The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-06-11
THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.
MONDAY. June 10, 1850.
sENATE.

chanta and business men of the city oil boston,
praying that further explorations may &c S niaue
regard 10 the coal regions OF the onited states Al
tcT sn,ne remarks by Mr.. W., the memorial was
road ordered be printed and was referred 10 the
COMMITTEE on Public Lands
Petitions were presented by Messrs fEARcE, AT
cHisos butler, PRATT, SHIELDS, and CAss'
JAMES T. sHAcKLEFoRD.
Mr. CLEMENS. from the Committee on Private
Land Claims. reported back House bill conhrm.
ing the title OF James /. Shackleford to tract OF
Iand ia Alabama. The bill was then read thlrd
time and passed.
TRADE IN GUAso
Mr. PRATT submitted the following resolutions,
which were considered and adopted:
Resolved, That the Secretary OF State be directed
90 inform the Senate whether, by the existing trea-
ties Of the United States with the Peruvian govern
meat, the citizens Of the United States are placed
UPON an equal footing with the citizens or subjects
IL other countries in the trade IN guano.
Resolved further, That If no such treaty supuia-
ton exist the Secretary of State be instructed
20 inform the Senate whether there Is any obstacle
% such treaty spuiations being elected with the
government Of Peru would place the citizens OF
the United States equal footing with the citi-
zens and subjects Of other countries in regard to
said trade.
THR PATESr LAWS.
Mr. TURNEY NOV ed, and the bill to amend the
act 20 promote the progress Of the useful arts was
taken up, and made the special order for o-mor-
row
crsroA i.opsr AT BASGoR, MAISE.
Mi HAMII> moved, and The senate proceeded
"a tile consideration Of the bill making an appro-
priation for eustom,house at Bangor, in the State
VI Maine.
Mr. UNDERWOOD saggested tho propricty Of
making limitation in the bill OF the final cost OF
M HAslLlS moved. and the b,ll WAS amended
by adding thereto pTOyiso that the cost OF the site
and the erection Of the building shall not exceed
$40 600. The bill then ordered To be engrossed
Tor third reading
rnE coaPRuaIsE.
MIR DICKINSON. by leave. presented petition,
numerously signed by citizens Of Schenectady, IN
New York, urging III. adoption OF the compromise
bills reported by the Committee OF Thirteen
InPsayEnEsr OF MOBILE SAY.
Mr. KING moved. and the following resolution
was taken up and adopted
Resolved. That the Secretary Of War be directed
10 communicate TO the senate such Information as
his Department. can furnish as 10 the practicabity
of removing the obstruct.Uns and deepening the
channel ut Dog riytr bar and ChOctaw Pass IN Mo
bile bay with the estimate Of cost, II any such has
been made
Stats roA THE REPoRrEas.
MIR DAVIS, II Mississippi, moved, and the fol.
lowing resolution taken up and adopted:
Rssolrsd, That the Secretary Of the Senate is
hereby instructed 90 procure and cause 20 be placed
in the in the centre two chairs suitable for the
purpose, the same TO be appropriated TO the use "
the official reporters OF the Senate proceedings and
debates.
MEsShh. ThOCsbALE AND NONSLALf.
Mr. BORLAND moved, and the Senate proceed
ed 10 the confederation Of the bill for the relief Of
Cincinnatus Trousdale and John G. Connolly, of
Arkansas. After explanation by Mr.. BoRLAsD,
the bill was read third time and passed
cALiroRsIA-TrRRiroRIAL GovERsaEST..
The Senate then resumed the consideration Of the
bill reported by the select committee of thirteen,
to admit California State in the Union; 10 cs-
tablish Territorial governments for Utah and New
Mexico; and making proposals 60 Texas Tor the es-
adjustment of her western and northern bound
aries.
The question pending amendment 10
a part Of tho 3gh section, containing the proposed
boundaries OF Texas. The portion Of the section
reads thus:
First The northern boundary Of said State
(Texasl shall be as follows: Beginning at the point
on the Rio del Norte, commonly called III Psso,
and running up that river twenty mies, measured
by a straight line thereon, and thence east~ardly
TO n point where the hundredth degree Of west
Longitude crosses Red river, being the southwest
angle in the line designated between the United
States and Mexico, and the same angle IN the line
Of the territory set apart for the Indians by the
United States.
The amendment pending was 10 strike out shis
portion of the bill, and insert rs follows:
The northern boundary of the State of Texas
shall be line drawn due east from the Rio Grsndc
at the southern end Of the tornado del Muerto, OF
Journey Of the Dead, to the Red river, and thence
down the of said river and the eastern boun-
Diary of the Territory Of New Mexico shall be the
range ofmountains dividing ridge separating the
waters flowing into the Rio Grande from the waters
flowing into the Arkansas and Red river.
Mr.. HALE. who had the floor, said he would give
way 10 the Senator from Missouri.
Mr.. BENTON moved that the further considera-
Of this bill be postponed till the fourth Of March
in the year one thousand eight hundred and hfty.
one. He alluded to the character Of the bill, and
its avowed object TO restore peace and harmony 10
distressed country. He said that he did not be-
lieve there any distress in the country He be-
eved that the nation in the enjoyment Of overy
azin hal wa of N
In the land since the time when the Bank Of the
United States ceased TO exist.
In the days of that bank he was accustomed TO
hear of dstresses, but they longer existed There
was distress in the land save among the politi.
clans, and of that he thought he could say cts all
in my eye" He did not imagine that any VI that
distress and alarm, 80 knowingly pictured by the
Senator from Kentucky, existed among the people
He did not believe in the existence OF those ve gap
ing wounds so fearfully pictured by the Senator
and 80 emphatically enumerated on the i've fingers
Of his left hand. The Senator had but five fingers
on his hand and he (Mr. b. thought that perhaps
the why there were no more wounds than
FIVE was, that the Senator had no more fingers on
his left hand.
This Compromise bill was the sovereign panaces
all the evils Of the country He had thought
the idea Of sending out committee of thirteen 70
propose settlement OF these evils was unnecessary
Bot, the thirteen distinguished gentlemen who
composed that committee now seemed TO be scriOus,
he would also consider II az matter 10 be taken Sc
riously.
The name OF this committee was an imposing
one. IL "Committee of Thirteen" Here
obstacle. There thirteen men-and
distinguished ones-already standing up for tbeir
own act. lie thought the committee might be with
propriety called the Free Committee" The thir.
teen had voted 10 raise the committee, and voted
for themselves members Of that committee. and
had voted against having any instruction given q
them by the Senate, and voted that while they
were out the Senate should not act the inca
They might also be called the artbmctica
committee The thirteen ruled by major
ity, and the majority Of thirteen was seven. Thes'
seven first ruled the thirteen and then come int
tho Senate and claim 90 rule thirty; and this undei
the penalty, upon those who do not aoquicsce, y
being denounced enemies 10 compromise, and
as traitors. This new lesson In political
arithmetic. The committee taken, six from
one section and half dozen from another. with
border man az chairman and this border man wal
destined 20 perform that most difficult task in 70,
chase, Of riding on both sides Of saphng.
He then said that in this compromise the com
Inittee make California the scape. goat for all th
sins Of slavery in the United States. lie read froir
some work 20 show what the origin 81 the vor,
scape- goat, aud read description Of the capture o
the goat, the covering Of his head with scarle
cloth, and then the ceremony of the high pries
concssing over the head Of the goat all the sins ane
transgressions Of the nation. After his the goa
was carried TO a mountain, and the cloth being