Washington sentinel., 1854-05-10
THE VOTING IN THE HOUSE OF REP
RESENTATIYES ON MONDAY LAST.

1
In our issue Of yesterday morning, we re-
ferred briefly to the action of the House ot
Representatives on the Nebraska BILL That
action on the part Of the House Of Represen-
tatives merits more than a passing notice. An
examination of the vote given, on the motion
to go into Committee of the Whole on the
bill, discloses the fact that the great bulk of
those hostile to its passage voted against the
motion, while the great bulk Of those favor
able to the bill voted for the motion We gave
the yeas and nays or this motion in our con-
gressional column yesterday, and insert it
more prominently now, that it may not escape
attention. The vote was as follows:
YRAs-Messrs Abercrombie, Aiken, James G. Allen,
Willis Allen, Ashe, David j. Bailey, Thomas H. Bayly,
Barksdale, Barry Bell, Bocock Boyce Brecknrdge
Bridges Brooks, Chrisman Churchwe Clark Clingmap,
Cobb, colquitt Cox, Crage Cumming Jno g. Davis Daw
son, Disney Dowdell, Dunbar Durham, Eddy, Edmund
son, John NJ Elliott English Florence, Goode Green,
Greenwood, Hamilton, Sampson w. Harris, Hendricks
Henn Hibbard, Iillyer, Houston, Ingersol George w
Jones' Roland Jones' Keitt Kerr Kidwell, Kurtz Lamb
Dougali, McNair, Maxwell May, John G. Miller, smith
Miller, Mson, Noble olds, Mordccai Oliver Orr Packer
Reese Richardson, Riddle, Robbins, Rogers Rufin sew
ard shaw, Shower, singleton samuel 4. Smith, William
RS III.
ton Alexander H. Stephens sraub David stuart John j.
Taylor, Trout, Tweed, VAIL Vansan Wabridge, Walker,
Walsh, Warren, Witte, Daniel b. Wright, lIendrick b.
Wright, and Zoicofer-1O9.
NAYS-Messrs. Ball, Banks, Belcher, Bennett Benson
Benton Bugg, Campbell Carpenter, Chamberlain, Chand-
Ter, Corwin Crocker Cullom Curtis Cutting Thos Davis
Dean, Dick, Dickinson, Drum, Eastman, Edgerton Ed.
mands, Thomas D. Eliot, Ellison, Etherdge, Everhar
Farley, Fenton, Flagler, Franklin, Gamble Giddings
Goodrich, Grow Harrison, Haven, Howe, Hughes Hunt
johnson, Daniel r Jones, Kittredge, Knox Lindsley,
h. Nnrtnu ApIra tya
Parker Peck. Peckham, Pennington, Bishop Perkins,
Pratt David Rtche RUSSELL Sabin, Sage sapp Seymour,
Simmons, Skelton, Gerr Smith, Hestor L. stevens STRAIT
ton Andrew Stuart John L. Taylor, Nathaniel G. Taylor,
Thruston Tracy, uPham Wade, VALLEY, Elliha Wash.
Wentworth, and Wheeler-ss.
All the intervening bills on the calendar
were then successively laid aside by separate
and decisive votes.
If these votes indicate anything, they indi-
cate the complete success of the Nebraska bill
not the Nebraska bill, perhaps, with the Clay
ton amendment; not the Nebraska bill as it
came from the Senate; but bill embodying
the constitutional doctrine of congressional
non.intervention.
1t will be seen by glance at the vote given
above that majority of the democratic mem
bers from the north and northwest voted for the
motion, while not a solitary whig from those
regions followed their example. 1t will also be
seen, and it affords US much pleasure to record
the fact, that the bulk Of the southern wings
met the issue like men and patriots.
We draw good augury from these votes.
Whilst, as we said yesterday, we do not feel
authorized to pronounce them decisive as to
the success Of the Nebraska bill, we yet look
upon them as the strongest presumptve evi.
dence that it will pass. They are SO regarded
by the friends Of the bin, and hence the an.
plause with which they we're greeted.
Now we begin to get out of the woods. Now
we begin to see clearly before US. The Cor
dian knot of parliamentary embarrassments and
chicanery has been cut in twain. The bill can.
not be. smothered, suppressed, and sufocated
twill now come up, and speedily too, we hope,
on its final passage. Men of all parties and
from all sections will have to toe the mark and
vote yea or nay on it.