Washington sentinel., 1856-08-07

any extent whatever, to slavery as aforesaid,
or the abolition thereof, shall, on the presenta-
tion thereof, without any further action thereon,
be laid upon the table, without being debated,
printed or referred.
The introduction Of the resolutions being OBJ
jected to at this time
Mr.. Atherton thereupon moved a suspension
Of the rules.
Mr.. Adams and Mr.. Cushman simultaneously
demanded the yeas and nays; which. being
ordered, were l37 meas, Sc nays, as follows:
YEAs.-Messrs. Anderson, Andrews, Ather.
ton, Banks, Beatty, Beers, Beirne, Bell, Bick.
nell, Brdsall, Broadhead, Buchanan, Bynum,
j ohm Calhoun, Cambreleng, William B. Camp.
bell. John Campbell, Carter Chambers, Cheat
ham, Clowney, Coles, Conner, Crabb, Craig
Crary, Crockett, Cushman, Dawson, Deberry
DeGraff, Dromgoole, Elmore, Harrington, Fair,
field, Foster, Fry, Gallup, James Garland
Rice Garland, Glascock, Jas. Graham, Grant.
land, Grant, Gray, Griffin, Hammond, Hamer,
Hardin, Harrison, Hawes, Hawkins HAYNES,
Holt, Hopkins, Howard, Hubley, j. H. Hunter,
X. NJ. L. Hunter, Thomas B. Jackson, Jabez
jackson, Henry johnson, Joseph johnson,
VIM. Cost Johnson, Nathaniel Jones, John w.
Jones, Klein, Kemble, Klingensmith, Lewis,
Logan, Loomis, Lyon, Mallory, Martin, May,
Mickey, Robert Mcclellan, Abraham, McClel.
Ian, Mcclure, McKennan, Monfee, Mercer,
Miller, Montgomery, Moore, Morgan, Samuel
w. Morris, Murray, Noble, Palmer, Parker
Paynter, Pearce, Penny backer, Petrikin, Phelps,
Pickens, Plumer, Pope, Pratt, Riley, Rencher.
Rhett, Rives, Robertson, Rumsey, A. HI. Shep-
perd, Chas. Sheppard, Shields Sheplor, Snyder,
Southgate, Spencer, Stanly, Stuart, Stone,
Swearington, Taliaferro, Taylor, Thomas, Tt
tus, Toney, Towns, Turney, Underwood, Veil,
Wagener, Webster, Weeks, John White, Whit.
tlesey, Sherrod Williams, Jared W. Williams,
Jos. L. Williams, Wise, Wood, Yell--l37.
NAYs-Messrs. Adams, Alexander, Heman
Allen, John W. Allen, Aycrigg, Bouldin, Briggs,
William b. Calhoun, Casey, Childs, Clark, Cof
i'm, Corwin, Cranston, Curtis, Gushing, Darling
ton, Dawes, Davies, Dunn, Edwards, Evans,
Everett, Ewing, Richard Fletcher, Isaac Fletch-
er, FILLMORE, Giddings, Goode, William
Graham, Grennell, Haley, Hall, Harper, Has
tings Herod, Ingham, Lincoln, Marvin, s.
Mason, Mitchell, Calvary Morris, Naylor, Moves,
Parmenter, Peck, Potts, Putnam, Rariden,
Randolph, Reed, Ridgway, Robinson, Russell,
Saltonstall, Sergeant, Sibley, Slade, Smith,
Stratton, Tillinghast, Toland, Albert S. White,
Yorke-66.
SO the rules were suspended.
The question was taken on the first reso-
luton, and it was adopted-yeas 1913, nays G..
The question on the second resolution was
then taken, and it was adopted d-yeas 1876, nays
voting in the negative.
The third resolution was then read when
Mr.. Bond called for division of the ques-
ton, so as to take the vote first on the follow
ing branch only:
Resolred, That Congress has no right to do
that indirectly which it cannot do directly.
The vote being SO taken resulted in the afir.
l73, nays 30--Filmore in the
negative.
So the first branch of the third resolution
was adopted.
The second branch being read
The question was then taken, and resulted
also in the atfirmative-yeas 164, nays 10
Fillmore again in the negative.
So the third resolution was adopted and the
fourth taken up.
Mr.. Lincoln called for division of the ques-
ton on this resolution, so as to take it first on
the following branch:
ResolUed, That the Constitution rests on the
broad principle of equality among the members
Of this Coniederacy.
Such a division being accordingly ordered,
the vote thereon resulted afirmatively-yea
lS0, nays 36-Fillmore in the affirmative.
The second branch Of this resolution was
also agreed to-yeas TIA, nays 24-Fi!lmore
in the negative.
Mr.. Randolph called for division at the
word Congress" in the fifth line of the fifth
resolution, which was ordered.
The first branch of the proposition was
l47, nays 52-Fillmore in the
negative.
Mr.. Potts moved to lay the second branch
On the table on which motion
Mr.. Craig demanded the yeas and nays;
which, being ordered, were-yeas 85, nays
l26-Fillmore in the affirmative.
So the motion TO lay on the table was de-
cided in the negative.
The second branch of the last proposition
was then agreed to-yeas l26, nays 7S-Fill-
more in the negative. See the Congressional
Globe, page 27, %; House Journal, page 81
10 GA inclusive.
Mr.. Bynum, the champion of Democracy
rom North Carolina, in defending the above
resolution, said, q pray every Southern man
10 examine these resolutions read them over
and over again, one by one, and to say if they
we're not sufficiently strong to secure every
Southern interests; While they particularly
orebore to encroach on the rights Of any other
portion of the Union"
In none Of these resolutions but the last
$ the right Of petition involved. Yet Mr.. Fill.
more voted against every one Of them, except
he first and the first branch of the fourth
He thus distinctly declared that the abolition
If slarery IN the District Of Columbia and the
Territories, or thes prohibition of the removal
,f slaves from State TO State, and the discrimi-
ration between the institutions Of the two por-
ions Of the confederacy are not a violation Of
he Constitution, or destructive Of the funda-
mental principle on which this Union rests, or
beyond the jurisdiction Of Congress. His
,otes accord entirely with the views Of his
erie letter, and he stood side by side with
ADAMS, Corwin, Everett, Peck and Slade.
Vas he any better, sounder, or truer to the
South and the Constitution than they?
Is it not fact then, which the Mail SO con-
isely announced, that "he will never stand on
,ur platform Of slavery" And if he will not,
What shall be said of those who sustain and
'ote for him; on what platform are they plac-
ng themselves2 1t was to this agitation and
hese antslavery views that Mr.. Fillmore is
indebted for his prominence. Had it not been
mr. bis wall kpown aholitioniarn nj that limo