Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-08-04
The Compromise Bill.

The bill passed the Senate on Friday by
vote Of 3S to 20. Those who voted for the bill
were (Wbigs in aaiic) Anterior Of. N. IT,,
Brceso Of ILL.,, Bright of Ind, Douglass Of ILL.,,
Dickinson Of N. Y, flanagan Of Ind, Phelps
of VT, Sturgeon Of Pa, Atchison of Mo-. Ben
ton Of Mo, Bcrien OF Ca norland Of Ark,
Butler Of s. c., Calhoun OF n. C., CLAYTON Of
Del, Davis of Miss, Downs Of La, Foote OF
Miss, Houston Of Texas, Hunter OF Va, John-
son Of Md, johnson OF La. johnson Of Ga,
King Of Ala, Lewis Of Ala, Mangum Of n. G.,
Mason Of Va, Rusk OF Texas, Sebastian Of Ark,
Sprudnce Of Del, Turncy OF Tenn, Westcott
OF Fla, Yulce Of Fla.--33.
OF these, arc Democrats from Free States,
and / Wing; Democrats from Slave States TO-;
Wings from Slave States. 6. Those who voted
against the bill were (Whigs in uoiics) Allen of
Ohio Bdiiuin of Conn, Bradbury Of Me,
CLARKE OF r. J., Cor,cin OF Ohio Doris Of Mass,
Dayton Of n. J. Dix OF n. Y, Dodge of Wis,
Fitzgerald Of Mich, Felch of Mich, Greene of
X l., HALE Of n. H., llamlin Of Me-, Miller of
n. j., Niles Of Conn, Upham Of VT, Walker OF
Wis, Badger Of n. G., l}eu Of Tenn, Mefcolfs
Of KY, Under,cood OF Ky--22.
Democrats from Free States, 8; Democrats
from Slave States, 0; Wings from Free States,
&; Wings from Slave States, 4 Independent
| (IIale), /.
The Bill came nto the House on Tuesday,
and Mr. STEPHENS, Wing member frum Geor-
gia, moved 10 las ii on the table, and upon bis
motion moved the previous question. This caus-
/ ed considerable excitement, and several mem
bcrs moved call of the House. Linn BOYD, Of
Kentucky, and McCernand appealed to The
i House 10 pass tire I'LL and settle this exciting
question. Caleb b. Smith spoke against the
bill, and said it would be waste Of time to
discuss it. Bayiy, Of Virginia, replied. Ills
voice was drowned amid the confusion and noise
A call Of the House was ordered, 200 members
responded
Mr Stephens said that the bin involved grave
questions, which there was no time ut this stage
OF the session to discuss, as il was time the House
had adjourned. lie wished bis motion 10 lay OIL
the table 10 he regarded as a ties, vote on the bill
at this time. Tie question was then taken by
/, yeas and nays, and the motion to lay on the ia
, bic was carried-aycs ll2, nays 81. So Tie
/ Compromise Bill was rejected.
The following are the yeas and nays
t AYrs-Abbott, Adams, Ashmun, Belcher,
p bingham, Blanchard Buckner, Butler, Candy.
S CaBE, Collins, Collaner, Congcr, Cranston, Cr-
zier, Crowcll, Darling, Dickey. Dixon, Donnell,
, Ducr, Duncan, Dunn, Eekeri Edwards Embrcc,
Evans, of Ohio, FGrdn, Fisher, Fries, Floumoy,
. Farrely, Giadings, Cot, Gregory, Grinnell,
b. Hale, Hall, Hampton, n. j.. Hampton, Henley,
Henry, Holmes Of y. Y, Hammsns, Hubbard,
Hudson Inpersoll, Irwin, JeHtins, Kellogg, King
l. Of Mas, LoiIs. W. T. Lawrence, 5. Lawrence
r Lincoln, Lord, Lgndc. Mdclay NcC3eiond, Ne
ll,aine, Mann, OF Mass, Marsh, Marvin, Monis,
o hlullin, Nelson Newell, Nes, NcoR, Palffey,
G Peaslec, Peck, pcnde;on, Peine, Pollock Put
a nam, Reynolds, Rockwell Of Mass, Rockwell Of
u Ct, Rose. Rumscy, ST. John. Schcnck, Sheriff.,
Sylvester, Slingcrland, Smart, Smith Of Ia. Smith
o of ILL.,, Smith Of Ct, Struhm, .Sdrkrcdfler, Ste
; phcns. Stewart, Stuart. Strong, Tallmndgc, Tay-
; lor Thompson Of Pa. Thompson Of Ia, Thomp-
G son Of Ky, Thompson Of Iowa, Tmsfon. Tuck,
J, Van Dyke, Ninion, Warren IFcnhcorth, White,
G lFley, lVihUot
: NAYs-Atkiuson, Baninecr, Barrow, Bayy,
G Bcac. Bcdinger, Birlsall, Bocock. Bolts, Bow
o den, Bowlin, Boyd, Brodhcad, Brown of Va,
/ Brown Of Pa, Burt, Cabell, Cathcart, Chapman.
=, Clark Of Nc, Clark of KY. Clnman, Cobb Of
Ga. Cooke, Crisfeld. Daniel, Dickinson. Evans
). Of Md, Featherson, Ficklin, Floumoy, French,
O Fulton, Gayle, Gentry, Goggin, Greene, Hall Of
\, Mo- HARRISON, IIarmanson, Harris, Hill OF Tenn,
n Holmes of S. G., Houston Of Ala, Houston Of
n DEL billiard, Inge {. J. lngersoll, lserson, ia
y micson, johnson of Tenn, johnson of Ark,
10 Jones of Tenn, Jones of Ga, Kaufman Ken
non, King of Ga, La Sere, Lyon, Lumpkin
10 McClernand, Mcdowell, Mckay, McLane,
~ Mann of Pa, Meade, Miller, Morehead, Out
II law, Petit, Pillsbury, Preston, Rhett, Richard
, son, Rockhil, Robinson, Sawyer Shepherd,
% Simpson, Sims, Stanton, Thilbodeaux, Thomas,
D Thompson of Miss, Thompson Of Va, Temp
10 klns, looulbs, iufhcri ehaOle, hallacei WICK
d Williams, Woodward.
The vote TO lay on the table was Carried
re- Yeas Il2, Nays 81. The Locofocos who voted
I'd for LAYING the bill on the table, have placed
nj in Hdacs. There were rs of them. Sever
:. members Gall Whigs) from Slave States voted
es to lay on the table Sixteen members were alb
n sent, as follows:
Chase of Tenn, Cummins Of Ohio, Duncan
b. Of Ky, Haskell OF Tenn, Hunt OF n y, John
= I ..fI 4 ...., g T..
IN Morse of La, Murphy of n. Y, Phelps Of Mo.
he Riehey Of OHIO, Roman of Md, Root of Ohio
Id Wilson of n. H., Gaines of Kyle.
On Mr. Haskell, of Tenn, afterwards asked per
al p,isson to vote to lay the bill on the table.
nd Every Wing memasr from free States rO'ed "a
m lay The LM on The toJie.
nd Every member from New York voted to lay
w the bill on the table except MIR Birlssll, who i
Sc son.n-law to Senator Dickinson.