New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-01
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b.s been sigualized more as working
taking dny-more especially 30 than any
Az surins the last month, although very little &C
,n.Iproeress has been made During the morning
hour several unimportant bills were taken up, dis
eussed, variously amended, and laid again upon
che table. Punctuslly At the hour Of 10 the Omni-
I'M, drove up with all the passengers safely slowed
,,.ide except the Texan with bis money bag, who
wa. pulline at the strap and making his way to
,ha door as il anxious to pay his fare and DO
dropped The debate opened on BRADBURHs
amendment to appoint three Commissioners on the
mart of the United States TO cooperate with three
Commissioners to be appointed by Texas 10 guess
ing where the boundary ought TO be between
Fs,.s and New.Mexico, and report the same to
the President Of the United States, whose duty 1t
iii then become to guess whether they have per.
formed their duty appropriately, and to report the
ssne to Congress- at which points Congress will
be iust as well prepared to judge Of the whole
matter as it il now.
The amendment of Mr.. BRADBURY is not, how
ever, without a purpose 1t was found that the
commercial house OF FooTE x Co. was running
hard upon bankruptcy aid that to save themselves
from chsncery and a general assignment to cred.
itors it would be necessary to gain time upon their
heavier obligations and reduce the amount Of i'm.
mediate responsibilities. For this purpose they
compounded the Texas ten million affair through
the friendly Intervention of the BRADBURYs, an ex
tension OF one, two or three years.
"Od Bullion" expressed the same thing by in
fmsting that FoorE & Co. in view Of their i'm.
pending downfall, are about to go into the COM
mission business, the usual resort of broken down
merchants.
Mr.. DAYTON moved to amend the amendment Of
Mr.. BRADBURY by substituting for it an authorize.
ton to Texas to bring suit against the United
States in the Supreme Court Of the United States
for the adjudication OF her title.
Mr. hIsK objected.
Mr. DAYTON replied with some elasticity to the
effect that Texas declines the settlement by CON-
pissopers the settle ment by adjudication, and the
settement by every other conceivable means short
of an actual resort to arms She will have her
own ,Dse DAFT aud nothing SHORTER" she will
not ADMIT the possibility that she may be wrong in
apy degree aud hence offers alternative but the
sure nder OF the United States 10 her
EXTREMIST prete Dsons
Mr.. RUsR made feeble reply.
Mr. BENTON followed in a fine specimen Of that
spt cies OF orstory which 10 classcay denominated
s'roasting" He found in the amendment OF the
br the kind OF danger threatened by the existing
collision between Texas and the United States
Our ancestors had foreseen cases precisely OF this
sort, and the construction OF the Supreme Court
wa their legitI nate provision against disastrous
consequ incident TO similar contingencies
Our sncestors provided judiciary. They did not
provide commissioners. AS to the amendment of
The Senator from Maine it was only 30 much worse
than the original proposition of the unlucky thir-
teen as it was possible for it to be. He rdiculed
the Committee Of Thirteen the work OF the Com
mittee, their abandonment OF their own work and
the substitute for that work. with equal bitterness
ard With q merciless sarcasm, OF which be alone
IN the Senate 10 a complete master
The amendment OF MIR. DAYTON was lost by
considerable majority. This was followed by
IN amendment from BENTON himself alike curious
and chsfacterktlc,-to the effect tina. the Commits
sion to be appointed by the United States, and Oy
Texas should be men who had neither formed nor
expressed an opinion touching the subject of their
con mission sno who had no personal interest what
soever in the result, and that they should take an
oath WILL and duly to perform the duties OF their
oihoe This Of course was sort OF practical Joke
Tor the purpose OF putting orclbly forward the ab
solute mpossioillty Of hnding men who would not
have, In the beginning fixed oPinloos rs in the
end, respecting the whole m after. The amend
nsnt was lost only round dozen voting in its favor,
made up Of the wiDgles Of the Senate Ol he " ex.
treme right +" and the extreme left the red
his fan nevertheless.
Then followed host of minor amendments Of all
sorts, occupy ing the day In regular working sue
eession Of Yeas and Nays. Upon one of these Mr..
EwISemsde bis debut, intmStlDg an opinion some
What adverse apparently TO that contained Ia the
Presidents Messsge-that the question between
fexas and New Mexico cannot become subject
OF the jurisdiction OF the Supreme Court until N ew
Mexico 10 trst admitted into the Union as State
-sDd coming at once, and Of course, into collision
-,sk A.. L. = Ill. IN
some Of the more celebrated English schools. that
every new Conner among the pupils has, on the
kIst day s4his arrival, TO fight the bully OF the
school, In order 70 prove bis pluck, alter which he
y mltted to full fellowship IN the insulation
We have the same practice In the Senate Mr
EwIke bore himself well and whether whipped OF
whipping has entitled himself hereafter 10 ali the
franchises Of the play grounds.
The question finally came up on the BRADBURY
amendment itself That was q sort of crisis
Without amendments Of some sort, the bill is re
eAIdsd, even by its friends, as prospectivey damn
Cd. Wnh this amendme II was hoped that SOM
two or three stray votes might DO gathered from
the North-amoDg them MIR. BRADBURY's own
Asd that in failure thereof as many might 81
dfsmmed up from the SCuth, by the adoption o
Mr.. FooTks amendment, still pending, for the am
putstion Of California "just below the hips
Hence, ss / said, this was sort OF a crisis and
erisis Of any Sort 10 a sort OF luxury after egh
months Of monotony and just al the advent OF tn,
dog days. AS good luck would have it, not to rem
der the pleasure OF the entertainment less the yot,
resulted in ties " %. Under The rules ii,
il defeat OF the measure, but such proximity L
success 10 a wonderful qaickener of the wits 4
nomen Mt after the vote MIR. DOUGLAS entered tn
hall II was whispered about that he would hav
voted Tor the amendment Forthwith the sam
amendment was cooked up with just enough mod
Ecation In the phrsseology to make it pass for
new dish, and the process Of voting repeated, whe
loi stll another Senator had popped up from some
- md ln yAfA al Tu.rN ii 10 -
fair lady" and every thing chicken hearted is a
much out Of place in legislation as 10 love. Thu
ssme old dith was rehsshed with new spices lex