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who voted for the passage Of the bill 40
were from slave States.

A similar bill was before the House a
the next session. the first session Of tn
29:l Congress. Let Us see what were th'
proceedings on it then. The followin.
is taken from the Journal of that session
90 LIST session. 29ih Congress. 9th August
1876. See Journal. page 1915.
/ The Oregon bill being under consider
alton. the following amendment was read
In the lCih line of section -. after the
word Oregon. insert. land neither slave
ry nor involuntary serviiude shall evel
exist in said Territory. except for crime
whereof the party shall have been duly
convicted" And the question being put
NV III the House agree thereof" II was
decided in the Acknowledgements 1O8. nays
~. Seven Of those who voted for this
amendment, were from the South, Mr.
Giles. Of Maryland, Nessrs. Kaufman and
Pilsbury. Of Texas, and Messrs. Order.
Henry, Thomson, and Young, Of Ken
lucky The bill, after being amended,
was then passed without DIVISION
Southern gentlemen. so far from REGARD
ing the passage of the bill. with this pro-
hibition. as an invasion of their rights, suf-
fcrcd il 10 pass without even calling the
yeas and nays.
Texas was then represented here for the
first time, and her Representatives on the
first occasion presented. voted in favor of
prohibiting slavery in the country on the
Pacific. They arc entitled to credi; for
the vote, but regret to say, that they have
now reversed their position, and are found
among the opponents Of this salutary res
friction.
AT the second session Of the last Con-
gress a similar bill passed the House. 1t
then contained the slavery prohibition,
and no effort was made to strike it out
The only proceedings had on the qucs-
ton of slavery were the following:
FL session, Goth Congress. 18th Janu-
airy. 1917, Journal. page 173.
The Oregon bill being under consider
alton. "Mr BURT moved 10 amend the
said amendments. by inserting. after the
word :and,' and before the word shall in
the 18th line OF the 18th section of the
printed bill. the following. 'inasmuch as
the whole of the said Territory lies north
of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes
north latitude, known as the line of the
Missouri COMPROMISED It was decided
in the negative. Yeas go. nays III.
All the South then asked was to assign.
as Il reason in the bill, for the prohibition
of slavery, that the Territory lies north Of
the line Of the Missouri compromises
ct every northern member, with three
exceptions. voted against this pre- position
The three who voted for Mr.. BURr's a.
were Mr.. G. J..Ingersoll, of
Pennsylvania. and Mcssrs. Douglass and
Robert Smith, of Illinois. The bill then
passed the House, containing the prohibit
ton Of slavery in direct terms. by vote
Of 1874 yeas. to 80 nays. Thirty one of
those who voted for it were southern Rep |
have referred, Mr. Chairman. to the !
votes on these various bills to show the !
great change which has occurred on this I
subject. The new born zeal in behalf OF
southern rights. which has manifested itself
Turing the present session. is the result of
hat change. When the House has at
hrcc different periods passed a bill pre-
ciscIy similar to the one we are now con-
'ldcrIng, we have Witnessed none OF this
excitement; we have heard no complaints
't the North attempting to degrade the
South: we have been compelled TO listen
10 no threats of dissolution Of the Union;
he subject has passed off as though il
we're matter OF ordinary legisla,ion.-t
Several gentlemen from the South, who
rave during the present session made
elaborate speeches TO prove that Congress
las no power under the Constitution to
'rohibit slavery in Oregon. have voted for
ills containing the prohibition in express ;
erms. Among those recorded in the
ournal as voting for The passage Of these ,
ills. find the names of the gentlemen -.
rom South Carolina. (Mr. RHETT.) and a.,
tlo,,,or, y
nd the gentleman from Mississippi, (Mr
'HoMPSoN.) ,
Mr.. BURT, of South Carolina, desired :
1T. SMITH 10 yield the floor to afford him ,
n opportunity to make an explanation. /
nd Mr.. s. asserting. he said
''That as reference had been made to !
nc vote of the South Carolina delegation, -.
was proper to explain. that it had been, :
the time that vote was given. the opin- =
III Of every southern man, with the en- :,
option of one or two, that slavery never !
'outd enter into Oregon. because it lay 9
orth Of the Missouri compromise line; :
nd il was with that unde, standing they 6
ad voted for the clause prohibiting il: but. :
4 1916. when President Polk asked for \
n appropriation Of two millions of dol :,
ars to effect n treaty with Mexico. a gen. :.
eman from Pennsylvania rose and pro-
osed what had since become SO famous :
$ the NV ilmot Proeiso." Then the South !,
ook the alarm. At the next session the :,
anne proposition was renew cd; and the :,
'ou'h could no longer doubt the existence
t purpose which had now become OPEN :,
! manifested to all
MIR, SMITH resumed. do not doubt. o
II. Chairman, that the gentleman from i
outh Carolina can give sufficient rea- g
ons to justify the vote which was given |
y himself. in common with SO MANY 9TH q
: gentlemen from the South, in favor of r
rohibi,ing slavery in Oregon. find no a
lult with that vote. and l only wish tina, {,
hose gentlemen would adhere to the course ,
'hich they then took. The gentleman g
avs that he changed his ground in 1886, b
'hen the South took the alarm from the r
II fro syoe 3 Al