Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-09-02


1t will be seen, by reference to the Congression-
al record, that the Army Appropriation bill has
finally been dragooned through the House, with
out the proviso in regard to Kanzas. Franklin
Pierce and his butchers in that unhappy territory
can now have their own way, ifthey choose to ex-
ercse their power as they have in the past, in
riding rough shod over the people of Kanzas and
in their endeavors to drive out Of it all the Free
State men, to crafty the malignant propensities
of Atchison, Stringfellow, & Co.
The following are specimen of the statutes
which the money appropriated by Congress, on
Saturday night last, with the immediate sanction
of the President, goes osupport, at the point of
the bayonets of the general government
SEC. II. If any free person, by speaking or
BY writing, assert OF maintain that persons
have not the right to hold S1GUeS in this terri
tory, or shall introduce into this territory,
print, publish, write, circulate. or cause to be
introduced into this territory, written, printed,
published, or circulated in this territory, any
book, paper, magazine, pamphlet, or circular,
containing any denial Of the right of persons to
hold Slaves IN this territory, such person shall
be deemed guilty Of felony, and punished by
imprisonment at hard lrbor for term of not
less than ttoo ye'ars.
SEC. Is. No person who is conSelentiously
opposed to holding SLAVES, or who does no. adj
init the right to hold SLAVES in this territory
shall sit as a juror OH the trial of any prosecu-
ton for the violation of any OF the sections of
this act.
1t to enforceaws of such character as the above
10y = them oentencingto DEATH, or impris-
onment for life, who shall be guilty of the heiaoas
of hell ela III,
TitoIy, that they are so held in violation of Con.
stitutona right, that this money is to be used by
the Executive.
The vote on the passage of the bill, as stated,
stood 10l to SO, All the Southern members pres
ent voted for it. with eighteen Northern Demo-
cats, and the dough-faces Harrison of Ohio, and
Haven and Whitney of N. Y. Barclay of Penn
dem, and Dnnn and Scott of Ind, Fillmore
men, voted with the Republicans againstit. The
following is a list of the twenty .one Northern
men who recorded their votes Tor the bill, which is
fian laws of Kanzas:
Aaine--T D Fuller, l.
Neao Yons-S @ Hogens, John Kelly, John
Wheeler, Thomas r. Rhitney*. john Williams,
Pennsylvania John Cadwalder Thomas B.
Florance, John Hickman, J Glavey, Jones, Asa
Packer, ]. r Tyson.-6.
Ohi0-J. ScOtt HDrrison.-l.
I,adlanG-Smthi Muiler.-l
IHinois-Thomas S. Harris, Samuel S. Mar
shall q
Mtchigan-George w. Peck-l.
IosoG- Augustus c. Hall.
WiSconStnp-Danel Wells, Jr.--l.
Cali oT7lsa--C. w. Denya. l.
Total from the free States, I'll Is Buchanan, 3
Fillmore in Italics
The vote was, on agreeing to the Senate amend
ment to the bill, striking out the House prcviso
The following is list of those from the free
States, not voting, most of whom we suppose
were absent on pairs:
Matne-Perry. Wood,-2.
Observation-Disclosures Hall,-2
Netc York-Childs, Clarke, Miller, Morgan, 4.
PennsytUaaia-B Bronze, Campbell, Fuller, Pierce,
Millward,--5.
Ne,o Jersey-Bishop,
Ohto-Bell, Day, Moore Nichols, Watson.
IladtGnn--English, dem
LHsnoss-Richardson dem.
CatltoTnia-Herbert, dem.
Total absent from the free States, twenty
fourteen Republicans, two Buchanan men, and
four Fillmore in Italics.