Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-02-07

likely to be derived if not quickly prevented. -
Journal Of the Continental Congress, published BY
Their order. Feb. 81, l777.
This, sir, was just six months and twenty three
days after the signing Of the Declaration Of lnde-
pendence-at the time when these patriot fathers,
IN prospect could hear.the mHttering thunders Of
Che rouring cannon and sec the vivid flashes Of the
glistening bayonet. at the time when they had de-
sermlned that the fbrTties and rghfs Of the people
of the colonies ssoull not be trampled upon.
But, Mr. Ohairma must bring my marks t.
close. Here, sir, is platform upon which we
az can stand. We have been fighting each other
Cor years over the dry bones Of whiggery and De-
mocraey. 10 little or no profit, until our natures
have become sOored, until, At TINS, we act as
though we we're not brethren, as though we were
not born upon the same soil, rocked m the same
great republican cradle, and struggling for one
common destiny. / say, here is platform upon
which we can meet and unite our energies Tor the
elevation Of race. platform erected, as
have shown, by Jackson, Jefferson and the fathers
Of the revolution.
The vote in few minutes win be taken, 10 order
90 see who viii get upon il. ], for one, viii be
found there, though none should accompany NE
but the weeping wife, the heartbroken mother,
a5d the pale. ragged aud helpless orphan Were
il In order ! would move now that TIE roll be
called, and that the space of FIVE minutes should
intervene between each name, that the echo OF the
voice OF those who say mo" might ring IN tins
hall that an angel might catch the sound on his
homeward bound passage and convey the intelli'
gence to the skies that the Tennessee Legislature
Is voting down the grandest measure Of the age;
measure proposing 70 empty our jail- and our
pententisry, 20 the youth Of the country, TO
sloke and educate the orphan, 70 dry up the tears
of the abused wife, and to comfort the heart of the
dying father, 10 the thought that though he is
called away, be leaves his sons freed from this
temptation, be departs with the comfortable assn
rance that they never viii be drunkards.
The debate was continued the same day by Messri
Dewitt, Upton, Galloway, Richey, Meek ard others
The subject resumed, and occupied con
siderable portion Of the House on the l4th, 18th
and 10th, Messrs. Brien, Hatton, Thomas and 9th
participating in the debate The bill wac finally
on the 10th rejected by the following Vote-aye'
20, noes Al:
Ayes-Messrs. Algee, Armstrong, Ball, Bartlett
Brazelton, Bnen, Brown, Of Madison Csrlock, Car
michael, Cook, Cox, Dewitt, Dortch, Hatton
Holmes, Little, Looney, Meek. Wyatt, Parks. Run
nels. Thomas, Tompkins, Ward Welcker, White
Wilson, Of Carroll Wood, of Cannon, and Mr.
Speaker Brown-29
Noes-Messrs Bobo Bullen, Burch, Campbell
CaVitt, Cloud, Cobb, Coiquet, Colburn, Cowden
Dayie, DOnelson, Huntington, Easterly, Fort, Gal
breath, Galloway. Gilbert Harris, Kimble, Kinney
Mabry, Massengill Mathis, Newman, Nixon, North
cult, Pogue Pope, Richey. Rudd, Smith, Snod
grass. Stosal, Upton, Travis, Wallace, Watkins
Whiteside, Wilson, of Marshall, and Wood, Of Har
deman-41.