Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-06-19
The Question before the Senate.

by the Senate, on Saturday. without a vote by
yeas and nays;it seeming to be the general opln-
ion of Senators that It only made specific provision
for an appeal from the Territorial Courts in cases
involving the question of slavery, whist, as the
bill at first stood, such appeals would have been
equally allowed according to decision OF the SUI
preme Court;
EXCEPT only that all cases involving title to slaves
said wrs of error or appeals shall be allowed ana &C.
cded by the said Supreme Court without regard TO the
value othe matter property or title in controversy and
except also that writ OF error or appeal shall also De
allowed to the Supreme Court ofthe United States from
the decision of the said Supreme Court created 6y TINS
act or of any Judge thereof or OF the District courts
created by this act or of any Judge thereof upon any
writ of habeas corpus involving the question OF person.
al freedom"
Mr.. Soue then moved an amendment to the 9Th
section of the bill, which relates to the Territorial
Government of Utah. After being modified, at
Mr.. Berrien's suggestion, the amendment read
thus
"And when the said Territory, or any portion of the
same, shall be admitted State, it shall be received
into the Union with or without slavery, their consti-
tuition may prescribe at the time of their admission"
Mr.. Dickinson moved the following as a substi-
tute:
"And shall be admitted as of the States of this
Union upon of equality in all respects with the orr
gnal States and with such constitution as may adopt
with no other condition than that shall be republcanln
form"
Mr. SouIe's amendment was warmly sustained
bv himself Mr.. Berren and other Senators. Mr..
Berrien thought its adoption must exercise a
sautary influence upon the public mind, as the re-
fusal to adopt it, on motion presenting the speci-
fc question to the Senate, would have directly
contrary effect" If Senators were unwilling to
meet this question, their course would ill comport
with the character ascrbed to this bill, which was
urged as ga bill of peace" He added this i'm
portant remark, which derives interest from one of
the declarations of the Nashville Convention
believe that much will be done to hatmonse public
feeling five can have distinct expression by strong
vote ofthe Senate OF the u. s., in armance OF the pro-
position contained in The report of the committee that in
all future acquisitions OF territory Congress is to abstain
from egslang the subject OF slavery while they
tain the territorial form OF government, leaving to the
people of those Territories the right to decide that ques
ton for themselves after they become State say
that in my Judgment, the afrmance OF that proposition,
by strong VOTE in the Senate Of the United States will
do more to quiet the public mind than any provision
which is contained in the bill
The amendment of Mr.. Soule was adopted on
Monday, by the decisive vote of 3S to IL, (Mr.
DlcklnSons belng WltndraWn):
YEAs-Messrs. Atchson, Badger, Bell, Benton,
Berrien Bright Butler, Cass, Clay, Clemens, Cooper
Davis, OF Mississippi, Dawson, Dodge, Of Iowa. Doug
las, Downs, Foote, Houston, Hunter, Jones, King
Mason, Morton. orris, Pearce, Pratt, Rusk, Sebas-
tan Shields soule SpuanWSs Sturgeon Tansg
NAYs-Messrs. Baldwin, Chase, Clark, Davis, OF
Massachusetts,, Dayton, Dodge, Of Winconsn, Greene
Hale, Miller, Smith, Upham, Walker-l2.
We learn from the Enquirer that the Barba-
cue, long since rendered to the Hon. John M.
Bolts, by his friends in Powhatan, came off at the
Court House on Saturday last. About three hun
bred persons were present Mr.. Bolts spoke
about two hours, declaring himself for the Com
promise bill of the Senate, and heavily censuring
the Administration for interfering to prevent its
passage by Congress. He charged the President,
particularly, with using his influence against the
bill, and specially condemned his recent letter,
thanking the Wings OF Cazenova, in New York.
for approving the course of their representative,
Mr. Duer.
Mr. Bolts $50 the Enquirer says dwelt for some time
upon this subject and was very severe upon, Gen. lay
Tor. He denounced the administration for its course in
relation to the "Gdlphin Claim. Every body he said
blamed the cabinet. He blamed the President, as he
knew all ofthe acts, and he alone responsible
he alone could remove them. No one had any conf
dence in Them and General Taylor knew it as we'll as
any one ese for he had been urged again and again,
by distinguished Wings to get rid of them Sbu he had
disegarded their wishes and declined to dismiss them,
and thereby sanctioned their doings Mr. Bolts thought
the effect had been to up the Wing party, but he
trusted that lift was so, it would unite the moderate
and patriotic of both parties, and that great good would
ultimately be produced. Mr.. Bolts believed that the
efforts of Clay and Glass; Webster and Foote Dckin-
son and Badger and other patriots of the two great
parties would unite against the abotionsts the disun
onists and the "Shark spoils patty, and great tri
umph would be the result.
In the course OF his remarks, Mr.. Bolts said he
in the hands of his friends If they wanted his services
they knew how to obtain them but as he.was candi-
date for nothing Except matrmony he would be bound
down by no party ties. He would approve what he
thought was right, and condemn what his judgment told
him was wrong regardless Of all party ties personal
consequences.