The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-08-07
washington Correspondence of $ Crescent s

WAsH1NGToN July q, 1913.
Passage of the Compromise Bill iR the Senate-The
Senate was twentyOne hours session before passing the
Compromise Bill and resisted all motions to adjourn and an
attempts to postpone There were three four efforts during
the night to get rid of the question but democratic ana WING
Senators united to to result before separation Inc
Bill was brought before the Senate Saturday morning
and closed this day by its passage In all some thirty speech
have been made pro and Some OF them nave Deeh
of remarkable eoquenee and some poor dlSwaer upon
the whole however the debate has been of the very
highest ORDER and generally it has been conducted IN the
very best temper Some i'll blood however, has occasionally
been aroused by the in which the North and SCUM
have been alternately assaed by members of extreme opn
ions and representing extreme sections of the country Thus
Mr. Corwn of Ohio upon the side, and Mr. Johnson oil
Maryland and Beren of Georgia. upon the other Ar DIX
of New York and Mr. Butler of South Carolina Mr. Dlckln
,on of New York and Mr. Bright of Indiana in reply to MI
Niles of Conn These have been the extreme speeches. and
have called up much feeling Union and dsuniOn have been
the common themes of discussion in connection with the IN
sttuon of slavery and Senators have said that IN the
heat of debate which they doubt will regret in their cooler
moments
Just before the question taken day Mr. Sebastian OF
Arkansas gave notice of his wish be heard upon the BILL
but of his unwilngnes to delay the action. He might ne
said write out his opinions "a common practcehe in de-
fence of the rights of the South embodied under the fol
lowing heads The rights of the SOuththe want of power
under the constitution to nhbit the extension Of slavery
any territory in the United States and finally his reasons for
voting for the Compromise Bill Though not all the South
had right to demand and all to what she entitled
the Bill he regarded the best thing which could be obtained
under the circumstances
Some sevel~peeches were made during the night, from
thirty minutes hours long There forty and more
Senators banded take the question One two were kept
upon the watch the debate going and at every
motion to adjourn the sentnels Summoned the sepers and
oungers to their posts The chamber hour after hour crowd
ed with ladies upon the floor and in the galleries brilliantly
lighted the excemento of the occasion and the momentOus
Importance of the subject all combined to make the debate
IL a.. =offb ala Nvprf V
or thirty years The physical energies of those who fought
the battle out tasked the uermOs Some however
retired the evening and found at their posts at
in the morning. refreshed by Sleep which others had lost
Thus Col Benton left s, back at in the morning
and aronted by commencing speech at this hour OF
the morning.
The call for the question after became most mpera
tive earnest and irresistible The friends of the Bill were re-
solved take the Bill mainly reported and, therefore,
though many important amendments introduced none
which were really important adopted,
Mr. Davis, Of Mass. proposed the ordinance OF ", or
Wimo povso for the Oregon territory but 1t was rejected
By of 80 to 81 Col. Benton voted for IT. The vote
upon the finally and the yeas and nays
were demanded The result proved the presence nowjth
standing the extraordinary length of the session, OF tyhVe
OF the tyeight Senators The yeas and nays send you
below and with the following explanation For the Bill 49,
Against it q Of the 49, there eight from the free
States and off the o. there four from the slave States
Among the opponents of the Bill twelve wings, nine
democrats and Mr. Hale of n H. who opposes both parties
The vote neither sectional political The fate OF 1t IN
the House uncertain, but with the prospect that may be
laid upon the table, But here is the upon the Senate
Bill recorded upon the engrOssment Upon the flnal
passage there no division.
YEAs-Messrs Atchison Atherton Benton, Berren, Bor
land Breese Bright Butler Calhoun, Clayton, Days, OF
Miss. Dickinson, Douglas. Downs FOOte, dannegan HouS
ton, Hunter Johnson of Md Johnson Of La Johnson OF
tan, spuance, Sturgeon Tqrney WeStcotti Yuee-S3
NAYs-MessrS. Allen, Badger Baldwin, Bell Bradbury.
Clarke GOWN Davis, Of Mass, DaytoIi DIX Dodge S9g
Feeh, Fitzgerald, Green Hale Ham1n Metcalte' Miller
AAsENT-CameTOn, Pearce, WebsteT-3.
| send you by this mail copy of the Bill as 1t has
passed the Senate, and carefully amended in the
clerks office of the Senate The Bill TO the House
this evening and for this day sleeps quietly upon the Speak
es table An attempt think will be made to resuscate
it Tomorrow and to give it its death wound by
defeat Some of the intelligent Southern fear the
effect of the Bill upon Southern Institutions while some at
the North equally apprehensve of its operation there
Hence the divided vote which send you Bythe Bill send
you you will find the ample provisions made for
ing any slave to the Supreme Court Among the South
en Senators voting for it. Messr Fooe and Westco said
they did with the greatest reluctance for each of the Sen
aors felt assured that the operations of the Bill would
injurious.
The House gave yesterday to the consideration of its Ore
gon Bill and to-day the ast Message of the President
Both subjects have proved only convenient pegs upon which
TO hang long hadrawn speeches The rule by which the mi
nory of the House of Representatives have been enabled to
control action upon the River and HabO Bill repealed
to-day, and the Bill reported will pass,
The great slave case between the in slaves of the
District and the three persons charged with negro stealing
commenced oday-the Attorney General arguing against
the prisoners and Horace Mann and Ex-Governor Seward
present as counseIors for the prisoners. ORLEANS.