Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-06-24
THE SENATE. LAST WEEK.

THE SENATE, LAST WEEK.
We have already given the important vote of
Monday, by which the Senate adopted Mr.. Soules
| amendment.
| On Tuesday, Mr.. Hale endeavoured to get the
following amendment engrafted on the part of the
bill relating to California:
New States not exceed ng two in number, of conge-
nieut size, and having sufficient population, may hereat
ter by consent of said State of California, be formed
Of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to
| admission under the provisions OF the constitution
Mr.. Fooe moved to amend the amendment by
adding thereto, with Or without slavery, as the
people of each State asking admission may desire.
The question being taken, the amendment of
Mr. Foote was adopted by the following ovte:
YEAs-Messrs. Atchson, Badger, Bell, Berrien, But
Ter, Clay Clemens DAVIS Of Miss Dawson , Dodge IT, OF
| Mason, Morton, Pratt, Rusk, Soue, Spruance, Stur-
geon Underwood Wales, and Yuee-26.
NAys-Messrs Baldwin, Chase, Corwin, Dodge OF
Wisconsin, Hale, Phelps, Smith, Upham' and Webster
| The question REQUIRED on the amendment of Mr..
Hale as amended. and after debate, the amend
ment as amended was, by unanimous consent,
withdrawn.
Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, submitted the follow
ing amendment, to come in after the 2lst Sec
ton:
"And that all laws parts of laws, usages, or GUS
toms preexistng in the territories acquired by the Uni
ted States from Mexico and which in said territories
restrict abrdge or obsruct the full enjoyment OF any
right of person or property OF citizen OF the United
States as recognised or guaranteed by the Constitution
laws OF the United States are hereby declared, ana
shall be held as repealed"
Mr.. Hale moved to add to the amendment as
follows:
.:.loI A. +lo ohoc n
Territory are excepted from this repeating clause
On Wednesday, this amendment of Mr., Hale
was rejected without count, and then the amend
ment of Mr.. Davis was rejected
YEAs-Messrs Atchison. Bell, Berren, Butler,
Clemens. Davis, of Mississippi, Dawson, Foote, Hous-
ton, Hunter, King Mason, Morton, Pearce, Rusk, Sc
bastian, Soule and Yulee-l8.
Nays essrs Badger, Baldwin, Benton, Bright,
Cass Clarke, Clay, Cooper, Corwin. Davis Of Mass,
Dayton Dodge, of Wisconsin, Dodge, OF Iowa, Felch,
Greene Hanlin, Jones, Miller Norris, Phelps Pratt,
Shields, Smith, SPTnance Sturgeon Underwood Up
ham, Walker and Whltcomb-29.
Mr.. Clay opposed Mr.. Davs's amendment as
departing from the course indicated by the Senate
of not deciding the question of the lea loci Mr..
Badger considered it as asserting nothing more
than had already been accomplished by the amend
ment extending the constitution and laws OF the
United States over the Territories.
Mr. Walker movedan amendment to allow such
aliens as have declared their intention to become
citizens, to vote. 1t was rejected.
Mr. Benton gave notice ofan amendment which
he would offer, at a convenient opportunity fixing
the new boundary of Texas as follows:
Beginning at the point in the middle of the deepest
channel on the Rio del Norte where the same is crossed
by the one hundred and second degree Of longitude
west from the meridian OF Greenwich thence north,
along that longitude, to the thirty fourth degree OF
north latitude thence eastwardly to the point at which
the one hundedth degree OF west longitude crosses the
! Red River"
Here is grip at Texas with vengeance
The lO2d degree strikes the Rio Grande about
four degrees east of the point from which the
Committees line leaves it, and some three or four
hundred miles below that point The amendment
is obviously designed to save New Mexico those
10000 square miles of free soil which Mr. Ben
ton says that the Compromise bill cedes to Texas
to become slave soil
Mr. Underwood moved an amendment to the
effect that in case Texas do not accept the propo-
sails contained in the bill, leave is hereby given
to her to institute suit against the United States,
that the controversy may be judically decided
The amendment gave rise to much debate on
tween the United States and the State of Texas
could be consttutionally the subject matter of a
suit in the Supreme Court without the consent of
Texas.
i, On Thursday Mr.. Underwoods amendment
was rejected