The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-02-17

lgehce III the present House as IN any oil which
he had been a member.
The question recurring on the amendment of
Mr.. Grow, OF Pennsylvania, repeating so much
of the act for the admission of Kansas as pro-
vldes that whenever, and not before, it shall be
aseertained by census that the population
equal or exceed the ratio required for a mem
Der, Constitution may be formed, preparatory
to admission into the Union.
MIR. Maynard of Tennessee, then offered his
amendment, providing for the admission Of Ore
gon upon conditions.
Mr.. Hill, of Georgia, then moved to amend
the amendment by providing that whenever it
shall be ascertaned by census that the pop
ulation of Oregon equal or exceed the ratio of
representation required for member of the
House of Representatives, it shall be admitted
into the Union, and prescribing its boundaries.
MIR. Bingham, OF Ohio, then offered his sub
stitute for the original BILL to enable the Terri
tory of Oregon, inasmuch as the present Com
stitution does not conform to the Constitution
Of the United States, to elect delegates to a
Convention to form a Constitution preparatory
to their admission.
Mr.. Marshall, of Kentucky, then offered
substitute for the substitute offered by Mr.. Bing-
ham, providing for the admission of Oregon,
upon the entertainment of the requisite popula
ton, and repeating the provisions authorizing
alien suffrage
Mr.. Davis, of Indiana, then moved to recon-
nit the bill, with instructions to add clause
repeating the restrictive clause upon Kansas in
regard to population.
Mr.. Stephens, of Georgia, raised point of
order, that the motion could not be entertained.
Tie Speaker decided the point to be well
taken, on the ground that the motion would do
that which the House could not do.
Mr. Davis of Indiana apnaalad from ba
decision of Chair; when
MIR. English, of Indiana, moved that the APP
peal be laid on the table which motion pre-
vailed-yeas ll8, nays 80.
The question was first taken on the amend
ment Of Mr.. Hill and it was rejected-yeas %,
nays I73.
The amendment of Mr.. Maynard being reject
ed, and the question recurring upon the sub
stitute offered by Mr. Marshall for that offered
by Mr.. Bingham
Mr.. Washburne, of Illinois, moved that the
whole subject be laid on the table which mo-
ton did not prevail-yeas "a, nays l24.
The substitute of Mr. Marshall-yeas Is, nays
lS9-and the substitute of Mr.. Bingham-yeas
"a, nays l32-were severally rejected and the
question recurring upon the preami bile to the
bill
Mr.. Walbridge, of Michigan, moved that the
House adjourn which motion did not prevail
The preamble was then adopted-yeas ll3,
nays 95-aud the bill passed-yeas ia, nays
l03-as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Adrain, ALL, Arnold, Atkins,
Avery, Barksdale, Barr, Billinghurst Bocoek,
Bowie, Branch, Burnett, Burns, Caruthers, Case,
Caskie, Csvanaugh, Chapman, Clark of Missou-
ri, Clay, John Cochrane of New York, Cockerll,
Colfax, Comins, Corning, Cox, Cragin, Craig of
Missouri, Craige of North Carolina, Curtis,
Davidson, Davis of Indiana, Davis of Mississip
pi Dewart, Dimmick, Edmundson, Elliott,
English, Florence, Foley, Foster, Gartrell, ellis,
Greenwood, Gregg, Groesbeck, Hall of Ohio,
Hatch, Hawkins, Hodges, Hopkins, Horton,
Hughes, Huyler, Jackson, jenkins, Jewett,
Jones of Tennessee, Jones, of Pennsylvania,
Kilgore, Kunkel of Pennsylvania, Lamar,
Macay, McKibbin, McRae, Marshall of IL
linois, Mason, Miller, Montgomery, Morris of
Illinois, Niblack, Nichols Pendleton, Petit,
Peyton, Phelps of Missouri, Phelps of Mnneso-
ia, Phillips, Powell, Reagan, Reilly, Ruffin,
Russell, Sandidge, Savage, Scott, Soaring,
Seward, Shaw of Illinois, Singleton, Smith Of
Illinois, Smith of Tennessee, Stephens, Steven
son, Stewart of Maryland, Talbot, Taylor OF
New York, Taylor of Louisiana, Thayer, Val
landigham, Ward, Watkins, White, Whiteley,
Winslow, Wood, Wortendyke Wright of Georgia,
and Wright of Tennessee--ll4
Nays-Messrs. Abbott Andrews, Bingham,
Blair, Bonham, Boyce, Brayton, Bryan, Buffin-
ton, Burlingame, Burroughs, Chaffee, Clark of
Connecticut, Clark of New York, Clawson,
Cobb, Clark b. Cochrane of New York, Covode,
era wford, Curry, Davis of Maryland, Davis OF
Iowa, Dawes, Dean, Dick, Dodd, Doweell, Durfee,
Ede, Farnsworth, Fenton, Gid6ngs, Gilman,
Gilmer, dooch, Goodwin, Granger, Grow, Hall
of Massachusetts,, Harlan, Harris, Haakin, Hill
Hoard, Houston, Howard Keim, Keitt, Kellogg
Kelsey, Knapp, Leach, Lovejoy, MCQUEEN
Marshall of Kentucky, Matteson Miles, Nilsson
Moore, Morgan, Morrill,, Morris of Pennsylvania
Morse of Maine, Morse Of New York, Mott
Murray, DIN, Palmer, Parker, Pike, Potter,
Pouie, Puryiance, Ricaud, Richie, Robbins,
Roberts, Royce, Scales, Shaw of North Carroll
ma, Sherman of New York, Shorter, Smith Of
Virginia, Spinner, Stalworth, Stanton, Stewart
ofPennsylvania, Tappan, Thompson, Tompkins
TriPpe, Underwood, Vance, Wade, Walbridge
Waldron, Walton, WaShburn of Wisconsin
Washburne of Illinois Washburn of Maine
Wilson, Woodson, and Zollicoffer-l03.
On the motion of Mr.. Burnett, of Kentucky
the House adjourned till Monday next.