Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-03-26

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tive message was received from the res
ident. The Senate then adjourned
On Friday the Senate proceeded to the
consideration of the resolution IN relation
10 the removals from office, and alter
few words of debate by MesSrs. Smith,
Foote and Seward. the subject was post
poned until TO morrow.
The Senate then took mp the resolu-
tious of Mr.. Bell, and the motion OF Mr..
Foote to refer them to select committee
of thirteen members.
Mr.. DAYTON then addressed the Senate,
and IN the course of his remarks ne salu
that his compromise on the subject OF
slavery was what the South maintained
they only asked, viz the constitution
Bv the constitution he was wiling I'D
stand. So far as the proviso was con-
cerned, he was non-intervenuon, but' II
forced 10 the issue, he should vote 1Or H.
He was in favor of taking one question
at time, admitting California, dlsposlng
of the fugitive slave bill, and time VIII
work out the rest.
The further consideration of the reso-
lulions was postponed until Thursday
next. And then
The Senate adjourned.
House of Representatives.
On Monday Mr.. Boyd presented the
memorial of the California delegation, to-
oether with the credentials OF Messrs.
Wright and Gilbert; and they were LAID
pom the table and ordered to be printed.
The House then resolved itself into
Committee on the Whole on the state OF
the Union, and resumed the consideration
of the Presidents special message IN rela-
ion 10 California and the territories.
Mr.. Williams, ofTennessee, addressed
the Committee. He said that, stripped
of all extraneous matter, the question was
simply that of giving governments to the
territories acquired from Mexico. The
people of California, Congress having
failed to supply governments, had formed
constitution for themselves, and now
asked for admission.
He expressed the hope that California
will be admitted, and governments with
out the Wilmot Proviso, provided Tor the
territories. He dissented from Mr., Cal
houn's proposed amendment to the Con-
stitution, and was in favor Of the people
forming their Constitutions to suit them
selves. He was patriotic Ill his remarks
and called on all TO come up and arrang,
on terms which will restore peace and
give it to the country.
Mr.. Casey, Of Pennsylvania, approved,
from his heart, the message OF the Presi'
dent. He was opposed to forming terri
torial governments, ard in favor OF admit
ting California as a state, and leaving the
other States to follow her example. The
people are sovereign, and should deter
mine for themselves.
Mr.. Giddings replied to the remarks Of
Mr.. Winthrop, heretofore delivered, ex'
pressed his views on the slavery question,
and, in conclusion, said that the motto oil
Ohio was-"No more slave territory, and
no more slave states"
Mr.. Thruston, of Oregon, obtained the
floor, -,
When the Committee rose, and the
House adjourned.
On Tuesday Mr.. Fuller, from the Com
mittee on printing, made report in favor
of printing FIVE tn usand extra copies OF
the report of the Committee on Roads and
Canals, setting apart portions of the pub
lie lands to aid Mr.. Asa Whitney in con-
structing railroad to the Pacific Ocean
Mr.. Bowlin, of Missouri, gave his
views in opposition TO the scheme show
inc tina, Mr.. Whitney was to be made a
Rothschild, and given extraordinary pow
ers never before conferred on any man.
He reviewed the several clauses OF the
bill, and insisted that it proposed TO Mr..
Whitney an act of incorporation, to the
detriment particularly of the new States
and those hereafter to be admitted into
the Union.
Mr.. Robinson said that he would to-mor-
row reply, showing that the remarks OF
The gentlemen were baseless, unfounded,
and puerile throughout.
Mr.. McClernand, from the committee
on Foreign Affairs, reported back the
Senate bill to carry into effect the Con
vention between the United States and
the Emperor of Brazil, which was made
the special order of the day for Thurs
day. 90
The House went into Committee ofihe
Whole on the State of the Union, and on
motion of Mr.. Bayly, proceeded to the
consideration of the bill to supply the de-
ficiencies in the appropriations for the
service of the fiscal year ending June 30,
1880.
A debate took place on an amendment
of Mr.. Hampton, TO appropriate Sl4, SOS
for the payment of salaries of clerks en-
ployed by Mr.. Ewing in the department
of the Interior.
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