The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-08-20
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the VARIOUS maNhA iA'Na
u was composed. ~teiaiiai. To use the
language OF Mo. Benton, "the brains have
been knocked out Of the bill, " for nothing
in fact, remains, all being stricken out ex'
ccpt 30 much as provides a territorial gov
eminent for Utah: the bill was ordered to be
engrossed for a third reading by a large vote
yeas 81, nays2 5.
An animated discussion arose on the mo-
ton of Mr.. Douglas 10 make the 3oth paral-
lei of North latitude the Southern boundary
Of Utah, which was amended so as to read
"the 37th parallel, &c" which amendment
was agreed to, and such are the results oil
eight months legislation on the territorial
question.
The result is the same as many OF the
friends of the Omnibus feared, and its oppo-
nents expected. Mr.. Rusk declared in the
Senate yesterday, that he had been IN the
Omnibus, bit could not find a.Seat, and
ras consequently obliged to get out.
Mr.. Pearce, of Maine, compared it tosa
ship, which was changing her position eve
ry moment with the wind. "An amend
ment was offered" said he, ain order to in
duce one, or perhaps two gentleman, to get
in and take a ride, but while this concitiated
the Northern gentlemen, two, three, or per-
haps four Southern gentlemen, stepped out
from the other side, and thus the bill gained
two votes and lost three or four, and thus
the bill was passing"
This reminds me Of the story Of the old
woman who purchased two apples for three
cents, and sold three for two cents, and Won
dered that she did not make money faster.
at is an i'll wind that blows nobody any
good" says an old womah's prdvetb, and
this ] contend is true, when | speak Of the
Compromise or Omnibus bill, and its good
fruits are that it has certainly and surely fix
ed the latitude and longitude of certain Sen
ators, whose views on the various questions
involved in the bill, were not sufficiently
well defined heretofore for their ~constitu'
ents to Judge of their loyalty, and probably
it would be well for the members OF eacl
, State Legislature before committing them
selves in support of any gentleman who de
sircs q reelection to take some measures tt
, get a certified copy of the %lonrnal of tin
: Senate, or so much thereof, as will enabl
S them to render it certain that they are no
e voting for an advocate of the Wilmot pre-
viso.
a ] will give one or two votes, which wi
$ probably throw some light oil the sublec
"a On the motion of Mr.. Norris to strike OF
the provision in the bill which retains tn
territorial governments from passing an
law establishing or prohibiting slavery, til
q vote was as follows:
ar YeaS.--Badger, Baldwin, Bell, Bradbur,
Il Bright, Cass, Chase, Clark, Clay, Coope
Dayton, Dickinson, Dodge Of Iowa, Don!
he las; Felch, Greene, Hamlin, Jones, Mangur
I'd Miller, Norris, Phelps, Pratt, Sewar
Shields, Smith, Spruance, Sturgeon, Unde
in wood, Upham, Wales; Winthrop.-32.
a Nays.-Atchison, Barnwell, Benton, Be
If rien, Butler, Clemens, Davis, of Miss, Dav
be son, Downs, Ewing, Hunter, King, Maso
" Morton, Pearce, Rusk, Soule, Turhey, Wa
kcr, Whitcomb, Yulee.-2l.
it 1t will appear by an analysis Of this v5t
hs that eight Southern Senators voted for Il
motion, while three Northern Senators vote
4" against it. While Messrs. Borland, Davi
Of Mass, Dodge, of Wisconsin, Foote, Hal
Vi Houston, and Sebastian did not vote at a
os' although all but the first named was in Il
OF Capitol, ifnot in the Senate.
lty. Another vote | will give, which stov
of who were the friends and who the opp
he nents of the bill; every Senator voting e
1e. cept MIR. Borland, who is in Arkansas. III
20 vote was on the motion Of Mr., Turney
Va indefinitely postpone the bill
mr. KeaS.-Baldwin, Barnwell, Benton, BIZ
tor Ter, Chase, Clark, Clemens, Davis, of Mas
Davis, of Miss, Dayton, Dodge of Wisco
.U sin, Ewing, Greene, Hale, Hamlin, Hor
l'n ton, Hunter. Mason, Miller, Phelps, Rus
Seward, Smith, Soule, Turhey, UphaI
I'll, Walker, Winthrop, Yulee.-29,
=, Nqys.-Atchison, Badger, Berrien, Bra
in bury, Bright, Cass, Clay, Cooper. Dawsc
no Dickinson, Dodge, of Iowa, Douglas, Dowi
Of Felch, Footei Jones, King, Mangum, Nj
ton, Norris, Pearce, Pratt, Sebastian, Shield
Spruahce, Sturgeon, Underwood, Wal
n Whitcomb.-30.
n This vote may be relied on as the ts
'a,' Uote as to who were in favor, and wi
II, against the bill, as it then stood.
al In the course of debate, Mr.. Foote ma,
some remark in allusion TO the Wilmot pr
on viso, when he was asked by MIR. Hale il
ed not expressed the opinion that the Wilm
e. proviso was dead and baried. Mr.. Foo
he replied that he had so expressed himself, b
id the defeat of the compromise had produc
NV a resurrection, and added, elf this odio
re proviso will hereafter be applied to the ter
!, tories, | hold Southern Senators who ha
W voted against the Compromise bill, respo