Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-08-29
The seuate ON the Compromise.

ne Scuutc On the compromise
In the Enquirer of Sunday, we brought the aciion Of
the Senate, the Compromise, down agree
ing to Bradburys amendment as amended by Dawson's
amendment.
Mr.. Pearce of MARYLAND seeing that the effect of
Mr. Dawson's amendment would be to leave the inhabi
tants OF Santa Fe and other portions OF New Mexico
of the Rio Grande subject to such laws might be
made by the people of New Mexico west of the Rio
Grande under their Territorial Government, desired to
rid the bill of such obnoxious and unjust provision
Fhe only way that could be done to strike
from the bill all relating to Texas and New Mexico,
and inserting IL again with Dawson's amendment out
He accordingly made a motion strike from the bill
much as related to Texas and New Mexico and insert
the same matter with Dawson's provision out and the
Prooidcd That the government for New Mexico, pro-
vded by this act shall 60 into operation till the 4th
of March, 1851"
The motion to strike out prevailed, which left the bill
with nothing in it but what related to California and
Utah.
The question then REQUIRED inserting what had
been stricken out and proposed to be amended by
Mr.. Pearce which was simply the same provisions re-
specting Texas and New Mexico reported by the
committee of thirteen, with Bradburys amendment pro-
vdng for Commissioners settle the boundary between
Texas and New Mexico and the above proyso that the
Territorial Government should not go into operation
until March A. 1851.
The Senate refused to insert by the following vote:
YEAs-Messrs Atchison Badger Bell Berrien
Bradbury, Bright Cass, Clemens, Dawson Dickinson,
Dodge of Iowa, Douglass, Downs Felch, Foote, jones'
King, Mangum, Norris, Pearce, Pratt, Spruance, Un
derwood, Wales and Whltcomb-2o
NAYs-Messrs. Baldwin, Barnweii, Benton, Butler,
Chase, Clark Davis, Of Mass Davis, of Miss, Dayton,
Dodge, of Wis, Ewing, Greene Hamlin, Houston,
Hunter Mason, Miller, Morton Phelps, Rusk, Seward
Smith, soule, Turney, Upham, Walker, Winthrop and
The bill now contained but twcnty-one sections, the
first four relating California and the remaining sew
entecn relating to the Territory of Utah.
Mr.. Walker, of Wisconsin, moved to strike from the
bill all except those sections relating to California,
which the Senate refused do by tho following vote
YEAs.-Messrs: Baldwin, Benton, Bright, Chase,
Clarke, Davis of Mass, Dayton, Dodge oil WIS,
Ewing, Greene, Hamlin Miller, Phelps, Seward,
Shields, Smith, Spruance, Upham, Wales Walker,
Whtcomb and Winthrop-22
NAYs-Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Barnwell, bell,
Berrien, Bradbury Butler, Clemens Davis of Miss,
Dawson Dickinson, Dodge of Iowa, Douglass, Downs,
Felch, Foote Houston, Hunter, Jones, King, Mangum,
Mason Morton, Norris, Pearce, Pratt, Rusk, Sebas-
tan, Soue, Surgeon Turney Underwood and Yuee
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Mr. Atchison, of Missouri then moved to strike from
the bill the first four sections relating to California,
which motion agreed to by the following vote:
YEAs.-Messrs. Atchison Badger, Baldwin, Barn.
well, Bell Benton, Berrien, Butler, Clarke, Clemens,
Davis of Massachusetts Davis of Mississippi, Dawson,
Mason Morton, Pearce, Phelps, Pratt, Rusk, Sebas-
tian Seward. Smith, Souie, Turney, Upham, Winthrop
and Yulee-34.
NAYs-Messrs Bradbury Bright Glass; Chase Clay,
Cooper Dayton Dickinson Dodge of Wisconsin, Dodge
of Iowa, Douglass, Fetch, Hale, Hamlin Houston,
Jones, Miller, Norris, Shields Spruance, Sturgeon,
The bill contained nothing but the seventeen
tons respecting territorial government for Utah.
Mr.. Douglass, of ILL.,, now moved to make the 9th
parallel of latitude the Northern boundary OF Texas.
Mr.. Davis of Miss moved to make it SO deg 80 min,
which refused by the following vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Barnwell, Bell,
Berrien, Butler, Clemens, Davis of Miss Dawson,
Dickinson, Douglass Downs, Foote, Houston Hunter,
King, Mason Morton, Pearce Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian,
Soule, Tmncy, Underwood and Yulee-26.
NAYs-Messrs. Baldwin, Bradbury, Bright, Chase,
Clarke, Cooper Davis of Mass, Dayton, Dodge, of
Wisconsin, Dodge of Iowa. Ewing Fetch, Greene, Hale,
Hamlin, JONES' Miller, Norris Seward, Shields, Smith,
Spruance, Upham, Wales, Walker, Whitcomb and Win
throp-27.
The question REQUIRED on Mr. Douglass motion to
make the Northern boundary the 37th degree, which
President of the Senate be ordering the bill to be
engrossed for third reading, which was done by the
following vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Benton, Berrien,
Bradbury Bright Butler Cass, Davis, of Miss, Daw
son, Dickinson, Dodge, of Iowa, Douglass, Downs,
Felch Houston Hunter, Jones, King, Mason, Morton,
Norris Pratt Sebastian Shields Soule, Spruance Sur
geon, Turney, Underwood, Wales and Yulee-32.
NAYs-Baldwin, Bell, Chase Clarke, Davis, of Mass,
Dayton, Dodge. of Wisconsin, Ewing, Greene, Hale,
Hamlin, Miller, Pearce, Seward Smith, Upham, Walk
er and Winthrop-IS.
The bill subsequently, passed the Senate in that shape.
So that the Compromise, Omnibus bill, it
commonly called, pared down to providing simply
for territorial government for Utah, without any pro-
hibton of slavery therein--or in other words without
the Wilmot Provso being applied the territory Gin
ED0uirer