The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-06
DAILY.
The yeas and nays wer} ordered.

1 MIR. DAWSON. object TO its being with
drawn.
/ The question being taken j. resulted as follows
1 YEAs--Messrs. Baldwin, Barnwell, Benton,
Butler, Chase, Clarke, Clemens, Davis, of Mas
sachusets, Davis, Of Mississippi, Dayton, Dodge,
of Wisconsin, Ewing, Geene, Hamn, Hunter,
Mason, Miller, Phelps, Rask, Sebastian, Seward,
Smith, Soule. Turney, Upham, Walker, and
Winthrop--26
rien, Bradbury, Bright, Cass, Clay, Dawson,
Dickinson, Dodge, of Iowa, Douglass, Downs,
Fech, Foote, Houston, Jones, King, Mangum,
Morton, Norris, Pearcs, Pratt, Shields, Spruance,
Sturgeon, Underwood, Wales, and WhitcOmb
i %
| So the Senate refused to postpone indefinitely.
Mr.. SEBASTIAN. move that the Senate do
now adjourn
Mr.. BADGER. l cali for the yeas and nays
4 The yeas and nays were ordered, and were as
follows:
| YEAs--Messrs. Atchison, Berrien, Bradbury,
Bright, Clemens, Downs, Ewing, Norris, Pearce,
Sebastian, Seward, Soule, Sturgeon, and Yulee
| IA.
NAYs--Messrs. Badger, Baldwin, Barnwell,
Bell, Benton, Butler, Cass, Chase, Clarke, Clay,
Davis, of Massachusetts,, Davis, of Mississippi,
| Dawson, Dayton, Dickinson, Dodge, Of Wiscon-
son, Dodge, of Iowa, Douglas, Felch, Foote,
Greene, Hamlin, Houston, Hunter, Jones, King,
Mangum, Mason, Miller, Morton, Pratt, Rusk,
Shields, Smith, Spruance, Turney, Underwood,
Upham, Wales, Walker, Winthrop, and Whit
comb-42.
So the motion to adjourn was lost.
] Mr.. FOOTE. desire to offer an amendment
to come in at the end Of the bill.
The PRESIDENT. Is proposed us an amend
ment to the amendment Of the senator from Ma
ryland;
Mr.. FOOTE. 1t is not
The PRESIDENT. 1t is not then in order.
Mr.. WALKER. May we now hear the re-
mainder Of the amendment Of the senator from
Maryland readi
The PRESIDENT. 1t is simply that portion OF
| the bill which relates to New Mexico.
Mr.. DOUGLAS. As | understand the bill
it now includes California and the two Terri.
tories. ~
The PRESIDENT. The amendment is to in
| sert New Mexico, which is not in the bill now,
that portion having been stricken out on the mo-
! ton Of the senator from Florida.
] Mr.. BADGER l do not see how we are to
understand it without hearing it read II is pro-
posed to insert certain matter in the bill. Now.
how do know what it is
The PRESIDENT. It is simply that portion
of bill which relates to New Mexico.
Mr.. RUSK. think can explain it. [Cries
Of "question!" ''question!"l
Mr.. BADGER. will not put the senator to
the trouble. will waive it,
Mr.. PRATT called for the yeas and nays, and
they were ordered and taken. =.
The PRESIDENT Before the Chair announ-
ces the vote, he will inquire of the senator from
Maryland whether his proposition relates to the
original bill as it STOOD or was for striking out the
words ''nor establishing or prohibiting African
slavery"
Mr.. PEARCE. The original bill as it stood
| The PRESIDENT. Then the Chair has voted
as he intended. His vote would have been chang
ed otherwise.
/ The result was then announced to be as follows
/ YEAs-Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Bell, Berrien
Bradbury, Bright, Cass, Clemens, Dawson, Dick
inson, Dodge, of Iowa, Douglas, Downs, Felch
Foote, Jones, King, Mangum, Norris, Pearce
Pratt, Spruance, Underwood, Wales and Whit
comb-25.
NAYs-Messrs Baldwin, Barnwell, Benton
Butler, Chase, Clarke, Davis, of Massachusetts
Davis, Of Mississippi, Dayton, Dodge, of Whscon.
sin, Ewing, Greene, Hamlin, Houston, Hunter
Mason, Miller, Morton, Phelps, Rusk, Seward
Smith, Soule, Turney, Upham, Walker, Winthrop
and Yulee-28.
So the motion to insert that part Of the bill
which relates to New Mexico was not agreed to
Mr.. Walker. Ibelieve the question is now upoi
my motion to strike out every thing from the bill
expect that which relates to California
| Mr.. FOOTE. beg leave to make an appea
| to the senator from Wisconsin, He must perceiv,
that the passage of that part of the. bill which re
lates to the admission of California as separate
The passage Of the Territorial bill anterior to thu
passage of the other measures included in this bill
| will have wholesome effect and after that is
disposed CO the California bill can be taken up
| hope that, under the circumstances, the senator
from Wisconsin will yield to the motion of the
senator from Missouri, and permit his amendment
to be adopted, and let us act upon the Territorial
part of the bill. If that is done, friends from
Texas will perhaps become a little more reasonable
| laughter and then we can accommodate them
Mr.. RUSK. ! must say that in this discussion
which has continued for three or four months,
this is about the only time that have felt dis
posed to be most reasonable. We have been in the
omnibus all this times but as soon as | got in
found all the seats occupied. am perfectly rea-
sonable now, and suppose we mast be content to
remain out. Laughter.
Mr.. DAVIS, of Mississippi. wish to amend
the bill so to define the eastern boundary of the
Territory Of Utah to be the Rio Grande river.
Mr.. DOUGLAS. ask the senator from Mis-
sisspp to accept modification of his NOTION
The Territory of Utah included in the bill the
range of mountains running round and separating
the waters flowing into the Colorado and the
Great Basin 1t is uncertain where that range OF
mountains is situated, and hence have come to
the conclusion to insert the thirty-eg nth parallel
Of latitude instead of that uncertain place called
" the mountains" 1t is entirely north of the
source Of the Rio Grande. With the permission
of the senator, therefore, will ask him to accept
this notification that the Territory Of Utah shall be
bounded on the east by the summit Of the Rocky
Mountains, and on the south by the thirty-eighth
parallel Of north latitude.
Mr.. DAVIS. What do you do with the South
Mr. DOUGLAS The South belongs to New
Mexico. f
Mr.. DAVIS, OF Mississippi. The senator
from Illinois did not understand me, or he would
not have offered his proposition as substitute. =
The whole proposition for government of New
Mexico, without any definite boundary for Texas
became subject for which we could not provide.
The province of New Mexico, as | stated the
other day, in my opinion ceased to exist with the
transfer of the territory from New Mexico. II
was so many acres belonging to the United States;
and now, instead Of leaving that portion of terri
tory west of the Rio Grande, for which it is inn
possible to provide Government, and which, if
I'VE did provide one, there would be nobody to
except, there is no population on the west side,
propose to include that portion of the old pro-
vince of New Mexico that lies west of the Rio
Grande in the Territory which it is proposed to
organize under the name of Utah:
Mr. Ritz Err IL I understand the amend