It was determined in the affirmative-yeas 97, nays 76; as follows: Y. N. 6 tude in the said state, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided, 9 always, that any person escaping within the same from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any other state, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service, as 1 aforesaid: Provided, nevertheless, that the said provision shall not be construed to alter the condition or civil rights of any person now held to service or labor in the said territory.' The question was then stated on agreeing to this amendment, when 97 76 So the House of Representatives insisted on their disagreement to the Senate's amendment for the admission of Missouri. The question was then taken: "Will the House insist on their disagreement to the amendment of the Senate, prohibiting the further introduction of slavery into the territories north of 36° 30'?" And it was determined in the affirmative yeas 160, nays 14; as follows: States. South Carolina 19 2 Georgia. Mr. Storrs of N. Y. moved to strike out these words: "And shall ordain and establish that," and in lieu thereof to insert the following: "And be it further enacted, That the following propositions be, and the same are hereby, offered to the said convention, for their free acceptance or rejection, to be incorporated Y. N. into the constitution of the said state as articles of compact between the said state and the United States, viz.: That there be neither 1 slavery," &c., as above. 9 5 2 Kentucky 8 Tennessee • 5 . 4 1 Ohio 5 . 25 3 2 Indiana 20 3 Mississippi Iliinois 6 2 Alabama 22 10 211 160 14 So the House of Representatives insisted upon their disagreement to all the amendments of the Senate, and notified the Senate thereof. In Senate, Feb. 28, 1820, On motion by Mr. Thomas, Resolved, That the Senate ask a conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on said amendments. Ordered, That Mr. Thomas of Ill., Mr. Pinkney of Md., and Mr. Barbour of Va., be the managers at the said conference on the part of the Senate. Ordered, That the secretary notify the House of Representatives accordingly. In House of Representatives, Feb. 29, 1820, Resolved, That this House do agree to the conference, &c., &c. Ordered, That Mr. Holmes of Mass., Mr. Taylor of N. Y., Mr. Lowndes of S. C., Mr. Parker of Mass., and Mr. Kinsey of N. J., be the managers at the said conference on the part of this House. Feb. 29, 1820.-The House took up the amendments made in committee of the whole to the "bill to authorize the people of the Territory of Missouri to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states," and concurred therein, with the exception of the following amendment: "And shall ordain and establish, that there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servi Nelson. And, on the question to agree to this amendment of Mr. Storrs, it was determined in the negative-yeas 82, nays 98. The question was then taken on agreeing to the above amendment made in the committee of the whole, and passed in the affirmative yeas 94, nays 86. A motion was then made by Mr. Taylor of N. Y. further to amend the said bill by striking out these words: "And the said state, when formed, shall be admitted into the Union upon an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever;" and in lieu thereof to insert, And if the same (that is the constitution) shall be approved by Congress, the said territory shall be admitted into the Union as a state, upon the same footing as the original states. And the question being taken thereon, it was determined in the negative-yeas 49, nays 125. No further amendment being proposed, the question was then taken, "Shall the said bill be engrossed and read a third time?" and passed in the affirmative-yeas 93, nays 84. In House of Representatives, Mar. 1, 1820. On the question "Shall the bill pass?" and it passed in the affirmative-yeas 91, nays 82; as follows: N. Y., Bateman of N. J., Beecher of O., Boden of Pa., Brush YEAS.