Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-09-20


ton would be surmounted When it came
to the lower House the vote stood for it +:
ss.s.ss For AGAINST
Northern Wings, 1c e4 81
Southern Wigs, u -. GO
| Northern Democrats, 32 ~ 1Ss
Southern Democrats, 81 sa.s, 10
After all the efforts of Mr.. Cray, he could
get but ten NorthernWhigs out of sixt y-two,
whilst Northern Democrats supported him
two to one The Southern Democrats, who
voted against it, held even this bill was not
justice to tie 'SQutn 's a
| The next struggle was on the bill fixing
the boundary of Texas, and organizing the
Territory on the principle ofnon intervention
Here is the final vote
Northern Wigs, q SO
Southern Wings, IS 80 sess35al r.
Northern Democrats, 80 0aZ II
Southern Democrats, at 7d a-,.g1 20
r. The Democrats against itSenth we're what
were called ultraS.olnllela men tlsaH aistrust-
ed the North, and doubted if any Compro-
mise would be observed in good faith
We give the following vote on the Fugi-
tive Slave Law in the Lower House, Only
promising that not single man North, who
was not Democrats, a'oscd fer sbiini the
sefa+e. IL the House tie vote stood ::
v.,. =, Fen Aes!ssr
Southern Wings % 90
Northern Democrats, % M
Southern Democrats, 81 s. 9a5s 90
Here Mr. CLAY and Mr.. FILLMoRE could
only muster Northern Wings out of fifty
oight--a prodigious amount of service Mr..
FILLMORE did for the South Unaided from
the North in the House, the same party from
the North passed it. OF course all parties
South voted for this measure. 80 e
NE conclude this record with another
vote, 1t a subsequent session of Congress 1t
was on a resolution re-endorsng the. Com
promise Measures The vote stood thus
! Z o. 9a1 3 a3tGi1 9a7 - f1ff9a3HG ~ 1atisb
NAN I'd -, W1;as aaiai5 aeatw ,stffsYf'7
Southern WbissIiis9 Ifi p nom lt9fit'ispj9o
Northern Democrats. dlpsr9 - s4f rs
Southern Demoefs ssa j,ifs pa9di Atme 80
Let any Southern iiian look over this rec
ord and ask bipsself, where shall the South
look for assistance. against this Northern ag-
gression. The same men in the Senate and
IL TIE House THAT were Democrats then, are
sonow in the free States, and they have no
support outside of their own b. III saalf
When we come to the Nebraska bill Of
1854, we find the same Senators North sup
porting it.-T-This is the solid phalanx--fou
teen Northern Democrats, fourteen Southern
Democrats, and nine Wings These are the
men who have stood as brlwark against
sectional purposes. Thssesare the men who
saved US in 1890. They embrace the. wis
dom and craftsmanship Of this glorious
Union. These are the men denounced in
the bogus Know Nothing platform for re-
pealng the Missouri Compromise. Aeainst
them stand such agitatofs as FBssENDEN,
FooTE, SEWARD. HALE, NlKER, CnAsH,
HANhIN Il 90. ell Fremont men, and Abo-
litionists now Twoop three others we have
heard from, but we presume they are not ex-
ceptions.2 In the South, the whole wisdom
of OPPOSING this measure in tile Senate is
contained ia General Gam Houston and ] oha
Bell Spch are the company against that
noble column OF mon, who lfaYe PROVED their
fidelity to the C4istttticn ard the Union,
against tie tempest Of fanaticisnl for "a long
series OF, years. They knewthat Abolition.
ism would raise a howl, but they, had heard
| that howl beifife, and, as patriots, were moi
afraid to meet it ,'Tliey hadprSmitsed 10 ifer
sist the 4tgitatien cf Slavery, but they iievei
promised to abandon principles ard refused
to do justice, lest Abelitieristg should sgi
T.tate. Nhv ~ere e6ripel'eaS 70 q sanize ;
! Territory aud had toIeet tleltiue'stion o
slavery Tliev did not go out of their wa,
to lneetlit > and they sawithe principle the,
had advocated in llS50.sap Iapplied it to til,
Territory of lfts'h ahd New Mexico. 1t has
| been sustained by the people and What bet
ter could theyid than to applytit in the cast
before them, and what elise conad they do
senaterDonglas hasbeen Violently abused fol
not abandl9niing hiaDaycTe,i principles, tha
he had long advocated, and las been charg,
ed with sliSdfng tie Kansas-Fvsesbraskal bill /,
suit his own ambitious aspirations. that Ii,
advocated therepeal of the Missouri Compro
mise to get votes. Nov we say, if he hat
npt Repealed it, er superseded it, he, wopl,
Hhaye deserved to have beenacalled lema
goghe or tiheiscryes, Men would haze setS
in ailfuturt time, that he Haaabandonedl III
principles Here is what he said In 1850
1t will be remembered that he was one
the Democratic Senators .who stood by Hen,
Try Clay in the COMPROMISE MeasNrss. III
said then: ' ~ - ' i
Nc :. 'la4ieiiiR. al. JusE sa, 1850
1.-THE position that / have ever taken ha.
been that this (he slavery question. and al
other questions relating to the domestic af
fairs and domestic policy Of the Territories
ought to be loft taathe decision of the peopl
themselves, at,lthat We eight to tetcnten
with whatever way they would decide I'll,
fquestion, because they have a much dcepe
Interest in these lastters than we have, an,
know much better what institutions suit then
than We, who have never been there, can de
eide for them p'-''9 s.'t- '9 sit9 .sg at..',
Again: fa.A93 }@e3e. sti ,'a'k
"These measures are pradicatcd on til,
great fundamental principle that every peo
/ pie ought to possess the right Of forming an.
regulating their own Internal concerns AM
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