The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-05-18
Important From Washington,

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WAsmsGros, May lh,-FFsArE,-Nlr
Jefferson Davis presented resolution Of lh'
Legislature of Mississippi, IN defiance Of ihi
proceedings 81 liiat State ~ relation "a hoit
Jog a Southern Convention, Ito read h
great pnglh from tho Address of the STATE
Convention, 10 show thai oil efforts 60 charge
that IL originated IN Hpy desire iof DiHuuiun
were riIhcr mnlicl0usly ihlfe, OF igburuufly
conceived. lie coEirnsled Tie Mississippi
proceedings VIII lie pf0CordIHgs Of i'rr
sol Conventions iu lhe tnsl aud Mesi, hirll
we're allowed 10 pass without rrhukc, and
which led 10 thc discomfort aud hlnrm ~
Iho South. The Resolutions were laid on
the table and ordered 10 bo printed,
Mr. Clay h reading the Report ofihe Com.
mlllro of lhiuron. Tho Report contains
tho following putuls'--
Fird-lhe Committee nre unanimously
of opittru iiiri urW -tuirr Wuy be formed
g ..44t- ,it+t-r.ti't- irrttt- thu rurur
pact entered INTO hy the United Sinios ~ the
RESOLUTIONS Gt Annexation, aud That Wien
they ARE "a formed thcy haven rloar and uu-
doubted fiFlt to h. Admitted INTO the Gnipu
ms equal States but lio Committee do not
think that any plan for the formation of ness
States out of Texas should hr originated hy
Congress, hot should h. left TO the People of
Texas, also, that aglch new States should be-
.
of the Exclusion or Permission OF slavery.
N'e0nd-ln considering ihe question oi Iho
admission Of California, a majority of lhc
Comnittco 40" ofopinion that every irrcru-
lariiy ia llic proceedings nntecedcut 10 her
rtrtrlirnturr frr rrirt--t-'t- ttt,,-tir- I,ttrf,
should. IN consideration aftlic many circum-
stances ot her position, be overlooked, aud
recommend H., passage Oflhr hill teparied
10y Mr. Douglass for her admission INTO the
Uniou-u-ih state But lho committee also
think IL quite necessary that territorial gov
-rrumrut rhuufd TIC Furnished for Tho teFFlJ0-
RES Of Utah and Nuw Mexico. They had
been abandoned, were inhabited by mixed
aud unusually varied population, AMI We're
equally ~ deserving ofpropcr governments,
aud should have them speedily. They werc
mutt M presCGtfor Stale GuVcrnudUTs urrr
tue Committee recommended that the bill
for tho admission of California, aud the bill
providing torfitafia! Governments ha ncor- +.
poralcd ln one measure and passed together,
~ one measure. They also recommend that .
the bills bo passed without the N,ltnot Pro. .
vso being attached to the territories. Thcy
considered the Wilmoi Pruyiso ns applied to
these territories mere abstraction.
1hira-Ihc Committee report As an add.
iionBl section To- the California aud torritorl.
al bill, n provision determining the hounda-
RIGS OF New Mexico md foXAs ~ lutioNs:
The boundaries Of Texas shall he the Rio
Graudc, mp TO point 20 miles Mouth ui III
PGso del .Norit-lhcuce the line shall run due l.
North along the one hundredh parallel Of
longitude IN il strikes the Red Rirer, and this
line OF longitude shall be tie Eastern bound.
airy of New Mexico. This line includes
" It!sga- Aely- Mexico, lie tnwn of SiuiI ~,
and n large portion Of the disputed territory,
for which the hill proposes to pay ---- mill
ions of dollars ia stocks, AT half yearly inter
cot, tho principal io bo paid ri the end at II
years. 1t is supposed Il,Al The sum agreed
upon will be- from siX TO ten millions.
f0urlh,-Thc Committee reported Sec.
lion tt, i,r 1rrrti tn Mr. AiUsuuis bii, III Triu.
lion to Fugitive Slaves. Il
ProrideS2 cicry mnstcr, before lac .
goes into another State to recover his slave,
shall 20 before some competent tribunal aud .
establish the fact Of the elopemcnt ofproper.
~ and of the description ufslnVo, aud with ,
hcSe facts, altestod 10y II competent record,
md upon presenting them to an officer the ,
dave shall be delivered up to him, Also, that
{ the slave declares hls freedom, lac shall !
ave a trial, for his freedom, on return 10 The
State from whence he had escaped"
E[M-ThnAS Slavery ought not 10 be nhol- :
shed IN the District of Columbia.
Sirh.-Iho majority ofthc Committee re- !
Iort Bill for the suppression Of The Slave
rndc in the District of Columbia, upon the +
model Of the law lately enforced in Mary .
and. - =
Cfho Report is very voluniinons,and occu- /,
IIrri moro ttnu mn huUr m rtIu rCUttng,1 \
Mr. CGny moved to make the bill the spec i
nj urrfCr- Tor tuTTurru7vI tfTrrryrtuy5 T
irciod that bills take regular place on calGu- If
lar. The Report should be printed MIR =,
'ootc said that il the Report be laid on The
able till tomorrow that would ob'iale diff. /,
uty. MIR Turuey-No; il won't ubvale the :,
ifiiculry.
Mr. Clemens gave notice of an amendment :;
D como in at the end ofthe bill FOR ndniss- i
on OF Calitorua--lhntl tho line of 36 80 shall Il
u the Southern boundary of The State OF i
california. lie asked that the Califoruiati,
MI ifurri;uriui bits he ordered to be printed ~
Ir Clay moved 10 print the bill for the sup =,
rcssiuu of ttrr slave truur, Mr. Phelps, one y
fthc Committee, said he did no, agree with :,
ne Committee, except on the conclusion To :,
e drawn from the resolutions Of anne Ia,ion "
fTeXas. MIR Mason, orr of the Committee, ;,
aid that he was so unfortunate ms To differ J.
ON the Committee, upon nearly all ques- -
ons reported upon by il. Mr. Cooper said :,
nut he agreed with the Committee upon sew =,
raj points, hut differed on several pnrtcu- :,
rly with the reasons aud argument Of the :;
port Mr. Downs, one of the Committees .
IMPRESSED his dissent from the report on all g
le grounds particularly upon admitting n
nlifornia with her present boundary, Mr.
errien, one of the Committee, differed from
lc report of the Committee on nearly all the >
olnts. He could not consent TO admitting l.,
alifornn with her-pr cAenl-hn4lp@ i+.=-vr-tt II
th two representatives in The House of a
Mr. Nangum. one of the NJ
ommittoe, said he differed from the result |
: the Committee on the number OF inhnbit- &c
n LA, admitted thuf II,,r :