Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-03-20
In wisconsin senate.
Tuesday, March 7.

In Wisconsin Senate.
Tuesday, March 7.
The anti-Nebraska resolutions fro
the assembly were taken up.
Z Mr.. Blair moved a substitute viii,
was an expression against all agitatie
OF the slavery question.
| Mr.. Wakely raised the question of O,
der on the acceptance of the substitute
! The president decided the motion
amend to be in order.
| Mr.. Wakely appealed from the deci
SION. The decision was sustained.
Mr.. Blair moved the previous ques
ton which was ordered.
The substitute was rejected.
The question being on the indefnit
Postponement Of the resolutions, it wa
decided in the affirmative by the follow
ing vote:
Ayes-Messrs Allen, Blair, Dewey
Dunn, Howell, Hunter, 10y, Mantz
Nc Lane, Miller, Reymert, Sterling, v it
tum-13.
Noes-Messrs. Adams, Basbford
Bowen, Carey, Eldredge, Grant, Har.
vey, McGarry, Smith, Wakeley Wsst
IL.
Mr.. Dunn moved a reconsideration
of the vote just taken.
Mr.. Nc. Garry hoped that thu consid-
Grafton would not be urged at this time
as it would close the door to repentance.
He hoped yet to see some senator who
had just voted for the indefinite post
ponnent, upon cool reflection, to-mor-
row move reconsideration in good
faith.
Mr.. Bashford thought there was an.
evident design on the part of the ge nile
men on the other side Of the house to gag
the senate. He always felt like talking
when others were attempting to gag free
discussion. He proceeded to define his
own position upon the question in accor.
dance with the free soil doctrines and O.
pinions upon the subject.
Mr.. Bowen felt like his colleague
he must talk when there was such an
evident design to suppress the free ex.
preston of the people of this State
The bill Of senator Douglas was design
ed to open UP a large territory to slave
ry. He denounced the whole system
Of slavery and the dough-faces of the
North. He had no mawkish sympathy
with the slave. He believed them bet.
ter off as slaves in this country than
they would be as free men in their own
country, but he was anxious for the poor
whites and their posterity. He believed
history would pronounce senator Doug.
las as the blacklist demagogue that ey-
err breathed the air of heaven.
Mr.. Harvey also thought that Their,
was an attempt to gag. He proceeded
to discuss the merits Of the slavery ques
ton at length, and with marked ability
-a-s~ztiis1g the right ana duty cong ras
TO govern the territories, and particular
ly to prohibit slavery in such terrific
ries.
Mr.. McGarry said that in 1850 he
was elected to the legislature upon prin
ciples identically embraced in these re
solutions, and the senator from the lot
was elected Governor upon the sam
platform. Those were the principles o
the party then, and every attempt to &c
the people to reverse these sentiment
had since failed. They were his princi
pies now, and what ever the party nigh
do, he should still act upon them. If tn
party rejected them now, he was no Ion
ger a democrat. He warned senator
that they could not smother discussio
upon this subject and that they woul
be held to a fearful responsibility 70
misrepresenting tie popular sentiment
I The motion to reconsider was 10:
lby the same vote by which it was Cal
ried.