-Messrs. Adams of Mass., Allen of N. Y., Baker of of O., Buffum of N. H., Campbell of O., Case of N. Y., Clagett of N. H., Clark of N. Y., Cook of Ill., Crafts of Vt., Cushman of Mass., Darlington of Pa., Dennison of Pa., De Witt of N. Y., Dickinson of N. Y., Dowse of Mass., Eddy of R. I., Edwards of Conn., Edwards of Pa., Fay of N. Y., Folger of Mass., Ford of N. Y., Forrest of Pa., Fuller of Mass., Gross of N. Y., Gross of Pa., Guyon of N. Y., Hackley of N. Y.. Hall of N. Y., Hazard of R. I., Hemphill of Pa., Hendricks of Ind., Herrick of O., Hibsham of Pa., Heister of Pa., Hill of Mass., Hostetter of Pa., Kendall of Mass., Kensey of N. J., Kinsley of Me., Lathrop of Mass., Lincoln of Mass., Linn of N. J., Lyman of N. Y., Maclay of Pa., Marchand of Pa., Meech of Vt., R. Moore of Pa., S. Moore of Pa., Monell of N. Y., Morton of Mass., Moseley of Conn., Murray of Pa., Nelson of Mass., Parker of Mass., Patterson of Pa., Phelps of Conn., of O., Russ of Conn., Sampson of Mass., Sergeant of Pa., of Mass., Wood of N. Y.-91. Philson of Pa., Pitcher of N. Y., Plumer of N. H., Rich of Vt., Richards of Vt., Richmond of N. Y., Rogers of Pa., Ross Silsbee of Mass.. Sloan of O., Smith of N. J., Southard, Ste vens of Conn., Street of N. Y., Strong of Vt., Strong of N. Y., Tarr of Pa., Taylor of N. Y., Tomlinson of Conn., Tomp kins of N. Y., Tracey of N. Y., Upham of N. H., Van Rens selaer of N. Y., Wallace of Pa., Wendover of N. Y., Whitman NAYS.-Messrs. Alexander of Va., Allen of Tenn., Anderson of Ky., Archer of Md., Archer of Va., Baldwin of Pa., Barbour of Va., Bayley of Md., Bloomfield of N. J., Brevard Burwell of Va., Butler of La., Cannon of Tenn., Cobb of Geo., Crowell of Ala., Culbreth of Md., Culpepper of N. C., Cuthbert of Ga., Davidson of N. C., Earle of S. C., Edwards of N. C., Erwin of S. C., Fisher of N. C., Floyd of Va., Foot of Conn., Fullerton of Pa., Garnett of Va., Hall of N. C., Hardin of Ky., Holmes of Mass., Hook of N. C., Johnson of Va., Jones of Va., Jones of Tenn., Kent of Md., Little of Md., of S. C., Brown of Ky., Bryan of Tenn., Burton of N. C., by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, for ever prohibited: Provided always, that any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or ser vice is lawfully claimed in any state or territory of the United States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid. The said amendment was agreed to in Senate without a division. Mr. Trimble of Ohio then moved to amend Lowndes of S. C., McCoy of Va., McCreary of S. C., McLane this new section by striking out the following: of Del., McLean of Ky., Mason of Mass., Meigs of N. Y., Mer-"All that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of 36° 30′ north latitude, not included within the limits of the state contemplated by this act," and inserting in lieu thereof the following: cer of Va., Metcalf of Ky., Neale of Md., Nelson of Va., Newton of Va. Overstreet of S. C. Parker of Va., Pinckney of S., C.. Pindall of Va., Quarles of Ky., Randolph of Va.. Rankin of Miss. Read of Ga., Rhea of Tenn., Ringgold of Md., Robertson of Ky.. Settle of N. C., Shaw of Mass., Simkins of S. C., Slocum of N. C., Smith of Md., B. Smith of Va., A. Smyth of Va., Smith of N. C., Storrs of N. Y., Strother of Va., Swea ringen of Va., Terrill of Geo., Trimble of Ky., Tucker of Va., Tucker of S. C., Tyler of Va., Walker of N. C., Warfield of Md., Williams of Va., Williams of N. C.-82. Vote classified by states: Y. N. All that part of Louisiana west of the Mississippi ceded by France to the United States, except the state of Louisiana, the territory included in the proposed state of Missouri, 9 and the Arkansas territory east of the 17° or 94° of longitude (agreeably to Melish's map.) On the question to agree to this amendment, it was determined in the negative-yeas 12, 1 nays 30, as follows: 4 1 1 91 82 In Senate of United States, March 2, 1820. The aforesaid bill, from the House of Representatives, was received and taken up, and on motion by Mr. Barbour of Va. to strike out the clause "that the further introduction of slavery or involuntary servitude be prohibited, except for the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall be duly convicted; and that all children of slaves born within the said state, after the admission thereof into the Union, shall be free, but may be held to service until the age of twenty-five years," as an amendment; and it was agreed to-yeas 27, nays 15; as follows:— Y. N. 2222 2 2 The said clause was therefore stricken from the bill of the House of Representatives. On motion by Mr. Thomas to amend said bill by adding thereto the following, as a new section :- The title of the bill was then amended by adding thereto the following: "And to prohibit slavery in certain territories." And the bill was passed without a division, and sent to the House of Representatives. On the reception of which in the House of Representatives, the managers of the confer ence on the disagreeing votes on the amendments to the "bill providing for the admission of the state of Maine into the Union," made a report (which is in the journal of the House of Representatives, page 275), recommending 1st. That the Senate recede from all their amendments to the bill for the admission of Maine, and 2d. That the bill of the House of Representatives to enable the people of Missouri to 27 15 form a state government, &c., should be so amended as to strike out the clause prohibiting slavery within the state to be formed, and to insert a new section prohibiting slavery in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of 36° 30' north latitude, not included within the limits of the state of Missouri, &c. The said report was read and ordered to lie on the table. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of 36° 30', north latitude, Not included within the limits of the state contemplated The House then took up and proceeded to YEAS.-Messrs. Abbott, Alexander, Allen of Tenn,, Anderson, Archer of Md., Archer of Va., Baldwin, Barbour, Bayly, Bloomfield, Brevard, Brown, Bryan, Burton, Burwell, Butler of La., Cannon, Cobb, Cocke, Crawford, Crowell, Culbreth, Culpepper, Cuthbert, Davidson, Earle, Eddy, Edwards of N. C., Ervin, Fisher, Floyd, Foot, Fullerton, Garnett, Hall of N. C., Hardin, Hill, Holmes, Hooks, Johnson, Jones of Va., Jones of Tenn., Kent, Kinsey, Little, Lowndes, McCoy, McCreary, McLane of Del., McLean of Ky., Mason, Meigs, Mercer, Metcalf, Neale, Nelson of Va., Newton, Overstreet, Parker of Va., Pinckney, Pindall, Quarles, Randolph, Rankin, Reed, Rhea, Ringgold, Robertson, Settle, Shaw, Simpkins, Slocumb, Smith of N. J., Smith of Md., B. Smith of Va., A. Smyth of Va., Smith of N. C., Stevens, Storrs, Strother, Swearingen, Terrell, Trimble, Tucker of Va., Tucker of S. C., Tyler, Walker of N. C., Warfield, Williams of Va., Williams of N. C.-90. NAYS.-Messrs. Adams, Allen of Mass., Allen of N. Y., Baker, Bateman, Beecher, Boden, Brush, Buffum, Butler of N. H., Campbell, Clagett, Clark, Cooke, Crafts, Cushman, Darlington, Dennison, Dewitt, Dickinson, Dowse, Edwards of Pa., Fay, Folger, Ford, Forrest, Fuller, Gross of N. Y., Gross of Pa., Guyon, Hackley, Hall of N. Y., Hazard, Hemphill, Hendricks, Herrick, Hibsham, Hiester, Hostetter, Kendall, Kinsley, Lathrop, Lincoln, Linn, Livermore, Lyman, Maclay, Mallary, Marchand, Meech, R. Moore, S. Moore, Wallace, Wendover, Whitman, and Wood.-87. Those who voted in the affirmative and negative are as follows, by states : Y. N. 9 6 8 6 1 6 1 90 87 NAYS.-Messrs. Abbott, Adams, Alexander, Allen of Mass., of La., Cobb, Edwards of N. C., Ervin, Folger, Garnett, Gross Archer of Va., Barbour, Buffum, Burton, Burwell, Butler of N. Y., Hall of N. C., Hooks, Johnson, Jones of Va., Jones of Tenn., McCoy, Metcalf, Neale, Newton, Overstreet, Parker of Va., Pinckney, Pindall, Randolph, Reed, Rhea, Simkins, Slocumb, B. Smith of Va., A. Smyth of Va., Swearingen, Terrell, Tucker of Va., Tyler, Walker of N. C., Williams of Va.-42. States. Rhode Island North Carolina. So the House concurred in all the amendments of the Senate, and the bill was passed by the two Houses. The following is a copy of it as it became a law: An act to authorize the people of the Missouri territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the inhabitants of that portion of the Missouri territory included within the boundaries hereinafter designated, be, and they are hereby authorized to form for themselves a constitution and state government; and to assume such name as they shall deem proper; and the said state, when formed, shall be admitted into the Union upon