The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-03
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In snsArr, August 2. 1910.

In SENATE, August ., 1910.
Nothing Of importance was done till - 10 clock,
when the Senate resumed the consideration Of the
California bill
Mr.. DoULAS had offered the following
anne ndment, as AN additional section: e
{" That the said State of California be admitted
into the Union upon the express condition that the
people of said State, through their Legislature or
otherwise, shall never interfere with the primary
disposal Of the public lands within its limits, and
shall pass no law and do no act whereby
the title of the United States to and right to
dispose Of the shall be impaired or ques-
toned, and that they shall never lay any tax or
assessment of any description whatsoever upon the
public domain of the United States, ard in no
case shall the nonresident proprietors, who are
citizens Of the United States, be taxed higher than
residents; and that all the navgable waters within
the said State shall be common highways, and
forever free, as well to the inhabitants of said
State as to the citizens Of the United States, with
out any tax, imposts or duty therefor Prorided,
That nothing therein contained shall be construed
as recognizing or rejecting the propositions tend
cred by the people of California as articles of
compact in the ordinance, and adopted in the con-
yention which formed the constitution of that
State" t.F
To this Mr. FoorE had offered the following
amendment:
"And that the said State OF California shall never
hereafter claim as within her boundaries, nor at
tempt to exercise jurisdiction over any portion of
the territory ut present claimed by her, except
that which is embraced within the following boun-
DIARIES, to-wt: commencing in the Pacific ocean,
three English miles from the shore, at the forty
second degree of north latitude; thence with the
southern boundary line OF the Territory of Ore
gon to the summit Of the Sierra Nevada thence
along the crest Of that mountain to the point
where it intersects the parallel OF latitude Of thirty
five degrees thirty minutes thence with said par
ael OF latitude to point in the Pacific ocean
three English miles from the shore; and thence to
the beginning, including all islands, bays, and har-
bors adjacent to or included within the limits here
by assigned to said State. And new Territory is
hereby established, to be called Colorado, to
sist Of the residue of the territory embraced with
in the limits of the said State of California, as
specified in the constitution heretofore adopted
by the people of California for the governm ent
Of which Territory established, all the pro-
visions of the act relating to the Territory Of
Utah, except the name and boundaries herein
specified, are hereby declared to be in force in
said Territory of Colorado, from and after the
day when the consent of the State of California
shall have been expressed in some formal manner
to the modification of her boundaries above de-
scribed." ss sng a.a
The first question was on the amendment Of
Mr.. FooT. '9 1871" a..4.....
Mr.. ATCHISON addressed the Senate in OPP
position to the admission of California. He had
been supporter of the plan of adjustment which
had SO lately failed. He consented to it reluct-
anty, but he consented to it because he believed
was such measure would give peace to the
country, as would stop agitation, and as would
put down agitators and disorganizers. He was
sorry that that bill should have been lost and lost
too, by Southern votes. ~ naeia.a#
He complimented those Northern democrats
who had voted for the bill. They were all per-
sonal friends, every man of them. He was espe-
cally thankful to the Democracy Of the North
west, who, with only three exceptions, (Mr.
CHASE, Mr.. DoDGE, OF Wisconsin, and Mr.
WALKER) had voted for the bill. ...r. ..
That bill having been defeated, he would now
oppose the admission of California. ri a.l ,..t,
Mr.. BADGER then gave his views on the sub
ject. He read the resolutions Of the Legislature
of North Carolina on the question of slavery.
Those resolutions protested against the passage
Of the Wilmot Proviso, &c. But they did not
make the passage Of such measures an 'sevent" to
warrant dissolution of the Union. He was for
the Union under all circumstances. He would
| fight for his rights in the Union and under the
Constitution.
asking for relief to their manufacturers, asking for
higher tariff; he would not grant their request if
theypassed their offensive measures He hoped all
the Southern Wings would do this In this way,
the North would see that, powerful as she is, she
could not get along without the protection and aid
of the South. He concluded by an appeal to
preserve the Union under any circumstances.
Mr.. DAVIS, of Miss, requested Mr. FoorE
to modify his amendment, so as to make the
Southern boundary of California $50 3V
Mr. FOOTE accepted the modification.
The question being taken, Mr.. FoorE's
amendment as modified, was rejected by the fol,
lowing vote: ~ "a MI -. -
YEAS-Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Barnwell,
Bell, Berrien, Butler, Clemens, Davis, of Miss. J,
Dawson, Downs, Foote, Houston, Hunter, King,
Mason, Morton, Pearce, Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian,
Soule, Turney, and Yulee--23. $3.50 A
NAYS--Messrs. Baldwin, Benton, Bradbury,
Bright, Cass, Chase, Clarke, Clay, Cooper
Davis, Of Massachusetts, Dayton, Dickinson,
Dodge, of Wisconsin,, Dodge, Of Iowa, Douglas,
Ewing, Felch, Greene, Hale, Hamlin, Jones,
Miller, Morris, Seward Shields Smith, Spru-
ance, Sturgeon, Upham, Wales, Walker, Whit
comb, and Winthrop-33. @1a tsla 'ao
On motion of Mr.. HUNTER, the Senate then
adjourned till Monday. ataasa arsag. af3 aH
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'"- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
After prayer, the Journal Of the preceding days
proceedings was read, when tls.3 aas a'f yr
Mr.. NELSON moved that the rules be suspend
ed, so that the House might resolve itself into
Committee Of the Whole on the private calender.
On this motion, Mr.. DANIEL called the yeas