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the preservation of the right of the
United States to the public lands.
The question was then taken on
the amendment of Mr.. Soule, as fol-
lows:
Ioas.-Messrs. Atchison, Barn
well, Berrien, Butler, Clemens, Da-
Wis of Miss, Dawson, Downs, Foote,
Houston, Hunter, King, Mason, Nor
ton, Rusk, Sebastian, Soule, Turney,
and Gulec-l9.
Nays.-Messrs. Badger, Baldwin,
Bell, Benton, Bright, Cass, Chase,
Clarke, Clay, Cooper, Corwin, Davis
OF Mass, Dayton, Dickinson, Dodge,
Douglas, Felch, Greene, Hale, Ham
I'm, Jones, Miller, Norris, Pearcc,
Phelps, Pratt, Seward, Shields, Smith,
Sturgeon, Underwood, Upham Wal
ker, Wales, Webster, and Whit
comb.-36.
MIR. John Davis addressed the Sen
ate at length i'll opposition to the bill.
Mr.. Davis, without concluding,
yielded TO motion to adjourn.
Mr. Clay expressed hope that the
Senate would agree upon a day to
take the question on the engrossment
of tho bill. EIc suggested Wednes-
day next.
MIR. Bell objected. He wished to
give his views. He and others would
not be able to address the Senate, if
so early day was fixed.
MIR Nnlon lo,l x,> a., t,l,J 49,.
amendment to the bill.
After an Executive session, the
Senate adjourned.
In the House, Mr.. Parker intro
troduced a bill respecting the nation
al armorlcs at Springfield and Har-
per's Ferry; winch was read twice
and referred to the committee on
military affairs.
The House then proceeded TO the
consideration of the Iowa contested
election case.
The debate being closed, the Chair
stated that the question would first be
OH the resolution of Mr.. Van Dyke
to give the seat to the contestant,
moved as substitute for the resolu-
ton of the ma jority of the committee
Of elections to give it TO the whig
member, Mr.. Thompson.
The question was put and decided
in yeas 95, nays 81. The chair voted
i'll the negative; SO the amendment
was not agreed to.
The House adjourned to Saturday.
SLAVE LABOR IN THE TERRITORIES.
House of Representatives., June l,
Dear Sir: In speech delivered by
you, i'll the House of Representatives
in March last, / understood you to
say that you had been in the valley
of the Great Salt Lake, and that you
were acquainted, from personal OBJ
servation, with large part of the ter
ritory of California. viii you be SO
good as TO give me your opinion, and
the reasons for entertaining it, of the
probability or improbability ofthe in
PRODUCTION of slave laborinto any part
OF the territory recently acquired by
the United States from Mexico; pro-
vided such introduction be not pro-
hibitcd by law!
| wish to obtain your opinion in
regard to other kinds oflabor, as well
as agricultural; because, as it seems to
me,a most unwarantable, if not
most disingenuous attempt has been
made, 70 lead the public to believe
that no form of slave labor will ever
be introduced there, because, possibly
OF probably, it may not be introduced
for agricultural purposes.
A reply at your earliest convent
ence, will much oblige, 4
Yours, very truly,
HORACE MANN.
Hon. S. r. Thmston,
Delegate from Oregon.
WAsHTNGToN, June 10, 1850.
! received notice from you some
days ago, making certain Inquiries,
but which, up to this time, j have
been unable to answer. | desire to
take no part in the question now di-
yIdlnr the coi.1trV. b,,f no yo,, l,oya