The Arkansas banner., 1850-07-16
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
ruIRrY.FIRsr CONGRESS.
WAsHIsoroS, July 1.

WAsHISGroS, July I. svxsr, After some morning business, the Cal iL,rni, couipromse bill was taken up.
 AuAr some remarks by Mir. Yulee, in which he 4..I,r.3 that his objeclion to supporting the bill was that he wished 10 preserve the peace, harmony, atd consequent prosperity of the Union MT Se- v,t3 ahainsd the floor bat yielded to Mr. Upton, vbo addressed the Senate iii regular oia iaShohso slavery speech
 Nr Yulee offered resolution to adjourn till the Ia, of August which was laid over.
 4 pe.,sgs was received from the President ia answer to Foote's resolution inquiriug as to the u-ocer4inrs relative to New Mexico, transmitting coptes of orders appointing Cot. Monroe civil and military Governor for New Mexico. W as lad onthe t,be and tie Scn4te adjourned.
 ffoCsE The question pending, was on Preston Kings resolution of Saturday, to postpone till to- morrow two weeks, the consideration of the report on tue Gaphin claim, so as to go into committee Of In. whole oa the California bill.
 un moioa of MT. Bayiy, the resolution as amen dsd was postponed until to morrow.
 MT Doty moved to lay the resolution on the table Lost
 The House then refused to postpone the conside- ration Of the report. and proceeded 10 discuss it. MT. Brecks called for the resolution of the ma jo5ily, t5 be read
 MT Coagher took strong grounds against the payment Of interest.
 
 Mir Burt rose point of order, and hoped that Mr Brooks would not indulge in personalities, and in,roiace his nams, he agreed that the conduct of Mess-s. Crawiori, Meredith and the Attorney Gem erai, was uuiustiiable and dangerous there was no authority for conuecHng the President with the u,atter Mr. Brooks then spoke against the Gal phia claim. aud said that Mr Crawford had done and al that whigs couIi. dc, was Co reJect it.
 Mir B5ecxs sud the House now engaged in discussing whether the last Congress did right or wrong tn passing the bill 10 allow claim.
 ventleman from Ohio introduced a resolution Co ,uaaire whether the Secretary of the Treasury hal net robbed the Treasury The general con struction that it had been robbed but he ar. gu-G n favor Of the claim, aad that We were bound to pay il, without udiug, he gave way to motion to adjourn, which prevailed.
 July 2. SENATE Mi Shields, from the military commit t7e, reported a b to reimburse the common coun- c Of New York, for expenses incurred in raisinl Aad fitting out the lsG regiment of New York vol uuteers
 Mr. Yase called up his resolution fixing the Is of August for adjournment.
 Mr Gay hrieAy viewed the condition of public business, anu thought it iaexpedsnt in the highes degree, ev-n to estimate the day upoa which Cou gr-ss night adj urn.
 After some debate the motion to postpone, wa az eed to.
 The omuibus bi was then taken up, when Mr Upham resumed his remarks, after concluding ob seryatons of the history of the general question slavery. hs proceeded to consider the bill. MT Seward took the floor. aud said if an alieI should chance to enter during ths debate. he wUuil ask whether California was an enemy, and sconrg to mankind ant therefore, hateful and dangerou the answer would be, To She had yielded t' persuasion rather than conquest and had renounceC her lineage, language, aud ancient loyalty. Sh, had 0niu r.ftfs s.ai lat hu md sali nf he without her domain, rich in all clements of le gitmate commerce. The President recommends thai California should be admitted internationally while a committee of the Senate insisted on condi t5ss imposed on California were unreasonable, in- lurous and oppressive. 1t was conten nded that Cal horBa needed no aid from these conditions, noi that lucy could give it. He thought that the con- sent of FcHss this bill betrayed want of conf deace in her claims, the justice of Congress. II Inc tile oi Texas good Congress had no con siiiatiolai power to bay her territory. If they might buy part of Texts, they might buy the whole If they might buy slave territory to make free they might buy free territory stsralize II with slavery She must therefore satisfy us, first AS to the reasonabeuess of the amount to be paid; second, the value of equivalent are to receive third, the title oiyender fourth the use to which the territory Was 10 be applied
 He referred 10 the political character of New Mexico, clrinihg that she had all the clements of H 'TPuUlc' phvstca ana morait or otate subordinate to The Qai'ed States, pressed by jealousy of the slave States and encroachm-nts of Texss. New Mexico mplored our protection of her territory and eon''idtion. The pending bill compromised her Claims by dividing her territeFy-giving part to essased slavery ana the remainder 10 exposed free com he showed the in Jastee of tis course by comparing il with the act of Great Britain which ed o our independence, and other striking instan- ees ol naonal injustice. He called on those as the head of department
 VT Thompson, of Mississippi, proposed an m+ainsat by nsefting after the word approved, Ae following:
 "bai t decidedly disapproves and dissents from 'le opinion glyen oy the attorney general in favor Q! an a"owance of interest said claim. and from e'7 acton ot tie Secretary of the Treasury in the FSSmrnt oi She saIns and il does not approve oi t's 'e'a Ion oi sttl Secretary of the rreasury to that aim, &c. &c"
 hogse adjourned
 
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