New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-25
A Vote i'm the Assembly.

The following are the Yeas and Nays in
the Assembly of our State on the motion to
instruct the Judiciary Committee to report
on the subject of the Compromise bills,
Slavery Agitation, the Fugitive Slave
Law, &c. on Tuesday nert. The vote
was taken on the heel of speeches by
Messrs. Varnum, A. A. Thompson, Bur
roughs and Anthon, pressing report and
decisive action thereon prior to the election
of United States Senator. Mr.. Varnum
wished action. He was opposed to pro-
crastination. He believed majority of
the House were true friends of the Union,"
&c. Mr.. A. A. Thompson wished to
have this question decided before he was
called upon to vote for U. S. Senator" &c.
Why, you dear soul the People decided
last November that your vote should be
nothing to nobody.l Mr.. Burroughs, too,
though constitutionally taciturn, was stir
red up by the Importance of the crisis to
remark
Fish Before shall be called TO vote for that officer,
want to see the platform upon which he is to be elected
Do gentlemen wish doubtful men sent 10 that body
hope to see no cowsrdly retreat on any question:
Now as nobody had asked, expected, de-
sired nor "called" Mr.. BurrOughs's vote
for the candidate who sis called Fish," it
looks very much as though the gentleman
from Orleans was inclined to poke his nose
into other folks affairs. And as the per-
son "called Fish " is not Member Of the
Legislature, holds no office, and is not even
in Albany, we don't perceive how the Lee
gislature is to increase its own wisdom with
regard to U. S. Senator by itself taking a
vote on one or another set of Resolves con-
corning Slavery.
One would suppose that such distinct
and repeated avowals by the minority that
they expected or hoped some party advan-
tage in the choice of U. S. Senator from
intermediate action on this prolific subject
of Slavery would have sufhced to unite the
Wings in favor of choosing the Senator first
anu COHslVCiiuS 1eCSoANOS oAtStWoiUs CT
the following Wings voted to instruct the
Committee peremptorhy to report on Sla-
very, the Compromise, &c. on Tuesday
next:
AYES HAtgsl-MessIs o. Allen (Ere.A Au,hon (Rieh-
mond) Atwood (EIiel BRckhouse lkingsl BIrd lEre,l
Blackstone tCiiy1 Csdy (Kings Campbell lOisego Geo.
Clark (Ciy.l Cooke Greene Fizhngh (MOnroe W 5.
Gregory CITY, Greene CITY, Ryan (Cily) Swords lCiIy)
Narnum (City Total 4 d.
Do Loo Focos -Messss H J. Allen, r. Ba5cOck Barnes,
BOVINE. Burroughs. Bushnell, J. \. Clark, Cclvin Cong
don Davis, Dennison, Doyle, Ederko, Ferris French,
Hatch Highly, jayne, kinsley Lawyer Lewis Lyon (ndl
Maurice Miner, L Perry, Rider, Robinson Rockwell w
Russell, w: = Russell Sickes, Z r. Smith, Sael Stew
art. Sulwel. Straiion, A. A. Thompson O. c Thompson
Wnght-39.
-OIPosirian- Shsl (Herkiruer Pool iJeferson,l
Coffin Ilnd.l lOtsego)
10 Hkgs-Messrs. J. w. Bsbcock, Baker Beikaap J.
Benedict H. Benedict, Bishop B0ttum Brsdley Brsy.
tor Briggs Darlington ham5eflain Corssr Douglsss
Elwoo0, Ely, Fsrr, Feller Fish Gilbert Gleason rsnan
A Gregory, II. Harris, L. Harris, Heath Hewitt HiDds
Hoppin IDgeTsoll, Kellogg, Lake, Lesley McL0ulh Ma
cona6er Miles, Moss, Nelson, ]. L. Perry Rouse Rowe
Rumsey Severance ShUlies Smith, SCUM wick Ssvens
spesker Townsend Tulhill, Underwood, Ward, Welden
Wheeler. whitesde, Yeomans-J7 Wings; TOtal 90.
So Silver Grayism and Loco Focoism to-
gesher having tried their combined strength