Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-05-26
From the Washington Union %, -
Passage OF the Nebraska Bill by the Ii oou INST
Representa- fVes. "use Of

Representatives. Of
A most protracted and exciting sruoo,o
night, at II o'clock, brought TO triumn5, was last
by the passage of the bill organizing the To- Close
of Nebraska and Kansas in the House of pSasrnoiIe
tatives by vote of liz 10 100 We hail tbIl leSen.
with sincere pleasure, and congratulate tho result
upon the removal from the halls of Congrosao county
time 10 come, of those embarrassing and ;. ,oI al
controversies which have grown cut of the .nn.,ans
of the slave question. o'a0on
The abolition demagogues, by the emphatic 49,.
of the majority of the peoples Representative "o
been deprived of the pretext for eyc;to maze
against the South and, after few paroxvsn
nunciaon and falsehood they will find lbs nS Of de-
as utterly incapable OF mischief as tile craZv
who preach in the streets of the northern c; ;es
rave against the imaginary evils which thew b., and
they have been commissioned to correct H UoiIe'e
ward, the people of the Territories will manao
own afars in their own way, according to tie sr;
of the federal constitution In few months PlrN
those who have been deceived by the outcrv o o.Fn
the Nebraska and Kansas bill will be surprsa5 ''
mortified to see how they have been msled and L
another evidence will be lded to the numhnr ~
have repeatedly demonstrated the folly and tho foI
MOOD OF the anii-slayery crusade Strange tba, ~
Vaccinations and designs of the maignantandn br ue
zed leaders OF the crusade should at the sane tim.
be so constantly proved to be fruitful of bad rpSnS
alone, and yet that American citizens will not he aj
nonlshed against reposng confidence in those who's
success, however impossible and remote contennla,
nothing less than the overthrow Of our free np,;v
tons. Let us hope that the last lesson so fuII o$
struction and significance, will not be without u,
good effects upon the public mind in time to com,
This proud occasion has been rendered signam-
| gratifying by the department of the friends Of fly
bill from the beginning of the contest in the faca
the disorganizing and revolutionary course of ifa
leaders of the minority, persisted in down to the ans
piciouS final vote Patiently, and almost unmurmn
ingly, they submitted to a series of unprecedented
| m IN Hofpat tho q canraine1 will of tl,o
| leaving a record of which the majority NAV we
feel proud, and from which the factious leaders a
the minority will never be able to recover in the
| timation of the people. The victory would hay.
been deprived of half It's value had not the maiori
been capable of those high examples of seltden;l
the justice of their cause and their mistaken Thin
the Intelligent judgment of their constituents and
the country.
The bill as it passed the House is the same thai
previously passed the Senate, with the exception
the Clayton amendment, preventing unnaturaizel
citizens from enjoying the light to vote in the Teri
tones--that amendment having been striker out
accordance with the example furnished in the b
erecting the Territories of Washington, Utah, an
New Mexico. The speedy passage of the bill in tLs
Senate, as it has been amended in the House. is con
fdently anticipated.
The following is the vote on the passage of III,
bill:
len, Ashe, David ]. Baily, Thomas H. Bayly Barkst
Barry, Bell, Bocock Boyce, Breckenridge, Bridges Brooks
Caskie Chastan Chrisman, Churchwel, Clark, Chagmar
Cobb Colquit Cox, CrGige, Cumming, Cutting, John
Davis, Dawson, Disney. Dowdell, Dunbar Durham, Eddy
Edmundson, John M Elicit, English Faulkner Florenr
Goode, Green, Greenwood Gray, Hamilton, Sampson W
Harriss, Hendricks, Hem, Hbbard, Hill Hilyer Houston
IngersoI, Geo. W. Jones, j. Clancy Jones, Roland Jones
Kerr, Kidwel. Kurtz, Lamb, Lane, Latham Letche Lilly
| l4ndley, Macdonald, MnDouga McNair, Maxwell MAY
John G.. Miller, Smith Miller Odds, Mordecai Oliver Or
Packer, John Perkins, Phelps, Phillips, Powell Preston
Ready, Reese Richardson Riddle, Robbins, Rowe Rufr
Shannon, &GW, Shower, Singleton Samuel A Smith Wm
Smith, VIM. r. Smith, Geo. w Smyth, Snodgrass Fre.
lex p. Stanton, R. H. Stanton Alexander Il. Stephen.
Straub, David Stuart, John J. Taylor. Tweed, Vail YAH
SAINT, Walbridge Walker, Walsh, Warren, WcstbOk
Witte, Daniel B. Wright Hendrck B. Wright, and Zyl
coffer-l13.
NAYs--Messrs Ball, Banks, Belcher, Bennett Bens1
Benton. Bugg, Campbell Carpenter, Chandler Croker Gull
om Curtis Thomas Davis, Dean, Dewitt, Dick, Dicknsa
Drum, Eastman, Edgerton Edmands, Thomas D. Elo.
Ellison, Etheridge Everhart Farley, Fenon Fager F
Ter, Gamble, Giddngs, Goodrich, Grow, Aaron Harlan, An
drew Harlan, Harrison Hastings, Haven, Hester How
Hughes, Hunt Johnson, Daniel Jones, Kittredge Knox
Lindsey Lyon, McCulloch, Mace Matteson, Mayall, M
cham, Mddleswarth, Nilsson, Morgan, Morrison, Murr
Nichols, Noble, Norton, Andrew Oliver Parker Peck Peck
ham, Pennington Bishop Perkins, Pratt. Pringle Pugea
David Ritchie Thomas Richie, Rodgers Russell satia
Sage, Sapp, Seymour Simmons SHELTON, Gerrtt Smith
Hestor l.. Stephens Sratton, Andrew Stuart, ohm L. M
lor Nathaniel G.. Taylor Thurson, Tracy, Trout Uphan
Wade, Valley, E. B. Washburne, Israel Washburne Wells
John Wentworth, Tappan Wentworth, Wheeler and Yae
loo.