The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-31
GRESSIONA AL.
IN SENATE.

/ AUEsDAf, July 81, lou.
Mr. DAVIS, of Massachusetts,, presented thu
credentials of the Hon. X. C. WINTHROP, VIII,
was sworn in and took his seat
Mr. PEARCE, from the select committee APP
pointed to investigate the disorder which occur
red between Mr.. FoorE and Mr.. BENTON, OF
the 18th of April last made q report which wa
laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
!. After some unilnportant morning business
the Senate resumed the consideration Of the
ADJUSTMENT BILL.
The question pending was on the following
amendment of Mr.. BRADBURY:
sStrike out all after the enactng clause, il
section 80, and insert lin lieu thereof as fol
lows:
and he hereby is authorized by and with the nd
vice and consent of the Senate, TO appoint three
commissioners, any two of whom shall have
power to agree, with such commissioners as
may be appointed under the Legislative authority
of the State of Texas, upon the territory proper
| ly included within and rghtfully belonging to
the State of Texas Mt the time of her annexa
ton to the United States, or Mt any period since
that date, and to define and establish the limits
of the same, If they shall find it practicable to dc
so; and, in case they shall be unable to agret
upon the true and legitimate boundary of thu
State Of Texas, they are hereby authorized Il
agree upon convenient line Of boundary be
tween the territory of the United States and the
said State of Texas, commencing at the point
where the Red river is intersected by the one
hundredth degree of west longitude, being the
southwest angle of the Indian Territory, and
running to point on the Rio Grande to be
agreed upon by the said commissioners; and
also to agree upon the terms, conditions, and
considerations upon which such line shall be es-
tablshed; and the proceedings and agreement
of the said commissioners shall be, as soon as
possible, transmitted to the President Of the
United States, to be by him submitted to Con.
gress, for its action thereupon. And the said
agreement, when approved by the Congress OF
the United States and the Legislature Of Texas
shall be obligatory upon the parties"
Mr.. SEBASTIAN moved to amend the
amendment by striking out Of it the words
commencing at the point where the Red river
is intersected by the Tooth degree of west longi.
tude, being the southwest angle of the Indian
Territory, and running to point on the Rio
Grande"
/ The amendment was rejected.
Mr.. DAWSON offered an amendment to the
amendment, providing that the territorial gov
ernment provided for New Mexico by the BILL
should be for New Mexico west of the Rio
Grande.
Messrs. Clay, BUTLER, DAWSON, and FoorE,
supported the amendment
Messrs. BENTON, EWING, and UYDERwoop
opposed it.
Mr.. RUSK replied briefly to the latter gen
teman.
Mr.. BENTON spoke against the bill generally
| He showed that the committee were now abar,-
doning their own original plan, by agreeing to
refer this dispute to commissioners. They saw
that with this pecuniary equivalent, the bill
could not pass for on its amount would depend
the vote of Texas.
Mr.. HOUSTON replied. He indignantly
secuted the idea that the votes of the Texan
Senators were to be regulated by the amount
of money to be paid their State for the relin.
quishment of her territories. Texas wanted
nothing but her true and rightful boundaries
She wanted that
/ Mr.. WALKER said that this discussion had
gone far enough without producing any good
result. He therefore moved to lay the bill and
amendments on the table,
The yeas and nays were ordered on the
motion, and being taken, resulted as follows:
i YEAs-Messrs Baldwin, Barnwell, Benton
Butler, Chase, Clarke, Davis Of Mass, Davis O
Miss, Dayton, Dodge of Wis, Ewing, Greene
Hale, Hamlin, Hunter, Mason, Miller Phelps
Seward, Smith, Turney, Upham, Walker, Win
throp, and Yulee-25.
NAYs-Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Bell, Der
|rien, Bradbury, Bright, Cass, Clay, Clemens
Cooper, Dawson, Dickinson, Dodge Of Iowa
i Douglas, Downs, Felch, Foote, Houston, Jones
King, Mangum, Morton, Norris, Pearce, Pratt
Rusk, Sebastian, Spruance, Sturgeon, Under
wood, Wales, Whitcomb-32.
So the Senate refused to lay the bill on TIN
table.
The question was then taken on the amend
ment offered by Mr.. DAWSON to the amendmen
of Mr.. BRADBURY, and it was agreed to by tn
following vote:
\. YEAs-Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Barnwel
Bell, Berrien, Butler Clay, Clemens, Davis 0
Miss, Dawson, Dickinson, Dodge of Iowa
Downs, Foote, Houston, Hunter, Jones, King
Mangum, Mason, Morton, Phelps, Pratt, Rusk
Sebastian, Soule, Sturgeon, Turney, and Yule
I-29.
! NAYs.-Messrs. Baldwin, Benton, Bradbury
Bright, Chase, Clarke, Davis Of Massachusetts
Dayton, Dodge Of Wisconsin, Douglass, Ewing
Feleh, Greene, Hale, -Hamlin, Miller, Norris
Pearce, Seward, Shields, Smith, Spruance, Tn
derwood, Upham, Wales, Walker, Whitcomb
Winthrop.-28.
The question then required on the amendmen
of Mr.. BRADBURY as amended and it was agreet
to by the following vote:
YEAs.--Messrs. Atkinson, Badger, Bell, Der
: rien, Bradbury, Bright, Glass; Clay, Clemens
Cooper, Dawson, Dickinson, Dodge of Iowa
Douglass, Downs, Felch, Foote, Houston, Hun
ter, Jones, King, Mangum, Norris, Pratt, Rusl,
Sebastian, Shields, Sturgeon, Walker, Whit
comb.-30
i NAYs.-Messrs. Baldwin, Barnwell, Benton
Butler, Chase, Clarke, Davis Of Massachusetts
Davis of Mississippi, DAYTON Dodge of Wiscon