The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-23
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| IN SENATE, SATURDAY, July %, 1850.
The PRESIDENT pro tenn (Mr. KlNc) laid be-
fore the Senate the resignation of Mr.. WEBSTER,
he having been appointed Secretary of State.
Mr.. DAVIS, of Mississippi, presented book
containing eulogy on General TAYLOR, in four
teen different languages, by Hungarian officer.
II was referred to the Committee on the Library.
Mr.. HOUSTON desired to present a series Of
resolutions, adopted at q meeting held at Mata-
gorda, in Texas. AS the resolutions were not
directed to the Senate, he asked unanimous con-
sent to present the resolutions. aN tot
Mr. HALE objected 2it RaeSl4
Mr.. SEWARD hoped the objection would be
Withdrawn. He appealed to his friend to allow
the resolutions to be presented.
Mr.. HOUSTON appealed to the Senator from
N. H. to withdraw his objection.
Mr.. HALE then withdrew his objection
Mr.. HOUSTON presented the resolutions
They protest against the action Of the military
forces Of the United States at Santa Fe. They
declare the people of Santa Fe as !" rebels =
against the government of Texas, who should
be punished as SUCH. They recommend to
the people of the several counties of the State
of Texas, to organize in defence Of their rights,
and against the Entertainments OF the United
States
The resolutions were received and laid upon
the table
The Senate then resumed the consideration of
the a5
ADJUSTMENT BILL.
Mr.. FOOTE offered the following amendment:
Amend the third section by inserting therein, in
the sixteenth line, after the word therefore,
the following: t,as
Sand that the said State of California shall
never hereafter claim as within her boundaries,
nor attempt to exercise jurisdiction over any
portion Of the territory at present claimed by
her, except that which is embodied in the fol-
lowing boundaries, to wit Commencing in the
Pacific ocean, three English miles from the
shore, at the 42nd degree of north latitude
thence, with the southern boundary line Of the
territory OF Oregon, to the summit of the Sierra
Nevada; thence, along the crest of that noun
tain, to the point where it intersects the parallel
OF 80 deg. 80 min; thence, with the said paral-
lei of latitude to a point in the Pacific ocean,
three English miles from the shore, and thence
to the beginning; including all the islands, bays,
and harbors adjacent to, or included within, the
limits hereby assigned to said State. And a
new territory is hereby established, to be called
Colorado, to consist of the residue of the terri
tory embraced within the limits of the said
State of California, specified in the constitution
heretofore adopted by the people of California
and for the government of such territory SO es-
tablished, all the provisions of this act relating
to the Territory of Utah, except the name and
boundaries therein specified, are hereby declared
to be in force in said Territory of Colorado.
from and after the day when the consent of the
State of California shall have been expressed in
some formal manner to the modification Of her
boundaries above described"
Mr.. CLAY then took the floor and spoke over
three hours in defence Of the Committee of Thir-
teen, theirreport and the bill under consideration
He said that number of senator's had asserted
that there was no disturbance, no unhappiness, no
disquietude among the people. He totally mis-.
read the signs of the times if there was that state
of profound peace and quiet which was supposed
by some to exist If it did exist, how came il
that sectional convention had recently assem-
bled at Nashville' When had it ever before been
seen that the legislatures Of several States had
said that it would be violation Of their rights
for Congress to do three things' These were
the admission of California; the passage of the
Wilmot Proviso; and the abolition Of slavery in
the District Of Columbia
Besides the bill under consideration, the com
mittee had reported two other bis--one for the
restoration of fugitive slaves, and the other pro-
viding for the abolition Of the slave trade in the
district. The subject Of fugitive slaves was moi
| a mere border controversy. 1t was one which
the whole South considered as requiring the inter
vention of Congress.
! Besides these evidences of disquietude, a sec
tional paper (referring to this paper) had been
established in this city, which espoused the inter
ests Of only one section Of the Union. HI
wished to see its doctrines on all occasions propa
gated with greater regard for truth than it hat
manifested in particular instance. That paper
4 Che Southern Press) had recently said that in tn
State of Kentucky, there was great division
and diversity of opinion upon the subject o
the adoption Of this measure, and that the consti
tutional convention in that State had unanimously
or nearly unanimously, rejected a proposition j,
! favor Of the pending compromise Why, sail
4 he, directly, the reverse is the fact. He SHOULD
have noticed this had not Mobile paper, Of tn
l4th inst, copied the article of the " Sorthers
Press"
He (Mr. CLAr) had recently Seem pamphle
portraying to the people of the South, in livel
hues the advantages which would result from
separation from the South.
j All these things should arouse Senator'S to tn
dangers which were threatening the ship Of State
IL was in this excited state of the public MIND
that the Senator from Mississippi, (Mr. Foorr
had introduced his resolution for the appointmer
of committee of thirteen, to take into consider,
ton all the agi,atng of dissention in rel'
ton to slavery.
i After a long and desperate resistance on I'll
part of the opponents Of the scheme, the con
miitee was appointed, and finally, after great d.
! liberation, reported the scheme Of the Compr'