The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-25

opposed the institution. have no -
would fgh YOU inch by inch for the
nsr of Of ee territory You may get a here ny
mishap, bat your triumph wall not last long, .. 80
seem 10 predict that there u nothing very gu ~,
Won are a. -, ana OF this after ALL am told by some hat
yrrat viii be made slavery by this b and py
others that that will not be its effect lhal 'nai ~
opinion which may be hs.ardea py enyoouy ha, 90,
have attacked the old compromise law which was as dear 70
our northern people was the constitution itsen ihey
JUST as little suspected that tins Congress woua ahe
furious attack upon this old guarantee of liberty as nat
roposton would have been brought IN here 70 repe our
habsa, corpus and trial by jury This Just
startling just as alarming 10 The people 81 .he s,
lust as little expected by them that would have been ana
YOU will find that they not quite ready now or ~
would have been prudent in my judgment you mad haa tne
courage for you TO have made thus an issue y
elections TO werned the people that you intended sue
cessu 10 make an attack this old ume-honored guarantee
OF liberty; andhen you would where you would nave
found the northern people You would nave sen ss
are so unpopular het propose amendment 10 ouy
the bill any particular TO suit section OF the country
our mot yes are be impugned and we have no Shi 70
stand up on the door of the Senate assert our rights as
senator's If there had been some such precision rom e
people of the North there might have been come reason lot
our tamplipg under this compromise without respect
Now Mr. President what is the doctrine heref what
il the principle of courtesy which has been extended TO my
associate this foor What has he done that rs OUT OF
the line of parliamentary proceedings Anything ihs
not his conduct been respectful to the Senate DID ne not
warn you beforehand that he had which, al lhe
proper time he would offer 10 the bill d ne mol give
which ought be offensive TO any senator on ms moor
any why any sheud rise vinaieuve
spirit and commence an iiberai attack upon nm nave
heard reason assigned except that ne ana those VINO
acted with him are unworhythnt is all you can make 81
iof seat in the American Senate Weil sir we may pc
unworthy but that is matter between US ana our
uents When they Judge unworthy, we shalt trouble
you no more but while they sustain u.s. all the states o.
this Union can have effect upon us whatever we VIII
propose other amendments we w 'ahe sci as
ens We intend TO act within tho rules OF the Senate we
intend TO conduct ourselves with that dignity ana Pfopey
which will commend us TO the good w q all VINO are sso
ciated with us We do not intend anything else, nor are
we conscious that we have done anything else YET, SIR
nv associate has been treated in manner which would sur
the blood OF any senator on this hoor nave yss WIZ
dered how he could sit with such equanmity, ana bear me
and reproaches which have fallen from senators ana
been cast upon his head know very well that should
not have had the patience to do it.
had great reluctance, sir, 10 saying WORD upon me
subject but seemed that should be recreant TO my
duty to permit this of remark to go longer un-
rebuked.
Now what was the principle upon which gentlemen at
tack the doings of my coeaguei Why, sir, the senator
from North Carolina in his place and SAID that ne
would vote for any proposition coming from at source
emanatng from the great Of Ohio through her author
zed respected and popular representative who presents the
opinions of her people upon this floor Is heto DC toa m
because amendments from him, they are MOI 10 be
considered One went so far as to say that every
was crossed and every dotted IN manner to suit him.
and it was precisely what he wanted 1t would be sufcen
for him know that emanaed from that source ana ne
would trampe it under foot and repudiate it, Was such
thing ever heard the Senate before any OCCASION or IN
regard to any other mani do not know but that II has
been have been here long enough TO know it but
have nothing of il heretofore and deseto see no
more of II.
Is that the way legsate Is tproper for to
81 will watch the from whom proposition emanates
win govern my conduct in voting for proposition not
upon its merits but according to who shall bring before
the bodyn' Away with such doctrine as that II Is al
toseher unworthy of this chamber. What odds can 1t
make with rational man where proposition emanaies
from II undertakes to judge OF his own mind lnde-
pendeny on every proposition what does nc care rom
for It, II he thinks wrong he should make opposition
to it, But whcn out Of tannt senator warns the
Senate that because proposition emanates from another
senator this floor e will trampe 1t under foot and says
that good thing from that Nazareth say such
= = ir--t---4si RI S'~.a ,rf nh'o on~h'
Mr.. MASON. Mr.. President, have not one word to
say to the senator from Ohio on my right, Mr. WADE,
but il had any personal unkndness the senator
from Ohio who sits my left MIR. CHASE should con-
grntuate him upon having such defence, and such de-
fender should say him that he had brought HIMSELF
by association into that condition IN which might sub
the old Latin suggestion and say fenpBs tg tall auro
dsfens0rbus ISIS But, have personal unkindness
to the senator and therefore | will congratulate him,
either upon the defence which hus been made for him,
upon his defender.
Mr. SUMNER called for the yeas and nays on the
amendment.
The question being then taken upon ordering the yeas
The PRESIDING OFFICER Mr. BropuraD in the
char announced that there but rising
favor OF calling Tor the yeas and naysnot m his opinion,
a sufficient number
Mr. SUMNER called for a count on the other side and
nty-four senators rose m the negative
The PRESIDING OFFICER. There IL a sufficient
number TO order the yeas and nays
Mr. FISH. understood the Chair that there
in the affirmative, and weny-our in the mega
tive, there being thus but thry-one present
submit that that s not quorum Of the Sennte and that
senators, though onefh Of quorum order
the yeas and nays when not quorum is voting.
Mr. GWIN. There several senators who have lust
stepped out who will return 10 a moment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER again put the question on
ordering the yeas and nays and eight senators rising be-
ing one-fh Of those present and than onefh Of
quorum, the yeas and nays we're ordered.
The question being then taken by yeas and nays upon
the amendment, i was not agreed toyeas s. nays Bias
follows;
YEAS--Messr5 Chase, Fessenden, Foot, Hamlin, Sew
ard Smith, Sumner and Wade-s
NAYS--Messrs. Adams, Atchison, Badger Bell Benia-
min, Brodhead, Brown, Butler, Clay, Dawson, Dixon
Dodge Of Wisconsin, Dodge or Iowa Douglas Evnns Fz-
patrick Gwin Houston, Hunter Johnson Jones Of Iowa.
Jones Of Tennessee Mason Morton, Norris Petit Pratt
Rusk, Sebastian Shields, Sdel, Stuart, Walker ond VIII
liams-3.
Ma DODGE, of Iowa. have two amendments to offer
to the substitute of the committee in the first and one
the twenty second section TO strike in the description
Of the boundaries proposed the Territories in each case
these words;
-" summit Of the highlands separating the floating
the Green river Colorado the West from the waters
floating into the Great Basin
and to nsori il lieu of them these words
-" boundary Of the Territory Of Utah, on the summit
Of the Rocky mountains
The object Of these amendments secure 10 the Terri
tory OF Utah the boundary which she enjoys There
Mr. Bridger who came here from that section Of the