an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatsoever. The 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th sections of the law embrace mere matters of detail, having no connexion with the great question which is now agitating the country. The 8th 1 section, which is what is generally known as the Missouri Compromise, is as follows: The main question was taken on concurring with the Senate in inserting in the bill, in lieu of the state restriction, the clause inhibiting slavery in the territory north of 36° 30′ north latitude, and was decided in the affirmative, by yeas and nays as follows: Guyon, Hacklay, Hall of N. Y., Hardin, Hazard, Hemphill, YEAS.-Messrs. Allen of N. Y., Allen of Tenn., Anderson, Archer of Md., Baker, Baldwin, Bateman, Bayly, Beecher, Bloomfield, Boden, Brevard, Brown, Brush, Bryan, Butler of N. H., Campbell, Cannon, Case, Clagett, Clarke, Cocke, Cook, Crafts, Crawford, Crowell, Culbreth, Culpepper, Cushman, Cuthbert, Darlington, Davidson, Dennison, Dewitt, Dickinson, Dowse, Earle, Eddy, Edwards of Pa., Fay, Fisher, Floyd, Foot, Ford, Forrest, Fuller, Fullerton, Gross of Pa., Hendricks, Herrick, Hibsham, Hiester, Hill, Holmes, lostet ter, Kendall, Kent, Kinsey, Kinsley, Lathrop, Little, Lincoln, Linn, Livermore, Lowndes, Lyman, Maclay, McCreary, McLane of Del., McLean of Ky., Mallary, Marchand, Mason, Meigs, Mercer, R. Moore, S. Moore, Monell, Morton, Mosely, Murray, Nelson of Mass., Nelson of Va., Parker of Mass., Patterson, Philson, Pitcher, Plumer, Quarles, Rankin, Rich, Richards, Richmond, Ringgold, Robertson, Rogers, Ross, Russ, Sampson, Sergeant, Settle, Shaw, Silsbee, Sloan, Smith of N. J., Smith of Md., Smith of N. C., Southard, Stevens, Storrs, Street, Strong of Vt., Strong of N. Y., Strother, Tarr, Taylor, Tomlinson, Tompkins, Tracy, Trimble, Tucker of S. C., Upham, Van Rensselaer, Wallace, Warfield, Wendover, Williams of N. C., Wood.-134. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That in all that territory ceded by France to the Uniwhich lies north of thirty-six degrees and ted States, under the name of Louisiana, within the limits of the state contemplated by thirty minutes north latitude, not included otherwise than in the punishment of crimes this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby for ever prohibited; Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed, in any state or territory of the United States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid. Approved 6th March, 1820. THE SECOND MISSOURI COMPROMISE. In the constitution formed by Missouri there was a clause requiring the legislature to pass laws prohibiting the emigration of freo people of color into the state; and this restriction opened up the question, and produced resistance to her admission. On the 23d November, 1820, in the House of Representatives, Mr. Lowndes of S. C., from the select committee to whom was referred the constitution formed for their government by the people of the state of Missouri, made a report, concluding with a joint resolution, "that the state of Missouri shall be, and is hereby declared to be, one of the United States of America, and is admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever." On the 29th of November, 1820, a similar resolution was reported to the Senate from a select committee, and it was subsequently passed, and sent to the House of Representatives. On the 29th of January, 1821, on motion of Mr. Clay, the House went into committee of the whole on the resolution from the Senate for admitting Missouri into the Union, with a caveat against the provision, if there be any, which conflicts with the Constitution of the United States. On the 22d of February the resolution was further considered, and, after much discussion, Mr. Clay moved the appointment of a committee of thirteen to consider the Senate's resolution; and this being agreed to, the following gentlemen were appointed the committee, viz: Messrs. Clay of Ky., Eustis of Mass., Smith of Md., Sergeant of Penn., Lowndes of S. C., Ford of N. Y., Campbell of Ohio, Archer of Va., Hackley of N. Y., S. Moore of Penn., Cobb of Ga., Tomlinson of Conn., and Butler of N. H. On the 10th of February Mr. Clay from the above committee made a report for the