The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-03-03

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/. 81 Orleans Picayunc. ii he UniiedSinifr
Senate was lfsied Oh the 18th. on he
moa important principle which i contains.
The point atissue was whether ne restriction
lmpnsrd By The Missouri nct 81 1920, upon
me inifoeuelicn of slavery into ne TerioTi.
fies = not - conflict with tie principles d
ne compromise Of 1850. upon which tho
Territorial Governments 81 Utah and New Mex.
leo were framed
4 will be Fecollecled that the last clause n
the section Of Nebraska Bill Is IA these
ords.
That tho constitution and al laws of,ho
United States. which are locally inapnlicable.
shall havethe SINE force and effect ID lhe said
i Territory Of Nebraska as elsewhere within
the United States. EXCEPT The 6lh section 81
me act preparatory 10 tie admission Of Mis-.
our into the Union, approved March 6. 1920.
(which wac supersedcd dy the principles Of
the legislation Of 1850. comonly called lhe'
compromise measure" and are hereby de,
Cleared inopera.ive
The question pending was the motion 81
mr. Douglas % strike out The words within
brackets and insert il lieu ihereofthe follow.
lug
Which being Inconsistent with The prln.
lciples Of nonintefvention by Congress with
slavery ia the States and Territories. as recog-
nized by the legislation Of 1850, commonly
called the" compromise measures Is herel y
declared imperative end void; il being ne
true intent and meaning Ofact not 10 legislase
slavery into any Territory Or State, nor 10
exciuve tito reform. but 70 leave tbe people
thereby perfectly free 10 form and regulate
their domestic institutions ia their own wny.
subject only to the constitution oflhe United
States
The vote was taken on Mr.. D,ugIls's am
endnent
Yeas-Adams. AtchisOD. Bayard Bell.
Benjamin, Brodhead. Brown, Butler, Cas-.
Clayton, Dawson. Dixon, Dodge of Iowa.
Douglas, Evans Fitzpatrick, Gryer, Gwip.
HunteT. Johnson, Jones, Of Iowa, Jones Of
Tennessee, Mason, Merton, Norris, Pearcp.
Petit. Pratt, Sebastian, Slideil, Stuart.
Thompson, Of Kenlucky, TOombs, Weller.
Williams, -35.
Nayes-AIIen, Chase, Everett. Fish. Fool,
Houston. Seward. Summer, Wade, -
The total oflhe negatives summed up in
the Washington papers az ten. and the same
number sgiven by the correspondents from
Washington. But the list furnishes only
nine names. and we, therefore alter the ig.
ures nine. until we learn what name has
been omitted
There are four vacancies in the Senate,
leaving So or full Senate The above votes
shows the majority Of 26 of the vote cast and
a clear majority of IL oflhe whole number Of
Senator's, for a declaration that the restriction
imposed upon slavery. BY the Missouri act
of 1920, is Inconsistent with the principle of
non Intervention which was adopted in re-
gard 10 The territorial Governments Of Utah
and New Mexico, ia 1850 and that that prin-
ciple was an essential part Of the paci6caling
compromises of that year. Il is construed
TO be an afhrmance oithe universally Of the
application ofthe doctrine Of non intervention
by the general Government with the subject
Of slavery in the Territories
In this view an ANALYSIS of the vote il Of
some Interest. Allthe Senators present from
the slaveholdiug States. except Houston Of
Texas. % in number, voted in the affirmative.
The Southern absentee were Clay Of Ala
cana. Rusk OF Texas, johnson OF Arkansas.
and Mallory Of Florida There il also a va
cancy in North Carolina. all these votes
may be considered. il present, 10 be rsrlain
for the bill, raising the Southern vote ia "a.
vor OF The bill TO o.
The alternatives received 10 votes from
non slaVeholding Stiles. viz the two New
Hampshire Senator'S, the two Senators from
Iowa. lhetwo Senators from Michigan. one
each from Pennsylvania, Indiana Illinois,
and California These 10, with the 90
sure votes from the Soulh maeing SO. nearly
a two taiTds vote offuil Senate wilhoulcouni-
ing the chances for votes from the northern
Senator'S not present
The nays to the declaration are composed
of eight Senators from non saveholdng
States. and Houston Of Texas. The North,
ern Senators were the two from Massachusetts.
two from New York. two from Ohio and
one each from Vermont aud Rhode Island.
On inspection, II will be seen that majority
Of those from the free States. who were
present and voting, was for the universally
Of the principle Of non-intervenlion. This
belolSens very decisive majority ioF the bill,
and one which IS Of a sound conservative
character. The question IS 50 ar from be-
ing sectional. thai il emanhtes from 4 North
ern Senator. and obtains not only a strong
Northern vote. but positive majority thus
tar Of all the Northern Senators. who have
taken position on the subject
The discussion ii the other House is pro'
ceeding not with the signs Ofthe same favor
able result least with the same decisive
majority. but The passage ofthe billthere is
confidently looked ior.
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ls-THE speciul correspondent Of tie New
Orleans pinarnna writing frnrn VVa.hinninn