The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-05-18

of The inhabitants thereofi is required to be tt
ken-such census shall in all things be take
and completed according to the provisions
: 1bis aot.b
. The next amendment of Vlnton was read
"Tnat from and after the third Of March 1853
the House OF R personalities shall be COMPOSED
1 Of 200 QwO hundred) members to be appointed
among the States, in tie manner directed in tR'
; section following, provided that if after the ap
pointmeht Of tie RepreseItative under the new
or any other subsequent Ceusus-a new State
Or States be admitted into the Union-the Re,
pres3ntalives assigned to such a new State OF
States, shall be in addition to the number OIL
Representatives herein limited, which excess OIL
Representatives shall only c%ontinne until the
next succeeding appointment Of Representa-
tives, next succeeding census.
Vinton thought that two hundred mem
bers was a body large enough, but his main
object was to have the House permanently
organized.
Crowell moved to number three hundred, in
his opinion the xecutive influence or any other
species of malign influence was less to be ex-
erted over a larger than smaller number.
The question being taken, Crowell's amend,
ment was rejected.
WASHINGTON, May 8.
SENATE. JEFF Davis offered a series Of reso-
lu'ions Of the Legislature Of Mississippi in de-
fence Of the proceedings in that State in rela,
ton TO holding a Southern Convention. He
read at great length from the address of the
State convention, to show that all efforts 10
ch'rge that it originated in airy desire for dis,
union were either maliciously false or ieno,
rantIy conceived, He contrasted the Mississippi
proceedings with the proceedings of various
@freesoil conventions in the east and west, which
We're allowed to pass without rebake. and
which had. in fact, led to the present discomfort
and alarm for the south.
The resolutions were laid on the table and
ordered to be printed.
The compromise plan Of committee of 10
was then taken up.
MT CiaY is now reading the report of
committee Of 10, Of which the following is an
LIST. The committee are unanimously of
opinion that new States may be formed out of
Texas under the terms of the compact entered
into by the United States in resolutions on the
annexation, and that when they ale formed
they have a clear and undoubted right to be
admitted into the Union as equal States, but
he committee do not think that any plan 70
he formation Of n1w States out of Texas should
re originated in Congress but should be left to
he people of Texas.
end. Also, that such new States should be
Omitted without any objection on account of
he exclusion or permission Of slavery.
Sd. In considering the question of the ad-
llsdlon Of California, a majority of the CONS
lldee are of the opinion that every irregnlar>
y in the proceedings antecedent to her apple
alton for admission into the Union should. in
Onslderntion Of many circumstances OF her
be overlooked, and recommended the
assage of the bill recommended by Do uglass I
Or her admission into the Union as a State. Z
Owing to an interruption in Washington,
Or report was not finished when the office
losed. r
8. That slavery ought not to be abolished {
\ the District of Columbia. ,
g. That the majority OF the Committee res /
ort a bill for the suppression of the slave h
rude in the District Of Columbia, upon the +
lodel Of The law lately enforced in Mary +
md. .
The report is very voluminuous and occd. !
led more than an hour in the reading. /,
Mr.. Mason, OF Virginia; Berrien, u Georgia;
o"nes, Of louisiana; CIemmens, of Ala
nmoi Yulee, of Florida; Turney, of Tennes. q
'e and Borland, of Arkansas, all came out a
opposition to the proposed compromise. !,
Mr.. Clay, though taken by surprise, main. .
ned his ground with characteristic ability -
energy, and announced his determination T.
stand by the report to the last. ;,
MeSsrs. Cass, Mangum, Houston, Foote, II
I'd Dickinson stood by him. II
Mr. Smith submitted a resolution, inquir- ii
z into the expediency of providing that the n
10y OF gold coins be Of silver only, or copper II
Id silver in the pTODOrtion in which it is ii
und IN California gold. Also, into the exa /,
OF establishing mint in California, 81
depot Tor The purchase Of bullion. Adopted. ii
MI. Walkers res tuition, directing the Secs II
tary of State to make a report to the Senate o
relation to the correspondence with the "
hrs of KOsciuskO, was taken up for consid- h
alton. :.
Mr.. Yulee called Up his resolution, asking Al
r all the correspondence between the De-. n
Irtments and Generals Persifor F.. Smith and
eilly in relation to California affairs, with ref
ences TO Unconstitutional convention. the or. 81
nances passed, etc. and alluded to- recen, v
in favor Of in independent Gov le
nment in California, duplicating the Exscu~ 81
va in n fnIlurn nj hnld;pri o,. p..:c :,