The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-09-27


/ NAYs--Messrs. Baldwin. Benton, Bright,
Chase, Clarke, Clay, Davis Of Massachusetts
Dayton. Dodge Of Wisconsin, Dodge OF Iowa,
Ewing. Felch. Fremont. Green, Gwin, Hale,
Hamlin, Jones, Norris, Seward, Shields, Smith,
! Spruance, Wales, Walker, and Wnthrop-26.
SO the amendment not concurred 10.
The question was then stated to be on concur
ring in the following amendment Of the Commit
tee OF the Whole, AZ the fourth section Of the bill
".ind be ii further enacted, That in case any
slave or slaves, so induced, persuaded, enticed
TO run away, or assisted IN running away, or har-
bored with the intent to assist him, her, or them
IN running away, or escaping from service. shall
actually run away and escape from the service of
| the lawful owner or owners, any person convicted
as aforesaid of such entic NJ, parsuading, assist
| ing, OF harboriDg, shall also be sen,encd by the
| said court to pay to the owner or owners Of said
slave or slaves the value Of the same, to be as
sessed and determined by the said court to be re-
covered by execution as in cases Of other judy
| ments."
| September IA.
| The question being taken by yeas and nays on
the motion to postpone, the result was
| YEAs--Messrs. Atchison, Barnwell, Berrien,
Butler, Davis Of Mississippi, Dawson, Downs,
Hale, Hunter, King, Mason, Morton, Pratt, Rusk
SeIas ian, Soule, Turney, and Yuee--l6.
Nays -Messrs. Badger, Baldwin, Bell. Benton,
Bright, Chase, Clarke, Clay, Davis Of Massachu-
sets, Dayton Dickinson. Dodge Of Wisconsin,
Dodge OF Iowa, Ewing, Felch, Fremont, Greene,
Gwin, Hamn, Jones, Norris, Seward, Shields,
Smith; Spruance, Sturgeon, Underwood, Wales,
Walker, Whitcomb, and Winthrop--3l.
So the motion to postpone did not prevail.
| The question was then taken concurring IN
the 4th section, and it was not concurred in.
The question was then on concurring in the fol-
lowing amendment Of the Committee ofthe Whole
as the last section of the bills
"SEc. 5. find be ii further enacted, That the
said corporation and the said levy court, respec
lively, shall be, ard they hereby, invested
with the power, by police regulations not incon
sstent with the Constitution and laws of the Uni
ted States, to prohibit the coming of free negroes
to reside within their respective iurisdctiona
limits, and to remove therefrom such may come
within those limits contrary to such prohibition,
and to regulate the behavior OF those now resId-
ing, or who may hereafter be permitted to reside
therein, and to enforce such removal, cOmpli-
ance with such regulations by fine not exceeding
| 500, and imprisonment at labor not exceeding six
months, or either, at their discretion"
The question being taken by yeas and nays on
concurring with the amendment, resulted-yeas
co. nays Gas follows:
Weaknesses Atchison, Badger, BarnweIl,
Bell, Berrien, Butler, Davis Of Mississippi, Daw-
son, Dickinson, Downs, Hunter, King, Mason,
Morton, Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian, Soule, Turney,
and Yulee---2O.
NAYs-Messrs. Baldwin, Benton, Bradbury,
Chase, Clarke, Clay, DAVIS of Massachusetts,
Ewing, Felch, Fremont, Greene, Gwin, Hale,
Hamlin, Jones, Norris, Seward, Shields, Smith,
Spruance, Sturgeon, Underwood, Wales, Walker,
and Winthrop-28.
So the amendment was not concurred in.
The question being then taken upon the engross-
ment Of the bill, it decided in the affirmative
as follows
YEAs-Messrs. Baldwin, Benton, Bright, Cass,
Chase, Clarke, Clay, Davis of Massachusetts,,
DAYTON, Dickinson, Dodge of Wisconsin; Dodge
Of Iowa, Douglas, Ewing, Felch, Fremont, Gwin,
Greene, Hale, Hamlin, Jones, Norris, Seward,
Shields, Smith, Spruance, Sturgeon, Underwood,
Wales, Walker, Whitcomb, and Winthrop-32.
NAys--Messrs. Achison, Badger, Barnwell,
Bell, Berrien, Butler, Davis of Mississippi, Daw-
son, Downs, Hunter, King, Mason, Morton,
Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian, Soule, Turney and Yulee
10.
So the bill was ordered to be engrossed and read
a third time.
The question being taken upon the passage Of
Of the bill, it was decided in the afirmatve-as
follows: @
YEAs-Messrs. Baldwin, Benton, Bright, Cass,
Chase, Clarke, Clay, Cooper, Davis OF Massa-
chusets, Dayton, Dickinson, Dodge of Wscon-
sin, Dodge of Iowa, Douglas, Ewing, Felch, FIRE.
mont, Gwin, Greene, Hale, Hamlin, Houston,
Jones, Norris, Seward, Shields, Spruance, Stur
geon, Underwood, Walker, Wales, Whitcomb
and Winlhrop-33.
| NAYs-Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Barnwe,
| Bell, Berren, Butler, Davis of Mississippi, Daw-
son, Downs, Hunter, King, Mangum, Morton,
Mason, Pratt, Sebastian, Soule, Turney and Yu-
| lee--l9.
So the bill passed.