The North-Carolina standard., 1850-08-21
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
IN sENATE. August le, Il

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NJ, Doue1A. moved, and the Senate proceeded TO
the consideration Of the bill for the admission OF Cali
fornia as State into the Union. $3.50,
rhe ouestion pending was the following amend
ment submitted on Saturday by Mr.. Turney Strike
out the FIRST section Of the BILL and insert the iollow
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Represenfa-
,., .rfb. nted States of America C1ngress assem-
bLd That as soon as California shall have passed in
convention an ordinance providing
That abe relinqushcs all claim to tax dispose OF,
or in any way interfere with the primary disposal
by the United States of the public domain within her
limits;
). That she will not interpose her authority and
power so az 10 obstruct impede any contro which
the United States may deem advisable 70 exercise
over such districts in the mining regions. (either now
discovered or 10 be discovered hereater as may not
be included in any lawful grant made to private indi
vduas or to corporations prior to the cession OF Cal
ifornia to the United States;
That the lands of the non-residents shall never
be taxed higher than those of residents; ..
s. That the navgable waters shall be open and tree
10 all citizens of the United States, those of Cafor-
mia included;
That her southern limits shall be restricted to
the Missouri compromise line, (36o 80 of north lat-
IS And az soon as she shall have produced to the
Presiden, of the United States satisfactory and au-
thentic evidence that the terms above set forth nave
been fully and exactly complied with. the President
If the limited States be and he is hereby authorized
and reouested without any further action on the part
Of CONGRESS- to issue his proclamation declaring that
California s and shall thereupon be- admitted INTO
the Union upon an equal footing with the original
States in all respects whatsoever.
Mr.. SoULE supported the amendment, maintaihng
the four following points, that the authority over the
eminent and useful domain was an attribute oil SOW
ercigny and that it passes that power exercising
sovereignty, unless retained by express provision IN
the act conferrng the sovereignty; that this BILL as
Mo fho beVOnu
control of Congress, and left the General Govern
nent as regards the public lands at the mercy OF the
new State. The section in the bill relating to fn-
,re reiiuauishment of all claim to the public lands
of effect and invalid for until the State IS ao
mitted she is party to the compact, and may rePu
date all that is contained in that part OF the BILL
That in no instance has new State been admitted
without Congress first retaining, by an express act'
the public domain. He urged and repeated the arsu-
ments which he had made former OCCASION
when his substitute for the part of the Compromise
bill relating to California was under consideration
that unless Congress- by act prior to the admls
sion OF California, required relnquishnent by Cal
iforna of the public land, all title of the Government
jforna sovereign State. He opposed the admission
OF California with her present boundaries under the
present circumstances. He referred to the amend
snent originally proposed by Mr. Douglas, but now
part of the bill, wholly inadequate to the protec-
.on of the rights of the General Government in the
public lands He urged the adoption of his amend
ent, and appealed to the advocates OF the admission
of California, to pause before they violently forced
California into the Union, against the constitutional
objections Of large section of the country.
Mr.. DOUGLAS replied, repeating that he considered
it wholly unnecessary for the protection of the rights
of the United States to the public domain, that any
condition should be made in this bill, or by any 9TH
er for that purpose. The public lands in California
the property of the United States, and will re-
main so, whether California be made State
main as it is. The United States the lands, and
the title will not be in any way affected BY the ad-
mission of California
MIR. FoorE replied to the remarks of Mr.. Soule.
He said that he would vote for the amendment, though
he had but little hope of its The opportu-
nifty to divide California, and have territorial gov
eminent for the southern part, had passed. and the
Senator from Louisiana and others were responsible
fo- the present difficulty. He then commented upon
that part of the Senator's remarks, in which the sup
posed manner in which the South would consider
the admission of California was treated, and urged
that the language of the Senator that advocating
secession by the South resistance to the acts of
the General Government.
Mr.. SouLE said that he was not to be drawn into
contest against that species of parliamentary srate-
gy which placed in mans mouth language and SEN
Gments which he had never uttered or conceived.
He disclaimed the sentiments attributed to him by
the Senator from Mississippi, in the woull-be philip
pic just delivered.
Mr.. FooTE, reioined, contendinq that the nterpre-
tation he had placed the Senator's language was
correct. The Senator had spoken deliberately, and
If his remarks published they We're deliver
ed. the Interpretation placed on them by him (Mr.
F.) would be found to be correct The Senator had
said the South would submit to the admission of
California. What did these words, s'not submit
mean unless it were secession, resistance by arm
ed force against the of the General Government!
friend had told him the exact words used by the
Senator They were to the effect, that if southern
Shareholders submitted this, they deserved to be
ia 0f he he
considered seditious.
The PRESIDENT called the Senator to order.
Ma. FcorE said the language not constitu-
tional language-t was unconstitutional language.
He contended that the Senator from Lou uisiana had
not replied to what he had said-had not argued
down any position he had taken. The Senator had
confined himself to calling his remarks would-be
philippe, &c. He attempted philippe, and for
two reasons: one because he had not the capacity
the other because he Philip to attack. After
some other remarks by r F. he said that the language
of the Senator from Louisiana was more suited to an
era in the annals of his native country-more snted
Of the members of the Mountain, in the days Of
Danton, Robespierre, and Mdra than to Senator of
the United States.
Mr. SouLE explained the language he had used and
said that taken in the only sense and meaning which
1t could bear, 1t was sentiment widely differing
from the statement made by the Senator and his
friend. FROM the course of the Senator it would
seem that he was desirous of provoking something
else than oratorica argumentative contest. If
this were true, tue. Senator should remember that
the Senate Chamber was not the place proper or
suitable to bring it about. 1t should be done with.
out the Senate. The Senator had alluded to his ma
! tive country, and had said that his language was
more suitable to Danton, Robespierre, and Ma
He would say that he could never have realized
how those men could have been carried awav bv
their extravagant anccs and wild magina,ions, had
he not seen and heard the Senator from Mississppi
who had just taken his seat