The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-09-26
AMENDMENTS AND VOTES
GA the Compromise, or Omnibus Bill.
(coNrISUED.)
settlement of the Boundaries of Texas
In SENATE, August 5th.


In SENATE, August 5th.
MIR. PEARCE introduced bill proposing to
The Stale of Texas the establishment of her north
ern and western boundaries, the relinqulshment OF
said State of all territory claimed by her exterior
To said boundaries, and of all her claim upon the
ITnited ates
The bill was read as follows:
BE IL enaeted &c., That the following PROPOSE
tioiis, shall be, and the same hereby are, offered
10 the State of Texas, which, when agreed To by
the SAID State in act passed by the general assem-
bly,, shall be binding and obligatory upon the
United States and upon the said State of Texas:
Proriied, That the said agreement by the said
general assembly shall be given on or before the
Isl day of December 1850.
Fi,st The State OF Texas will agree that her
boundary on the north shall commence at the
point al which the meridian of 100 degrees west
from Greenwich is ilersected by the parallel OF
$50 aud 30 north latitude, and shall run from SAID
point due west to the meridian of 1899 west from
Greenwich; thence her boundary shall run due
s,uth to the 32io of north latitude; thence on the
sud parallel Of $40 of north latitude to the Rio
Bravo del Norte; and thence with the channel of
said river TO the Gulf of Mexico.
Second. That the State of Texas cedes to the
Ued States all her territory exterior to her linz
ils and boundaries, which she agrees to establish
by the first article of this agreement.
Third The State of Texas relinquishes all
claim upon the United States for liability of the
nifty Pr the surrender to the United States of her
ships, forts, arsenals custom houses, custom
house revenue, arms and munitions of war, and
public buildings, with their sites, which became
the property of the United States at the time of
the annexation. ,rf
Fourth The United States, in consideration of
sad reduction of boundaries, cession of territory,
and REIMBURSEMENT of claims, will pay to the
State of Texas, the sum of ten millions of dol
lars in stock bearing FIVE per cent. interest, and
redeemabe at the end of fourteen years, the inter-
est payable half yearly at the Treasury of the
Fifth. Immediately after the President of the
United States shall have been furnished with an
authentic copy of the act of the general assembly
OF Texas, accepting these propositions, he shall
the stock to be issued in favor of the State
OF Texas, provided for in the fifth article Of
this agreement.
Provided, also, That five millions of said stock
shall be issued until the creditors of the SAID
State, holding bonds Of Texas, for which duties
imports were specially pledged, shall first file
s at the treasury of the United States releases Of
claims against the United States for account
of sad bonds.
Mr.. EWING. | move to postpone the fur
ther consideration Of this bill, in order to take up
the California bill.
The question being then taken upon the motion
10 postpone, it was decided in the negatlve-as
fnlows
YEAs--Messrs Baldwin, Bright, Davis, Of
Massachusetts, Dayton Dodge of Wisconsin
Dodge of Iowa, Ewing, Felch, lIamlin, Seward
Shields, Smith, spruance, Underwood, Upham
Wales, Walker, and Winthrop-lS.
NAys--Messrs, Atchison Badger, Barnwell
Bell, Berrien, Bradbury, Butler, Clarke, Cooper
Davis of Mississippi, Dawson, Dickinson
Douglas, Foote, Greene, Hale, Houston, Hun
ter, King, Mangum, Mason, Morton, Norris
Pearce, Phelps, Rusk, Sebastian, soule, Sur
geon, Turney, Whitcomb, and Yu!ee--32.
The question being stated upon Mr.. EWING
amendment, which is as follows
Strike out all after g Greenwich in the lin,
49, to thence" in line 20, and insert
Crosses Red river, being the southwest angle II
the line designated between the United States ant
Mexico, and the angle in the line of the tel
rilory set apart for the Indians by the Unite
States; thence enthusiastically to the most nortf
erly point OF the dam across the Rio Bravo d
Norte, which supplies with water the irrlgatn
canal which supplies the town Of Ell Paso wit
water.
August Sth.
The question being taken on the amendment,
was rejected as follows:
NEAs--Messrs. Baldwin, Bradbury, Clark
Cooper, Davis of Massachusetts, Dayton, Dods
of Wisconsin, Ewing, Greene, Hale, Ham
Phelps, Seward. Shields, Smith, Spruance, VI
derwood, Upham, Wales, Walker, and VIII
throp.--2l
NAYs-Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Barnwel
Bel, Berrien, Bright, Butler, Cass, Davis OF MISS
F,,oe, Houston, Hunter, King, Mangum, Mason
Morton, Pearce, Rusk, Sebastian, Soule, Stu
geon, Turney, Whitcomb, and iulee.-2S.
Mr.. DAYTON, offered the following amend
ment:
Atthe end of line thirty-two, add: I" and release
~ The the United States all the vacant and unaI
propriated lands now lying within her limits, pro
,ded if there shall be any residue of said lands a
Ter the repayment to the United States of the tie
millions of dollars hereinafter referred to- the sam
shall return to and remain the properly of Texas.
The question being then taken upon the amend
meni il was rejected, as follows
IEAs--Messrs. Baldwin, Cooper, Davis ofMas
sachusetts, DAYTON, Dodge of Wisconsin,, Dodg,
Of Iowa, Fech, Hale, Hamlin, Norris, Seward
Sprunnce, Underwood, Upham, Wales, Walker
and Winthrop-l7.
NAYs-Messrs Atchison, Badger, Barrwefl
Bell, Rerrien, Bradbury, Bright, Cass, Davis OF
Mississippi, Dawson, Dickinson, Douglas, Ew-
ing, Foote, Houston, Hunter, King, Mangum,
Mason, Morton, Pearce, Phelps, Rusk Sebastian,
Shields, Smith, Soule, Sturgeon, Turney, Whit
comb, and Yulee--3l.
Mr.. MASON offered the following amendment
Al the end of the 2lst line insert: " Prorided
That nothing herein contained shall be construed
to impair qualify anything contained in the third
article of The second section OF the JOINT resolution
for annexing Texas to the United States" APP
proved March /, lS45, either regards the mum
Der of States that may hereafter be formed out Of
the State Of Texas or otherwise"
The question being taken on the amendment i
was agreed TO without division.
The question being then taken upon the motion
to- adjourn by yeas and nays, it was decided il
'hn afhrmatve-as follows:
GEAs-Messrs Atchison, Baldwin, Barnwe
Bell, Berren, bradbury, Butler, Clarke, Davi
OF Massachusetts, Davis of Mississippi, Dawson
Dodge of Wisconsin, Ewing, Felch, Hale, Han
In, Hunter, King, Mason, Morton, Norris, Soul
Spruance, Turney, Underwood, Upham and \,
lee-27. ...
NAYs-Messrs. Badger, Bright, Cass, Clemen
Cooper, Dayton, Dickinson, Dodge of low
Douglas, Foote, Greene, Houston, Mangur
Pearce, Phelps, Rusk, Sebastian, Shields, Sc,
ard, Smith, Sturgeon, Wales, Walker, Whitcon
and Winthrop--25.
MIR. UNDERWOOD moved an amendment
substitute in place Of the boundary given in q
bill reported by the gentleman from Maryan
the boundary reported by the Committee of TIL
teen. The first clause of the bill now under CO
sideration reads ...,
The State of Texas will agree that her bound
nv on the north shall commence at the point