The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-10-21

From an act honorable to him and discredit-
/ able to Maryland, is manufactured this lie
about his abduction of a mulatto girl
THE YEAS AND NAYS ON THE FUGITIVE LAW.
We have been asked to publish once more
the yeas and nays on the passage of the Fugi-
tive Slave Law.
This law was ordered to be engrossed in the
Senate, Friday August 23d 1850, and finally
passed the following Monday, the Goth. The
test vote was that on the engrossment, which
stood as follows
YEAs-Atchison, Barnwell, Butler, Davis of
Mississippi, Dawson Foote, Houston, Hunter
King, Mason, Rusk, Sebastian, Soule Turney
Yulee-Southern Democrats, l5-Badger, Bell,
Berrien, Dawson, Mangum, Pearce, Spruance,
Underwood, Wales - Southern Wings, g.
Dodge and Jones of Iowa, Sturgeon of Penn
STANDARDIZATION Democrats, 3.-Total yeas,
81.
NAYS Bradbury, Dodge of Wisconsin,,
Walker-Northern Democrats 3.-Baldwin.
Cooper Davis of Massachusetts,, Dayton, Greene
Smith, Upham and Winthrop Northern
Wings, 8.-Chase-Free Democrat, Total
nays IL.
Hale was absent but if present. would have
voted against what he had struggled against
with so great ability. Gen. Cass has since ex-
planned that he did not vote on that bill, be-
cause it did not contain provision for securing
jury trial to the fugitive in the State to which
he was to be remanded. Douglas, according
to his subsequent declarations would have
voted for the bill had he been present.
September l2th 1850, this bill was taken up
in the House. and under the operation of the
previous question, moved by Mr.. James Thomp-
son of Pennsy lvania, was forced through with
out opportunity for discussion, consideration, or
amendment. The vote on the final passage of
the bill was as follows-we copy from our
record at the time
"The question, Shall this bill pass was then
decided in the afirmative-yeas lO9, nays IS.
The vote we find classified in the Neto York
Evening Post, as follows:
YEAS
Democrats .-Maine-Fuller Gerry, Little
field. New Hampshire - Hibbard Peaslee
New York-Walden. New Jersey-Wildrick.
Observation-Disclosures, Mann McLanahan,
Robbins, Ross, Thompson. Virginia-Averett,
Bay, Bayly, Beale, Mcdonald, McMullen, Hol-
liday, Meade, Millson, Parker, Powell, Seldom.
North Carolina-Ashe, Caldwell, Venable S.
Carolina-Burt, Colcock, Mcqueen, Orr, Wal
lace, Holmes, Woodward. Georgia-Haralson,
loho L.
lnge. LOuisiana-La Sere. Tennessee-Ew-
ing, Harris, Johnson, Savage Stanton, Thomas,
Wellborn. Texas-Howard Kaufman Mis-
issippi-Brown, Featherston, Melville, Thomp-
son. Arkansas-JOhnson, Jones' Missouri
Bay, Bowlin, Green, Hail. Hamilton, Phelps
Kentucky-Boyd, Caldwell, Mason, Stanton
OhiO-Hoagland, Miller. Michigan-Buel
NATURALIZATION Brown, Durham, German
lllinois-Bssell, Harris, McClernand, Richard
son, Young. Iowa-Lefer. California-Gil-
Whigs.-New Hampshire-Hibbard. Mas
sachusetts-Eliot Ohio-Taylor. Virginia.
Haywood Maryland-Bowie Kerr Della
ware-Houston. North Carolina-Clngman,
Deberry, Stanly. South Carolina-Outlaw.
Georgia-Owen, TOombs. Naturalization,
billiard Tennessee-Anderson Gentry, Wat
kins Williams Kentucky-Breck, Johnson,
Marshall, Mclean, Thompson lndiana-Mc-
Gaughey.
Democrats Maine-Sawtelle, Stetson. Con-
necticut-Booth Waldo OhiO-Cable, Cart
ter, Disney Morris Whittlesey, Wood Mich
igan - Bingham Indiana - Fitch, Harlan,
Robinson. lllinois-Wentworth. California
Wright.
Whigs-Maine-Otis Vermont-Hebard,
Henry, Meacham Massachusetts-Dun
Fowler, Mann. Rhode Island-Dixon. King
Connecticut-Butler. New York-Alexander
Burnett Briggs, Burrows, Gott, Gould, Halle
way, jackson, John A. King Matteson, Nc
Kissock, Nelson, Putnam, Rumsey Sackett
Schermerhorn, Schoolcraft, Thurman, Under
hill. New Jersey--Hay, King, Sylvester. Penn
Hampton, Moore Pitman Reed, Stevens,
Ohio Corwin, Evans, Vinton Michigan
Sprague. lllinois-Baker
ee-SOiiers.-New Hampshire--Tuck Mas
sachusetts-Allen. New York-Preston King.
Pennsylvania-Howe. Ohio-Campbell Gro
well, Giddings Hunter, Root Indiana--Ju-
liam. WiscOnsin-Durkec
Yeas 100, nays IS.
ABSENT OR NOT VOTING.
Northern Whigs-Andrews, Ashmun, Bokee,
Brooks, Butler, Casey, Clarke, Conger, Duer,
GooAenow, Grinnell, Levin, Mes, Newell, Ogle,
Phoenix, Reynolds, Risley, Rockwell, Rose,
Schenck Spaulding, Van Dyke White-24.
Free Soiiers- WilmOt-l.
Northern Observation-Disclosures Gilmore,
Odds, Peck, Potter, Strong, Sweetser, Thomp-
son of Iowa-8
Southern Whigs-Cable Evans of Mary
land Morehead-3.
Southern Democrdts-Ashe Averett, Bay,
Bayly, Beale, Bocock Hackett, Harmanson,
Hammond, Mcdowell, McLane, Morse-l2.
Total absent or not voting-50.
Northern Democrats voting for the bill-27.
Northern Wings voting for the bill-4 Hib-
bard of New Hampshire, Eliot of Massachu-
sets, Taylor Of Ohio, McGaughey of Indiana.
The members who Intentionally absented
themselves when this bill was about to be voted
on, are less to be respected than those who
boldly recorded their names in the affirmative
Mr. Stevens of Pennsylvania, after the passage
of the bill, gravely rose, and suggested to the
Chair the propriety of despatching one of the
pages to inform his Wing friends who had