The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-01-03

Messrs. BococK and Mcdowell; from N.
Carolina, Mr.. DANIEL; from South Caro-
lima, none! from Mississippi, Mr.. FEATH-
ERsTeN; from Texas, Mr.. PILsBURY; from
Kentucky, Messrs. FRENCH and PEYToN;
from Tennessee, Messrs. HILL and THoM-
AS; and from Missouri, Messrs. GREEN
and HAHN all eleven members, who re-
fused to sustain the previous question.
The Wing members from the free States
who took the same course were, from
Connecticut, Messrs. ROCKWELL and
SMITH; from New Jersey, Mr. VAN DYKE;
from Pennsylvania, Messrs. BUTLER,
FREEDLEY, HAMPTON, INGERsoLL, and IL
WIN; from Ohio, Mr.. VISToN; from In
diana, Messrs. DUNN, EMBREE, and
THOMPSON; and from Illinois, Mr.. LIN
COMM all thirteen members, who re-
fused to help on the gag, and went against
the previous question.
| tits a curious fact, that If the twenty-five
Southern Democrats had been as much dis
posed to settle this question on reasona-
BILE basis as they were to help on the GID
pINGs faction in their projects of disturb
ance, and had acted with the venerable
Governor Mcdowell, (who never made
an irritating remark or gave factious vote
in his life,) the result on the previous
question would have been SO in the affirm
alive TO SO in the negative, and this would
have thrown. the disposition Of the subject
into the hands of Mr.. Speaker WINTHROP;
and, what he would have done, any one,
can decide who is familiar with the mod
Grafton and sense of justice which have
ever characterized his course. But this
they would not do and the main question
being put, the resolution passed by vote
of SO in the affirmative to 81 in the mega
tive.
Then followed proceedings that de-
monstrated conclusively that the resolu-
ton, as it stood, did not accord with the
real sense of the House, and that many
gentlemen had, by the Vaccinations of
MEADE, VENABLE, BURT, BOYD, and
other Southern utras, cooperating with
GIDDINGs, RooT, PALFREY, WILMoT, and
others of the North actuated by kindred
spirit, been thrust into a position where
they felt constrained to vote for a propo-
sition which, in the form presented, they
disapproved Immediately on the vote
being declared, the Hon. Mr.. STUART,
of Michigan, moved reconsideration |;
and this motion came up for final action
on the 10th of January, when, on the call
of the yeas and nays, the motion was car
ried by vote of 119 in the affirmative to
81 in the negative and thus Mr.. GoTT's
resolution was rescinded, and no further
action was had thereon. On this occasion
the following gentlemen from free States,
Wings and Democrats, who sustained Mr..
lGoTT's resolution on the Dist of Decem-
Der, voted for its reconsideration, to wit :
BUTLER, CANDY, GRINNELL, IRWIN, LORD,
MANN of Pennsylvania, NIcoLL, Pollock,
RIcHEY, STUART, TALLMApGE, THOMPSON
of Pennsylvania, VAN DYKE and VINToN-
in all, fourteen. The following gentle
linen, also from the free States and of both
Iparties, who were not present on the pas
sage of Mr.. GoTT's resolution, or If pre-
sent did not answer to their names, voted
the same way, to wit BIRDsALL, BRA
DY, BRoDHEAD, CLAP, LEVIN, MURPHY,
INES, RICHARDSON, SMITH of Indiana,
ISMTH Of Connecticut, and Wick of In
diana-in all, eleven making, of both
classes, twenty-five votes. This is proof
conclusive that the preamble of Mr.. GoTT's
resolution, which, has created so much
irritation at the South, was not to the
liking Of the moderate men of the North.
II is certain it could have been stricken
out, had il not been for the ill-omened
coalition between the VEHABLEs and
lMEADEs OF the South, and the GID
DINGsEs and PALFREYs of the North.
n the ultra members from the slave States
will suffer Northern agitators to introduce
exceptionable propositions, and then join
hands to gag such propositions through
the House, they must expect many North
ern gentlemen will give votes which they
would gladly withhold. And what sin
gular exhibition we have in these factsl
Mr. MEADE and Mr.. GIDDINGs embracing
each other; Mr.. VENABLE and Mr.. RooT
, profering the right hand Of fellowship,
and Messrs. Burt and BOYD engaged
with Messrs. RooT and WILMoT in politi-
! cal dalfiance--all cooperating together,
, sympsthizing with each other--in pursuit
/ of the same object, and seeking, by the
same means, TO promote the inflammation
Z Of the public mind on the slavery ques-
2 ton every where. Nothing could more
D balk the schemes of these men than to
. have moderate and reasonable disposition
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