The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-07-10

account that it had failed by one vote-.lO7
nays, LOG yeas. Mr.. Barclay of Pennsylvalia,
tDemocrat,) a friend of Governor Reeder, Cub
sequently moved to reconsider this vote, for
which he received rather a free lecture from
Mr.. Houston, of Alabama. He maintained his
ground, however, and after the reception ,nd
reading of the Kansas Commission Report, his
motion to reconsider came up last Thufsdas.
Mr.. Sneed moved call of the House. bit it
was refused, on yea and nay vote.
Mr.. Jones, of Tennessee, moved that the
House go into Committee of the Whole on the
state of the Union. Mr.. Campbell, of Ohio,
then moved to reconsider the vote by which
the House had agreed to adjourn over till
Monday, as he did not know that eentler len
had intended to prevent action on the Fill.
Mr. Jones thereupon withdrew his motion, ,,nd
Mr.. Campbell withdrew his.
The question was taken first on the motion
to lay on the table the motion to reconsider the
vote rejecting the Kansas bill, and It was de
cided in the negative-yeas 81, nays lO2. The
motion to reconsider, after motion to I'd
journ had been voted down by majority of
forty, prevailed-yeas lOl, nays SO.
The question now required on the pass ge
of the bill. A motion to lay it on the table
failed-yeas 81, nays 100.
At last the question was put on the passage
of the bill, and it was carried-yeas SO, n ,ys
81, as follows:
"YEAs-Messrs. Albright, Allison, Ball, Ear.
l,.I
lighurst, Bingham, Bliss, Bradshaw, Brent On,
Bufiinton, James Fl. Campbell, Lewis d. Camp
bell, Bayard Clark, Ezra Clark, Cawson, Col
fax, Comius, Covode, Cragin, Cumback, Da m
rell, Timothy Davis, Day, Dean, De Witt Dix,
Dickson, Dodd, Durfes, Eide, Edwards, EN- lie,
Flagler, Galloway, Giddings, Gilbert, Grane err,
Grow, Robert B. Hall, Harlan, Hickman, E OIL
loway, Thomas r. Horton, Valentine b. q Or
ton, Howard, Hughston, Kelsey, King, Kna %,
knight, Knowlton, Knox. Kunkel, Letter, Mat
teson, McCarty, Meacham, Killian Miller, Mill
ward, Morgan, Morrill, Mott Murray, Nicho Is,
Andrew Oliver, Parker, Pearce, Peltoa. Perry,
Pike, Pringle, Purviance, Robbins, Robbers,
Robson, Sabin, Sage, Sapp, Scott, Sherm IN,
Spinner, Stranahan, Tappan, Thorington, Thurs
ton, Todd, traitor, Wade, Wakemsn. WAL
bridge, Waldron, Cadwalader C. Washburne,
Elihu B. Washburne, Israel Washburn, Welsh,
"NAYs-Messrs. Aiken, Allen, Barksdale,
Bell, Hendley s. Bennett Bocock, Bowie,
Branch, Brooks, Broom, Burnett, Cadwaadsr,
Caruthers, Caskie, Clingman, Howell Col b.,
Williamson R. W. Cobb, Cox, Craige, Crsw-
ford, Cullen, Henry Winter Davis, Denv ",
Dowdell, Dunn, Edmundson, English, Eth n.
idge, Eustis, Evans, Faulkner, Florence, H. n.
~ M. Fuller, Thomas j. d. Fuller, Goose,
Greenwood Augustus Hall, j. NJ Harris, San D..
son w. Harris, Thomas l.. Harris, Harrison.
Haven, Houston, Jewett, George w. Jones, j.
G. Jones, Kelly, Kennett, Kidwe, Lake, Lind
ley, Lum pkin, Alex. X. Marshall, Humphrey
Marshall, Samuel S. Marshall, McMulHn, c.
Queen, Smith Miller, Millson, Mordecai Div r,
Packer, Peck, Phelps, Porter, Powell, Purye,r,
Ready, Ricaud, Rivers, Ruffin, Rust, Sandidi g,
Savage, Seward, Shorter, s. A. Smith. Willie m
Smith, William R. Smith, Sneed, Stephens,
Stewart, Swope, Taylor, Trippe, Underwood,
Walk, Walker, Warner, Watkins, Wheelss.
Whitney, Williams, Winslow, Daniel B. Wright,
John V. Wright, and Zollicoffer-97.
$50 the bill was passed.
All the Fillmore men, and all the Buchanan
men, except Barclay and Hickman, vot,d
against the bill.
So, the same day the House received L e
Senate bill, the Senate received the House 10
The Senate will not accept the latter, nor will
the House, it is alleged, accept the formfr.
Upon the President, therefore, will qpntin ,e
the responsibility of putting down violence IN
Kansas, and guarding ii against invasion, whse
the great question, Shall it be retained FOR
Freedom, or abandoned to Slavery? must con-
stitute the Question of the Presidential canvass