San Andreas independent., 1858-03-13
Kansas Resolutions.

form themselves a Constitution and State CO.
vernment, which Constitution and Government
so formed is Republican: and achereas, the
said Constitution has been submitted to the
Congress of the United States with the view
OF the admission of Kansas into the Union as
an independent State therefore
ResotUed By the Senate and Assembly OF
the State of California, that our Senators De
instructed, and our Representatives requested,
to vote for the immediate admission OF the
Territory of Kansas into the Union, on an
equal footing with the original States in all
respects whatever.
Resolred, That the Governor be, and he is
hereby requested to transmit copies OF these
resolutions to our Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress.
The following proceedings took place in the
House previous to their adoption
Mr.. Station, from the majority of the Sc
lect Committee, to whom was referred the res
olutions and substitutes upon the admission OF
Kansas, reported back the original resolutions
of Mr.. Stratton, without amendment, and re-
commend their passage.
On motion of Mr.. Stratton, the rules were
suspended and the resolutions were taken up.
Mr.. OBrien moved to adjourn. LoSt-ayeS
a. noes SO.
Mr.. Stratton offered an amendment, chang
ing the title from "joint' to concurrent "
resolutions
Mr.. Buel moved to recommit the resolutions
to the committee with special instructions.
| Mr.. Ferguson offered a substitute to the
whole NATTER providing that all Kansas and
hlibuster resolutions be discussed in extra
session of the Assembly Immediately after the
close of the regular session, at the expense of
the members.
Mr.. O'Brien moved to lay the whole subject
upon the table.
Mr.. Curtis moved the previous question,
| which was carried, ayes AZ; noes, IL.
Mr.. Sherwin moved to adjourn. Decided
out of order.
Mr.. Sherwin appealed from the decision of
the Chair. Chair sustained.
| The question then recurring on the motion
of Mr.. Stratton to substitute the word ''con-
current for "joint," resolution, it was deci-
ded in the affirmative-ayes Al, noes, 10.
| Mr.. Ballou, from the minority of the COM
mittee, to whom was referred the resolution on
the Kansas question, delivered written re-
port of great length.
During the reading of the report, several
attempts were made to suspend its reading,
which was finally done on the motion of Mr.
Young,
NJ OFdy uellldlltleu Tue ayes anu HOeS Oh tue
motion to suspend 1t was declared out of
order.
The previous question was then put, and
the ayes and noes demanded.
1t was understood that each member should
have five minutes to explain his vote.
The resolutions were then put upon their
passage and adopted by the following vote ::
AYEs-Anderson, Aud, Buel, Crane, Curtis,
Davis, Edwards, Ely, Galbrath, Gordon, Gra-
ham, Groom, Haldeman, Hamlin, Harris Ham
cock, Havens, Heath, Hill, of Sierra, Holman,
Kabler, King, Lee, Lewis, Loufbourrow, Mar
shall, Markley, MCoy, Minis, Mitchell, Parker,
Ormsby, Pearls, Pico, Stafford, Sheridan, ST.
mons, Smith, of San Bernardno, Spilman,
Stakes, Stratton, Thomas, Upton, Tuttle,
Walker, Ward, Warfeld, Young, and Mr..
/ Speaker-49.
NoEs-Ballon, Banks, Burbank, Caldwell
Cherry, Gray Hill, of Nevada, Kitchens, Ho-
bart, Holiday, Moore, Moses. 0'Brien, Palmer,
Shepard, Sherwin, Stout, Wilson'S.
ABSENT FROM THE CITY-Clark Howell 0s-
Good, Hirsr, Neblett, Stocker and Warmcas-
tie.
Since the above vote was taken, five of the
absent members recorded their votes for the
resolutions = Messrs. Warmcastle, Neblett,
Street Hrst and Stocker; and Mr.. DeLong
| against them-making the vote stand, for the
resolution, 81; to 10 against it.
FURTHER PROCEEDINGS.
| Mr.. O'Brien-l rise to a question of privi-
| lege.
The Speaker-To what sir?
Mr.. O'Brien-I rise to reply to gentleman
who has assaulted my Democracy, and i'm
pugned my motives for supporting Stephen A.
Douglas, in the issue between him and the
President of the United States | will say sir,
to this gentleman, that I am not new fiedged
| Democrat Sir, have been Democrat since
| have been able to lisp the name OF Democ-
racy and defy any living man to assert
anything to the contrary. The gentleman from
Placer, {Mr. Stratton) has seen fit to assert
that any gentleman upon this floor who sup
ported Senator Douglas in the present issue, is
| Black Republican at heart. | would say to
the gentleman from Placer, that so far as | am
concerned-as am presumed to know my own
heart better than any other man on this floor
his assertion is false; and | take this oppor-
tunity to hurl back the imputaton to the
source from whence it emanated. would re-
quest the Chairman of the minority committee
to state why my name was not attached to the
minority report
Mr.. Ballon--It was merely through mistake.
| would request that it be added to the record
on the Journal. So ordered
! Mr.. Street, by leave, had his name recorded
as voting for the Lecompton resolutions, as he
was detained from sitting in the House yeSter-
day, on account of Illness.
The Sacramento Watch Dog, paper fierce
ly Democratic thus refers to the consistent and
honorable course of Mr. O'Brien, and calls him
the q right sort of Democrat -
During the consideration of Stratton' s
Kansas resolutions of instruction, in the
Assembly, on Thursday last, Mr.. Stratton
said that if Mr.. Douglass saw fit to
abandon the President in this issue, that
he and all who acted with him were act
ing with Black Republicans, and aeere
Black Republicans at heart" Onyester-
day morning, Mr. O'Brien, from Calave-
ras, rose to question of privilege in ref
erence to this remark, and after stating
that his Democracy had never been i'm
peached, or could be impeached in sim
gle instance, he referred to the remark of
Mr.. Stratton, and turning to that gentle
man, he declared the assertion false, as
far as he, Mr. O. Brien) was concerned" "
Mr. O'Brien then demanded to know why
his name had been left off of the report
made by the minority of the Committee,