Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-08-19
THE VOTE OF THE SENATE ON THE ORE.
1ON RUII..

CON BILL.
The Oregon bill has been passed and
signed by the President. The Senate un-
der great excitement was in session during
the whole of Saturday night and did not ad-
iourn until Sunday morning near 10 O'Clock.
We are rejoiced to say that the bill as It
came from the House, with the ordinance
of 1887, or the Wilmot proviso, as it is
called, was at last concurred in by the Sem
ate. The Senate had twiced attempted to
amend it, once with Clayton's Compromise
bill, and again with the Missouri compro-
mise, which prohibits slavery north of 36
deg. 30. The Ordinance ofl798, the very
words Of which are Incorporated in the Will
mot proviso, excludes slavery entirely from
the Territory. This is as it should be. The
people of Oregon were opposed to the in
PRODUCTION of slavery, and it would be wrong
to attempt to force it on them. The ques-
ton was resisted until the last, by Southern
Senators.
The debate was further continued by
Messrs. Atchison, Fitzgerald, Calhoun, Man.
gum, Douglass, Downs, Butler, Jefferson Da-
Wis, Niles, Foote, Westcott and Walker.
The question was then taken on receding
from the several amendments, and it was de-
cided in the affirmative. So the bill has pas
sed both Houses, without the "Missour Com
PROMISE" and with the "Wilmot Proviso."
The following is the vote in the Senate on
the passage of the Oregon Bill:
Ycas-Messrs. Allen, Baldwin, Benton,
Bradbury. Breese, Bright Cameron, Clarke,
Corwin, Davis, of Mass, Dayton, Dodge, Dick
inson, Dix, Douglass, Felch, Fitzgerald,
Greene, Hale, Hamlin, Hannegan, Houston,
Miller, Niles, Phelps, Spruance, Upham,
Webster and Walker-29.
Nays-Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Bell, Ber-
rien, Borland, Butler, Calhoun, Davis, of
Miss, Downs, Foote, Hunter, Johnson, Of
Md, Johnson, of La, Johnson of Ga, Lewis,
Mangum, Mason, Metcalfe, Pearce, Rusk,
Sebastian, Turney, Underwood, Westcott,
Yulee-25.
On motion of Mr.. Dickinson, bill granting
a pension to Richard Reynolds, poor blind
man, who had lost his eyes in the service of
his country, was taken-up, as Mr. D said, to
give Senators an opportunity TO do some good
on the Sabbath day, and passed unanimously.
Then, at 90 minutes TO -, the Senate adj
journcd to Q O'Clock tomorrow morning.
Exciting Scenes in the Senate Chambcr-Cheers
in the Galleries for Henry Ciay-Flme up
bci,reen Benton and Butler-7he Lie Giyn,
| &C., &c.
We have received a tclegraphc despatch
from Washington, giving the details OF by far
the most extraordinary scenes that have ever
transpired in the United States Senate. Sub
joined is the despatch:
SUNDAY MORNING, o'clock.
This has been weary night for reporters
and Legislators, and were it not for the in.
tensely exciting scenes that have taken place
in the Senate, the fatigue could scarcely have
been borne. The Oregon bill which passed
in the same shape originally adopted il,
the House, was the great bone of contention
Now for scene first.
About three o'clock, while Gen. Houston
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he remarked, in reference TO the Missouri
compromise, that MIR. Clay, for that act, con-
cluding as it did the gloomy rupture between
the North and the South, deserved monn.
ment of perpetual adamant, to stand in the
rotunda hall of the Capitol, for future pos,eri-
ty 10 gaze upon, and remember in an honr of
similar trial. He had scarcely uttered the
words, amid the most breathless silence,
when, as if moved by common thrill Of
sympathy, hundred voices resounded in the
galleries, accompanied by clapping of hands
which seemed to shake the very building.
The second scene was Of quite an opposite
character. Mr.. Foote had just concluded his
remarks But it being evident that the Ore
gon bill, with the ordinance of 1897, would
pass, unless a "teeling" was Immediately got
up upon some distracting question, Mr.. But
demanded that the doors be closed for execu.
tive session, as he had matter for secret ses.
sion, materially affecting the character of a
Senator then present. Turning to Mr.. Ben
ton, ''therc," he said, 'is the man | allude
to-
And he Immediately read an extract from
the New York Herald, showing that Mr. B.
had been guilty of making public portion OF
the proceedings in executive session, conse.
quent upon the nomination of General Kearn.
ey to brevet.
Mr.. Benton, with rage depicted in every
lineament of his countenance, leaped from
his chair. He could scarcely speak, from
excessive passion. Turning to Mr.. Butler he
exclaimed in his shrillest tones
''It is a lie, sir!'
[Order-order.
IA lie in his throat ~
lRap-rap-rap
'sThe basest of lies ~
Half the Senators on their feet
'liere and elsewhere, will make hin
take-lvoice from the gallery-go it ''OlC
Bullion ~ back--[order-order] the lie, sir =
lrap-rap-rapl
dozen Senators OH their feet-gesticula