Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856.

DEBATES OF CONGRESS. 89 MAY, 1824.] Western Boundary of the Territory of Arkansas. [H. OF R. Mr. TAYLOR hoped that the House was pre- to consent to remove the line farther west, and pared to act on the resolution without delay. does not violate any treaty. It had received Mr. cDuDFFIE moved to lay it on the table; the deliberate consideration of the Senate, and and, the question being put, it was carried- he hoped it would pass this House. ayes 92. Mr. RANKIN rejoined. If this extension of the Mr. FORSYTH then moved that a copy of this limits be allowed, the whole must be received report be transmitted by the Clerk of this House as a State, or a small section of its western part to the President of the United States. He ob- must remain (probably forever) a Territory, or served, that the same courtesy which had dic- else the Indians must be driven still farther west. tated the former communication, when the me- Mr. CLAY responded. If Louisiana was not as morial was presented, and the committee had large as the gentleman could wish, it was an arsent for Mr. Edwards, was proper on the present gument rather for than against this bill. He occasion. (Mr. C.) had opposed the treaty by which Texas Mr. WEBSTER said, that, with great deference was ceded, and Louisiana consequently reduced to the honorable gentleman from Georgia, it in extent. If Louisiana was comparatively weak, appeared to him that, when the resolution pro- the greater need that the adjoining frontier State posed in the report of the committee should be should be a strong one. adopted, it would then be proper to make such The debate was further continued by Mr. communication, but not in the present stage of WooD, Mr. F. JoHNsoN, and Mr. IsAous, when the proceeding. committee rose, and reported the bill to the Mr. FoRSYTH then moved to lay the resolu- House; and, the question being put on its final tion he offered on the table, till the determina- passage, it was decided in the negative-ayes 52, tion of the House with respect to that reported noes 56. by the committee should be known.-Agreed to. And then the House adjourned. Western Boundacry of the Territory of Arkansas. WEDNESDAY, May 26. On motion of Mr. CONwaY, the House, in Coom- Western Boundary of the Territory qf Arkansas. mittee of the Whole, (Mr. SHIARPE in the chair,) considered the bill to fix the western boundary A motion was made, by Mr. Ross, that the line of the Territory of Arkansas. House do reconsider the vote, taken yesterday, line of the Territory of Arkansas. On this bill an animated debate of consider- on the question, " Shall the bill from the Senate, able extent arosein which Mr. RANKIN opposed entitled'An act to fix the western boundary a~ble'f~~ erw.opposeline of the Territory of Arkansas, and for other the extension of the present boundary of that line of the Territory of A Territory, as violating the provision of Indian purposes, be read a third time 2" and on the treaties, as giving an improper size to the future question, "Will the House reconsider the said State into which this Territory will soon be vote us it passed in the affirmative. formed. He denied the right of the settlers to The question was again put, "Shall the bill be the lands they occupied, and contended that that read a third thime " and passed in the affirmative. Territory ought to afford a resting-place to the To-day was then assigned for the third reading Indians from the eastern side of the Mississippi of the said bill. The bill was, accordingly, read iM. CON remonstrated Mississippi, a third time. And, on the question, " Shall it Mr. ConwaY remonstrated with warmth pass?" it passed in the affirmative-yeas 70, nays against forty thousand Choctaw Indians turned 58, as follows: in among the settlements of Arkansas, to turn YEAS.-Messrs. Abbot, Adams, Alexander of out those who had subdued the wilderness, and Virginia, Alexander of Tennessee, J. S. Barbour, were surrounded with improvements, the fruit Breck, Brent, Buckner, Cocke, Condict, Cook, of their own labor, fields, mills, cotton factories, Craig, Cushman, Findlay, Floyd, Foot of Connectidistilleries, &c. He contended that the limits cus, Forward, Harris, Henry, Holcombe, Houston, distilleries &. Hle contended that the limits Ingham, Isacks, Jenkins, Jennings, F. Johnson, of the Territory should be removed farther to Kent, Kidder, Kremer, Lawrence, Leftwich, Litchthe west, to allow room for these Indians field, Little, Livermore, Livingston, McArthur, having a separate home from the whites, &c., McDuffie, McKim, Martindale, Metcalfe, Mitchell of and to give strength to Arkansas as a future Pennsylvania, Mitchell of Maryland, Moore of Kenfrontier State. tucky, Neale, Patterson of Pennsylvania, Patterson Mr. Wood made some remarks in opposition of Ohio, Plumer of Pennsylvania, Reynolds, Richto the bill. ards, Rich, Rose, Ross, Scott, Sloane, Standefer, A. Mr. CONWAY explained. Stevenson, J. Stephenson, Stewart, Strong, Swan, Mr. CLAY advocated the passage of the bill- Taliaferro, Tattnall, Taylor, Test, Udree, Van represented the hardships of the circumstances Wyck, Warfield, Williams of North Carolina, James of the settlers-considered the new Territories Wilson, and Henry Wilson. as younger daughters in the common federative NAys. —Messrs. Bartlett, Beecher, Blair, Cambrefa~mily, and, as such, entitled to an indulgent po7 leng, Campbell of South Carolina, Cary, Cobb, Crafts, family and a s such, entitled to an indulgent pol- Culpeper, Cuthbert, Durfee, Dwinell, Dwight, Eddy, icy —denied that the size of the Territory must Foote of New York, Forsyth, Frost, Gatlin, Gist, necessarily govern the size of the future State Gurley, Hall, Hamilton, Harvey, Hayden, Hobart, to be formed out of it, and even if it did, lie Hogeboom, Hooks, Lee, Lincoln, McCoy, McKee, urged the policy of making Arkansas a strong McLane of Delaware, Matlack, Matson, Moore of frontier State. The bill only asks the Indians Alabama. Nelson, Newton, Plumer of New Hamp

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