The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-06-13

by their masters --
Mr. Douglas moved to strike out the words re-
lating to slavery and Mr. Hale moved to amend
the section by adding the words or allOp0g,n
after the word "prOhbaiagn
Mr. Webster. 1 wish to ask the Chair a ques-
ton. | thought the motion of the Senator from
Illinois was merely to strike out, and Of course
that motion is not capable of being amended by a
motion to insert
The Presiding Officer, MIR King) 1t is in or
der to perfect clause before a motion is put to
strike out
Mr., Webster. But it does not come as an
| amendment to the motion to strike out
J The Presiding QSner The Senator from New
r Hampshire proposes to amend that clause by in
serting certain words. If that should be carried
then the question recurs on the amendment of
the Senator from Illinois to strike out the whole
words.
Several Southern Senators objected to the
amendment of Mr.. Hale, as out of order.
Mr.. Hale. | wish to say a single word in ex-
PLANTATION Of this amendment. The bill as it now
stands prohibits the Territorial Legislatures from
passing any law either to prohibit or to establish
slavery; but it does not prohibit the Legislature
from assuming that slavery is already there and
going on, and from legislating upon the admitted
fact that slavery is there already. Now, that is
what want to know, because if you do not adopt
this amendment or some similar provision, you
do not exactly prohibit them from legislating ON
the subject because they may say, 1--WE do not
prohibit slavery, but" to use common phrase,
eve take it fixed fact per Sc that it is here J"
and they may then 60 on legislating upon that
admission Now, it is to exclude slavery that this
amendment is offered, and if | had any doubts
heretofore of the propriety of such an amendment,
these doubts are entirely removed
The question was taken on the amendment of
Mr.. Hale, and resulted as follows
YEAs-Messrs Baldwin, Bradbury, Chase,
Clarke, Corwin, Davis of Massachusetts, Day ton
Dodge of Wisconsin, Douglas, Felch, Greene,
Hale, Hamlin, Miller, Norris, Seward, Shields
Smith, Upham, Walker, and Whitcomb-2l
NAYs-Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Bell, Ben
ton, Bcrrien, Borland, Bright, Butler, Cass, Clay,
Clemens, Cooper, Davis Of Mississippi, Dawson,
Dickinson, Dodge Of Iowa, Downs, Foote, Hous-
ton, Hunter, Jones, King, Manguua, Mason Nor
ton, Pearce, Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian, Soule Spru-
ance, Sturgeon, Turney, Underwood, Webster, and
Xules-36
So tho asnanf,ra...s !. ejvst.a-
-lBrSroS, BRIeHT, cAss, CLAY, coorEK, Dick
IssoS, DoDGE, JONES, SrRUANoE, STURGEON, and
WEBSTER, all voting against prohibiting the Ter
ritorial Legislature from "OliOrig slavery
Mr. Chase moved to amend by striking out the
words, "or purchasing Africaa"
Disagreed to.
The question was then taken on the motion of
| Mr. Douglas, to strike out the words {" nor eaab-
fishing nor prohibiting african slavery" and the
vote stood
YEAs-Messrs Bradbury, Cass, Chase, Clarke,
Clay, Cooper, Corwin, Dickinson Dodge of Iowa,
Douglas, Felch, Greene, Hamlin, Jones, Miller,
Norris, Seward, Shields, Sturgeon, Underwood,
and Upham-2l.
! NAYs-Messrs Atchison, Badger Baldwin,
Bell, Benton, Berrien, Borland, Bright, Butler,
Clemens, Davis of Mississippi Dawson, Dodge
| of Wisconsin, Downs, Foote, Hale Hsustoa
Hunter, King Mangum, Mason, Morton, Pesrce
Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian, Soul6, Spruance, Turney,
Walker, Webster, Whitcomb, and Yulee-33.
Mr.. Walker. | believe my amendment will
now be in order. | now move TO amend the bill
in the tenth section, by adding after the word
slavery the following words: "Aud that peon
slavery is forever abolished and prohibited
Mr. Hale. move to amend that amendment
| by striking out the word "peon.0 Laughter
MIR Walker. We have just voted on PROPOSE
ton in regard to African slavery and it has been
rejected. There is species of slavery there
which think ought to be abolished, and against
which none has been more eloquent in his decla-
nation than the honorable Senator from Louisi-
1t is in regard to this species of slavery that
| propose my amendment, and | hope it will be
adopted.
Mr. Pratt thought that the amendment of Mr..
Walker would interfere with vested rights in the
Territories
Mr.. Dayton moved to amend the amendment,
by adding after the word "servituden the fol-
lowing: growing out of or connected with any
future contract
Pending this the Senate adjourned.
THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1850.