Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-06-22
The next Congress and the Repeal of the Ne
braska Bill

The journal Of Commerce has prepared com
plete tables OF the next Senate aud House ofRep
resentatives. so far as the elections in the States
have been completed. with the object of showing
how hopeless would be the attempt TO obtain fhe
repeal of the Nebraska bill The Senate wheB
full comprises 81 members, of whom - hut
been elected. Of these IS there are &c Demo
Gratis. 10 Wings AMI 3 Aboltiouists of lhe
complexion of the Senate the Journal says:--
OF the Sc Senators elected. 26 voted for the
Nebraska Bill To Which add Bavard fDela
ware, Yulee of Fleri1a, Ivcrs"u - Georeia
Bright of Indiana. Crittend,n al Kentucky, Al
am Of Mississippi GeYrr If Missouri, Bsgs an
Reid Of North Carolina, pugh ot Ohio.and Efans
Of Son,h Carolina, d. all of whom are known II
Ia fay, able to the NebrGsks measrre, aud Ne
have total of q already elected, who ire in ia
ynr Ii. Then add Clayton ~ Delaware, VIM,
though he voted against the bill. has since de.
clnred himself opposed otis repeal. and we have
- Nehra~kai;es already eiected. OF the four
vacancies. one in Alabama. md one IN Nilsson.
r will almost "a n certainty I've filled with W.
braska mo- king total If ~, without inolud
ing any chance which there NAV Ne fr Nebras.
ka men n the remaining two vacancies. one IN
Indiana. and one in Pennsylvania In round
numbers, it mny be -ait TINT two IN rds Of the
new Senate Uiibe IN fsYef Of the Nebraska mems
IRE. md a stu larger number against lis rcpenl.
Among tho latter we presume. may he included
Bell Of Tennessee. aa9 Houston cf Texas.
So f,r rs the elections arc completed tn
House of Representatives Is composrdof 20 Al
ADMINISTRATION Democrats and 0I Opposition
Sixty members are yet to be elected from di-
triots represented in the In Congress by .
Wings and 10 Democrats, The position of tho
elected on the Nebraska qaeshouis thus stnte
nv the journal.
Ofihc G. members rho voted for tho Nebraf
n Biz the States winch have already che
sen their delegations n the new Congress. twen
4 eight (if we include Nike Waish) are re elee
led. NDf the 90 The sumo States who vofe
against it, IS are re elected. OF the meinhr
elect TO the new Congress who were not mem
bers ot the old Congress or ware absent whel
the vote TAKEN O. usldernbip number m
understood to be- Nebraska men. among whomn
Rust, of Arkansas; Hull nf Iowa; Kcnnett, pul
ter and Caruthers, OF At.-sour Denver mud H.
bart. of California; Gndwaladrr, Pennsylvania
NRoueen, Aiken and ktitt, Of South Caron
, Peck, If Mich gan: harris .nd Marshall, of III
lois; Walk, Williams und Edwards, OF y. Yoh
M'Mullen aud Garllle. II Virginia, 40 whe
added to the - uhovc mentioned make a total
II. believed tn be IN favor of the measure frol
Ia, above mentioned States. The States yet
eieet gave I6 votes for the hill.and we know of L
good reason for anticipating less number fa
yorahle Ia the measure, in the Delegations nbo1
to be elected. On the contrary Il probubtyi
that most or all L. those southern members VII
voted aCaln>ttne Bill, absanod from votinf
will, on the question Of repeal Uhey or their sue
cessorsJ be found in the negative
Let Us see, then, how the account stands. |
the States that have thus far chosen, there hny
been reelected who voted for the bill -...... =
The nine States which have not yet voted,
all being saveholding States. gave for the bill !
Absentees from said nino States when the
New members thus far elected who are un-
dersteod TO he in favor of the bill or AT least
opposed to its repeal. Observation-Disclosures
iotdi'- 5000 IT.
Eighteen more votes would make majority
the mouse. Ii Is not impossible, nor very i'm
probable, that this number will bo found, lamnn
the l34 members not inc nded in the above ca
eulation,J who will oppose Repeal, althoug
some them voted against the Bill on its pm
age. In other words, il is by no means crrtni
that bill to repeal 10 Nebraska law can pa,
the House. Bot lift should,it will be defeated h
large majority in the Senate. And before
new Congress is selected, Nebraska will probabi
be knocking for admission into the Union rs
State.