The New York herald., 1850-06-12
House OF Representatives.
BY BANS ELEcTRo-cBEMucAL TELEGRAPH.

wAsgfsoroS, June II, 1850
The House met at II o'clock and went into Commit
tee Of the Whole on the state Of the Union, on
rHE caLlyoENI, QUESTION.
Mr.. How,nn, (dcm) Of Texas, repudistsd the doe
trine that sovereignty rests In the people Of
the territories before their admission as States
into the Union. ne was willing TO admit Cali
fornia IL the boundary of Texas be extended to
the California line. lie considered ths Offer 10
buy large portion of Texas a. a degrading propo-
stion TO her II would unsctte the property and d.
stroy and irjure the growth of that state II his
duty to represent not re, tina; portion Of country
Rather than consent he would resign his and hide
himself In the darkest nook Of obscur'y
Mr.. McDowrLL, (dcm) of Virginia obtained the
floor Movement all over tho hall towards
and around Lim--members gathering lie was
listened to with esrnest attcrtIon) lie spoke Of
the creative. administrative. aud conservative
principles of government which will b. found in
the mutual efforts 81 concession lie spoke % the powers
conerrcd by the constitution and great increase II free
territory and population those south, and
fuently. approximation placing the latter Ia hope
minority Sscurity was carefully given In the constltu-
ton by the federation OF States net by aggregate
bsrs The araying of one section against the other
shows how far the constitution has been pushed from
almost entirely destroyed ii was time TO r,turn 20
granite foundation of equal rights privileges and
benefits The resriction OF slavery j. not required TO
settle this question why shah Il not BE- lsit 70 the
law of nature slavery vithered under the rgors of
NortLcrn climate and vas insis1ra,cd by Southern
Mr. McDowrtl vas prooeedior on this point. when
bis hour expired SO well pleased the members,
that they cried 10 Mr Mcdowell 10 go on bat the rules
forbade
The hour Of one arrived. and tine fr voting RAJ
cone Much confusion. The chairman raped tore
store order
Mr. MoClSss.Sp. ticn) Of Illinois, inquired. what
was the state Of the question
The CHsinsss replied the bill presented bv NJ oty
for the admission uf California, was pending
Mr.. JoSrs (dsm) % Tennessee. ssid We have hal
night session, and are fatigucd Tho long ndments
ordered 10 b. printed have just IN. and
terf certainly have not had time % read aud examine
them. III " meets the appreciation of the mittee
to morrow.
crIe, all over the hsn, No, no. rollers'a Lets
have the voton-f order "
The question was taken, and decided In the mega
tive, 80 20 Ill.
Confusion stiil prevailing. the Cnusu,, called 10
order and said the noise vas great that he could
not htHr
Mr. Tnenrsoy, tdcm) Of Ma, asked 10 sho bill had
been read.
CnspnAv--No
Sir TaowpsoS-T csil for the resdius Of the bill
Nj NrCltRsASD-I rose for that purpose.
The CuNn.ss repeated the confusion vas 80 great
he could not hear
Mr.. nci,sf. tdcm) of Maryland rose to a question
oi ord,r. ard stated h- point, 90 the real state
of the nm,ndrents pending.
1he CuAiU~hs IeTltd.
Amid tLs confusion. the bill OF Mr Deity fu ths ad
missicu of california read.
Several g. ntIsrntn INSIDE Inquiries. and were an
sversd ~ TIE Chairman
The bret section cf the LIi was read which Il In
eject tlst California with the boundaries IN her con-
tnution. be ana l. declared of the states OF the
ensqusl footing with the original States in all respects
vhuttcUver.
Er HnusrD (whig) Of Aiab.ms moved 10 amend
thc section 90 ss 10 make tho limits Of C.iifornis sn