The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-01-24

restriction upon the'State of Missouri; but that
was not the question now in controversy. 1t
was, whether or not he was in favor of the line
of 36' 3O>, north of which Slavery was forever
to be prohibited.
To prove that Mr. Clay had favored the COM
promise line of 36o 30>, Mr. G. read from
speech delivered by Mr.. Clay in the Senate in
1880, In which Mr.. Clay stated that majority
OF the Southern Senators and Representatives
had voted for that line, and that he had no
doubt he himself had also supported it.
| Mr.. Savage, of Tennessee, declared that he
would not vote for plurality rule, the effect of
which would be to place in the Chair man for
whom he would not vote directly.
Mr.. Maxwell, of Florida, thought that injus-
tce was done to Pinckney, King, and other dis
unguished men of the South, who voted for the
Missouri restriction, when feelings of triumph
| were imputed to them at the adoption Of that
line. They did not triumph because of the
adoption OF that restriction, but because they
had defeated the effort of Northern men to de-
prlve Missouri, claiming sovereign rights, of the
privilege OF adopting Slavery in her Constitu.
ton.
Mr.. Cadwalader, of Pennsylvania stated that
at some future time when he should not be con-
fined to the ten minutes rule, he would under
| take, as the Representative of a Northern con-
stituency, to prove the constitutional rights of
| their slaveholding brethren, and also to reply to
the remarks of his colleague, Mr.. Crow
Mr.. Taylor, of Louisiana, replied to Mr.. Grow,
| and briefly reviewed the history of the Missouri
| restriction.
Mr.. Cingman then submitted the following
| resolution:
Resotped, That for one week, unless Speak
er Is sooner elected, no debate on any subject
or under the form Of personal explanation shall
be In order; but any member attempting to
speak will be held out of order, unless the unan-
imous consent of the House shall have been
first had, upon the question being submitted by
the Clerk.
Mr.. Orr, of South Carolina, moved that the
| resolution be laid on the table; which motion
I was decided in the negative-yeas Gl, nays 1913.
| After an Intellectual motion to ad journ, the
| question was taken on the adoption of the reso-
luton, and it was decided in the affirmative by
| the following vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Albright, Allison, Banks, Bar
| clay, Bennett, Benson, Billinghurst, Bingham,
| Bishop, Bliss, Bradshaw, Brenton, Broom, Buff
Gngton, Burlingsme, Cadwalader, Campbell of
Ohio, Chaffee, Clawson, Clingman, Cobb of Geor-
| gia, Cobb of Alabama, Colfax, Comns, Covode,
Cragin, Cumback, Damrel, Davis of Maryland,
| Davis of Massachusetts,, Day, Dean, De Witt,
Dick, Dickson, Dodd, Dunn, Durfee, Edie, Ed
wards, Emrie, English, Etheridge, Foster, Gid
dings, Gilbert, Granger, Greenwood, Grow, Har-
| Ian, Harris of Maryland, Haven, Hickman, Hoff-
man, Holloway Horton of New York, Horton
| of Ohio, Howard, Hughston Jewett, Jones Of
| Tennessee, Kelsey, Knapp, Knight, Knowlton
| Knox, Letter, A. X. Marshall of Kentucky, Mat
teson, McCarty, Meacham, Miller of Indiana,
Morgan, Morrill,, Norton, Oliver of New York,
Parker, Pearce, Pelton, Petit, Phelps, Pike,
Pringle, Purviance, Robbins, Roberts, Sabin,
Sage, Sandidge, Sapp, Sherman, Simmons,
Smith of Alabama, Spinner, Stanton, Stranahan,
SwoPe, Tappan, Thorington, Thurston, Todd,
Trafton, Trippe, Underwood, Vail, Wade, Wake
man, Walbridge. Waldron, Warner Washburne
| of Wisconsin, Washburne of Illinois, Wash
burn of Maine, Watson, Wells, Whitney Wood,
Woodruff, and Woodworth-ll9.
NAYs-Messrs. Aiken, Allen, Barksdale, Bell,
Bennett of Mississippi, Bocock, Bowie, Boyce,
Burnett, Campbell of kentucky, Garlic, Caruth-
ers, Cox, Craige, Cullen, Davidson, Dowdell,
Edmundson, Elliott, Eustis, Evans, Faulkner,
Florence, Fuller of Maine, Goode, Hall of Iowa,
Harris Of Alabama Harris of Illinois, Herbert,
Houston, Jones of Pennsylvania, Kelly, Kennett,
Kidwell, Lake, Letcher, Lindley, Lumpkin, IL.
Marshall of kentucky, Marshall of Illinois, Max
well, McMullen, Mcqueen, Millson, Moore, Mott,
Nichols, Oliver Of Missouri, Orr, Paine, Peck,
Porter, Powell, Quitman, Reade, Ricaud, Rich
ardson, Rufin, Rust Savage, Scott, Smith of
Virginia, Sneed, Stewart Talbot, Taylor, Walk,
Walker Watkins, Williams, Winslow, Wright
of Mississippi, and Wright of Tennessee-74.
On motion of Mr.. Barksdale, of Mississippi,
at halfpast o'clock, the House adjourned.