The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-08-21

II. L. TUBNEY, Tennessee.
PIERRE SOUI.E, Louisiana.
JEFFERSON DAVIS, Mississippi.
DAVID II. ATCHiSON, Missouri.
iHihSGn b, i, TrLEE. MoNloN' Florida.
Senate Chamber, August Isl, 1850.
Mr.. II. in presenting the protest, said;
that those who presented il, were awnre tha,
they had no right to demand it OF The Senate,
but they asked il as II courtesy, TO be permit
ted in that way to express their strong dis
appreciation Of the measure against which
they protest.
Mr.. Davis, of Massachusetts, was oppos.
cd TO tho protest being entered upon the
Journal, because it was contrary to all pre-
ccdcnt, and that rs ,his privilege had never
been granted, it ought not to be in this case
If those opposed toa measure were allowed
10 record their jnstticalions on the Journal.
like privilege should also be accorded TO
those in favor.
) Mr.. Foote was opposed to the protest.
He had been instructed by his Legislature to
oppose the admission Of California, and he
ha'! done so; but, after the action Of the Sen
ate, he considered il his duty to cease all
parliamentary opposition, and submit. He
felt that the placing of this paper Oh the re-
cords oftho Senate, was fraught with evil
to the country, and he would therefore en-
ter his protest against the protest.
Mr.. Shields was in favor Of granting this
courtesy TO the Southern members. This
protest would go to the country and be pub
lished in the newspapers and read, whether
placed upon the journal or not and he did
not consider tho mere placing Of this paper
upon the journal, would be the cause of any
additional excitement, than would be occa.
stoned by the mere publication. There
were two rights he had always respected;
the right OF petition and that OF complaint
10 regarded this rs q complaint Of the mi.
nority, and II was an act of courtesy to that
minority TO permit them 10 place it upon the
Journal
Mr.. Baldwin concurred with tho vicws
expressed by the senator from Massachu-
sets, Mr.. Davis. The yeas and nays OF
tho senators were recorded on the Journal,
and IN this manner every senator had the
right ofprolost.
Mr.. Halls wished simpIyto cab the a,,en-
ton of the Senate to tho fact, that in the
House Of Representatives. = protest was
presented by hmself and others in the
twcnty-cigMh Congress, and rejected
Mr.. Hunter then read from the journal,
TO show that protest hal been entered
upon the journal OF the House, thus furn-
Ishing pEccedcnt.
Mr Cass said that the question OF enter
ing The protest upon tho journal, was one
OF eXpedioncy, and not OF power; and he
should vote for it as an act OF courtesy to
those proposing it,
Mr.. Winthrop was opposed to the pro-
test being entered. There was no prece-
dent. Ho and other Northern mon had
desired to enter protes, in the case ofthe
annexation There was bat one body in
the world which allowed It's members to
enter protest upon the Journal aud that
was the British House OF I.etis--an aris-
tocratic legislative boby, which could itot
be hcldup as an example to o Republican
| Government.
Mr., Butler raid that in his own Stale
the privilege of protest was granted to the
members Of the State Legislatures that It's