The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-31
Things at WashingtoG

The slavery question is rapidly coming to
point at Washington, and the sooner the NORTH
and South understand each other the better Or
Friday last an amendment of Mr.. Davis, Of Mis-
sissippi, making the line of SO, 80 the Sounerr
boundary Of California, was rejected by the Sen
ate, by the following vote: I.g.E y'u't6a
GEAs.--Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Barnwe
Berrien, Butler, Clemens, Davis of Mississippi
Dawson, Downs, Foote, Houston, Hunter, King
Mangum, Mason, Morton, Pratt Rusk, Sebas-
tan, Soule, Turney, Underwood, and Yulee--23.
NAYs.-Messrs. Baldwin, Benton, Bradbury,
Bright, Cass, Chase, Clarke, Clay, Cooper, Da-
Wis of Massachusetts, Dayton, Dickinson, Dodge
of Wisconsin, Dodge of Iowa, Douglass, Felch,
Greene, Hale, Hamin, Jones, Miller, Norris
Phelps, Seward, Shields, Smith, Spruence, Stur-
seon, Upham, Wales, Walker, and Whitcomb--
80 ,rt Err,r.,ss E. e,.#
This vote, we think, should serry the ranks OF
the South. 1t shows plainly that the North has
no idea of doing any thing like Justice but are
determined to persist in their unconstitutional ag-
gressions to the "biiter end" When it is recol-
lec,ed that the line of 3d. 80 was originally forced
upon the South, almost exclusively by northern
votes, against our earnest circumstances the fatal
effects of any further concessions on our part, be-
come most apparent. Unless the South takes her
stand upon the line of 36, 80 now as one man, we
verify believe her doom is fixed and the melan-
choly condition Of the island Of st. Domingo will
ere long be hers. Let no man charge us with dis
union sentiments. We hold that we, who contend
for the Constitutional equality ofthe South with the
North, are the only true friends of the Unon-
Every man who upholds the North in her at
tempts at unconstitutional aggression, or is willing
10 submit to any further aggression, we hold to be
9 disunionist, however so much he may pirate
about the Union. ~ ..... fg,. ,,...l... s.
On the same day, the amendment Of Mr.. King,
proposing to fix the southern boundary of Cali
fornia on the line of 35, 80, (Mr. Soule's line, }
was also rejected by the following vote.
YEAs.--Messrs. Atchison, Barnwell, Berrien,
Butler, Clemens, Davis of Mississippi Dawson,
Downs, Foote, Houston, Hunter, King, Mason,
Morton, Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian, Soule, Turney,
and Yulee-20. . A.. ,......-,a'
NAYs--Messrs. Badger, Baldwin, Benton,
Bradbury, Bright, Cass, Chase, Clarke, Clay,
Cooper, Corwin, Davis of Massachusetts, Day-
ton, Dickinson, Dodge OF Wisconsin, Dodge of
Iowa, Douglass, Felch, Greene, HamIin, Jones,
Mangum, Miller, Norris, Pearce, Phelps, Sew
ard, Shields, Smith, Spruance, Sturgeon, Under
wood, Upham, Wales, Walker, and Whi,eomb
81. 49, ~. t 49,
II will be observed that, on this vote, the South
received THREE VOTES LESS than ON Mr..
Davis amendment, thus showing what we have
always contended, that the more the South sur
rendered the less chance she stands of receiving any
thing whatever. How any Southern man, in the
face of these votes, can still be willing TO make
further concessions to the North, is mystery TO
os. But what must be thought of those Southern
Senators, BentoR and Clay, for example, who
voted on both occasions with the North against
their own section. We religiously believe that
these men, and q few others OF the same Sort at
the South, have done more. to encourage and
strengthen the North in its aggressons than every
"a man, woman, and child, in the free States They
WILL we doubt not, be regarded by the future his
torian as very little, any, better than qr,oid and
HuH-Lynchbtug (ga.) Republican. va. .-