The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-09-19
NO. 1874.
North Carolina moved the follow

n, Daniel of North Carolina moved the follow
Mr. 70, snbstitute for Mr. Roots instructions
ing ,,,;,h Instructions to report with said bill,
W. extending the Constitution and general
pro's The United States to oil territory belong
laws che limited States acquired from Mexico
ing - treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and to ex.
pa The principle Of non-interyention to said
territory
Ia by Mr. Mcdowell of Virginia, who deliv-
"a q speech in opposition generally to the prin-
.a,s Of misrepresentation, and by Mr.. Holmes Of
sintb Carolina, who occupied his time in pbiloso-
lining on the conflict between the capital Of the
yorth and the labor of the South.
Nv Williams of Tennessee rose with view
q, move the previous question, but yielded for
,,oment to Mr.. McClernand, who withdrew his
.,otion to commit OF course. the instructions
noyed by Messrs. Root and Daniel fell with this
,itbdrawal Mr.. Williams, a friend Of the bill,
then demanded the previous question Inc
Sosaker explained, in reply to several inquiries,
,b.t If this we're sustained, the House would be
,rouobt to a direct vote, first upon the amend
,,euts of Messrs Clingman and Boyd, then upon
.Io or0rossment Of the bill, other amendments
heing excluded. Mr.. Carter moved an ADJOURN
-, Init the motion failed-yeas 40, nays 1872.
, notion for call of the House was lost The
.,os,Yyssn then being Tc.. 81 .ha 5e"se4d t"rtA
options oDesiiO1 it was riuN susnained-yc"es 20,
navs VI ~ N,tSo o.. $500 ...
%, ,rerared to come to a vote upon the BILL but
80 friends took care to keep it under their own
control Mr.. McLane of Maryland moved an
.diournment. then withdrew the motion, and
moved 70 refer the bill and amendments to the
Committee of the Whole on the state Of the
Union. demanding on this motion the previous
ouestiou. Now, if the previous question could
have been restricted to the motion to commit, 1t
would doubtless have been sustained, and the bill
would have been referred but such was not the
rurnose of the mover In answer to an inquiry
by Preston King, the Speaker said
of the previous question is sustained, it will
hiring the House to a vote, first upon the motion
70 refer if the House refuse TO commit the bill,
the nreyious question will not be exhausted until
the House shall have voted upon the pending
amendments, and upon the bill"
Tellers were demanded on the second for the
previous question, but pending this, the House
sliGarned-yeas 81, nays 7s
Wednesday, September 4thJ the subject was
continued Mr. McLane, who had closed his
speech yesterday by moving the previous ques-
ton, this morning withdrew it, began another
speech, and bad proceeded some time, when Mr.
Root objected to it as out Of order, on the ground
that he had no right to speak twice on the same
N 10 ;raJ ha6 opnkap The
Speaker overruled the point of order. Mr. Root
took an appeal but it was laid upon the table
Mr. McLane renewed his demand for the PRE-
yious oueston-tellers were ordered-the demand
was seconded-yeas so, nays 80. Mr. Schenck
said that, desiring to have it appear that he was
not one of those who were forcing this bill to a
vote. and thus smothering every fair effort to
amend or modify and make it better or more &C.
centable. he would ask for the yeas and nays on
the question" Shall the main question be now
mt ~ MIR Stevens of Pennsylvania bad already
asked the yeas and nays, and they were now or
dered Mr.. Cable of Ohio moved to lay the
whole subject on the table The motion failed
yeas 30, nays l69 Only nine Southern men
voted in the affirmative on this motion, which
had it prevailed, would have been the death OF
the bill. The Northern members who voted in
the affirmative were-Messrs. Allen, Booth, Ca
HE Doty, Durkee, Giddings, Harlan, Julian,
Preston King Odds, Root-Free-Soilersa and Dem
ocrats and Messrs. Baker, Bennett, Campbell,
Clarke Cole, Howe, Mattesop, Sackett, School
craft, and Thaddeus Stevens-Whigs.
The question being now upon ordering the
main question, il was decided in the affirmative
yeas 1873, nays 6s. To make it impossible for tho
House to retrace its steps, Mr.. German Of Indiana
moved reconsideration, and then to lay that mo-
ton on the table-and it was so ordered The
main question was first on referring the bill and
amendments to the Committee of the Whole on
the state Of the Union. The question was taken,
and decided in the afiirmatve-yess l0l nays 100.
The friends of the measure, the opponents of the
Wilmot Proviso, and all those who we're hostile
TO any further amendments, voted against the
reference Those who voted for the reference
included the advocates Of further amendments,
the unrelentng enemies Of the bill, and the real
Wmot Proviso men. 1t was therefore test
vote, and a very close one, as a change Of one vote
to the minority would have insured the defeat of
the reference. Analysing it, We find the follow
ing results:
YEAS-WHlGS. YEAS-DEMOCRATS.
Alexander Of N. Y. Ashe Of ~ Carolina
Baker of Illinois Averett of Virginia
Bennett of New York. Bingham of Michigan.
Burrows of New York Booth OF Connecticut
Butler of Connecticut Bowdon of Alabama.
Calvin of Pennsylvania. Brown of Mississippi
Campbell of Ohio. Burt of South C arolina
Chandler of Pa Cable Of Ohio.
Clark Of New York. Colcock of S. G.
Cole of Wisconsin. Daniel Of N. G.
Conger of New York Disney Of Ohio.
Corwiu of Ohio. Doty Of Wisconsin.
Crowell Of Ohio. Edmundson OF Va
Dixon Of r. Featherston of Miss.
Duncan Of Mass Fitch of Indiana.
Evans of Ohio. Iiaralson OF georgia
Fowler of Mass Harlan of Indiana.
Colt Of New York Harris Of Tennessee
Gould of New York Holiday of Virginia.
Holloway of New York. Hubbard of Alabama. =
IIebard of Vermont Ioge Of Alabama.
Henry Of Vermont Jackson Of Georgia.
Howe OFF p King Of New York.
Hunter Of Ohio. La Sere of Louisiana.
Jackson Of New York. McQueen of s G..
King of Rhode Island. Melville of Miss
King of New York. Meade Of Virginia.
King Of New Jersey. Millson Of Virginia.
Mann of Mass. Morris Of Ohio.
Matteson of New York. Morse of Louisiana.
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