Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-07-08


ously that the free soil supporters of Gen
Pierce and his administration had abandone,
the Buffalo platform, and given in their adhe
sion 10 the Baltimore resolutions--one ofwhiel
was supposed to require the enforcement o
The Fugitive Slave Law. This matter wa
brought to test few days ago in the New
York LegisIature-and such astampede-sucl
dodging and bobbing. and boiling, the coun
try has not seen for many day. A series o.
resolutions were under consideration, one oil
which contained the following clause:
Thai he State Of Nee York pleges her faih 10 ht
Union hat ery iap adopted By the coas,iated author
ties Of The Uted STATES, Including The FNgtt0e Siare
lar shall be faithfully enforced eiAm the iimits IF the
Stale
With this preface We let the Albany Argus
tell the tale
One of the most exciting scenes which ever
occurred in the Assembly took place yesterday
afternoon.
= The struggle on the part Of the free sellers
was to stave off queslion-and they resorted
TO all so-ts of parliamentary expedients and di-
vices to evade the test proposed by Mr., lay
lor, ofiheir fidelity to the National adIninistra
ton on the great question OF "thc compromise
measures" the fugitive act included.
By the force of the previous question,which
cut off all amendments, these extraordinary
democrats were finally compelled, either 10
"face the music" or to" shoot the pitt" Many
OF them chose the latter alternative. and left
the House precipitately, urging their free soil
friends To follow them. and thus 10 leave the
House without a quoruml
thu 6rsf IF tho E,oitiyae ,raa III
Speaker who leaving The chair in possession Of
wing, fed from tho Hal, making good his re
treat before question coull be had on either
OF the resolutions. Others, Of his stamp, cover
ed his retreat as we'll as they could, and voted
on the first resolution-a few on the second
but mainly decamped before The question could
be taken on; The third or vital resolution Of the
series.
The stampede was not confined to the free
sellers. Many Of the wings caught the infection
and fed also-leaying but bare quorum of
GO members presenl and voting.
Twenty eight members, elected as Demo-
Gratis, 'shot the pitt and evaded the vote. We
give the names of
THE BoLTERs- Messrs. Beckwih, Bouton,
Burroughs. Bushnell, CHAMPLiN, Finch. GALE,
c. T, Gilmore, A. c.. Hall, b. Hall, Hibbard
ingalls,, Kearney Lawrence. LOOMS, Martin.
Miller, l.. Osgood. PATTERSON, J. ROSE, b.
Smith. Spaffard, The SPEAKER, Slroeter,
Ten Eyck, Temple and Van Alstync.
The Wings who lodged the vote, or rerus.
ed to answer to their names, number fourteen
in all. They are
Messrs. Ashley, Beman, Clapp, j. N. Ely,
Hastings Kneeard, Osborne, Perkins PETERS
L. Reed, A. B. Rose, Stewart, Stratton. w
Taylor. and Wood.
The vote on the final passage Of the resolu
ton in question, stood 46 ayes to % noes.
The affirmative vote includes four wings
Messrs Burnett, Bush, Dubois and Welsh
The Negative includes four free soil demo
crats--belore mentoned--the rest wings.
Thus, tie free-soiIers in the Assembly, CO.
creed into show of hands on the great ques
ton of the compromise including the fugitive
act, exhibited their antagonism to the Nation
al Administration and the National Democra.
cy, and their adhesion still to the doctrines and
tenets Of the Buffalo Platform
The Democracy Of the Union will mark this
significant illustration Of what is called the ~.
nlted and harmonious democracy of New FORK
and will be able to determine who among
us stand on the Baltimore, and who on the
Buffalo platform.
We make no apology for the Wing members
for their course. Every one,however,wil per
ceive that this was family affair with the dem
ocrats. The Wings had nothing to do witt
Gen. Pierce, nor with the resolutions of til,
democratic national conventlon-and are un
der no obligation to pledge themselves to sup
port the measures Of the administration. Wit
the democrats it is different They elected Ger
Pierce. They profess 10 adhere 10 the Bait
more platform, and they are pledged to sur
port all measures necessary to the full exec,
ton of all its provisions. To what extent the
may be relied on. this scene in the New Yor
Legislature affords us t means of Judging.
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