it is either ant or defeated and that too in preference to any other business that may be urged upon us as to the bills i have not the least fear but that they will go their carries them through the question was then taken and mr s motion was carried by the following vote the being indicated by messrs bright foot johnson of rice s smith and messrs chestnut clay hunter i lane and upon an examination of this vote it will be seen that the in the affirmative and that the slave state were all in the negative with the solitary exception of mr johnson of of the free state bright rice smith and all being from the new states for mr i motion i the bill was now up and so bill is tub w m its friends were concerned nothing was bat a vote which would not have ten minutes but a vote was precisely what the southern were determined to avoid instantly therefore upon the announcement of the success of mr s motion which brought the bill before the mr hunter took the floor and moved that it be set aside as to take up another bill the and bill no question of order was raised upon this motion of mr hunter but it was well as play to move to set aside a bill instantly after a vote to take it up some debate upon mr hunter s motion the hour of twelve o clock arrived and the vice president decided that the bill having been assigned for that was the subject before the mr moved to the twelve o clock order and continue the consideration of the bill and this motion prevailed by the following vote messrs bell bright ch jt foot foster johnson of rice smith and � messrs b brown green hunter johnson of lane ward and on this vote an additional southern mr bell of ranged himself on the of s but this was of et by the back to the negative side of mr the bill was now again before the but the question as stated by th� � vice president was still upon mr hunter s motion to set it aside and take up the and bill mr of virginia threatened an ex debate upon the bill if its consideration were insisted upon he declared at any rate for himself that he intended to t o into it pretty largely because he had yet bill so with mischief most mr and mr in brief and energetic terms the friends of the bill to firm the vote was then taken upon mr hunter s motion and resulted as follows � messrs brown green hunter johnson of lane ward and � � messrs bell bright ur n foot foster hole johnson of king rice ev ard smith and the vote being a tie the vice president mr in the affirmative and after a long struggle the bill was for that day of the twenty eight for over li it all but five are from the south and ne of these five mr is only a temporary of state of the twenty eight in favor of the bill only three are from the south and only one of the three johnson of is a two days afterward on the th of february mr again moved to set aside all orders and take up the bill but this motion was by the following vote � messrs foot sale johnson of jones king rice tm � messrs bright brown chestnut clay green hunter smith ward and upon these two days the th and th of february the question was made between the consideration of the bill and the consideration of the bills the necessity of passing which last bills did not fail to be insisted upon by the at a subsequent stage of the as will be presently seen the question was made between considering the bill and considering the bill upon the th day of february upon the occasion of a motion by mr to all prior orders and take up the bill for the purchase of mr resisted it and called upon the friends of to vote it down so that he himself might submit a motion to take up the bill mr said i think it would be better to take up this question of the bill and vote upon it and then the bill will come up i ask the friends of the bill now to stand by it and i ve it the preference the vote was then taken and the motion to take up the bill prevailed as follows messrs bell brown chestnut clay green hunter jones lane ma on rice smith w ard and messrs o foot foster ha johnson of king and il the bill was now up and the discussion upon it protracted the late into tht night and almost into the next morning it was distinctly seen during the progress of this discussion that it would be without practical result and that no vote could be reached before the final of accordingly at ten o clock in the evening r felt it to be his duty to renew the attempt to set aside the bill the of a idle debate so as to take up the bill his motion to that effect and th� commencement of the debate upon it will be found on page of the globe such are made as will exhibit its general character mr if there was any assurance that bill could be taken up after the was disposed of i should be willing to see it have the go on the present occasion but we have sought a text book it b repeatedly to bring np tbe bin a d that has been made to bring it np has been with a counter movement crowding it out of the with something else if the virginia will give ns 