Democratic banner., 1849-07-16
DEMOCRATIC BANN Err,
e. C. s. s. F. MURRAY, Editors.
LOUISIANA. MISSOURI.
MONDAY MORNING, JULY16, 1s49.
MULTuM IN PARVO.

Under the above caption the St. Louis
Union makes an extract from the last Ban
ner, accompanied by the following courte-
Gus remark:
"There are three f~slsehoods in two SEN
fences for you! Beat that who can"
The following is the extract:
"Why there lin Congress. J we see him
Benton, } voting for the proviso in the Ore
gon bill, and against Walkers amendment
to give a territorial government to N. Mex.
leo and California, because it did not con-
tain the principles of the proviso. He eren
rated ,caM Hale and fire others tn aHOw ne
gr0ps and muLatk0eS to uOte and hold c6fce
an Oregon"
The Union then proceeds TO prove the
falsehoods as follows:
"Col. Benton did not vote for the or 0ny
proviso to the Oregon bill. There was no
proriso to the Oregon bill, unless the sec
ton extending the ordinance of 1887 could
be so called ; and Col. Benton and Judge
Atchisnn voted together for the substitution
of the Missouri Compromise for that sec.
tion.--GSee Senate Journal. 500, l84s. +
So much for the first falsehood."
Now let US see who has told the falsehood.
On the 18th day of August, 1913, during
the pending of the Oregon bill, Senator d.
Wis Of Mass, moved to amend the 18th Sec
ton Of said bill in the following language:
"There shall be neither slavery nor invol-
unfary servitude in the said Territory, 9th
erwise than in punishment of crimes, where
Of the party shall have been duly convicted,
ritory of Oregon"
This the Union terms the ordinance of
I'S7. .Nnm ketu be remembered that !Sena-
tor Benhn says The Hain,ot prOriso and
the ordinance II 'S7 are the same. For
this amendment the vote stands
YEAs-Mpssrs. Allen. A.lerton, Baldwin,
Benton, Bradbury, Clark, Corwin, Davis Of
Mass, Day ton, Dix. Dodge, Felch, Fitz-
gerald, Green, Hale. Hamlin, Miller, Niles,
Spruce, UPham, and Walker-2l.-[We
quote from Congressional Globe for lS4s,
page 1902.
Against it SO Senators, including Atchi.
son with the whole delegation from the
South and a respectable number of the
democrats from the North.
Here we see Benton voting to attach what.
he himself calls Wilmot's proviso to the
Oregon bill. But the Union says he voted
with Atchison for the substitution ofthe Mis-
souri, Compromise for that section. There
is nothing further from the truth. The
amendment was lost, as the vote above will
show, and the bill passed the Senate with
the compromise attached as an amendment.
1t went to the House and there the compro-
mise was stricken out and the words of the
lproviso attached, and so returned to the
1Senate. Senator Benton then moved that
lMe Senate receds from the Me-. ComprO-
na'se, and concur IN the proviso amendment
Of the House. The vote on this motion vas
taken on Sunday morning, August Is, '4s,
and decided in the affirmative by the votes
of the whole Northern delegation and Sena-
Dor Benton wih them. And was opposed
by Atchison and the whole Southern dele
cation, Benton excepted.-[See Congress
%sional Globe for ls4S. page 107s.]
Does that look like voting to substitute
the compromise for the prOvisO? The Union
next denies that he voted against Walkers
amendment, but admits that he lodged it. This
vote was taken during the short session of last
winter, for which we have not q full report, and
therefore cannot now quote from the Documents,
hut believe we are correct. We will, if we can,
procure and publish the vote.
The Union continues: Col. Benton did not
vote, as alledged, for negroes and mulattoes to
vote and hold Office in Oregon He voted, says
the Union, to allow all "qualJfsd to yots By the
sristing laws nOv in force in the Territory Of
Oregon, under the authority Of the provisional
government established By the people Mersof"-
This, says The Union, istLe proposition for which
he voted. Shame upon a journal that will I'm.