The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-07-24
VOL. X.

Geyer, Hunter, Iverson, johnson, Jones #
Iowa, Mallory, Mason, Pearce, Pugh, Reid. s.,
bastian, Sidell, Stuart, Thompson of Kentuck,
Toombs, Toucey, Weller, and Yulee-32.
So the amendment to the amendment was ?.
jected.
Mr.. Collamer. 1 offer the following amend
ment as an additional section, on which | ALL
for the yeas and nays:
And be 1t further enacted, That in all tia,
territory, coded by France to the United Sta,s.
under the name of Louisiana, which lies nor,L
360 30/ north latitude and not included with
the State Of Missouri, Slavery and involuntsrr
servitude, otherwise than in punishment g.
crimes whereof the party shall have been duI,
convicted, shall be aud is hereby forever nv:
hibted: PrOcided, altcdys, That any perscr
escaping into the same, from whom labor =,
service is lawfully claimed in any State or Ts,
| ritory of the United States, such fugitive mar
be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the par
son claiming his or her labor or service as afors
said.
The yeas and nays were ordered; and be,,
| taken, resulted-nays IL, yeas 30-as follow.
YgAs-Nessrs. Bell of New Hampshire. CI
lsmer, Dodge, Fessenden, Fish, Foot. Fosts,
Hale, Hamlin, Seward, Trumbull, and Wade
II.
F, NAYs-Messrs. Adams, Bayard, BENJAMIN
Biggs, Bright, Brodhead, Butler, Cass, ClaT
Crittenden, Douglas, Fitzpatrick, Geyer. Hun
| ter, Iyerson, johnson, Jones of Iowa, Mallorv
Mason, Pearce, Pugh, Reid, Sebastian, Slidel
Stuart, Thompson of Kentucky, Toombs Ton.
cey, Weller, and Yulee-30.
So the amendment to the amendment wa,
rejected.
Mr.. Pugh. 1t was suggested by the Senate,
from Vermont and reiterated by the Senator
from New Hampshire, that there was no PROV
sion in the amendment reported by the CON.
mittee to protect the persons who have been
driven, rs they say, out of the Territory by
violence, after their return. | think it is suff
| GENTLY covered but invite those Senators, Or
| any of their colleagues, to propose any amend
ment which will more eflectualy protect per
! sons and property in the Territory, and especial
| ly the persons who have been driven out and
for one, shall vote for it, as | have ne doubt
majority Of those who support the bill OF the
| committee will do.
Mr.. Trumbull. just offered proposition
which thought would accomplish that by get
ting rid of the usurpers in the Territory who
were and are expressing these people; bat it
met with no favor.
| Mr.. Pugh. II that is all the remedy the
Senator has to propose, shall not vote for that
The question being taken by yeas and NAYS
on the substitute reported by the Committee on
Territories, it was agreed to-yeas 81, nays Is
as follows:
4EAs-Messrs. Adams, Bayard, Bell OF Ten
nesses, Benjamin, Biggs, Bright, Brodbead
Brown, Butler, Cass, Clay, Crittenden Doug.
las, Fitzpatrick, Geyer, Hunter, Iverson. John.
son, Jones of Iowa, Mallory, Mason, Pearcp
Push, Reid, Sebastian, Slidell, Stuart, Thomp-
son of Kentucky, Toombs, Toucey, Weller, and
Yulee-32.
NAYs-Messrs. Bell of New Hampshire, Col
lamer, Dodge, Durkee, Fcssenden, Fish, Foot
Foster, Hale, Hamlin, Seward, Trumbull and
Wade-l3.
The bill was reported to the Senate as
amended the amendment made as in Commit
tee of the Whole was concurred in, and ordered
to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third
time. The bill, as amended, was read the third
time, and Mr.. Seward called for the yeas and
nays on it's passage.
The yeas and nays were ordered and being
taken, resulted-yeas 80, nays l3-as follows
YEAs-Messrs. Adams, Bayard, Bell of Ten
nessee, Benz amin, Biggs, Bright, Brodhead
Brown, Cass, Clay, Crittenden, Douglas, Fitz
patrick, Geyer, Hunter, Iverson, Johnson, Jones
of Iowa, Mallory, Pearce, Pugh, Reid, Sebastian
Slidell, Stuart, Thompson of Kentucky, Toombs,
Toucey, Weller, and Yulee-30.
NAYs-Messrs. Bell of New Hampshire, Col
larner, Dodge, Durkee, Fessenden, Fish, Foot,
Foster, Hale, Hamlin, Seward, Trumbull, and
WGde-l3.
So the bill was passed.
On motion of Mr.. Douglas, the title OF the
bill was amended so az to read, " An act TO AL.
thorze the people of the Territory Of Kansas
to form Constitution and State Government,
and to come into the Union on an equal footing
with the original States"