admission of Missouri into the Union. This report was intended to obviate the difficulties caused by the restriction in the constitution of Missouri, and Mr. Clay earnestly invoked a spirit of harmony and concession. The resolution attached to this report, being the Senate resolution as amended by the committee, was rejected by the House by a vote of 80 to 83. The reconsideration was carried on the 13th of Feb. by yeas 101, nays 66. And the resolution was again rejected by a vote of 82 to 88. In addition to the northern representatives who voted ay on the resolution before, Mr. Ford of N. Y. did so on this vote. Mr. Terrill of Ga., who voted against the resolution before, did not vote on this vote. Messrs. Randolph and Edwards again voted against it. Mr. Garnett of Va., who voted for it before, voted against it on this. Otherwise the vote sectionally was the same. The southern representatives who voted no, did so because of the amendment of the House committee to the Senate resolution, which was intended to negative the clause in the constitution of Missouri against the emigration of free negroes into the state, if said clause be in conflict with the Federal Constitution. Feb. 22.-In the House Mr. Clay moved the appointment of a committee, to act with one from the Senate, to consider and report in regard to the admission of Missouri. Agreed to-101 to 55. The following gentlemen were elected the committee on the part of the House, as follows: Messrs. Clay of Kentucky, Cobb of Georgia, Hill of Maine, Barbour of Virginia, Storrs of New York, Cocke of Tennessee, Rankin of Mississippi, Archer of Virginia, Brown of Kentucky, Eddy of Rhode Island, Ford of New York, Culbreth of Maryland, Hackley of New York, S. Moore of Pennsylvania, Stevens of Connecticut, Rogers of Pennsylvania, Southard of New Jersey, Darlington of Pennsylvania, Pitcher of New York, Sloan of Ohio, Randolph of Virginia, Baldwin of Pennsylvania, and Smith of North Carolina. In the Senate, on the 24th of Feb. 1821, on the announcement of a message that the House had appointed a committee of conference, Mr. Smith of South Carolina, opposed it, and Mr. Barbour of Virginia, and Mr. Holmes of Maine, supported it. The Senate concurred by a vote of 29 to 7, and a committee was appointed to meet the House committee, and the following gentlemen were appointed: This vote was 76 Representatives from the Messrs. Holmes of Maine, Roberts of PennSouth and 14 from the North in the affirma-sylvania, Morrill of New Hampshire, Bartive. The 14 Northern affirmative votes being as follows: Messrs. Baldwin of Pa., Bateman and Bloomfield of N. J., Clark of N. Y., Eddy of R. I., Guyon and Hackley of N. Y., Hill of Mass., Meigs of N. Y., Shaw of Mass., Smith of N. J., Stevens of Conn., Storrs and Tompkins of N. Y. Eighty Northern and three Southern Representatives in the negative. The three Southern Representatives being Messrs. Edwards of N. C., Randolph of Va., and Terrill of Ga. Mr. Livermore of N. H. moved a reconsideration for the purpose of giving every member an opportunity to vote on the important ques tion. bour of Virginia, Southard of New Jersey, Johnson of Kentucky, and King of New York. On the 26th Feb. 1821, Mr. Clay, from the joint committee, reported a joint resolution for the admission of the state of Missouri, upon condition that the restrictive clause in her constitution should never be so construed as to authorize the passage of any law by which any citizen of any other state shall be excluded from the enjoyment of any of the privileges and immunities to which such citizen is entitled under the Constitution of the United States. [This resolution is printed hereinafter.] Mr. Clay briefly explained the views of the committee, and the considerations which induced them to report the resolution. He con The resolution was then ordered to be read a third time this day, but not without considerable opposition. The resolution was accordingly read a third time, and put on its passage. Mr. Randolph, in a speech of some twenty minutes, delivered the reasons why he should not vote for the resolution. The final question was then taken on the resolution, and decided in the affirmative, as follows: YEAS.