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State, after the passage of this act. %
The section which it is proposed thus to amend
As the following:
SEC 9 .4ad be it further enacted That until the
representatives in Congress shall be apportioned
according TO actual enumeration Of the inhabi-
tants Of the United States, the State OF California
shall be entitled TO to two representatives in Con-
gress.
The question being on the amendment Of Mr.
Mr.. DAVIS, Of Massachusetts. l would like
to have the question divided
MIR. BERRlEN. call for the yeas aud nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The question was then taken OH the first part OF
the amendment, to strike out the word "two" IN
the fourth line Of the second section, and insert
the word one" and resulted as follows:
YEAs--Messrs. Badger, Berrien, Butler, Foote,
Hunter, King, Mason, Morton, Pearce, Rusk,
Sebastian, and Soule-l2.
NArs-Messrs. Baldwin, Bell, Benton, Bright,
Cass, Clarke, Clay, Cooper, Corwin, DAVIS, OF
Massachusetts, Dawson, Dodge, Of Wisconsin,
Douglas, Downs, Felch, Greene, Hale, Hamn,
Houston, Miller, Norris, Phelps, Pratt Seward,
Shields, Spruance, Sturgeon, Underwood, Up
ham, Wales, and Walker-3l.
So the motion to strike out was not agreed TO.
The question then required on the second por
ton OF the amendment, to add to the end Of the
second section the following:
And the senators and representatives OF the SAID
State, in the Congress of the United States, shall
be chosen by the legislature and people of said
State after the passage of this act.
The yeas and nays having been ordered, resulted
YEAs-Messrs. Berren, Butler, Davis, of Mas
sachusetts, Dodge, Of Wisconsin, Foote, Hunter,
Mason, Morton, Pearce, Rusk, Sebastian, and
Soule--l2
NAys-Messrs Badger, Bell, Benton, Bright,
Cass, Clarke, Clay, Cooper, Dawson, Douglas,
Downs, Felch, Greene, Hale, Hamlin, Houston,
Miller, Norris, Phelps, Pratt, Seward, Shields,
Spruance, Sturgeon, Underwood, Upham, Wales,
and Walker-20
So the amendment was not agreed to.
July 18th.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the
bill for the admission of California as State into
the Union, to establish territorial governments for
Utah and New Mexico, and making proposals to
Texas for the establishment of her western and
northern boundaries.
The pending question on the amendment Of
Mr.. BENTON, as follows:
Strike out of proposition g frs,'' Of section &c.
after The word I" beginning," these words I" at
the point on the Rio del Norte, commonly called
FL Paso, and running up that river twenty miles,
measured by straight line thereon, and thence
eastwardly to point where the lOOth degree OF
west longitude crosses Red river, being the south
west angle, in the line designated between the
United States and Mexico, and the same angle in
the lire Of the territory apart for the Indians by
the u States and insert after the said word be-
ginning" these words cat the point in the middle
of the deepest channel in the Rio Grande del Norte,
where The is crossed by the 1921 degree OF lon
gtude west from the ian of Greenwich; thence
north, along that longitude to the Gath degree of
north latitude thence eastwardly to the point at
which the Tooth degree Of west Longitude crosses
the Red river
Mr.. WEBSTER addressed the Senate at length
in favor Of the BILL
After few remarks from Mr.. CLAY and Mr.
HALE, the question was put on the amendment
Of Mr.. BENTON, and it rejected as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Baldwin, Benton, Chase, Clarke,
Corwin, Davis, Of Massachusetts, Dayton, Dodge
OF Wisconsin, Greene, Hale, Hamn, Miler
Phelps, Seward, Smith, Upham, Wales, and
Walker-l8.
NAYs-Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Barnwell,
Berrien, Bradbury, Bright, Butler, Cass, Clay,
Cooper, Davis, of Mississippi, Dawson, Dickin-
son, Dodge, of Iowa, Downs, Felch, Foote, Hous-
ton, Hunter, Jones, King, Mangum, Mason, Nor
ton, Norris, Pearce, Pratt. Rusk, Sebastian, Soule
Spruance, Sturgeon, Turney, Underwood, Web
ster, and Yulee-36.
The question was then taken on the first branch
ofthe amendment, which is as follows
Amend the 39th section by striking out the 10Th
and IIth lines and the word 6 eastwardly" in the
18th line, and insert g where the Gath degree of
north latitude intersects said ryer thence east with
said parallel of latitude. I"
The result was as follows
YEAs-Messrs Atchison, Badger, Barnwell
Berrien, Butler, Clemens, Daw son, Downs, Foote,
Houston, Hunter King, Mason, Morton, Pratt
Rusk, Sebastian, Soule, Turney, and Yulee-2O
NAYs-Messrs. Baldwin, Benton, Bradbury,
Bright, Cass, Chase, Clarke, Clay, Corwin, Davis
of Massachusetts,, Dayton, Dickinson, Dodge, OF
Wisconsin, Dodge, of Iowa, Fech, Greene, Hale,
Seward, Shields, Smith, Spruance, Sturgeon, Un-
derwood, Upham, Wales, Walker, Webster, and
Whitcomb-34.
SO the amendment was rejected
July 18th.
The Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, re-
sumed the consideration of the bill for the admls-
sion of California State into the Union, to es-
tabsh territorial governments for Utah and New
Mexico, and making proposals to Texas for the
settlement Of her western and northern boundaries
the question pending being upon the following
amendments proposed by Mr.. FooTE:
Amend the 39th section by striking out the 10th
and 18th lines, and the word 'eastwardly," in the
18th line, and insert ''where the Gath degree of
north latitude intersects said river; thence east
with said parallel of latitude.
Also, amend the 7th section by adding thereto
the following proviso:
Provided, notwithstanding, That proposition
shall be made, and the same is hereby made to
the people Of California, and earnestly urged upon
their favorable consideration, to be acted upon by
the State of California after her admission into the
Union shall have taken place, that the said State
of California shall consent to the establishment of
a TERRITORY within the limits assigned to her by this
act; and that, accordingly, so soon as said consent
of said State shall have been expressed in some
convenient and authoritative mode, a new terrific
nv shall be laid off and established, to be called
the Territory of Colorado, the boundaries of
which shall be as follows:
Beginning in the Pacific ocean, three leagues
from shore, on the 35th parallel of latitude, and
running with said parallel to the summit of the
Sierra Nevada mountains; thence following the
crest or highest part of sad mountains, as near as
may be, the 9th parallel of north ATTITUDES thence
east with said parallel until it intersects the Colo
rada river; thence along the course of said river,
and down it's main channel, and in the middle
thereof, to'the boundary line of the Republic of
Mexico; thence along said boundary line, west
wardly, to the Pacific ocean, to point three
leagues from shore; thence to the beginning, in
Guiding all islands situated anywhere within that
portion of the sea embraced within the present
boundaries. For the government of which terri
tory, so TO be established, all the provisions Of
III; 9 act relating IN the Territory of Utah except