Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16)United States. Congress
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Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16)
United States. Congress
Law -- United States; United States -- Politics and government
YEAS.--Messrs. Anderson, Armstrong, Baldwin, Breckenridge,
Cocke, Condit, Jackson, Nicholas, John Smith, Samuel Smith,
Stone, Venable, and Wells.
NAYS.--Messrs. Adams, Bradley, Brown, Ellery, Franklin,
Hillhouse, Logan, Maclay, Olcott, Pickering, Plumer, Potter,
Israel Smith, Worthington, and Wright.
WEDNESDAY, February 1.
_Erection of Louisiana into two Territories._
The Senate resumed the second reading of the bill erecting Louisiana into
two Territories, and providing for the temporary government thereof; and
on motion, to agree to the last division of the amendment proposed on the
30th ultimo, amended as follows:
“And no slave or slaves shall, directly or indirectly, be
introduced into the said Territory except by a citizen of
the United States, removing into said Territory for actual
settlement, and being, at the time of such removal, _bona fide_
owner of such slave or slaves; and every slave imported or
brought into the said Territory, contrary to the provisions of
this act, shall thereupon be entitled to, and receive, his or
her freedom:”
It passed in the affirmative--yeas 18, nays 11, as follows:
YEAS.--Messrs. Armstrong, Bradley, Breckenridge, Brown, Cocke, Condit,
Franklin, Hillhouse, Logan, Maclay, Olcott, Plumer, Potter, S. Smith,
Wells, White, Worthington, and Wright.
NAYS.--Messrs. Adams, Anderson, Baldwin, Dayton, Ellery, Jackson,
Nicholas, Pickering, J. Smith, Stone, and Venable.
THURSDAY, February 2.
_Erection of Louisiana into two Territories._
The Senate resumed the second reading of the bill erecting Louisiana
into two Territories, and making provision for the temporary government
thereof; and on motion to strike out the eighth section of the original
bill, amended as follows:
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