Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-10-21

The Fugitive Law and its Paternity.
1t 10 well known that DANIEL w EssrEK,
whom Senator, expressed willingness
to procure the passage Of low s'for the
better security Of slave property, and tho
'arrsss Of fugitive slaves," and profting BY
this hint, Mr.. CLAY originated this meas.
ure. NE WE1srEk, while thus pledged,
was placed a. the head ofPresident FIJI.
xoaE's Cabinet, and Mr.. GIDprNes asserts
that il was by The joint efforts Of FlILMoRE
and his prime ninister, using in the most
wreckless manner the patronage Of the
Government, that the bill was passed.
II 10 emphaticaiiy ap administration msas.@
ure, and the Cleveland Herald, Ohio State
Journal, and other Administration papers,
are found in It's support rr9.T
I Below we give tho vote, ard The cem.
ments Of the New York Tribune, SEw..
ARD paper.
TBE FUelTIvE SLAVE LAw,-Ths fact
that quiet respectable man, guilty Of no
crime-unless, indeed, II be crime .tsp :
prefer liberty to slavery, unless it Bsars
CRIME to believe in that sublime truth winch
the men Of '76 tell us il ''selfseSident,f
viz. "Fhat all men were creased sedunln
and are ''endowed by their C.ea,of," with
the "inalienable rights Of life, liberty and
the pursuit Of hapinsss"-has been arres<<
ted in our midst, mnnacled and revnsiidsdc c
10 southern bondage, being denied even an
interview with his wife and children, q
privilege which would be gruntedtoacon.
mon pirate, and all this ''ncaording 10 the
statute in such ease made and provided"
has very naturally excited some interest in.
the public mind as 10 how the, thing. was
done. We therefore presen, to the read.
ders Of the Tribune the vote BY which ne
passed through the two branches Of Con-
gress. ..s-
s.o The following is the Senate vote on de-
engrossemeht Of the bill: ~. - 49,
YEAs- Messrs Atchison, Badger. Barn
well, Bell. Berrisn, Butler, Davis, or Miss.
Dawson, Dodge, Of lown, Dowis, sFoots,
Houston, Hunter Jones, King ,Msugum,
Mason, Pearee, Rusk, Sebas,in, Soals,
Spruance, Sturgeon, Underwood, 4Turney,
Wales, Yulee--27. eaa 7'sg el zt.a, 3s4co
| NAYs-Messrs. Baldwin, Bradbury,
Chase, Cooper, Davis, wof oMass. Dayton.
Dodge, Of Wisconsin,, Greene, Snish,
Upham, Walker and Winihrop-l2.dar
Absent OF, NOT roiing-M Messrs Benton,
Borland, Bright, Clark, Clny, Cass, Glen. )
ems, Dickinson, Douglass, Ewing, Fsleh,
Hale, Hamlin, Miller, Morton, Nofis, -
Phelps, Pratt, Seward, Shields w Whitcomh--
2f. aii# J"ss< Aiie b-,a7 171 zz17E a9isp
[ Yeas from the free Sfates-AIessrs' A.
C. Dodge and Jones Of lowo. M '1'7.-'s9a E
III On the final passage, she yeas spd nays :,
were not called, the fate Of the bill being f'
decided by the preceding vote; but ,hni Z;
eminently national statesman Hon. DAM .
LEI s. DICKINSON, made few remarks in
fayo, Of tbs bal and il passsS wisAout
further division. Mr.. SewnJd was absent
from thecity, uawell: bit m,<t Of the Sl
absenr,ees were only indisposed to vote.
The vote IN tho House : n the FINAL pa,
.sage Of She bill was as follows:
AyEs-Memrs Aichison, Als,s,ss Aassr-
son. .Ashe, Avere,t, BAv, Ba,ISyf Reat~.
Bissell,- Bowdop, Rnwie, Bo.lin, B,sd,
i Breck Brown, of Miss. Brors, Of Indians,
Bicel, Burt, CALDWELL, .sf N0fth CafSiii ),
Caldwell Of Kentucky, Clirshnrf Cobh. Of
/ Alabama, Colcock, Daniel, l)rberry. piss-
mick, Danhans Edmoadssa, El;ef, Esn q,
Fea,hefston, Fuller, Gentry, ,Csyry GsL''
bsIti German, Gr,ep, ..linn, lisMiiiSh, .
i Elnfalson, Harris, Of Tsnhesse, jfArsiss, III
T .Alabana, Harsis, iofs lliin.i.. lisynkbaa. !:
flibbard, Hillard, IIoasland, HeHSSsy,
Holems, Houston, Howard, Hubb,rA tsSss;tS
Jackson, Of Georgia, John.on. .oi' I eMAeSse,
johnson, OF Kentucky, Johnson, sfAfkan.
sas, Kaufman, Kear, La Serre, Lx5fsr;,
Littlefeld, M6ax, Of Penn. MARSHALL,
Mason, McCsrnona, McDb1m1. MrCam-
/ ghsy McLanaha., Mclean, Of K-ntucky, !;
McMuiler, Mcqueen, Melville, MenSe,
Miller. Millson, Morton, Orr, Ouriaw,
Owen, Pnrker, Peaslee, Phelps. Powell,
Richardson, Ro6bsns Ros,; Savage, Sed.
don, Shepoerd, Stanley, Stanton, Of Ter
nesse, Stanton, Of Kentucky, Taylor,
Thomas, Thompson, of Miss. Taompsox,
: Of Penn. Thompson, Of fKsntucky ,roombs,
Venable, Walden. Wsllses, Watkins,
Welborn, Wiidrick, w illians, w oodwar
Young-l09. '''a 'S'' 'a"a't%'4 'Gl
NAYs-Messrs Alexander, lien, Baker,
Bennett, Bingham, Booth, Briggs, Burrows,
Butler Of Conn. Cable, Of Ohio, Calvin,
Cambell, Carter, Chandler, Cole, corwiD,
Crowel, Dickey, Disney, Dixon, Dgy,
Duncan Durkee Evans, Of Ohio, Fitch,
Fowler, Ffeedley, Giddings. Got, Gould,
Halleway, Hampton, Harlan, Hay, Hobard,
Henry, Howe, Hunter, jackson, Of New
Jersey, Julian, King, OF Rhode Island,
King Of New Jersey, John A. King,
Preston King, Mann, Macs, Ma.ieson. ;,
McKisseck, Meachan,, Moore, Nelson :!
Otis, Pitman, Reed Robinson, Root, Ram.
sey, Sacket,, Sawtelle, Schermsrhorn,
Schoolcraft, Sylvester, sprague Stevens, Of.
Penn. aStetson, Thurman, Tuck, Under.
hill, Vinton, Waloo, Wentworth, Whinle.5
soy, Wood, Wrigh,.-75. lln i,l,,'''.,E r. -ss 70"
Abssnt or not roting-Noarsxsx..,
WHIGs. Andrews, Ashmun, ,Bokse, Brooks.
Butler, Carey, Clark, Conger, Duer, Good,
enew Grinnel, Levin, Mes, Newel, Oels,n
Phoenix, Reynolds, Rislsy, Rockwell, Rose,
schenck spalding, Van Dyke, Wilmos---s
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