The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-08-14
VOL. X.
IMPORTANT VOTES OF THE HOUSE OF pr.
REsENTATIvEs.


that Whitfield was not entitled to the Sea, -
Delegate from Kansas, by a vote of ITO ya,,
to 90 nays, as follows:
YEAs-Messrs Albright, Allison. Rail- D.
bour, Barclay, Bennett of New York Rensoa
Billinghurst, Bliss, Bradshaw, Brenton r.
Bufinton, Campbell of Pennsylvania. CamnI'5
of Ohio, Chaffee, Clark of Connection. Claw.o.
Colfax, Comins, Covode, Cragin, Damrell n
Dean, Dick, Dodd, Dunn, Durfeo, Edie =;
wards, Emrie, Flagler, Fuller of PennsvIyan;.
Galloway, Giddings, Gilbert, Granger, Gro
Hall of Massachusetts, Harlan, Harrison u.
ven, Hickman, Holloway, Horton of New Yo,r
Horton of Ohio, Hughston, Kelsey. K;nr
Knapp, knight, Knowlton, Knox, KnntSG
Letter, Mace, Matteson, McCsrty, Miller Of NJ.
York, Moore, Morgan, Morrill,, Mott, N;cboi'
Norton, Oliver of New York, Packer. PsrLas
Pelton, Pennington, Perry, Petit, Pike, Primo.
Purviance, Richie, Robbins, Roberts. Sa5;,T
Sage, Sapp, Scott, Sherman, Simmons. SIM
ner, Stranahan, Tappan, traitor, Thoripptor
Ihurston, Todd, Tyson, Walk, Wade. Wakemor
Walbridge, Waldron, Washburne of Wise
sin, Washburne of Illinois, Washburn of Main
Wilson, Welch, Wells, Whitney. WlIis,n,
Wood, Woodruff, and Woodworth0llO.
NAYs-Messrs. Aiken, Barksdale, Benne,, d,
Mississippi, Bocock, Bowie, Boyce. Brand
Burnett, Cadwalader, Campbell of KENNEL
Garlic, Caruthers, Caskie, Cobb Of Geor,;!'
Cobb of Alabama, Cox, Craige, Crawford e.
len, Davidson, Davis of MARYLAND. DEM.
Dowdell, Edmundson, English. Eusts, EvaH,
Faulkner, Florence, Foster, Fuller of Main
Goode, Greenwood, Harris of Maryland, Har,i,
OF Alabama, Harris of Illinois, Herbert, Hoa
man, Houston, Jones of Tennessee. Kennsr
kidwell, Lake, Letcher, Lindley, Lumpkin. 4
X. Marshall of Kentucky, H. Marshall of Ken
lucky, Marshall of Illinois, Maxwell, McMuIr
Miller of Indiana, Millson, Oliver of Missonr
Orr, Peck, Phelps, Porter, Powell, Puryear
Quitman, Reade, Ready, Ricaud. Ricbarjsor
Rivers, Rufiin, Rust, Sandidge, Savage, Seward
Shorter, Smith of Tennessee, Smith of Vir,in;,
Smith of Alabama, Sneed, Stephens. Stewar
Swope, Talbot, Taylor, Trippe, Underwood
Vail, Walker, Warner, Watkins, Wipsov
Wright of Mississippi, Wright of Tennessee
and Zollicoffer-92
The second resolution, that Mr.. R,eder i.
admitted to the seat, was rejected, by yeas s.
nays ll3.
MIR. Washburn, Of Maine, asked, but wa
denied, unanimous consent to pay Mr.. Reede
mileage and per diem to date.
This allowance to Mr.. Reeder has since been
made.
In the list of yeas, voting for the unseating
OF Whitfield are the names of all the Repub.
icans who were present, together with Messrs
Haven, Walk, and Whitney, of New York;
Broom and Fuller of Pennsylvania; Harrison
and Moore of Ohio; Dunn and Scott of JDd.
ana-all Fillmore men, nine in number. Also.
Williams of New York; Barclay, Hickman,
and Packer, of Pennsylvania; and Wells Of
Wisconsin-all Buchanan men, five in number.
So there were 90 Republican, North Amer.
can, and Democratic votes in favor of reject.
ing Whitfield.
The whole South present voted against the
resolution, and in favor Of Whitfield, together
with Fuller of Maine; Cadwalader aud Florence
of Pennsylvania Vail of New Jersey; English
and Miller of Indiana Harris, Marshall, and
Richardson, of Illinois; Denver and Herbert
of California; and Peck Of Michigan-l2, all
| Buchanan men, and as true TO Slavery as Orr
of South Caroina-though we should prefer
|
The following members from the free Stale,
were absent or silent, viz: Messrs. Meachau
of Vermont; Burlingame, De Witt, and Davi:
of Massachusetts, Childs, Clark, Dickson. and
! sI----y, Vr Irou rVrK; BISHOP OF New Jer
sey; Pearce and Robinson of Pennsylvania;
Bingham and Stanton of Ohio; and Howard
of Michigan-l4, all Republicans or AntiNe
braska. Also, Millward of Pennsylvania, Fill
more man; and Kelly and Wheeler Of New
York; Jones of Pennsylvania; Hall, Of Iowa
5, all Buchanan.men.
There were six Southern men absent, but no
one doubts how their votes would have been
recorded.
The election Of Whitfield is a most emphatic
declaration of the judgment of the House, tia.
the Kansas " Legislature" and all its enact
ments, are spurious. There was no opposition
to Whitfield, and there can be no doubt that
he received the votes of all the inhabitants Of
the Territory who thought proper to vote. He
was therefore duly elected, if the authority
which appointed the election had been genu.
inc. But the House of Representatives, by the
decisive majority of eighteen, including nearly
every Northern Fillmore vote, with five for
Buchanan, have adjudged solemnly that no
such authority existed-that the Legislature
was a vile usurpation, and its enactments null
and void.
The members named below, after voting
Whitfield out of the seat, voted against admit
ting Gov. Reeder to fill it, viz:
Edward Ball, Lewis D. Campbell, John Scott
Harrison, Oscar f. Moore, Valentine B. Hor-
ton, of Ohio; Henry M. Fuller, John Kick
man, David Richie, Job r. Tyson of PennsyL
vania; A. C. NJ. Pennington, of New Jersey;
Francis S. Edwards, Solomon G. Haven, Rufus
81. King, George A. Simmons, VIM. w. Walk,
Thomas r. Whitney, John Williams, of New
York; George G. Dion, Harvey ID. Scott. Of
Indiana Daniel Wells, jun, Wisconsin-2O.
The following, who voted to osst Whitfield,
failed to vote on the question of admitting
Reeder, viz:
Amos P. Granger, of New York Asa Pack.
err, of Pennsylvania.
ATMOSPHERIC TELEGRAPH.