Washington telegraph., 1850-09-25

ritoraI government for Utah. Attemps 5
made 10 insert the Wllmot Proviso, which ta
Mr.. Stevens then moved to strke % ,slet
amendment providing that when said ,"n@s Uu' @s
shall APPLY for admission as State. she stomOty
admitted with Or without slavery. The an r". De
was lost-yeas SO; nays IS. "iO'on
Several Intellectual attempts were ma,
amend the bill. The G ommtlee rose avg /"
ported the bill to the House, when II w,s fe.
yeas 81; nays SIS. passed
The House then adjourned
SENATE.-The Texas and New MeYica "a
bus bill was received from the House pn. nm.
the morning business, Douglas, asked the nung
nous consent OF the Senate to take up the IT,"
bill for the purpose of considering the Hon's Hans
amendments. Ouse
Mr. Turney objected. andrhe bill was No,
ken up. @'
subsequently, after the morning business b.,
been disposed of, the bill was taken up "ad
MI Douglas stated that I'll e amendments
House were the Senates and not the MeY;cn tS sae
with these lines added, "providing that no c,' VI"
shall be deprived of life, liberty or propertv 4sn
cept upon the judgment of his peers" far s'. n'
zens;'' and "due course of law" for "iudgmsr,s sa
his peers
MIR. Chase moved that the rejected ,,,
IN
80, nays 10. 'eS
AYEs.-Atchison, Badger, Bell Berrien. Brca.
Cass, Clay, Dawson, Dickinson, Dodge of Ioss.'
Douglas, Downs, Fech, Foote, Houston. Ion.l
King, Mangum, Morton, Morris, Prat, pnsa'
Sebastian, Shields, Smith, Spruance, Slsrgsoaa'
Underwood. H'
NAYs-Baldwn, Benton, Chase, Davisou
sachusetts, Dodge of Wisconsin, Ewing, HsS
lin, Seward, Upham, Winthrop.
Sept 9.
to introduce the resolution tia; Congress ad;on,'
on the % inst; objection being made, he mor.5
an amendment SO as to adjourn this day wei
Sept. 10th.
Mr. Hubbard moved to amend so as TO adiop,r
this day three weeks, Sept. 30th The yeas and
nays were ordered on this amendment and agreed
to-yeas Ia; nays 81.
The resolution, as amended was then adon,.s.
yeas III; nays a. So the House agreed TO al,
ourn three weeks from to-day.
tTE.-Mr Fremont introduced bill 10 er
tend the laws and Judiciary system of the Uunsl
States over California; to appoint Surveyor Of
public lands in California, and TO preserve peacs
with the Indian tribes therein.
The bill to abolish slavery in the District of ca.
lumbia, was rhertaken up the questiou pendino
being Mr. Stewards amendment abosbins
slavery in the District.
Mr.. Seward expressed himself in favor of The
original bill, as reported by Mr.. Clay, from the
Committee of Thirteen, aud il was only when !,
appeared Improbable to pass it in It's orioir,l
form, tyrat he offered his amendment. He under.
stood now that it was probable the Bill wotd.S be
stripped of amendments already made, and passed
as first introduced. Desiring To vote for that mea
sure and in the nope that it might pass, he would
with consent of the Senate, Withdraw his amend
meut for the present.
Mr. Clay argued in support Of the bill agaus,
some of the objections made to il. He had al.
ways contended that Congress had unlimited
power over slavery in the District of Columbia,
but had at the same time held, that while slavery
existed in Maryland, it would be "a breach of GOOD
faith towards that Stale. The question now
was in relation ID the abolition of the slave trade
lie believed that if the measure should BE- passed.
IL would give place to slavery in the District IN
the time, which seemed 10 him rapidly approach.
ing, when slavery will have worked itself out As
to the power of abolishing this trade, he cial.
lenged this question: (a'though the power to abol.
sh slavery disputed) had not Congress, by its
laws, established slavery in the District and was
it true that Congress had not ih. power 10 undo
its own acts? lie Her drew comparison be-
tween tie dllendmeut oI2red by Mr. SeuaaI
and the original bIi, for the purpose of showing
that southern members ought not 10 vote against
the latter, because OF the presentation Of the st-
ter. ...
After long debate, and without. coming 10 any
conclusion, the Senate adjourned.