Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-08-17
NE W MEXICO.
m SENATE, AUGUST \. ,sso

order being the bill providing for the essblisbmsnt of r.,
ritorsl Government for the Territory Of New Merco.
Mr.. DOUGLAS. move to amend the seventeenth ...
ton Of the bill, which Is the FIRST section Of the now Nev
Mexico BILL by striking out all after the words Unite,
States in the 22d line, down to the word act in the l
line those words relating the boundaries Of the Territory
and to insert what will send to the chair which make
the bill conform TO the Utah bill to the boundaries
The amendment was read as follows:
Bounded follows: beginning point in the Colorado
river where the boundary line OF the Republic Of Mexico
the same; thence estwardy with said boundary line
the Rio Grande thence following the main channel Of id
river the parallel of the thirty degree of north a
tude thence eastward with said degree ts intersection with
the lO3d degree of longitude west from Greenwich; thence
north with sad degree to the parallel Of ss
degree onorh aude thence with said parallel the
of the Sierra Madre thence south with the of
mountains the sh parallel of north atpde thence
with the said parallel TO its intersection with the boundary line
Of the State California; thence with the said bosndary line
the place Of beginning"
Mr. UNDERWOOD. see that the arnsnsment only
proposes far north the 3sh degree Of north at
tude. IL that the case
Mr. DOUGLAS. II was the old boundary Of New
Mexico.
The amendment was then agreed to.
Mr. DOUGLAS. now offer The following amendment
as additional section to the bill
"Be further enacted That the provisions of this act be
and they hereby suspended until the boundary between
the United States and the State Of TexaS shall be adjns-
ed by the mutual Of the parties; and when such
sna nave been ensced tne PRESIDENT o. the
be IN full force and operation, and shall appoint
the officers herein provided to be appointed in and for said
Territory"
Mr. UNDERWOOD. / do not like thas mart Of the
amendment which provides that the shall go into effect
until the disputed boundary, it originally stood or until
the boundary, modified, shall be settled by the
tua agreement of the parties Suppose they never agree
Mr.. DOUGLAS. Il will reas1iIe new act of course
Mr.. BENTON. move to strike out all after the word
be" in the present amendment aer the first clause and
insert the words:
Conined that part of New Mexico which was actually
settled M and Occupied :, part Of New Mexico At the time Of
not included within the boundary line proposed Texas
Debate ensued, in which Messrs. BENTON, RUSK,
UNDERWOOD, PRATT, FOOTE, CHASE. ATCHI-
SON, WINTHROP, BRADBURY, COOPER, and others
took part; of which report will hereafter appear
The question then taken on Mr. BENTON amendment
70 the amendments by yeasand nays with the following result
fEAS-Mesra Baldwin, Benton, Chase, Dodge, of Wis
Son,in n. IL Hale, Underwood. uphsm and Wn,hrop-s
bury Casa Cooper Davis, Of Mississippi Dawson, Dodge
Of Iowa. Douglas, Downs Felch, Foote, Houston, Hunter
Sebastian Shields Smith, Soule, Sturgeon, Turney and
Wales-Sl.
So the amendment to the amendment was rejected.
Mr.. BRADBURY. would suggest to the Senator from
nent by omng the words by the mutual assent of the
parties"
Mr.. DOUGLAS accept the notification am not
at all choice in the phraseoogy.
The amendment as amended was then agreed to without
division.
Mr.. FOOTE l wish now to offer an amendment
The PRESIDENT. The Senator from Mississippi pro.
poses amend the bill by inserting the following povso
after the word New Mexico, in the 9Th line
Prouaded further, That, when admitted State the
ad Territory portion of the shall be received
the Unon with without slavery their constitution
nay prescribe at the time of their admission
The amendment wssagreed to.
Mr. CHASE. l beg leave to submit amendment to
in in the 9th line of section twenty-five, after the word
esidents:
Nor shall there be in said Territory either slavery or in
voluntary servtude otherwise than in punishment of crme
party shall have been duly convicted to have been
personally guilty"
The question on the amendment Of Mr. resulted as ows
YEAS-Mesns Baldwin, Bradbury, Bright Chase, Cooper
Davis Of Massachusetts Dodge Of Wisconsin, Fech Greene
Hale Hamlin, Miller Norris, Phelps, Shields Smith, Up
,a~ IN Walker, w s Whitsonb and Win.hrogG2G g
ass Davis of Mississippi Dawson Dodge of Iowa, Downs
Foote Houston, Hunter, Jones, King, Mangum, Mason
Morton, Pratt Rusk Sebastian, Soue Sturgeon Underwood
Wales-25.
So the amendment rejected
Mr.. HALE. have amendment to offer precisely
similar which received the sanction Of the Senate and
incorporated in the compromise BILL In section twenty
i've, line forty two. after the word dollars, insert
Except only that in all involving title slaves the
aid w of appeals shall be allowed and decided by
he said Supreme Court without regard to the value of the
natter properly or title II cont Over and except Also
Court Of the United States from the decision of the said
Supreme Court created by this act judge thereof
the District Courts created BY this Of judge there
upon any involving the question personal freedom
Mr. WALKER. / move to amend the amendment by
striking the first branch of it, which relates wrs Of error
On appeals with regard to slaves.
The motion to strike out negaived
The question then required the amendment, and dvi
NON being called for there for the amendment ayes
26, noes not counted.
So the amendment was adopted.
Mr. HALE. In the section, line As, after the words
ss United States to insert what send to the Chair
would also say that il is copied from the amendment which
adopted in the other b and is intended grant wrts
Of habeas corpus which, the bill stands could be
had by implication only:
And the said Supreme and District Courts Of the said
and the respective Judges thereof shall and may
grant wrs of habeas corpus in all in which the
granale by the Judges of the United States n the Dis
trict OF Columbia" +. 1E s.
The amendment was agreed to- Ha
SEVERAL SENATOR'S Now take the question on the bill.
There being further amendments the bill reported
to the Senate.
The PRESIDENT. The question is now on concurring
the several amendments which have been made Com
mittee Of the Whole The question will be taken upon them
separately, if required not, will be taken upon them
all together.
SEVERAL SEN AToRs All together, all together.
The question then taken the amendments all to-
gether, and they coneurred in. -B
The bill then ordered be engrosed for third resd-
ing, without division. ..tl
On motion of Mr. HALE, the Senate proceeded to the
consideration Of Executive business and after some time
spent therein, the doors re-opened, ard
The Senate adjourned.
s#> THURSDAY, AUGUsr 15, 1850.
On the motion oil Mr. DOUGLAS the Senate took up the
bill establish Territorial Government in the Territory Of
New Mexico. nd II was read third fine