The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-07-02
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, June ilth, 1850

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and its vicinity, in the valley Of the Ri,
Grande, setting forth that the trade o
the valley has increased so as to be
come second in importance to no othel
port on the Gulf of Mexico, and bidding
fair, at no distant date, to equal that o
any port on the Atlantic south of New
York, and asking the extension of mai
facilities between that place and New
! Orleans which was referred to th,
committee on the Postoifice and Pos
| Roads.
Mr.. Houston submitted a resolution
requesting the President of the United
States to inform the Senate whether
any orders have been issued to any mil
ltary officer or officers ut Santa Fe tC
hold possession against the authority o
Texas, or in any way to embarrass ol
prevent the exercise of her jurisdiction
over that country, and that he be re,
quested to furnish the Senate with any
correspondence which may have taken
place between the War Department
and the military stationed at Santa Fe
since the date of his last communica-
tion to tho Senate on that subject. The
resolution was adopted.
The Senate, after transacting some
unimportant business, resumed the
consideration of the Compromise bill.
Mr.. Cass spoke for two hours, mains
ly in reply to Mr.. Benton's speech OF
Monday. He urged that the union OF
the measures in one bill strengthened
each measure, and that California SUI.
lered no delay or detriment from It.
lie argued against the Wilmot proviso
and against the executive plan. lie
reviewed and replied to the article in
the Republic which explains and vindi-
Gates the Presidents views, in an off.
cial form. He showed that it was the
duty of Congress to provide governs
ments for New Mexico and Utah, and
that if this was not done. agitation OF
the slavery question would be contin.
.ued. He advocated the offer to Texas.
and pointed out the danger that would
result from leaving the question un>
settled.
Mr.. Dayton followed, and advocated
the Presidents plan of bringing in New
Mexico as a State.
The Senate then adjourned.
In The House, the debate OH the Cali
iornia question was brought to a close.
The bill submitted by Mr.. Doty in
February last, for the admission of Cal
iiornia, as State, into the Union, was
then taken up in Committee of the
Whole.
Mr.. Greene's amendment adopting
the Missouri Compromise line of SO
deg. 80 min. north, for the southern
boundary ofCaliiornia, runningthrough
to the Pacific ocean, was then read.
Mr.. Seddon offered an amendment to
the amendment, providing that the ter
ritory south of SO deg. 30 min. should
be subject TO settlement by those hold
ing slave property. After a few re-
marks he withdrew his amendment.
MIR. Stanton, of Kentucky, offered an
amendment providing that it shall be
no objection to the admission into the
Union of any State which may hereaf>
ter be formed out of the territory lying
south of the parallel of latitude of 80
deg. 30 min. that the constitution of
said State may authorize or establish
African slavery therein. This amend.
ment was also withdrawn, after having
afforded half a dozen members a
chance to speechify.
Mr.. Ashmun then moved to strike out
so much of the amendment of the gen.
tleman from Missouri (Mr. Green) as
proposes to run the Missouri compro-
mise line to the Pacific ocean.
Without taking the question on Mr..
Ashmun's amendment, the committee
rose and the House adjourned.
The correspondent of the Baltimore
American, in closing his report of the
proceedings, says: "The House seems
to be laboring under great degree of
restlessness and that kind of sullen ex>
citement which is the natural precur-
sor of n great storm"
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