-Messrs. Abbott, Alexander, Allen of Tenn., Ander son of Ky., Johnson of La., King of Ala., Lowrie, Morril, Thomas, Van Dyke, Walker of Ala., Williams of Miss., WilParrot, Pleasants, Roberts, Southard, Stokes, Talbot, Taylor, liams of Tenn.-26. Lanman, Macon, Mills, Noble, Otis, Palmer, Ruggles, Sanford, Smith, Tichenor, Trimble.-15. NAYS.-Messrs. Dana, Dickerson, King of N. Y., Knight, A motion was made to read the resolution a third time forthwith, but it was objected to, and, under the rule of the Senate, of course it could not be done. On the 28th, the resolution from the House of Representatives, declaring the admission of the state of Missouri into the Union, was read a third time, and the question on its final passage was decided as follows: YEAS.-Messrs. Barbour, Chandler, Eaton, Edwards, Galard, Holmes of Me., Holmes of Miss., Horsey, Hunter, Johnson of Ky., Johnson of La., King of Ala., Lowrie, Morril, Parrott, Pinckney, Pleasants, Roberts, Southard, Stokes, Talbot, Taylor, Thomas, Van Dyke, Walker of Ala., Walker of Geo., Williams of Miss., Williams of Tenn.-28. Knight, Lanman, Macon, Mills, Noble, Otis, Ruggles, San NAYS.-Messrs. Dana, Dickerson, King of New York, ford, Smith, Tichenor, Trimble.-14. Southern men in italics, Northern men in roman. The following is Mr. Clay's compromise: son, Archer of Md., Archer of Va., Baldwin, Ball, Barbour, Resolution providing for the admission of Bateman, Bayly, Blackledge, Bloomfield, Brevard, Brown, of N. C.-87. Missouri into the Union on a certain condition. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Missouri shall be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever, upon the fundamental condition that the fourth clause of the twenty-sixth section of the third article of the Constitution, subNAYS-Messrs. Adams, Allen of Mass., Allen of N. Y., mitted on the part of the said state to ConBaker, Beecher, Boden, Brush, Buffum, Butler of N. H., Campbell, Case, Clagett, Cook, Cushman, Dane, Darlington, gress, shall never be construed to authorize Dennison, DeWitt, Dickinson, Edwards of Conn., Edwards the passage of any law, and that no law shall of Pa., Eustis, Fay, Folger, Foot, Forrest, Fuller, Gorham, be passed in conformity thereto, by which any Gross of N. Y., Gross of Pa., Hall of N. Y., Hemphill, Hen-citizen of either of the states in this Union shall be excluded from the enjoyment of any of the privileges and immunities to which such citizen is entitled under the Constitution of the United States: Provided, That the legislature of the said state, by solemn public act shall declare the assent of the said state to the dricks, Herrick, Hibsham, Hobart, Hostetter, Kendall, Kinsey, Kingsley, Lathrop, Lincoln, Livermore, Maclay, So the resolution was passed, and ordered to be sent to the Senate for concurrence. On the 26th of February, in the Senate, Mr. Holmes of Maine, from the joint committee of the two Houses, reported a resolution for the admission of Missouri into the Union, which was read and laid on the table. On the 27th, the resolution having passed the House, was taken up in the Senate. After an unsuccessful attempt by Mr. Macon to strike out the condition and proviso, which was negatived by a large majority, and a few remarks by Mr. Barbour in support of the expediency of harmony and concession on this momentous subject The question was taken on ordering the resolution to be read a third time, and was decided in the affirmative by the following said fundamental condition, and transmit to the President of the United States, on or before the fourth Monday in November next, an authentic copy of said act; upon the receipt whereof the President, by proclamation, shall announce the fact; whereupon, and without any further proceeding on the part of Congress, the admission of the said state into this Union shall be considered as complete. JOHN W. TAYLOR, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN GAILLARD, Speaker of the Senate, pro tem. Approved, March 2, 1821. JAMES MONROE. This new compromise, the one under which Missouri was admitted into the Union, the one to which Mr. Clay is so justly entitled to the credit, makes no reference whatever to the 8th section of the act of 6th March, 1820. |