Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-09-22

ABOUT the import OF the language as TAR as quoted,
it Is all removed by the following prcvisO, which
closes the fourth section:
provided shat ssetking herein contained shall be
construed revive pat ia force any law or regu
lation which may have existed prior 10 the set OF
sixth March, eighteen hundred and twenty, either
protecting establishing, prohibiting or abolishing
slavery."
This is the gist Of the KansasrNebrasks Act on
this head--a bill, of which Hon. Stephen A. Doug
las CLAIMS the paternity, and to approve and sane
ton which some Of the Tennessee Legislature vot-
ed.
Now let US see what is Senator DiJon's amend
ment which was also under consideration in the
Legislature Of Tennessee:
''Sec % And be it further enacted, That
much of an Act approved March 9th, 1920, entitled
An act to authorize the PEOPLE OF Missouri Terri
tory TO form Constitution and State Government,
and for the admission of such State into the Union
on an eQnal footing with the original States, and
to prohibit slavery in certain territories as declares
That in all that territory ceded oy France to the
| United States, under the name OF Louisiana, which
| lies North OF Sc deg 80 min north latitude slave
ry and involuntary servtude, otherwise than i'll the
! punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall
have been duly convicted, shall be forever PRO.
hibited' sha not be so construed as to apply TO
the Territory contemplated by this act, or to any
other Territory OF the United States, but that the
citizens Of the several States Territories shall be
liberty to take and hold their slaves within any
of the Territories of the United States, of the
States to be formed therefrom, as il the said Act,
entitled as aforesaid, aud approved as Aforesaid,
had never been passed.
This is Dixon's amendment, and while it sought
| to declare the Missouri Compromise imperative as
to Kansas and all other Territory Of the United
States, il is the reverse Of Mr. Douglas bill in that
1t expressly, in substance, revives instead of inhi6
ing the laws existing before the passage of the
/ Missouri Compromise. Now, though we may all
be opposed to the repeal, when called on to vote
between these two propositions, or upon resolu-
tons or amendments sbstractly approving each
which should be taken! The answer is too obyi,
ous
Now By reference to the House Journal OF 1858
A, page 979, it will be seen that Messrs Lucas
and Lamb each introduced Resolution on the
subject of the Kansas and Nebraska bill" This
was Monday morning, February 9th, 1854. Each
we're read and laid over under rule Of the House.
In the afternoon of the 4th March 'Mr. Lamb
moved to take up the Nebraska resolutions" 1.-THE
/
consideration of the vote refusing to take up, and
demanded the ayes and noes, when the House
agreed to take up the resolutions, ayes As Z.
Mr.. Lamb then offered the following resolutions
in lieu: -
Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State
| Of Tennessee, That cordially approve of the till
now unper consideration in the United States Sem
ate, introduced by the Hon. Mr. Douglas OF Illinois,
for the organization and government oil the Nebras
| ka and Kansas territories.
That we believe the principle contained in said
bill in regard to the question of slavery to BE- ju.t
equitable aud in conformity to the federal cOnsti-
tuition, to the treaty by which said territory was
acquired, and the compromise act OF 1850.
Wherefore, our Senators in Congress are herer
| by instructed, and our Representatives earnestly
requested to give the proposed measure their zeal
support, and 10 use all proper exertOns to OBJ
tain the passage OF the same
Resolved further, That the Governor Of Tonnes
see is hereby requested to forward copy of this
| resolution TO our Senators and Representatives in
| Congress- Vide House Journal page 1894.
Mr. Mcknight offered amendment in lieu Of
Mr.. Lambs, as follows:
Resolved by the General Assembly Of the State
| Of Tennessee, That cordially approve Of the
amendment proposed by the Hon. Archibald Dix
on of kentucky, to the bill reported to the Senate
Of the United States by the committee on Terrific
ries, for the organization and government Of the
| territories OF Kansas and Nebraska.
That We believe the principle involved in said
amendment-that is, the extension of the princi
Piles of the compromise of 1850 to those territories
Just and equitable in ITSELF and that il Is in con-
orpity with the federal constitution, with the trea
ty by which those territories were acquired, and
with the compromise Of lS50.-Vide House Jour
nal page 1904
Mr.. Brown, of McNary, called the previous
question, which was not sustained" The question
was then upon Mr.. Meningitis amendment in lieu
Of Mr. Lambs, and it is from the vote on this ques-
ton that Buchanan electors and Buchanan orators
! are charging that Hon. VIM. II. Wiseuer, one Of
the Fillmore and Donelson electors for Tennessee,
then Speaker OF the House, and every whg mem
Der of the House are committed in favor oil the
peal of the Missouri Compromise and they cry OUT
but urjustly so, Inconsistency in raising now sny
objection to the injudicious repeal They loudly
| proclaim that every whg member voted for Mr.
| Meningitis amendment approving Senator Dix
on's amendments which repeats the Compromise.
aud they take never to say once how the other
| eide voted
!
| Senator Douglas is and what Mr.. Dixons amend
ment is. The difference is pspable. Mr.. Lambs
amendment was approving and inStrnctng our Sen
aud requiring our representatives vote for
the bill of Senator Douglas which repealed the Mis-
souri, Compromise, and inhibited the operation Of
the French Laws, and according to Mr.. Buchanan
and his Northern sies, engrsfted ''SQuatter Sover-
! eiSnty," Mr. Mcknight offered his amendment sp
proving Mr.. D1on's amendment in isU of Mr. Lamb
resolutions and the question YOU in favor
of the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise! but every
man said when be voted, il the Compromise is TO
be repealed prefer it with the provisions OF Dix.
on's amendment; or on the other hand / prefer i;
with the provisions of the Kansas Nebraska act or
Douglas bill. The question was taken on Mr. Nc.
Knights amendment in l'eg Of Mr. Lambs, and was
carried by vote OF SO to "a Mr. Speaker Wise
ner and every Wing present voting tn the Aihrma
tive; and every Democrat (save ole, Mr. Mabry, o.
| Warren voting in the negative.
| Those who voted in the affirmative are
! Messrs Bailey, Brown, ofMcNairy, Chamberlain,
Cheatham, Clements, Cooke. Cooper, Dortch, Ellis,
Erwin, harrington, Greer, Hall, Herd, Holmes.
/ House, Hubbard, Hyder Lucas, Mabry, Of KnoI
! Mabry, Of Warren, Maxwell, McKnight, Norris Of
! Cooke, Morris, OF Wayne, Richardson, Smith, OF
! Davidson, Smith, of Haywood, Temple, Tharpe,
! Wheeler, and Mr. Speaker Wisener-SS.
Those who voted in the negative are
Messrs BoTen, Carroll, Cavitt, Chowning, Cow
ART EAsterly, Harris, Lamb. Lane, LIllard, Mathis
0iell, Overall, Phillips, Pope, Steele, ~, vail,
! Sykes, Wallace, Williams. Winchester, Wood, Of