The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-10-03
"sontIlern AggI essicn.'

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X ansas bill and the repeal Of the MIS-
souri, Compromise. It is used by the art
full to inlame the North against them, by
fastening upon the inhabitants OF the
slave States exclusively the odiuln Of
those measures; andi is believed and oc'
ccpted as true, by multilules residing in
the free States, that they were forced up
on the North by the aggressive power Of
the South. Mr.. Stevenson, in his speech
delivered before the Wing Convention
last week, expresses this lallacy in con-
elusive manner. lie says it was party
aggression by which that great crime was
perpetuated. This is the truth. book
at the record. The Kansas bill was drawn
up and introduced into the Senate BY Sen
ator Douglas. He is a native Of Yer
mont. and a Senator from the free State
orlIlinois. He WAS the ardent and otli'
cicnt supporter Of the bill. 1t was pass
ed in the Senate by thirty.fve votes in
favor, against thirteen in opposition to it.
Among the former, that is, those who
voted for the bill, were the following Sen
ators from free States; Messn. Brodhcad
ofPennsylvania, Cass Of Michigan, Will
liams of New Hampshire, Stuart of Mich
igan, Gwnn of California, Jones Of 10.
wa, Norris Of New Hampshire, Weller of
California Petit of Indiana, Shields OF
Illinois, Toucey Of Connecticut, Thomp.
son and Wright of New Jersey, making,
with Mr. Douglas, thirteen Senators, rep.
resenting free States, who voted in favor
of this bill. ...... ...... ..-...-
On the other hand, three Of those who
voted a.aist the bill come from slave
States, namely, Mcssrs. Bell Of Tonnes
see and Clayton and Bayard Of Delaware.
The whole number Votes on tho final
passage was forty eight. lfthese thirteen
free State Senators had voted against the
bill, it would have reduced the number in
favor OF it to twenty-five, and the bill
would have been defeated by four ma jori
ty against it. r-. g. ~
Again, there were absent at the fina1
passage of this bill, four Senators from,
free States, namely, Messrs. Cooper, o
Pennsylvania; Bri ght, oflndiana; Dodge
Of Iowa, Dodge, Of Wisconsin. Whert
was these free State Senators? Follow
the bill into the House Of Representatives
and see how the record stands there
| Let it a ways be remembered that, inth
House Of Representatives, the free State
had a majority orupwarls Of fifty votes
(14t to 8s.) On The GHal passage Of th
Kansas act, the votes stood 1l3 yeas t,
100 nays; it was passed by thirteen ma
iority, Of whom forty. three came from (re
States. The whole number Of Represent
atves from free States was IA. Fort,
three of these recorded their votes in ia
vor Of this bill. The whole number o
Representatives from the slave States wa
eighty. eight; SIX Of these voted aSans
the bill. If the forty three Representa-
tiyes from the free States hadvo agais
it. the bill would have been lost in th'
House by an overwhelming majority.
The record proves that this act, so ia
from being an act of "Southern aggres
sion," YVES passed by the efficient aid o
Northern votes-thirteen in the Senat
| [besides four absenteos] and forty tire
in the House; and without this the Kan
bill could not have passed through eithe
branch Of Congress.
The extent of the aggression" Of lh
South in this case, was their acceptanc
ola boon as they deemed i'll offered t
them by the North. Its as clear as light
that more than onethird of all the vote
given in favor Of the Kansas act ere cas-
by persons, inhabitants living in and rer
resenting the free States. Is it just t
the South to insist as our orators and pa
Pers do, that this was an aggression by til
South?-BoSton Courier.
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