New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-22
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WASHINGTON, July .

SENATE. Mr. Seward presented memorial
Of the Industrial Convention held in New Jer-
sey in favor Of the Homestead bill
Two bills confirming private land claims in
Louisiana passed.
The bill making an appropriation for the
completion of the Treasury building so as to
cover the whole square east of the Presidents
house, and accommodating the Treasury, State
and Interior Departments, was takenup and
passed. It appropriates 100000 to commence
the work.
The bill making Cairo, Illinois, a port of de-
livery, was also passed
The bill granting lands in alternate sections
to the States of Louisiana and Mississippi for
constructing o railroad from New Orleans to
Mobile, was then taken up and passed. :.
The House bill making provision for the postal
service in California, Washington and Oregon,
was taken up and passed.
Mr.. Pearce reported q joint resolution provi-
ding for q distribution of the works of Thomas
Jefferson to states and territories, colleges, pub
lie offices, etc. Taken up and passed.
The resolution that the Senate on and after
Monday meet daily at eleven o'clock, was
adopted.
tice of my intention to ask leave to introduce 8
bill to prohibit slavery in the territories.
now present the bill, and ask that leave.
The bill was then read for the first time by
its title. Nl4'
Mr.. Chase resumed-The bill which have
Just introduced is very brief. 1t enacts that
there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of
crime, in any Territory in the United States.
Its words of prohibition are those proposed by
Jefferson in 1884, and their scope is the same.
In 1884 Jefferson proposed to prohibit slavery
in all the Territories of the United States, and
this bill proposes the same prohibition. The
prohibition of Jefferson was incorporated in the
ordinance of 1887, and this became law
| throughout the whole Territory then subject to
federal legislation. 1t was renewed in the act
| for the admission of Missouri, and applied to
the other region. west of the Mississippi and
north of 36 &c. At this session this ancient
policy of prohibition has been reserved by the
repeal of the nighth section of the Missouri act.
| The Kansas and Nebraska act substitutes the
policy Of slavery allowance for the policy Of
\ slavery rohibition. | have no wish to renew
| the discussion of this great question at this
| time merely wished to give notice, by the
introduction of this bill, that the legislation
| which repeats the Missouri prohibition, and re-
verses the policy Of Jefferson, is not acquiesced
| in, and that there is settled purpose in the
| country to reinstate the prohibition and extend
1 it to all national territory. do not ask that
| the bill shall be referred, nor do | invoke any
I
pired. The Senate is fresh from the discussion
of the subject, and its decision is fixed. If
shall have the honor of seat here, at the next
Session, propose to submit the bill to discus
sion and vote. In the meantime, invoke the
Judgment Of the people.
Mr.. Jones, of Tennessee, said he wish ed thu
Senator would place his bill in such position
that it would be in order to move to lay it OF
the table. He desired to make that motion, il
order that it might be seen how many Senators
| there were for or in favor of such measure.
| Mr.. Chase said that the bill would come III
| tomorrow on its second reading, when the Sen
ator could make such q motion, and have thu
| test vote he wanted
Mr. Seward said that as the matter was likely
to come up tomorrow, and as he expected to b.
absent at the time, he desired now to say, tina
if present, he would vote for the bill.
Mr.. Jones We all know that