Washington sentinel., 1854-05-05

III. Cobb. speaker, (Georgia) democrat, did not
vote.
At the time of the passage of these compro-
mise measures, there were seventy-three whig
representatives on this floor from the northern
States; and, upon examination of the vote on
the fugitive-slave law, it will be seen that but
three of them voted for it. There were but
fifty democrats from the same section, and
twenty-nine of them recorded their votes for
the bill. The State of New York had, at that
time, thirty-two whig representatives on this
floor, not one of whom voted for the bill, whilst
there was but one democrat, [the Hon. Hiram
Walden, and he voted for it. And here, per-
haps, the curious would like to know what be-
came of those northern democrats who voted
for the fugitive-slave law. | find, upon inves-
tigation, that fifteen of them were candidates
for reelection to the next Congress; twelve
were reelected, two were defeated by whigs
and one by a frecsoil democrat. But, sir, after
these measures had passed, and had been ac-
quiesced in by the south, memorial after memo
rial poured in upon this House from the north,
and into the Senate, for the repeal of the fugi-
tive-slave law. In order to commit Congress
to these measures, as final settlement Of the
slavery question, in 1852, q representative from
the State of Georgia Mr.. Jackson offered the
following resolution:
Resoired, That we recognise the binding ell
cacy OF the compromises Of the Constitution and
believe it TO be the intention of the people gene
rally, as we hereby declare il to be ours indvdu-
ally, to abide such compromises, and TO sustain
the laws necessary TO carry them out the pro.
visions for the delivery of fugitive slaves, and the
act OF the last Congress for that purpose included
and that we deprecate all further agitation Of
questions embraced in the acts of the last Con-
gress known as the compromise, and of questions
H., .,.4 Il. Il.
slavery as unnecessary, useless, and dangerous"
The vote on Mr.. Jacksons resolution was as
follows:
AFFIRMATIVE.
Southern Observation-Disclosures. T. H. Bayly Bo-
cock, Bragg, Rreckinridge, A. G.. Brown, Caske,
Cobb, Daniel, Edmundson, Freeman, w. p. Hail.
Hamilton, Hammond, Hillyer, Houston, Howard,
jackson, A. Johnson, J. Johnson, G. w. Jones,
Letcher, Mason, McMullen, Meade, Nabers, Penn
Phelps, Polk, Riddle. Savage, Scurry, Smith, f.
p. Stanton, r. H. Stanton Stone ST. Martin,
George w. Thompson, Venable, and Wilcox-30.
Northera De",oe'ats.-Messrs w. Allen, Busby,
Clark, Curtis, ]. G. Davis, Dawson Dunham
Ficklin, Fitch, Florence, T.. d. Fuller, Gamble,
German, Hart, Hendricks, Hem, Hibbard Inger-
soil, kurtz, Lockhart, E. G. Marshall, McCorke,
Mcdonald, Murray, Peaslee Price, Richardson,
Robbins, Robinson, Ross, D. l.. Seymour, o. S.
Seymour, A. p Stevens, Stuart, and Sutherland
Southern Wh,gs.-Messrs. Bowie, Cabel, Dock
cry, Ewing, Faulkner, Gentry, Grey, Landry, II.
Marshall, Miller, Moore, Morehead, Outlaw,
Strother, Walsh Ward Watkins, Addison White,
Alexander White, and Wiliams-20.
Northern Whigs.-Messrs. w Appleton, Brooks
Haws, Haven, Martin, Parker, and Schermerhorn
-.
Southern Democrats--Messrs. Aiken, Ashe, Av-
erett, d. ]. Bailey, Holladay Mcqueen, Millson,
Orr, Powell, Wallace, and Woodward-11.
Northern observation-disclosures. Bartlett Ruell
Gable, I. Campbell Dean Doty, Durkee East
man, Edgerton, Floyd Gaylord, Grow, Ives Jen-
kins. J. Johnson, ID. I. Jones, P. King, Molony,
Rantoul, Smart, Straton, and Sweetser-22.
Southern Whig.-Mr. Clingman.
Northern Whigs.-Messrs. Allison, Barrerc
Brenton, G. II. Brown, L. d. Campbell, Chapman
Conger, Fowler, Goodenow, Goodrich, Harper
Horslord, L. M. Howe, Kuhns, Mann, Meacham,
Minor, Newton Penniman, Perkins, Sackeu,
Schoolcrait, Scudder, B. Stanton, b. Thompson
Tuck, Walbridge, Washburn, Wells and Yates-30.
The following is classification of the fore
going vote: