The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-03-11


GU The introduction OF slavery into the
az" ,a,,.s i. not in conflict with the pr'n
n" If the compromise Of 1850, upon
t"t ,h,, territorial Governments OF Utah
SIN" NAV Mexico were framed.
81, ~. iii be recollec'ed that the last clause
y, ,i,b section of the Nebraska bill is
these words
~. T III, constitution and all laws Of the
,.,,sd States. which are locally 'nappllca>
.hall have the came force and effect
'L;o tn, said Territory OF Nebraska as
.,here within the United States, except
~ .,b section Of the act preparatory to
'1 .dmi.sion Of Missouri into the tn,on.
loved March q, 1850, (which was su
'f,r.eded by the principles of the legisla-
Of 1850. commonly called the " IN
.,om,.c measures. and is hereby declared
ibe question pending WAS the motion Of
n, Douglas to strike out the words within
t,,cke,s. aud insert in lieu thereof the tolN
owing IA,
los nj non Intervention by Congress with
ltra,y in the States aud Territories. as re
.,,oi,ed by the legislation of 1870, cons
only called the compromise measures,
!" Lo,.hy declared imperative and void; it
,.;u, tho true intent and meaning of this
a., No, to lepisla,e slavery into any Terri
w., n, S,,,e. nor to exclude it thereirom,
h,t 10 leave people thereof perfectly
,,oe to form a;,d regulate their domestic in
Al al a N
n. constitution of the United States.
Tn. vote was taken on Mr. Douglass
amendment
yeas-Adams. Atchison, Bayard. Bell,
grpi,min. Btodhead. Brown. Butler, Cas-,
Ch,tca. Dawson, Dixon, Dodge Of Iowa,
Douglas. Evans. Fitzpatrick, Geycr, Gwin,
uuuter. johnson, Jones of Iowa, Jones Of
Tennessee, Mason, Morton, Norris, Pearce,
Petit, Pratt, Sebastian, Sldell, Stuart,
Thompson OF Kentucky, Toombs, Weller,
Williams - 30.
Neys-Alen, Chase, Everett, Fish, Foot,
Houston. Seward, Sumner, Wade .
The total Of the negatives is summed up
IN the Washington papers n ten, and the
.,me number is given by the corresponds
ent. from Washington. But the list fur
n.hes only nue names, aud We, therefore,
alter the igures to nine, until We learn what
name has been omitted,
There are -four vacancies IN the Senate,
leaving IS or u full Senate The above
vote shows majority ct ~ OF the vote
cast. aud clear majority OF I2ol The whole
number OF Senators for u declaration that
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Missouri act OF $50, Is inconsistent win
the principle of non intervention which WAS
adopted IN regard to the territorial 'ovefn
uep,s of Utah aud New Mexico, in 1880,
and that, that principle was an essential
part OF the paeiica,ng compromises o' th"'
,.a~ II ia construed to be IN aiifmance
of the universally of the application OF the
doctrine of non intervention by the Gener-
al Government with the subject OF slavery
In the Territories.
In this view an analysis Of the vote is OF
some interest. All the Senators present
from the save,holdiug states, except Hous
ton Of Texas, % in number, voted IN the
affirmative. The southern ahsentees were
Clsy of Alabama, Rusk OF Texas, johnson
of Arkansas, aud Mallory OF FLORIDA
Their. is also vacancy IN North 'atolinh'
All these votes ma, be considered 1t pres
rn,, to be certain tor the bill, raising the
Southern vote in favor OF the b'l' t" "
The Affirmative received 10 votes from
non>slavehold'ns states VIZ Tue Two ne"
Hampshire Senators. the two senators f""h
Iowa, the two Senators from N'ch'san' one
each from penusy lvanla, Indiana, 'iiI"o',
and California. These 10 with the "
sure votes from the South, making ~
wuhou, counting the chances for VOTES
~ \~.h,. s.,,,o,s NOT present
IN. nav, to the declaration are compos
ed OF e'ss S'""'o's " '''' "o" 'Ina %a,,h
States, and Houston al i'N"s' '"' Wv"