Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-03-22

Some Of these we're Internationally absent !;
some we fear, Intentionally. Many friends OF
Mr.. Dean, a prominent Son " from New
York, would have been glad to see his vote re-
corded
Those voting to refer the Bill to the Com
mttee of the Whole ON the state of the Union,
were as follows:
YEAs--Messrs. Appleton, Ball, Banks, Bel
cher Bennett, Benson, Benton, Bissell, bnse,
Bugg, Campbell, Carpenter, Chamberlain,
Chandler Chase. Corwin, Croker, Cullom,
Curtis, Cutting, Thomas Davis, De Witt Dick,
Dickinson, Eastman, Eddy, Edgerton, Ed
mands, Ellison, Etheridge Everhart Farley,
Fenton, Flagler Franklin, Fuller, Gamble,
Giddings, Goodrich, Green. Grow, Aaron Har-
Ian, Andrew J. Harlan Harrison, Hastings,
Haven, Hester, Hughes, Hunt, johnson, Daniel
T. Jones, Kittredge Knox, Lane, Lilly, McCnl-
loch, Mace, Macy, Matteson, Maurice, Mayall
Meacham, Middleswarth, Morgan, Morrison,
Murray, Nichols Noble, Norton, Andrew Oil
YER, Parker, Peck, Peckham, Pennington, b.
Perkins, Pratt, Pringle, Puryear, David Ritchie
Thomas Ritchey, Russell, Sabin, Sage, Sey-
mour Simmons, SHELTON, Gerrit Smith, Rich
ard H. Stanton, Hestor L. Stevens, Straub An.
drew Stuart, John j. Taylor, John l.. Taylor,
Thurston, Tracy, Trout Upham, Vail, Wade,
Walbridge, VALLEY, Elihu b. Washburne,
Israel Washburn, Wells, John Wentworth, I
Wentworth, Westbrook, Wheeler, Witte and
Yates--ll0.
We said the vote on the reference was i'm
portant, though not neutrality-suspicious., as
showing how many and who were willing to
support the Bill at all hazards, and put it
through in hot haste-not decisive, because
some voted to refer it to the Committee OF the
Whole on the state of the Union, who could
not be depended upon to vote against the Bill
on the question of its passage.
Of these, some may be willing to get rid OF
the measure in such a way as not to subject
themselves to misconstruction and damage at
the hands Of their political foes, while others
may desire to amend the Bill 30 that they can
vote for it consistently. That the great MAORI
ty Of those voting f5r this reference are I'M
friendly to the Bill, there can be no doubt and
the spirit frmness, and discretion, which they
exhibited in this preliminary struggle yester-
day. arc full Of encouragement to the friends
of justice and good faith
But they must not relax their vigilance or
lay down their arms. The struggle has only
commenced. They have obtained an advan-
tage, but not a triumph. A change Of only
eight votes would have thrown the day against
them. That majority Of but fourteen could
be found against movement, designed to force
~ shar..f IN, nF nj
magnitude and in opposition to which the
free States are almost unanimously arrayed,
must show them that any remissness on their
part may prove fatal. Let them remember,
that some of the eight Southern men who on
this occasion voted with the majority, from the
conviction that to disturb the Missouri Com
promise was, if not a violation of good faith
at least pregnant with ultimate mischief to the
South, may yet be forced into false position |;
that Of the eight Southern men who were alb
sent every one, if present would probably have
voted for referring the Bill to the Committee
on Territories; that Mr.. Cutting, speaking
in behalf of the Hards Of New York, avowed
appreciation of the general principles of the
Bill, and that his object in moving its refer
ence to the Committee of the Whole on the
state of the Union was to amend it in it's de-
tails so as to bring it in strict conformity to
those principles Add to these considerations
that the Administration is now openly COM
mitted to the measure, openly pledged by its
@organ to use all its power to insure its pas
sage through Congress, and the People must
see that nothing but the most urgent and po-
tential demonstrations Of their opinion and
will can avert this catastrophe.
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