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

he would resist II by any and every rllcanp
winch she should command him To employ.
III ihs were treason, then he was a traitor
and expected TO remain one for come time
to come, lie acknowledged no allegiance
TO tho General Government higher than
that he owed to lks own State. lie would
observe his alogiancc,to his State and that
strictly. lie tien contendcd that indiyi-
duals, acting under tho direction and com.
mhnd Of 'ho'r Stale authority, properly OK.
pressed, we're not ainenablc 10 the other
States as traitors. And when the General
Government undertook, to treat States M
individuals, rs was intiInatcd in tho late
message Of tho President Of the United
States, it would find that il had not 10 deal
with one State, but with fourteen.
There were several kinds of treason be.
sides that Of open resistance to authority
lie impugncd no mans motives who did
not attack HIS but there were those who
would soil thcirsonls TO Satatl to have
finger in President making, and in tho con-
structiun Of Cabinets, and the consequent
distribution of Offices; there were those who
would sell the Saviour Of the world, if he
were on earth, aud who would bn satisfied
"itiI lhlI VIC pliIC WHICH, Juudb IcCclScu,
Mr.. IIoysToN followed in justification of
his conduct ns representative Of Texas, as
representative of Southern State, in yo.
ting for the bill adjusting the Texas bound
AIRY, and for voting for this bIi. FTc, irf the
course OF his remarks, referred tethe South
crn convention, rs n surrcptitolss Assem-.
blagc a, Nashville, and denied the right and
authority Of those present at that convcn-
ton 10 speak for the South, or to dictate
terms to Congress. He advcca.cd nation.
al feeling, as preferable tc sectional one,
declaring that by such feeling was he ac
tnatcd, and he urged that such should be
the governing principle Of all.
MIR. BANNwELL replied to tha, part Of the
rsmarks Of Mr.. llousToN in relation TO the
Nashville convention. lie defended Tie
character aud proceedings OF the Nashville
convention. saying that hc had been Incn-
bcr OF the Convention, and esteemed il ms
ono Of the chief honors OF his life. He then
stated nj large his objections t. the passage
o( this bill.
Mcssrs BERUrEN and EWING had an en-
p!anaiIon III relation 10 some remarks made
yesterday by Mr.. b. in regard to the aledg-
cd cOnncxIon OF the late Executive with the
exclusion of Slavery by the constitution OF
California.
Mr.. DAVIS, Of Mississippi, replied to the
remarks of Mr.. llousroH upon The proceed
In"S III Mississippi in opposition to the al
mission OF California lie thought that the
proceedings Of the Nashville csnycnttou
and IT'S resolution maintaining The title OF
Texas 10 the boundaries OF Texas. should
have entitled il To kinder co,nrncu,s from
! the Senator.
Mr. IfoUsroS followed, and Mr.. DAVIS
again replied, and Mr. EIousroS rcioined IN
| respect I" the proceedings in Mississipp
leading TO the cali for the Nashville con-
yention.
Mr.. CasS read the extract from the speech
| made by him on tho Three Million bill, and
| maintained that there was nothing inconsis.
tent III wl,a; he then said, and in his pre-
| sen; position on this bill.
After some remarks by Mcssrs. ATcnr.
son and lIoUsroN,
The question was taken on the passage
| Of the bill, and /, was dec ded in the atfirma.
tlvc-ycas 81, nays IS, as follows:
Icas-Messrs. Balwin, Bell, Benton.
bradbury. Bright Chase, Cooper, Davis Of
Massachusetts, Dickinson, Dodge OF Wis.
consn, Dodge of Iowa, Douglas, Ewing,
Fetch, Greene, Hale, Hamlin, Houston,
Jones, Miller, Norris, Phelps. Seward,
SmI,h, Spruancc, Sturgeon, Underwood,
Upham, Wales, Walker, Whitconb, and
Wnthrop-3l.
Nays -Mcssrs Atchison, Barnweil, Der
ricn, Butler, Clemens, Davis OF Mississippi,
Dawson, Footc. Hunter, King, Mason,
Norton Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian, Soulc
Turncy, and lu!ce--1S.
MI DouCLAs moved that the Senate
take up bill No, 10, being the bill prnvi
ding territorial government for New
MaXjco.
Mr.. BUTLER, (Mr. DOUGLAS withdrawing
his notjon,) said that portion of the min
ori,y would, on tomorrow, ask leave to
have entered on the journal protest
against til, bill just now passed.