Washington sentinel., 1854-05-21
SPEECHES ON THE NEBRASKA
KANSAS BILL.

It NAV be of interest to learn that upwards
of one hundred and twenty-eight set speeches
have been made in both branches of Congress
on this subject. OF those, twentyeight were
delivered in the Senate, and one hundred in
the House Of Representatives.
The following are the names Of the gentle.
men who participated in the debate in the
sENArE.-For Senate Biu.-Messrs. Badger
Brodhead, Brown, Butler, Cass, Dawson, Dixon,
Dodge of Iowa, Douglas, Hunter Jones Of
Tennessee, Norris, Petit, Thomson OF New
Jersey, Toombs, Toucey, and Weller-l7:
AGai,ast the Bill. - Messrs. Bell, Chase,
Cooper, Everett, Fessenden, Houston, Seward,
Smith, Sumner, Wade, and Clayton, (who,
however, is in favor of the repeal OF the MIS-
souri, compromised
The following are the names OF the gentle,
men in the House of Representatives who
made speeches on the bill pending other ques-
tions:
HousE.-For the Senate BiU.-Messrs. J.
G. ALLEN, of Illinois; Barksdale, OF Mississippi
Breckenridge, of Kentucky; Bridges, OF Penn
sylyania: Brooks, of South Carolina; Caruth-
ers. of Missouri Clingman, Of North Caro-
lima; Ewing, of Kentucky; Faulkner, OF Vlr.
pinia: Keitt, of South Carolina Macdonald,
Of Maine; Preston, of Kentucky; Smith, OF
Tennessee; Stephens of Georgia; and Wright,
of Pennsylvania-l5
4goi,,st tie Senate BiU.-Messrs. Chandler,
of Pennsylvania; Cullom, of Tennessee Fen
ton. of New York Franklin, of Maryland (;
HINT. Of Louisiana Mace, of Indiana Gut
tinp, Of New York; Matteson, of New York /;
Meacham, of Vermont Millson, of Virginia (;
Nichols, of Ohio; Norton, of Illinois Gerrit
Smith, Of New ork; Washburne, of Illinois;
Washburn, Of Maine; and Yates-l6.
During the last two weeks, the following
named gentlemen have expressed their views
on the Nebraska-Kansas question, pending the
consideration Of the House bill and the substi-
tutc Of Colonel Richardson, being the same as
the Senate bill substantially, with the exception
of +" tue Clayton amendment"
HousE.-For the bM.-Messrs. Bayly of Vir-
ginia. Barry, Churchwell, Cox, Dowdell, Elliott
Of Kentu cky, English, Hamilton, Hibbard, In
gersoll, Maxwell, Miller of Missouri, Oliver OF
Missouri, Ready, Seward, Straub, Taylor OF
New York, Tweed, Walsh, lollicoiler, Hamil-
Stanton of Tennessee Eenn, Witte, Chastain,
anu lsiSuuIuSou-oV.
Against the bM-Messrs. Ball, Banks, Ben
nett, Benton, Carpenter, Cullom, Davis OF
Rhode Island, Dean, Eliot OF Massachusetts,
Etheridge, Flagler, Giddings, Grow, Harris of
Mississippi, Harrison, Hughes, Knox, Lyon,
Mayall, Parker, Peckham, Perkins, Sapp, ST
mons, Taylor of Ohio Taylor of Tennessee Up
ham, Wade, Valley, Wentworth of Mas assachu-
setts, Wheeler, Pratt, Pringle, Drum, Seymour,
Harlan of Ohio Goodrich, Edmonds, PENN ug-
ton.--39.
We foot up as follows: Speeches for the
principle of the billin the Senate, II; in the
House, 45-total, 62. Speeches against the
bill in the Senate, IL in the House, 55--total,
76.
Besides the speeches actually delivered,
Messrs. Bliss, Cook, Everhart Sage, Howe,
Stuart, of Ohio, and other gentlemen (at least
twelve in ally obtained permission to publish
their speeches, not having been successful in
their efforts to obtain the floor to deliver
them.
We trust that there will be no charge here
after that there has not been free discussion
on this important question.