Democratic banner., 1849-11-19
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OF MI. Hale>s amendment, u may be nee"
essary to give the origin of it. On the 22d
of July, l84S, as will be seen by reference
to the Congressional Globe of that date,
you will End that ss.easl. ..,.r e
"Mr. Hale presented the petition Of John
Lewis, a colored man Of PhilsdGphia, ask
ing the fifth section Of the Oregon bill be
SO amended as TO strike ont fire white SO
as to give the colored c~itiseBs Of the United
States unequal advantage with all others"
And sgain on the Gath of July,
"Mr. Hale moved to amend tie bill in the
fifth section, by striking out the words 'free
white,' so as it shall read, that every male
inhabitsnt above the age Of twenty-one
years. &c."
On the 26th of July, Mr.. Hale modified
his motion, and the vote was taken on It 20
above. The people of Oregon had nothing
to do with it. The origin and design Of
the thing is contained in its history,-it
came from q negro, and was intended to
give negroes ian equal advantage with ell
others"
Thase amendments were proposed to
what is usually known as Clayton's bill,
which passed the Senate and was lost in
the House. Another wss there adopted
containing the Wilnot Proviso clause, sent
to the Senate and the following action had
on it:
son motion of Mr.. Douglass to amend
the Bill in section Ia, line l, BY inserting
after the word enacted-
That the line Of SO deg. 30 min, of North
latitude, known as the Missouri Compro-
mise line, as defined BY the 9th section Of
an act entitled San Act to authorize the
people Of the Missouri Territory to form q
constitution and State Government, and for
the admission of such State into the Union
on an equsl footing with the original Ststes,
and to prohibit slavery in certain Terrific
|~ries;" approved March LIST, 1920; be and
the same is hereby declared to extend to
the Pacific Ocean, and the said eighth Sec
ton, together with the compromise therein
effected, is hereby revived and declared to
be in full force and binding, for the future
organization Of the Territories s che URi-
ted States, in the same sense and with the
same understanding with which it was orig
inslly sdopted.-Yess 80, Nays 81.
Yeas-Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Bell, Benton,
B~errien, Borand, Bright, Butler, Calhoun, Gamer
on, Davis Of Miss, Dickinson, Douglass, Downs,
Fitzgerald, Foote, Hannegan, Houston, Hunter,
Johnson Of Nd, johnson Of Louisiana, johnson Of
Georgia, King, Lewis, Mangum, Mason, Metealf,
Pesrce, Sebastian, SpruaDce, Sturgeon, Turney
and Underwood-33.
bur Breese, Clark, Corwin, Davis Of Mass, Day.
ton, Dix, Dodge, Felch, Greene, Hale, Hamlin,
Miller, Miles, Phelps, Upham, Walker, Webster
Senate Journal page 563.1
This vas rejected BY the House, and be-
ing returned, the Hon. Senator moved that
the Senate recede from the amendment, and
having carried it--every southern Senator
EXCEPT himself and Gen. Houston voting
against 1.-THE bill stood passed without
further action.
The Senator says: "Among those who
have ssssiled me, though generally at the
respectful distance of an hundred miles in
the rear, ere four of my colleagues in Con-
gress--Messrs. Atchison, Green, Hall, and
Jameson. was surprised ct Il. I knew
no reason why they should assail me. had
always treated them respectfully, and part
ed apparently friends with ell at Washing
ton. The question was not between them
and me, but me and the General Assembly,
or rsth some few members Of it. never
alluded to them in my speeches. had Civ
en- them no cause of attack, and can see no
cause for their conduct-conduct so unbe-
coming in colleagues, and 80 detrimental to
the public service by destroying the harmo-
ny which ought to prevail in the dslega-
Ition."&c.
Col. Benton has forgotten or overlooked
some important and substantial facts. Up
on this question Of slavery, he has taken
one course and his colleagues have taken
another. His colleagues had taken the
State side Of the question, he the opposite;
they had voted with and acted with the
South, he with the North, Of rather q por-
ton Of the North, they were obliged to as
sail him or join him.
"Among thore who have assailed M, though
generally at the respectful distance Of an hun
ldred mffet IN the rear, are four Of my col
leagues"
This is said with a degree Of modssty whish
characterises the Senator above all other men.---
JModssiy. and anniability Of temper, ore among
his chief viirt,ss as the good people Of Missouri
have had various opportunities this summer q
Witnessing /; and can now verify if there should
be q question raised upon this point hereafter.
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