Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-04-24
DEMOCRACY AND WlLMoT IN
IS46-'4I.

When David Wilmot first introduced his
famous Proyiso into Congress ID 1916, his
Democratic colleagues stood by him, ani
when in IS47 hA renewed the motion 10 at
rach the Proyiso to the three million bill.
il was Democratic to vote for prohibition
l. was also Democratic in Pennsylvania.
as late as 1917, as witness the following
resolutions introduced into the House by
Mr.. Victor Piolett, Democratic member
from Bradford County:
Whereas, The existing war with Mexico
may result in the requirement Of new Ter
ritory; and
Whereas, measures are now pending IN
Congress having in view the appropriation
of money and the eonferring of authority
upon the ;reatymaking power to this end,
therefore
Resolved, &C., That our Senators in
Congress be instructed and our Representa-
tives be requested to vote against any meas
ure whatever by which territory will accrue
10 the Union, unless, as Z part of the fun
damcutal law upon which any compact or
treaty for this purpose is based, Slavery or
ialolunfary ssrUitude shaR be forever pro
A1bttd, except for crime.
On the 26;h Of January this preamble
and resolution we're called up, and they pas
scd unanimously, by the following vote;
YEAs-Messrs. Allison, .fndrson, Bas-
Ter, Benfz, Bingham, Black, Blair, Bough-
ner, Bo,cman, Breidenthal, Bull, Burns,
Brush, BusineN Clark, Colvin, Conner,
Dickinson, Dickson, Donaldson, Edie,
Evans, Fosset, Fausold, Fgnon, Fenster-
macher, Forsyth, Fox, Gehley, Gould
Graft, Gratz, Haly, Harris, Hasson, Hay
maian, Iiilands, Hunter, lves, Jacobs
Jackson, Kaufman, Keatiey, Kerr, Kinrear
Kline, Kiingensmith, Kaor Krick, Ladley
Loughiin, Lawrence, Lepan, Lyburn, Lock
hart, Long, Mackay, .HaiAer, Mathis, Mon
,elius, Morrison, Myers, MoAbee, Mccall
lister, MeCurdy, MeCurley, Mcknight, Nc
MINI, Noble, Patterson, Pauting, Pearce
Perry, Phillips, Pioteit, Ponieroy, Of Mer
Ger, Pomeroy, of Franklin, Reynolds
Robbins, Ross, Rupert, Sanborn: SHARP
Shelly. Sipes, Soutde', Thompson, Tregc
Thet, Warner, Weller, Wertsner and Coo
per, Speaker--95.
Nays-None. Democrats in Itaiic
Thus it will be seen that it was carrie
by unanimous vote in the House, bat on
Democrat being absent.
James Burns aud John Sipes, we're Ii
members from Bedford, and both the
names, it win he seen, are recorded in fave
of the celebrated Wimot proviso, whic
einbodies the doctrine upon which Il
Americans and Republica rs now stand
We never heard then of Abolitionisi
and Black Republicauism being chaEg'
against those who opposed the further c:
tension of slavery. All parties in Il
North, especially in Pennsylvania, at til
time occupied one common platform.
The resolutions we're sent TO TIE Senat
of which Charles Gibbons was Speaker.
Mr. Bigler, the State Senator from Clea
field, since Governor, and now U. S, ,.Sen
tor, asked Of Mr.. Gibbons as q favor to gi
him the floor on the morning of the q
of January, to enable him to make t
House resolutions the special order Of t
day. Mr.. Bigler called up the resolutio
made powerful speech in their favor
moved to suspend the rules to put 1t on
final passage, and the yeas and nays havi
been called, the following vote was rec
ded:
YEAs-Messrs. BigLer, Boas Cars
Cornmsn, crabb, Darragh, Darsie, Gil
Harris, Hi, Hoover, johnson, Jord
Lewis, Mason, Morrison, Rich, Richai
Ross, Sanderson, Smith, Smyser, Willis
son aud Gibbons, Speaker-24.
NAYs-Messrs. anderson, Black
Potteigsr-3.
This was Democracy in ls47. Da
Wilmct is Democrat still of the old sta
Will our Democratic brethren still sus
himl
DWe call attention 10 the sale Of