Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-11-20

The Fugitive Slave law was emPhat-
J icnNg an administration measure, and al
though il received the support OF son.e
democrats, the northern Wings had the
/ power to defea, il, Enough 70 hare G1He
thts skuiked tie rote on us passage.'
| SO SAYS the editor of the Jeffsrsonian
/ We will present him some facts and fig
ures' and then leave his readers 10 jul Re
Of his Ignorance or his falsehood..
H says tie law referee. &c was em2ha,-
ically an administration MEASURE \,
an early day in the session OF the Senate.
Nj Butler. democrat from South Caro-
Ina, frs, proposed b.l on this subject.
It was referred 10 the compromise com
ni,tee, who reported j, back with amend
ments NJ: one Northern Wig roted
Ia create thd. committee. On the 3ri Of
June. Mr. Webster Introduced a bill
atnenda,ory o the &C, Of 1898. which. il
we have mol forgot,en. provided for a trial
BY iury. Tn did not sui, the democracy
/ Then Mr.. Mason. a democrat from Nir-
GINA introduced the bill which, passed
On the final passage of the bill the ayes
and noes were no, called; bu, on is en-
grossment. not a single Northern IVhig
I, rated for it, Then are the Wings Of the
Senate responsible for the passage Of the
bill, Did they make i. "empha,ica!ly al
administration measured" i ie,. ocra,
iarodnceltte 5Il--crery EJrftrra Ighjg
rotet agains. il! Remember tina, Nr.
Elder
o. lie 9Th Of s.. ,ember. this bill. in
troduced into the Senate by a dem 3cra..
was talen up in the House. Mr. Ihomp,
son democrat from PENNSYLVANIA. called
the previous question after making
speech; and refused 10 Withdraw il. al
though solicited TO DO 50 by Mr. Stevens,
by the democratic House. Hr Stevens.
! U7hi5 moved TO lay the bill on the table.
and this too was refused By a democratic
majority. The final vote was taken and
resulted ii the passage o. the Bill by
vote Of 100 % IS. 7'rsu,y-seren nor:A-
ern dem 5crats voted for the bill. and three
Wings voted with them Does this make
il ..empn a;icaIly administration mea
sure!" Nr. Elder says "S0n.e" demo
Gratis voted for i. # il takes q to mean
"some,' VIVA, would you call 8? Almost
none.
Blu, our neshbor says 1.-The northern
wings had the power TO defeat IT, This
is not true. There were 100 votes in the
affirmative, and IS against--3 Northern
Wings voted for it.and q Northern Wings
were absent. If the 9 referred 70 had
voted for the bill, their vote would have
been equal 10 SIX, which would have made
the vote stand 1O6 for the bill and IS
against il. II the "a absent Wings had
voted with the rs i would have made lO2
wanting four rates Of enough TO dcfsat
the bar Is il not so neghbor, OF the
~t'' a
ONE were Wings aud Il we're Demo
Gratis Does all this make j, "empha,-
caiIy an administration measured"
Mr. Cider says enough shuiked" TO
defeat the bill. This we have shown 10
be un,re. Blu, talking about 'skulking"
where we're Nh:,conb and Bright, the
star democrats of Indana' Did they
vote? No. they skullled. though known
10 be in favor Of the bill. and had not the
the only Wing from Indiana. voted for the
bill. which is much more commen1ahle
than SLuikjng as Whtconb and Bright
did. TO avoid responsibility. We have no
defence 10 offer for the course OF Mr..
M'Gaughev He had good and sufficient
reasons to do so-or he would not have
done ii: and we leave iae matter to be
settled between him and his constituents
Bat Alberson. Brown. Durham. German
and MDonall. all Democrats from IN
dianan voted for the bill. What say you
to that neighbor9 Di! they make it an
administration measure!
But our democratic neighbor says:
"Nr Fillmore. the wing President, had
the power 10 3reven, that bill from be-
coming law and il ne did not believe
lis provisions just and right. should not
hare aPprored and s'gned IL That is
the democratic doctrine is it! 1t is not
that of the " hir party. But Mr. Elder
says 'he should have used the veto power
10 have prevented ,'hasty and incons-
derate legislation. The subject OF tbs
BIZ had been before Congress for SIX
mon,h,-ihi, particular III had been
thoroughly discussed in the Senate. and
every Intelligent reader in the United
States. however distant from Y ashingson.
knew is provisions And yet, "hasty
legislation should have been made an ex