The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-08-07


the line the Judiciary Committee would have laid dowh
whether 50 3d. 80 3d. or 81 or 30, or any oher do not
know They would have been the proper limits Tor ter
territory acquired from Mexico. That Would have been
the course IL which the Judiciary Committee would have
I'M PRESIDENT The Chair is very unwilling to
interrupt The senator but this is wholly out OF order
Mr. DOUGLAS. Withdraw the motion 10 postpone,
in order TO allow him 10 70 on, I.
The PRESIDENT The senator from South Carolina
Nit. BUTLER am so reluctant to take up the time Of
the Senate. OF TO interfere with other persons arrange
ments that will not take up further time but shouu
like the statements 10 be made upon which the senator
from Mississippi has made SO solemn declaration.
MIR. F0OTE | will give them with pleasure Tor am
very anxious thai the history OF this matter shond be UNI
des,ood distinctly BY the country undertake to repeat
what said BEFORE and which will fully substantate
over my own signature at the proper time Although y
possible yet certain that some few oil the known
and asceraned friends OF the adjustment measure might
in the event OF the line OF IS deg 80 min being adopted
have thrown their votes against the bill was neyerlne
less ascerialned, and urged in caucus and OTHERWISE mat
If could yet the aid OF four live southern senators
associated with mig certainly have obtained That
line With four votes in addition to those % DC gwen IN
support Of the Adjustment bill we should have had the
amendment OF 35 deg 80 min, which proposed; iof
then there would have been sufficient number Of ascer
tanned friends OF the bill 10 vote for the measure and
carry through state that upon my honor as gen
teman and know my statement win not be disputed,
and will fully prove il hereafter
will state, further, that went to southern senator al
approached all those whom thought in the least degree
inclined 10 Cancellation and adjustment, and stated my
conviction o this fact apd begged of them earnestly 70
come TO the OF the country. visited you, Mr..
President formal manner, and laid these facts before
you and gratiied TO have il in my power TO say
that met in thatspirt OF pure patriotism that ex
pected and thai you with your colleague were prepared
to accede 10 the proposition. So, too with the senator
from Arkansas Mr. SEBASTIAN, the only now here.
did not succeed to the extent Of my Wishes bu, hoped,
up the last moment before the which led 10
the defeat Of the Adjustment bill, that there might be
found at least four from the South who would
engage with the tried friends OF the bill to incorporate this
amendment into ii, order to secure its final passage
thus amended, with the line 35 deg 80 min The sena-
tor from Virginia, now here, well knows that proposed
this thing to him, and that he declined It. The senator
from Louisiana Mr.. SoULE] knows. also, that made
the statement to him. and be declined the arrangement
proposed must say, with something less than his usual
complaisance OF manner-cerainly with courtesy, and
manesng proper Kindness Tor myse--yet he DID most
decidedly decline it.
Mr. DOUGLAS | rise to point Of order.
Mr. FOOrE. have done. My object was merely 70
state facts and furnish true history which hereafter
will sustain By irreiutable evidence.
The PRESIDENT The Chair has stated that all the
discussion which has taken place ~ out OF order
Mr.. SOuLE. | hope shall be allowed a few words
Of personal explanation
The PRESIDENT Certainly. for personal expana-
ton.
Mr.. SOULE The senator from Mississippi did speak
about his hopes of carrying the line OF IS deg 80
min., but the amendment which he had proposed in or
der to accomplish that object could not accept, Tor
California either to accept TO repndiae it. True it is,
sir that, upon finding out this difficulty the express
terms by which California left with the choice OF
repuaiing accepting that line stricken out Of the
amendment but that could change lis bearing and inn
port for il insisted upon that her senator's should be
admitted this floor and her on The floor
OF the other House And such being the with the
argument had urged before the Senate, would have
been wanting in consistency had accepted Of any such
proposition. California admitted, II was no longer
in the power OF any set OF men 10 get her ont of the
Union She would have been State to all intents and
purposes and the restriction OF her limits would have
been left entirely with her She might, indeed. have
6 M s hs Gs chances a1a e was
But there was another reason why could place
lance upon the hopes pofessed by the honorable
of the success of his amendment here. Upon like
proposition by the senator who occupies the chair
Mr. KINo,] we OF the South voted in the affirmative,
and yet il defeated. Defeated by whom want 10
know, sir whether honorable senator's acting upon pnn-
cpe justify themselves in the eyes OF the country
for voting against amendment to-day for which they
would have voted on yesterday. III there was any good
reason defeat that amendment when it was proposed
BY the senator from Alabama, were bound TO presume
that the would exist to defeat when il
should be proposed again Let the country, there
fore, be deluded BY assertions that have no meaning.
We tried the question; lost II; We defeated.
Defeated by whom The country will not be at loss
Mr.. FOOTE thrust the Senate will bear with me, as
this is matter OF history which anxious should
be understood. The senator from Louisiana has saidand
he clearly admitted that in the statement which made
did not in any parcuar--hat my statement was OF
my hopes on which he did not rely Very WE'LL il
was for him TO Judge OF that | stated TO him as a
senator in my place, personal friend ms n neghhor
in the Union, and he bound 10 rely on as TO
any matter OF fact that II ascertained fact with
that il we could get the aid OF some four five
southern senator's TO compensate for the posi-
bic loss OF those friends OF the bill from the Moth
who might be driven from the support OF II by the
OF that amendment, could so incorpo
rate IL and pass the bill The senator said them now
for he is perfectly consistent with himself on that point
that be could not consent 10 vote for the bill with the
amendment offered included in IT, for the that
he states The chief reason being that the effect
would be that the representatives and from Cali
fornia would be admitted the floor OF Congress; TO
which my reply was as he will .pcoect, that that
third section Of the BILL which, while il would have the
necessary elect oil limiting the boundaries Of California
proposed 10 do, would still not have the effect OF
GLIDING the senators and representatives OF the State
from the two houses OF Congress. believed, as said
10 all whom approached, that it was quite important
was proposed in that amendment, that should do no
needless offence 10 the seusbes OF the people Of Cali
forna They had important local interests 10 be attend
ed 10 in Congress- and wished sincerely that her
senator's and representatives. should act with in attend
the statement TO him. and urged the amendment him.
n did, 10 you, and TO which YOU acceled at once
And did not the senator from Kentucky say was au.
horzed thus to declare, and that he would have voted
Tor the amendment also Did not he STATE in his place
The precise condition OF facts to which have referred
aud does any doubt that there would have been
sufficiently large number OF the original friends Of the
bill, who would have aided YOURSELF sur and others from
he South, who objected TO The boundaries Of California
IN voting IN this amendment aud afterwards in carry
ing he blli This is the state OF facts, and no man
ian dispute IT, Hereafter, At suitable period, un
pSta al he