
!, rious, he would also consider il as
;" matter 10 be taken seriously.
The name Of this committee was a
N imposing one. IL was "Commit.t
II of Thirteen. Here was an obstacle
IN There were thirteen men-and disti
10 guished ones-already standing up f
~ their own act. He thought the cor
N mittee might be with propriely callt
:, he Free Committee" The lhirtee
4 had voted 10 raise the committee, an
voted for themselves as members
that committee, and had voted again
K. having any instruction given to the
ed by the Senate. and voted that whi
,r- they were out, the Senate should n