Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1847-03-11
Congress.


peHdlOT from virginia. / lie JOINT resolution OF !
thanks to Gen. Taylor and the Army was amend !
ed and passed. A bill to appoint general Off
Ger to the ten regiments was reported from the |
Military Committee, with the House amendment |
to appoint Lieutenant General stricken OUT
The Army Appropriation bill was amended and |
passed. 1t includes mails to Oregon, and to and |
from the army. The joint resolution to refund |
advances made by States for the subsistence and
transportation Of volunteers was passed. Ana
mendmcnt to include counties, townships, and
cities was rejected. The Three Million bill was
taken up. Mr. J. NJ. Clayton addressed the Sem
ate, contending that the appropriation Of money
without specifying the direct object was not
rantcd by the Constitution and was so regarded
by Jefferson and other distinguished Democrats.
Mr. Pearce addressed the Senate in opposition to
the bill in any and every shape.
Mr. Dix followed who said he should, under his
instructions vote for the bill, wh the proviso
prohibiting Slavery in new territory. which he
mtlmuted was to be offered, or without the pro-
viso.
Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, Mr. Butler of South
Carolina, and Mr. Colqult of Georga, followed
and spoke warmly against any prohibition OF
Slavery in territory to be acquired
| Mr. Dayton defended the right of the general
| government to prohibit Slavery in new territory.
| Mr. Berrleu's amendment, repudatng farther OK
tension Of Territory, was lost by vote of 30 10
! 26.
Mr. Johnson of La. moved a substitute to the
blll aud Mr. Evans preamble to the substitute
the preamble was lost, the substitute adopted.
! Mr. Upnlm of VI now moved an amendment
-"th Wiimot Proyiso'-to the bill aud advo-
Gated It's adoption in a speech OF some length,
and full OF statistics, to show the great prcpon-
derdnce of Slavery in the Government of the
Union.
Gen Cas' then rose to define his position. lie
denounced the Wilmot Proviso as an abstraction
-(Mr Calhoun says the Constitution is an alb.
stracuon) uttered the very appropriate remark
ihat we should not leglsute for the future
Mr. Cas- did not agree with Nj Soule that
peace should again be offered to Mexico OF an
attempt be made to renew negotiations with her.
lie went he SAID, for "vlgoruus prosecution Of
The war;" and this he repeated more than once.
1t has become MS tavorte phrase, as was last
year 81 40.
He reviewed the instructions of several Leg
slatures to their Senators to against the far
Their extension Of slave territory, aud contended
that none Of them contemplated preventive meas
res. His argument hereupOn excited much
uerrmcnt among the Wing Senators and spec
tators.
lie said there would be no farther extension
Of territory If the Provlso passes, because it eX-
, cludod Slavery He goes for the first, and of
course opposes the last
never knew man to destroy his future more
? easily or rapidly than Gen. Cass in his speech
! He wlIl be abandoned by the North, whom he
= deserts, and despsed by the South to whom he
succumbs.
Cen Cameron made n few remarks, and said,
instructed by his Legislature, he should vote for
] the bill.
Mr. Miller of N. J. said he was astonished at
the course Gen. Cass had taken. 1t was unex-
pected, after the sentiments attributed to him last
session.
Gen. Cass responded with some heat. He did
not know what to make Of the extraordinary
\ speech OF the Senator from New Jersey. The
= Senator had no RICH; to say what were his opin-
ions last session, because he had never express
ed the IN the Senate
But he had no hesitation to state that he had
- changed his views change he was understood
" to attribute to the fact Of state of war now,
and to the equally sane fact that he had misun-
derStood the meaning of the Proviso then
Mr. Reyerdy Johnson OF Maryland, spoke a.
galnst the Proviso, though opposed to the insti-
II luton OF slavery, which lie considered moral
q and political evil, still he thought the Consttu-
ton intended an equality in the number of free
: and slave States-an opinion somewhat adverse
n TO another he expressed in his same speech. that
9 Maryland and other States would have abolished
q Slavery but for the effort of "polltcal obotion-
ists."
Mr. Cilley Of n. II. made a short but impress
- sve speech, and declared his intention of voting
n for the Proyiso
n The vote was then TAKEN and resulted in the
e defeat of the Proyiso, Ayes 81, Nays 81.
a 4EAs-Messrs. Allen, Atherton, Cameron,
Cllley, John NJ Clayton, Corwin, Davis, yton,
. Dix, Evans Fairfield, Greene, Huntington, Mil
!. Ter, Miles, Phelps, Summons, Sturgeon, Upham.
. Webster, and Woodbridge 81.
, NAYs-Messrs Archer, Ashley, Atchson.
>. Badger, Benton, Berren, BreeSe, Bright, Butler,
. Calhoun, CaSS, Chalmers, C0qullt, Crittenden,
: Diek,nSon flanagan, Houston, Jarnagln, John.
son OF Maryland, johnson of Louisiana, Lewis,
n Mangum, Mason, Morehead, Pearce, Rusk, Sc
+ vler, Soule, Turney, Wescott--3l
The Democrats who voted in the affirmative,
a wee Allen, Anterior, Cameron, Dix, Niles, and
e Sturgeon, all OF whom yielded to their insruc-
n tons and these Instructions pere, each and all of
i them, from Hhig legislatures.
, The Wings who voted against the Proviso
. were Archer, Badger, Berrlen, Crlttenden, Jarn-
h. agin, Johnson of La, johnson of Md Mangum
Morehead, and Pelrce, all OF Course from slave
holding States
On the question is to whether the bill itself
n should be passed, Mr. Webster addressed the
. Senate. 1t was twenty minutes to | o'clock A.
Il NJ. when he commenced and he spoke for ff-
: Teen minutes.
;, lie suffered from severe cold, and from the
Il exhaustion Of nearly fourteen hours presence in
- the Senate.
Ill lie feared that ere long we should see a de-
J.. veopement Of facts in relation to this war, not
Il known to the American people.
i The question at issue was one OF great impor-
:. lance, ominous, in his judgment, OF future evil.
1t was not to be settled now.
>. In the Halls Of legislation never, he said, nor
= for many years anywhere, had he rosorted to
: special depurrlr. lie gave to words plain in
- themselves a plain meaning.
:. He introduced and read to the Senate the res.
. olutions of the Massachusetts House OF Repre-
:, sen.utlvcs which he had received this evening"
II de"ouncing Slavery as great moral, social, and
- puntlcal EVIL: desiring its abolition: aud lnstruc-
tlng their Senators aud Representatives to vote
!, against It's extension.
lie thought their meaning was not to be mis-
. dnderstood-nor the meaning Of the resolutions
! of the many Legislatures TO which the ingenious
h Senator irou Michigan on this occasion allowed
!. no controlling effect.
He said, it we were to have Territory, we
: must have Treaty and Senators were aware
that 1t required more than a bare majority of that
o body TO conclude Treaty. No Treaty, he tho't
y could be made, which did not include the provls-
! ions of this Provso
), lie expressed his sincere regret at the concu-
:. sion to which the Senate had arrived lie tho't
tho adnntinn of Mr. ITnhan's anne ndment would