The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-06-21

Allen.
Illinois Danenhower, Eastman, Prichet,
Phelps, ellison.
Michigan--McNaughto
Wisconsin, Wood, Cook.
Ohto-Martin, Odds, Morlay, Morton, Ford,
McAbee, White.
Lo,ca-Loughridge, Thorington
NEGATIVE VOTE.
Ne,o Iork-Barker, Sannon, Mallory. Sew.
| monr, Squires, Lyons.
Ne,o Jersey-Deshler, Andrews.
Pennsyl0ania-B Bell, Freeman, Johpston
Coulter, Lamberton, Small, Vancleve.
Louisiana Bunce.
Ieras-McCall, Stamp.
District Of ColumJia-Ellis.
Mississippi-Roby, Carpenter, Miller.
!. Forida-Henry Randall, barley, Mccall.
alabama = Stewart, Bradford, Hopkins,
Moss.
-ArkanSaS-Logan, Pike, Neil.
Observation-Disclosures, Hitchcock, Gibson,
Odds.
7snnessee-Brown, Stokes, Tapp, Shannon,
Donelson.
Kentucky-Pilcher, Glirder, Furnell. Viii
liams, Mason Bartlett.
Missouri = Gamble, Harris, Cunningham,
Price, Hawkins.
Delawdre-Johpson, Clement Johns, Saith
er, briggs, Porter.
Maryland-Ohr, Purnell, Ricaud, Code, AL
exander, Winchester, Mitchell
Virginia-Bolling, Moore, Ellison, B6:eler.
Arthur Burwell.
North Carolina-Littlejohn, Rayner, Nhar-
ton, Houghton.
South Carolina-Cunningham, Richardson
Russell, Davis.
Georgia-Poe, Cone, Hill, Davis, Le,tner,
Head, Ware.
Minnesota-Cobb.
Yeas 81, nays SO.
On the minority report, as on the majority,
the Southern States voted as a unit. In both
cases, the free States were divided. Indiana
did not vote at all, on the report of the MAORI.
ty, while New York and California voted with
the slave States. On the minority report, New
York, Pennsylvania, California, and Minnesota.
stand with the South, while New Jersey was
divided.
How many members were present, ar what
rule of voting was adopted, we cannot say. The
aggregate vote on both these test questions was
1879; the Anti-Slavery vote, only 5l-so that
the Pro-Siavery men were nearly two to one.
Protest was then offered by Johnston,
Bell, Small, and Coulter, of Pennsy lyania Bar
rett, Kinsley, Guilford, Pierpont and Hatch, of
Vermont; Prichet and Danenhower, of Illinois:
Livingston and Mcclellan, of New JERSEY
Booth, of Connecticut; and Clement, of Della
ware. 1t protests against the introduction of
any question connected with Slavery iDto the
platform and principles of the American Party;
but, if that subject is to be passed upon then it
declares their intention to act with no PARTY
whose action will result in endorsing the Kan
sas-Nehraska act. The document is milk and
water. The Indiana members also made a
protest, speaking boldly in the language of
freemen.
Thursday, June 18th, ftythree members
from twelve States seeded, held meeting, and
issued an address, which, with the views an.
pended, we print:
To the People cfMe United States:
The undersigned, citizens of various States.
assemble at Philadelphia on the 18th day of
June, lSi ), feel constrained, under the existing
state of fairs, to affirm the following prin.
ciples:
First. The unconditional restoration of that
time. honored Compromise, known as the Mis-
souri, Prohibition which was destroyed in utter
disregard of the popular villa wrong which
no lapse OF time can palliate, and no plea for
its continuance can Justify. And that we will
use all &C institutional means to maintain the
positive guarantee of that compact, until the
object fortwhich it was enacted has been con-
summated by the admission of Kansas and
Nebraska as Free States.
Second. That the rights of the settlers in
Territories to the free and undisturbed exercise
of the elective franchise guaranteed to them
by the laws under which they are organized,
should be promptly protected by the National
Executive, whenever violated or threatened
And that we cannot conscientiously act with
those who will not aid us in the correction of
these National wrongs and who will not even
permit their fair consideration and their full
discussion
Third. We further declare our continued
and unalterable determination to use oil honor
able efforts to secure such modification of the
Naturalization laws, aided by such an elevation
of public sentiment as will preserve the true in
terests of the Nation, and will guarantee the
three vital principles of Republican Govern
ment: SPIRITUAL FREEDOM, A FREE
BIBLE, and FREE SCHOOLS thereby pro-
noting the great work of Americanizing
America.
Fourth. That we invoke the arm of legisla-
ton to arrest that growing evil, the deportation
by foreign authorities of paupers and convicts
to our shores; and that, as our National Con-
sttution requires the Chief Executive of our
country to be of native birth, we deem it equal
ly necessary and important that our Diplomatic
Representatives abroad should also possess no
foreign prejudices to bias their judgment or to
influence their official action.
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