Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-04-03
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two, Oh only one The bill isstil before the Sen,
ate +; butwas postponed on Thursday, TO take up
a bill toprovide for the organization of a regiment
of mounted volunteers for the defence Of the
frontier of Texas, and to authorize the President
to cali into the services Of the United States two
additional regiments Of volunteers, which was
passed,
Mr.. Douglas, on "Wednesday, presented the con-
stitution of Oregon, and also petitions from the
citizens Of Dacotah asking the organization Of that
Territory. a'.Na 1900
Mr.. A. G. Brown, on Thursday, presented bill
of very great importance to the citizens Of and
even the sojourners in Washington, whose lives
are now at the mercy of cutthroats and assasins,
hundreds of whomnow prowl about our city. It
wasa bin to establish an Auxiliary Guard for the
protection Of public and private property in the
city Of Washington, and repeating all acts hereto
fore passed in relation to that subject. wv
After the passage of the Kansas bill, as amended
by the House, it was returned to the Senate for
their concurrence; whereupon Mr.. Green moved
to take it up for consideration, and then that the
amendment be disagreed to. l' +,.. A
I AN EvENTFUL DAY.
/ The fate Of the Lecompton measure was
decided, at least for the present, by the House
of Representatives on Thursday. AS it was
understood and agreed upon to take the vote
upon the bill on that day, every member was
in his seat who could get here, and all save one,
Mr.. Caruthers, of Missouri The galleries too,
were filed to Overlooking, as the desire to wit
ness the scene, and the interest felt in the re-
suit were intense.
The Union says: 3s s9
"On no previous occasion has the action Of
Congress attracted q larger audience than that
present yesterday in the galleries Of the House
Of Representatives. Every seat seemed to be
filled, while the door-ways were crowded by
an eager throng striving to gain admittance.
The ladies' galleries were full to overfiowing.
The seats assigned to the diplomatic corps were
occupied by several members thereof, who
doubtless embraced the occasion to take a les
son in the Democratic mode Of disposing of o
great and exciting question. The scene was
altogether impressive, and the proceedings Of
the House unusually decorous and orderly. In
Guiding the Speaker, there were two hundred
and thirty-three members, in their seats-only
one being absent, Mr.. Caruthers, of Missouri.
We have no recollection of any measure that
has called out SO full vote as the bill to admit
Kansas"
AT the hour of one o'clock, the bill was taken
up, when Mr.. Giddings having objected to
it, the question was, ''Shall the bill be reject
ed?" Upon this the yeas were or; nays 1877.
1t having been read a second time, Mr.. MoAt
gomery moved the CRIrrENDEN amendment as
substitute. g3tif ,ti ata3 S@i q
Mr. QUITMAN submit ted as a substitute fol
the substitute of Mr.. MONTGOMERY, the Senate
bill, excluding therefrom the following Ian.
guage: AffN s a.tf
"And that nothing in this act shall be con.
strued to abridge or infringe any right Of the
people asserted in the constitution Of Kansas
at all times to alter, reform, or abolish Their
form of government in such manner as they
may think proper, Congress hereby disclaim
ing any authority to intervene or declare the
construction Of the constitution Of any State,
except to say that it be republican in form,
and not in conflict with the constitution of the
| United States"
Upon which the yeas were 70, nays 100.
The question recurring on the CRrrTENDEs
amendment, the yeas and nays were demand
ed, and stood, yeas 100, nays 112, as follows
YEAS-Messrs. Abbott, Adrian Andrews, Ben
nett Binghurst Bingham, Blair, Bliss, Brayton
Bufinton, Burlngame, Burroughs, Campbell, Case
Chaffee, Chapman, Clark Of Connecticut, Clark o
New York, Clawson, Clark B. Cochrane of New
York, Cockerill, Colfax, Comins, Covode, Cox
Cragin, Curtis, Damrell, Davis of Maryland, Davis
Of Indiana Davis Of Massachusetts,, Davis of Iowa
Dawes, Dean, Dick, Dodd, Durfee, Edie, English
Farnsworth, Fenton, Foley, Foster, Giddings, Gil
man, Gilmer, Gooch, Goodwin, Granger, Groes
beck, Grow, Hall of Ohio Hall of Massachusetts,
Harlan, Harris Of Maryland, Harris of Illinois
Haskin, Hickman, Hoard, Horton, Howard, Over
Jones of Pennsylvania, Kellogg, Kelsey, Kilgore
Knapp, Kunkel Of Pennsylvania, Lawrence, Leach
Letter, Lovejoy McKibben, Marshall of Kentucky
Marshall of Illinois, Matteson, Montgomery, Nor
gan, Morrill,, Morris of Pennsylvania, Morris Of IL
linois, Morse Of Maine, Morse of New York, Mott
Murray, Nichols 0lin, Palmer, Parker, Pendleton
Petit, Pike, Potter, Pottle, Purvianee, Ricaud
Richie, Robbins, Roberts, Royce, Shaw of IL
lnois Sherman of Ohio, Sherman Of New York
Smith of Illinois, Spinner, Stanton, Stewart o.
Pennsylvania, Tappan, Thayer, Thompson, Temp
kns, Underwood, Wade, Walbridge, Waldron
Walton, Washburne of Wisconsin, Washburne o.
Illinois, Washburne of Maine, Wilson and Wood
| 100.
~ EAYS-aMessrs. Abb, Anderson, Arnold Atkins
Avery, Barksdale, Bishop, Bocock, Bonhsm
Bowie, Boyce, Branch, Bryan, Burnett, Burns
Caskie, Clark of Missouri, Clay, Clemens, Cling
man, Cob, John Cochrane of New York, Corning
Craig of Missouri, Craige of North Carolina, Craw
ford, Curry, Davidson, Davis of Mississippi, Dew
art, Dimmick, Dowdel, Edmundson, Elliott, Eus
lie, Faulkner, Florence, Garrett, Gsrtrell, ellis
Goode, Greenwood, Gregg, Hatch, Hawkins, Hill
Hopkins, Houston, Hughes Huyler, Jackson, Jen
kins, Jewett, Jones Of Tennessee, j. G. Jones Q
Pennsylvania, Kett Kelly, Kunkel Of Maryland
Lamar Landy, Leidy, Betcher, MacIsy, Mcqueen
Mason, Maynard, Miles, Miller, Millsop, Moore
Niblack, Peyton, Phelps, Phillips, Powell, Quit
man, Ready, Reagan, Reilly, Rufin, Russell, San
didge, Savage, Scales, Scott Soaring, Seward
Shaw Of North Carolina, Shorter, Sckles, Single
ton, Smith Of Tennessee, Smith Of Virginia, Stall
worth, Stephens, Stevenson, Stewart Of Maryland
Talbot Taylor of New York, Taylor Of Louisiana
Trippe, Ward, Warren, Watkins White, Whiteley
Winslow, Woodsob, Wortendyke, Wright of Ten
nessee, Wright Of Georgia, and Zollicoffer-ll2,
SO the substitute was agreed to, and tht
yeas and nays being demanded, the bill wa,
passed by the same vote. Mr. Montgomery
then moved TO reconsider the vote, and to lay
that motion on the table, which was done, and
the House adjourned. lqrr...e t,,7 +
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