The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-09-18
TIE MISS OURI RESTRICTION
VOTE OF 1880.

sectional character of the vote IN Congress
on the adoption of the Missouri comprom,ss
n le30. Senators on buth sides quoted lrom
Demoiy and made great mistakes; nonepf
hem appear 10 have leaked with ary attcns,
'icn INTO that RAJ, Of The history Of the trbns.
action. We have had the curiosity 10 hunt
up the li,i oi yeae Uud nays on the ctitca
divisions. ard ihirk cur readers may be IN.
'sfesled il tn ahaiysis RI .he vote.
The conrio,offy, il eill Il Remembered
dd not arise on The question Of admitting the
Sloie Of Missouri into ihe lnien, but On the
preliminary tlll, hulhotlzirg the hoh,ian,s
oi the territory 10 form Il constitution aud
Sac Government. To that bill an amend.
nenl was moved IN the House Of Representa-.
lives. in The nature OF a mandate 20 the nes
Safe, that i, should in It's constitution "or.
dam and rsishlsh that there Should be nei.
lhsi slavery nor H,ouniofy sefyiluds IN lhc
uow SAFE, o'hetrisc thun IN tte lunishn ebl
Of crime. whereof the patty shah haso bcra
duty convicted; ~blch a'e the ,efus Of the
Nush. western ordnance fl7S1. The chef
ch1mptrns of the rrsh IciIun werc NJ. john
W. igl ior, al Nuw loik, aud Nj. Juhl Ser.
gCan, ol PcHrs} lvania. N Iho House Of Re.
pretehlaii,rs snd NJ. Ry'rs King Of New
York. IL ,h- Senate. hfef a stormy debate
shch confused the whole county, and n
Tuiii'ude OF emef dHtnls end propositions
~hch fa,led, the House Of Representatives
passed the proposed restriction, eHd sent lhc
bill craiaiung 1t t. the s,eo,le. The Senate
had dl.cus'cd the same question con'empot.
snronsy, aud tbete too, uunetoUs attempts
n coHpt0m'ss bad been Iscd uusNRlin. Is.
Aiming them ~ns ore to stiile the question
bv tenGvinE al festficilcn from the Missouri
-rehnq1'shiug al attempts to restrict
States, aud diviaing he Icrriio. ir. of ihc Uni.
ted stes At So 80, ptoi biting the existence
@ slavery north Of The Iine. Al the tern
ipt'ss ulh OF that Irc we're ,hcu de (acto
'layehodrg, and dcelring 10 !, .Is'aie VAS
rqIiyaieut - ar sgttcmcui that slavery should
mt he d $40 3 lhcre.
Tbs. ,hou-h It failed ssrtcral lines, g hat
shcrwafds passed, and ls now kaorn as the
Missouri conprontse. The au'hor pf the
pIogos,,iae wa lisffe isfferR " Iht9p:vrae vrae Ssa.sa8.
efsIly trpu'ed to be he su.bof. sad 1t s di'.
i-u'l to arer lhaI impression 70 the poru'at
mind. H,t Nj. Clay hos repeatedly di.clalm
I'd IT, ard sss,gte cd Il tn the true source
Mr Clay supported Il most s'tcnsly Is his
II 4 ierce aud ofs'oty IN the love House, Lul
1t failed there, aud fisi succeed 10 the Sen
a'c. mr. GAYS powers OF lcadersip 20 tle
wolk OF psc,hcauon were most cousPcuous
n the next Congress. on another controversy,
arising out Of the Missouri case, which a
that tune threatened very dangerous eoose.
qlcnces. Missouri presented herself 10 Con
efess 9Th constitution ~b,ch directed ths
STATE Legislature 10 pass laws excluding free
efoes and mulsloes iiom the s ate. here
vas an a,igmpi to krrp b 7 out OF he uuiun,
unles. she altered this psft Of the constitution;
rhlch the free State members cGnstud AZ
an interference With the ~ hts OF cu 2snshlP
ondet he constitution. llwasen tins distract
tUg QUESTION that Mf. Clay obtained tho sp
pointmrni Of hia COMPROMISE committee, ard
reported from that an aneudmen' Which was
SO inEeniously word as 20 ssve the po'nt O.
pride vith both par'irr, and leave Tie details
Of the question 10 The judiciary.
Tho restrictive amendment to The bill Of
1890 was, ne we hsve sialCd lassod 10 the
House, snd sent to tie Senate. 10 that bods
tho successful efou was then made TO free
Missouri cuirely from resttc ion, aHd TO
pdopt the line Of division o. 80 80 for The Ter.
ritoties.
Mr. Barbour, o V,teina-- March 81, 1920
moved 10 strike cut ths whue progfso re
qprlug the State to iaierdict savefy. Itwas
carried--Ncas -, nays ID, us follows.
Ye.s Mrssrs Parrot, of New llampshire
Hunter, Of Rhode Island; Lanmas, of Connect
cut Thomas aUd Edwards Of Illinois; Barbour, Of
Virginia; Brown OF Loutsiana Eaton. Of Tennes
sec Elhat oil Ga.eg;a Gs'ilisd " s'uft 4 CIInli.
na iiorsoy, Of Delaware Johnson. of kentucky
johnson, Of Louisiana; king, Of Alabama Lloyd,
Of Maryland Logan, O: Kentucky; Laako, OF Ms
sss,ppi; Macon, of Nori' Carolina; Pinknev, of
Maryland Peasanls, Of Virginia smith. Of South
Carolina; Stokes, Of North Carolina; Van Dyke
OF Delaware; Walker Of Alabama Walker, of
Georgia Williams, of Missssippii Williams, Of
NAYs-Me-srs Bnnill Of Rhode Island; Nor
rill, of New Hampshire; OTIS and MeIlen OF Mas
sachusetts Dana, Of Connecticut; King and San
ford, of New York; Dickerson aud Wilson, Of
New Jersey; Lowrio aud Roberts. OF Penusylva,
MIA f.; Rugges and Trimble, Of Ohio; Noble and
Taylor, OF lDdlana
Absent Ticheror and Palmer. ol Vermont.
II vii be eeen ihlt this was sectional
vote, with the exception that five Senators
from fee States voted for sinking out the 70
strlcllon. They were Parrott, oil New Hamp.
SHIRE; Lqnman, Of Connecticut Hunter, OF
Rhode Island ; the two ILLINOIS, naiors,
Thomas and Edwards Tho Unlon then
censsed Of twenty two Satee, and they "ere
tqoa ly divided inte siaveholdins aud non
s'avehodng States.
Alter striking 90, the restriction in the
Senate, the compron'se p'osiso, ss TO The
territories, was adopted without dYsien, aud
the bill was return, 10 The House for concur.
renee.
Ga the same day The House considered
these amendments and adopted them both
The first, striking oc, tho restriction on Mis-.
sout, was concuried 10 By very close vote