The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-07-17

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
message was received from the President of
the United States by the hands of George p Fisher,
esq. The message was OF an Executive char
actcr.
BRASS GUNS TO THE JACKSON MONUMENT.
Mr.. SHIELDS moved, and the Senate took up
the joint resolution from the House of Representa-
tivcs, granting certain old brass guns to the Jack
son monument committee, and il was read third
time and passed.
THE COMPROMISE DILL
Mr.. JONES presented the resolutions adopted at
Democratic State Convention held In Iowa,
which the policy of the late President and that of
the supporters of the Wimot proviso con-
dernned, and the plan of adjustment reported by
the Committee of Thirteen approved.
Mr.. j. made some remarks, expressing the opln-
ion that the resolutions contained the sentiments of
large majority of the people of his own State. He
expressed himself strongly opposed to the Wilm6t
proviso, and in favor of the bill now before the
Senate.
MIR. SEWARD presented the proceedings Of
public meeting held in the State of New York in
opposition to the bill.
FUGITIVE sLAvEs-sLAvERY
Mr.. HALE presented petition from certain col
ored inhabitants OF Allegheny county, Pennsylva-
mia, setting forth that they have record evidence
of their freedom, and praying that all provision in
the act of 1898 relative to the rendition of alleged
fugtives from labor be repealed, &c.
Mr.. UPHAM presented the resolutions of the
Legislature of the State of Vermont, urging that
slavery III the District of Columbia may be abol-
ished, and the provisions of the ordinance of 81 be
applied to all governments made for the Terrific
res
Upon these papers question was raised as TO tho
propriety Of receiving them when they were not
addressed to the Senate. They were ALL however,
received and laid on the table.
ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD COMPANY.
Mr.. UNDERWOOD, pursuant to notice. intro
n Tor he rolf Of hg d
rectors Of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad
Company.
PASSENGERS on STEAMERS.
Mr.. DAVIS, Of Massachusetts,, introduced bill
smendatory OF the acts heretofore passed for the
safety Of passengers on board Of steamers
Observation-Disclosures GOVERNMENTS.
The Senate then resumed the consideration Of the
bill reported by the select committee Of thirteen
TO admit California into the Union a State; pro-
yiding territorial governments for Utah and New
Mexico; and making proposals TO Texas for the
settlement OF her western and northern boundaries.
The question pending was on the following
| amendment proposed by MIR. BESToS 10 that part
Of section thirty nine containing the proposed
boundaries Of Texas:
Strike out Of proposition first Of section thirty.
nine, after the word Beginning" these words:
% at the point the Rio del Norte commonly
called FL Paso, and running up that river
| twenty miles, measured by straight line
| thereon, and thence castwardly 10 point where
Red river, being the southwest angle on the line
| designated between the United States and Mex
J leo, and the same angle on the line Of the ter.
/ ritory set apart TO the Indians by the United
States" and insert after the said word "Bc gin
nng' these words: cat the point in the middle OF
! the deepest channel in the Rio Grandc del Norte,
where the same Is crossed by the one hundred and
second degree Of ongitude west from the meridian
| Of Greenwich; thence north along that longitude
10 he thirty fourth degree of north latitude; thence
castwardy TO the point at which the hundrcdth
degree Of west longitude crosses the Red river"
Mr.. RUSK then proceeded, in a speech Of more
than an hour, in maintenance Of the right Of Texas
to the whole territory east Of the Rio Grande. He
replied at length 10 the remarks made yesterday by
Mr.. BESToS upon this subject.
Mr.. CLAY said that he desired 10 make a few OBJ
seryatons in reply TO what had been said yesterday
by tho Senator who had introduced The amendment.
The Senator was reported in the morning papers
with having said that " the bill Is caught fdgrGnr
deicto-tsken in the fact, seized by the throat and
held up TO public view-in the very act Of pcrpe-
trating its crime in the very act Of auotioneeing
for votes 20 pass itself" The reporter says that
Mr.. b. here grapplcd bill and held II up to
view"
with regard TO the sort Of boa constructor strug
gle between the Senator and the bill, he had no
thing 10 say. But he desired TO know who was
"auctioneering for votes for the bill" Who did
the Senator mean auctioueering for votes in
the Senate' Was IL the bill itself, or.was II the
members Of the committed He did not think that
language, carrying with IL such an mputation was
admissible in the Senate. II the Senator from Mis-
souri, meant 10 say that that part Of the bill was in
serted by the committee for the purpose Of aue-
toneering votes in favor Of il, he repelled IL az
unfounded imputatiOn. The Senator had crit-
cised the language OF the bill as "oeding" 10 Texas,
and calling for "cession" by Texas. How
| could II be Otherwise The United States, on the
one hand, claimed the territory; the State Of Texas
also claimed II. The bill proposed compromises
yst IL, that the State Of Texas should code 10 the
United States all her claim and interest to GER
| tain portion, and the United States would do the
same with respect 10 the other portion. Wa there
any thing improper in thisl What other language
could be used in measure which had for its OBJ
! Jet the final adjustment Of the subject
He asked for tie reading Of the Senator's own
| bill upon this subject. (The bill introduced by
| MIR BrSToS on this subject was read by the Sec
| retary)
In the bill Of the Senator the same language was
used" the United States ccde 70 the State OF Tex.
| as" &c.-as was used in the bill reported by the
| Committee Of Thirteen. There no difference
| in principle between the two bills. There a
difference in the amount Of territory coded, but in
| principle the two bills were the same. II he had
/ made the imputaton upon the Senator for having
! introduced that bill which the Senator had made
| upon the committee, he would like 70 know how
the Senator would have received il. Had he said
when the Senator introduced that bill, Here is a
proposition to pay Texas fifteen millions Of dollars,
II j. introduced for auctioneering purposes, what
| would the Senator have said? Yet he now de-
nounces the committee for having attempted 70
| suctioneer for votes with sum less by my per
cent than that which the Senator himself proposed