Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-09-20
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL,
WILMINGTON, N. G.. FRIDAY. SEPT. "a. Isso.
The Vote upon the Fugitive Slave Bill aud 1bc calf
fOrMia Bill.


On the 18th inst, the bill for the recantnra IF f.,
gve slaves passed the House of Representatives by
|" vote OF 1O9 yeas to IS nays We have already
published this bill, and would now only remark in
regard to it, that it as we'll calculated to an
swer the end proposed any other that could be de-
vised 1t is doubted by many of our most intelligent
citizens whether in the present state of public opin
ion at the North any law upon the subject would be
other than dead letter This is a question which
time alone can test and object at present is not
to engage in its discussion but to call the attention
OF the Southern people to the vote by which this
measure of justice to the South passed the House Of
Representatives 1t is remarkable fact and one
that should be we'll noted and remembered. that of
the 100 votes cast in favor of the BILL ou three were
furnished by the Northern Wing party compare
son OF the vote will show that the bill passed by
Democratic votes, in the proportion of more than
three to one Of the 100 votes cast in favour of the
Dill, e'ghty-two were Democratic, and tUenty-seven
Wing Out of the IS votes cast against it ffty-seven
were Wing and only eighteen Democratic or pro-
portion of considerably over three to one Nav,
more than this considerable majority of the Demo
Gratis of the North voted for this BILL the vote as a.
mong the Northern Democrats standing ttuenty-sir
IN favor to eighteen against it, while the Northern
Wing vote stands three in favor to ffy-seren against
it; or proportion of nineteen to one against the
South. These facts speak for themselves, and re-
quire no comment. They prove, in language strong
er than words, the language of acts which party is
to be relied upon as the true Southern party We
leave this subject for the present and turn to the
vote on the bill for the admission of California
The vote for the admission of California stood one
hundred and fifty in its favor to fy-six against it,
Out of the one hundred and fifty affirmative votes,
ninety-one were Wing and ifty-nine Democratic
Out of the Sc negative votes 46 were Democratic,
and ten Wing; thus showing that California came
in by Wing VOTE in the proportion of nearly two
to one, while the opposition to it's admission was al
most wholly Democratic in the proportion of four
and half to one and of the twenty-seven Southern
Wings who voted upon the bill, seventeen or almost
two-thirds, voted in its favor; amongst the rest
Messrs. ED STANLY and Jos. P. CALDWELL, of North
Carolina. The Southern Democratic vote stood for
ty-sx nays to ten yeas
In taking review of the measures recently passed
by Congress- the bill for the admission of California
seems to be conceded by common consent to be the
one of all Others most obnoxious to the South
while the bill for the recapture of fugitive slaves an
proaches most nearly to justice. 1t should be borne
mind that this obnoxious California bill passed bv
IN overwhelming Wing majority-every Wing in a
he House. North and South, with but ten EXCEPTIONS
7otng for it, and even a majority of Southern Wings p
being in its favor;whe the fugitive slave BILL the Il
most redeeming feature of the SERIES essentially
Democratic measure in the proportion of more than al
hree to one, receiving considerable majority of al
,ven Northern Democratic votes, while out of the n
sixty Northern Wing votes, only three cast in W
is favor. G.
This is plain statement of facts-nothing more. o
We commend it to our Southern friends, who have I
heretofore been acting in concert with this same
Wing party, North South W