The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-12

posa11o ofEtr il now, in order 70 huso vote On
the question whether we should rsGain the line
run Dat by the distinguished senator from Ken
lucky, and the other twelve gentlemen who were
associated With him in the arrangement Of tlsui
bill, o. whether there was any ieason exs}ng
why thar line should be changed. have, how
ever, line here, which intend to offer, as last
effort, and with view at least Of leaving on the
record my desire that, whatever may be the fate
Of this bill in the end the boundary line should be
altered before was called upon vote on its pas
ssge. Il is the line proposed by the senator from
Missouri. and is printed in senate bill 225, as an
amendment intended To be proposed TO the bill to
admit California into the Union. believe that
no one has studied this question OF boundary with
m0se diligence and than that distinguished
senator and there is nobody upon whom, on &C.
ographica questions Of that character, to say moth
ing Of other questions, am more ready to res,
my opinion. move, therefore, to strike out in
the frss article OF the bill, all after the words
ssconmence" down To the end Of the clause,
and 10 Substitute the following in lieu thereof:
Az the poin, in themiddle of the deepest chan
mel in the Rio Grande del Norte, where the same
IL crossed by the l02d degree Of longitude west
from the meridian Of Greenwich; thence north,
along that longitude, TO the 34th degree of north
latitude; thence easiwardIy to the point which,
the tooth degree of west longitude crosses the Red
river
Mr.. CLEMENS. Mr.. President---
Mr.. DAVIS, OF Massachusetts. ! rise simply
TO ask the Senate To adjourn.
Mr.. CLEMENS. do not choose TO yield the
floor at the present time, and Think have it,
I understood the senator from Massachusetts to
say that he voted yesterday TO adjourn, to give
the senator from Florida an opportunity to con-
tinue his remarks----
Mr.. WINTHROP. No, sir. precisely the re-
Mr.cLEMENs. The action was precisely the
tl,a. tIar
wey, as understood il.
Mr.. WINTHROP. My remark was that
would not accept for myself an accommodation
had refused to others; and that, having voted yes
terday and the day before against motion to adj
jouvn, was unwilling now 20 allow the Senate TO
adjourn for my convenience.
Mr.. CLEMENS. have no doubt the senator
supposes he stated il he says, but he stated it
precisely Ms said.
Mr.. BUTLER. rather think that verbally he
did.
Mr.. CLEMENS. II is immaterial Now, for
one, wish TO vote on this question of the Texas
boundary, and TO settle the matter at once but if
any senator will say that he desires 10 make a
speech, shall be perfectly willing to vote for an
adjournment until Tomorrow for that purpose
Bat am not prepared, and do not intend to vote
for an adjournment, If the object is simply to put
the California bill ahead; and that is my opinion
OF what the object is.
r. MASSACHUSETTS. i SIM
ply 10 say that no such thought occurred to me.
had not the California bill in my mind at all
when made the proposition to adjourn. made
the moton in good faith, because believed my
colleague would wish to offer few words to the
Senate, as ] should like to do myself. consider,
M he does, that this is very important measure |;
and am sitting and watching its progress with
great anxiety, and with as much disposition, ! be-
lieve, I'm any senator in the chamber, 10 bring it
to some conclusion or other. think nothing will
be lost by giving those who desire it the opportu-
nifty Of this night to think it over. For one am
quite willing to take il up and finish it at once
renew the motion TO adjourn.
Mr. WINTHROP. wish to say expressly,
and once again, that do dot desire this motion to
be made for any purpose OF my own, and that
have no purpose Of making speech.
MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT.
The PRESIDENT. With the permission Of
the Senate will lay before them and have read
a message from the President of the United States.
The message was read as follows:
WAsHMGToN, August 8, 1850.
To the Senate and House Of Representatives.:
II has been suggested that the language in the
first paragraph OF my message TO the two Houses
of Congress, of the 9th instant, may convey the
idea that Governor Bells letter to my predecessor
was received by him before his death. II was ad-
dressed to him, but appears, in point Of fact, to
have been sent TO me from the post Office after his
death.
make this communication to accompany the
message, and prevent misrepresentation.
WILLARD FILLMORE.
Mr.. EWING. wish to say that am very
glad 10 see this correction made. My attention
was drawn to the fact that there was an error in
the first paragraph Of the message which we re-
ceiyed a day or two since, which might imply
that the late President had suffered to remain on
his hands, as unfinished business, an important
matter such as that and put il over on his success
sor. That could not be the case. II WINS a sub
ecl which the late President had reflected fully,
and which, in various forms had been before him,
and can say that the letter would have been an-
swered as soon an answer to II could have been
written, had it been presented to him when he was
alive and in health.
The message was laid on the table and ordered
10 be printed
The amendments proposed to the California bill
by Messrs. YuLEE and FoorE, were then ordered
to be printed.
They yeas and nays We're then ordered on the
motion to adjourn, and il was agreed to, as fol-
lows
YEAs-Messrs Atchison, Baldwin, Barnwell,
Bell, Berren, Bradbury, Butler; Clarke, Davis,
Of Massachusetts, Davis, of Mississippi, Dawson,
Dodge, Of Wisconsin, Ewing, Felch, Hale, Ham.
lin, Hunter, King, Mason, Morton, Norris,
Soule, Spruance, Turney, Underwood, Upham,
Yulee-27.
NArs-Messrs. Badger, Bright, Cass, Clemens,
Cooper, Dayton, Dickinson, Dodge, Of Iowa,
Douglas, Foote, Greene, Houston, Mangum,
Pearce, Phelps, Rusk Sebastian, Seward, Shields,
Smith, Sturgeon, Wales, Walker, Whitcomb,
and Win,hrop-25.
And then the Senate adjourned.