Washington sentinel., 1854-05-05

prejudices of their constituents, inhamed by
the preachings and walings of the Hales, the
Beechers, the Stoves, the Garrisons, and host
OF other abolitionists against the institution OF
slavery, have yet had the boldness, courage,
and patriotism, to support the guarantees OF
the Constitution and the principle of "non-in
tervention," so necessary to the preservation of
the rights of the States and the perpetuity of
the Union.
| have here the record to show that on all
occasions since l847, when this question was
before either branch of Congress, the whig
party of the north have uniformly opposed the
rights and interests of the southern States;
whilst, on the other hand, the democratic party,
as party, have supported the rights Of the
States and the guarantees of the Constitution
for the protection of our institutions. 1t is
time that the south should know, that the
country should know, to whom we must look
in the future for sustenance of the guarantees
OF the Constitution for the protection of the
rights of the States, upon the observance of
which depends the integrity of the Union.
On the 2Sth day of February, l84S, Mr. Put
nam submitted the following preamble and re-
solution, upon which he demanded the previous
question:
Whereas, in the settlement of the difficulties
pending between this country and Mexico, terri
tory may be acquired in which slavery does not
now exist; and whereas Congress, in the organi-
zaon ofa territorial government, al an early period
OF our political history, established principle wor
thy Of imitation in all future time, forbiddng the
existence of slavery in free territory therefore
"Resofred, That in any territory which may be
acquired from Mexico over which shall be estab-
lished territorial government, slavery or involun-
tary servitude, except as punishment for crime,
whereof the party shall have been duly convicted,
should be forever prohibited; and that in any act
or resolution, establishing such governments,
fundamental provision ought to be inserted TO that
effect"
Mr.. Brodhead moved that the resolution be
laid upon the table; upon which question the
yeas and nays were demanded and ordered,
and, being taken, resulted yeas los, nays 90,
as follows:
''YEAs-Messrs. Green Adams, Atkinson, Bar
ringer, Barrow, Bayly, Bedinger, Brdsall, Black,
Bocock, Bowdon, Bown, Boyd, Boydon, Brod-
head, Charles Brown, Albert G. Brown Burt,
CabeI Cathcart Chase, Clapp, Franklin Clark,
B. L. Clark, Clingman, Howell Cobb, Williamson
r. w. Cobb, Cooke, Crisfeld, CroZier, Daniel,
Dickinson, Donnell Garnett Duncan, Featherston,
Ficklin, French. Fulton, Gaines, Gayle, Gentry,
Goggin, Green, Willard p. Hail. Haralson, Harris,
Haskell, Henley, Hil Hard, Isaac L. Holmes,
George S Houston, Inge, Iverson, Jackson, Jane
son, Andrew Johnson, Robert w. Johnson, George
w. Jones, John w. Jones, Kaufman, Kennon,
Thomas Butler King, La Sere, Levin, Lyon, Lard,
Lumpkin, Maclay McClernand, Mckay, McLane,
Mann, Miller Morehead, Morse, Outlaw, Pendle-
ton, Petit Peyton, Phelps, Pilsbury, Preston,
Richardson, Richey Robinson, Roman, Sawyer,
Shepperd Simpson, Sims, Robert Smith, Stanton,
Stephens, Thbodeaux, Thomas, Tomkkins, John
b. Thompson, Robert A. Thompson, Toombs,
Turner, Venable Wick, Williams, Wiley, and
Woodward-l05.
"NAYs.-Messrs. Abbott, Ashmun, Bingham,
Brady, Butler, Candy, Collamer, Conger, Cranston
Collins, Crowe, Cummings, Dickey Dixon, Duer,
Daniel Duncan, Dunn, Eckert, Edwards, Embree,
Nathan Evans, Faran, Farrelly, Fisher, Freedley,
Fries, Gddings, Go,i; Gregory, Grnnell, Hale, Ma
than X. Hall Hammons, James G. Hampton, Moses
Hampton Henry, Elias 3. Holiness John w Hous-
ton, Hubbard, Hudson, Hunt, Irwin, jenkins,
James H. Johnson, Kellogg, Daniel ?. King, Lahm,
Lincoln, McCIelland McIlvaine Marsh, Marvin,
Morris, Mullin, Nelson, Mes, Newall, Palfrey,
Peasee. Peck, Pollock, Putnam, Reynolds, Julius
Rockwell, John A. Rockwell, Root, Rumsey, ST.
John, Schenck, Sheriff., Sylvester, Slingerland,
Caleb B. Smith, Truman Smith, Starkweather,
Andrew Stewart, Charles L. Stewart, Strohm,
Tallmadge, Taylor, r. w. Thompson, William
Thompson, Thnrston, Van Dyke, Vinton, Warren,
Wentworth White, Wilmot, and Wilson-s2.
An analysis of this vote gives the following
overwhelming facts:
lst. Erery achig from the non-slaveholding
States voted against the motion to lay on the
table consequently, IN .taror Of the proriso.
I'd. Twentyseven northern democrats voted
for the motion to lay on the table-consequent
ly, against the proviso.
3d. The northern democratic yote rejected the
Putnam proriso, giving a majority in the House
Of Representatives of thirteen or fourteen
against the combined attacks of northern wings
and abolitonsts, and in favor of the compro-
mise of the Constitution and the rights of the
States.
The following northern democrats voted with
the SOUTH Messrs. Birdsall, Brodhead, Charles
Brown, Cathcart. Clapp, Franklin Clark, Dick
'Maclay, McClernand, Mann, Miller, Petit,
Smith, Thompson, Turner, Wick, Williams,
and Wiley-27. Wings, none
Serenty-tarec northern wings being the whole
Of them) and twenty-one northern democrats
(being not half of them) voted against the
south.
While the Senate was in secret session on
the Mexican treaty, on motion bv Mr. Baldwin
to insert at the end of the fifth article the fol-
lowing words, to witt
Pyovi3cd, That there shall be neither slavery
nor involuntary servude in the territories hereby
ccded, otherwise than in punishment OF crimes,
whereof the party shall have been duly con-
victedn-
after debate, the question was stated, "Shall
these words stand as part of the fifth ar
ticle?" and it was determined in the negative
yeas l5, nays 38. Those who voted in the at-
firmative are:
"Messrs. Aiherton, Baldwin, Clarke, Clayton,
Corwin, Davis of Massachusetts,, Dayton, Dix,
Greene, Hale, Miller Niles, Phelps, Spruance,
and Upham"
Those who voted in the negative are:
"Mcssrs Allen, Ashley, Atchison, Badger Bag
by, Bell, Benton Berrien, Breese, Bradbury
Bright. Butler, Calhoun, Cameron, Cass Crten-
den, Davis of Mississippi, Dickinson, Douglas
Downs, Fech, Foote, Hannegan, Hunter, Johnson
Of Maryland, Johnson of Louisiana, Johnson of
Georgia, Lewis, Mangum Mason, Moore, Pearce,
Rusk, Sewer, Sturgeon, Turney, Underwood, and
Gulee'
The following is classification of the vote,
by sections, upon the proviso:
For. Agaiast.
Northern wings. ................ ~ ..a.
southern wings. .........'
Northern democrats. is............' u
Southern democrats. ........... IL
. Total. ID %
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