Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-04-06
LATEST FROM WASHINGTON.
IECOMPTON DEFEAETD!
Cr.ttendens substitute Adoptct

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mou, expression Of gratitude to the mem
bors Of Congress-, of ali parties, who so
nobly held out to the last in opposition to
the dictation of power ard place.
The first day of Aprit, 1858, will long
be remembered by those who were 80
sanguine Of success in fastening the tram
mels of power upon free people; the
President, who pledged the South to put
this measure through Congress in thirty
days from its introduction, is, undoubt-
edly, the worst victim of April first
a laughing country ever beheld.
|5a, Crittenden's Senate amendment, which
we published last week, was adopted
Without taking up time and space with
the various remarks made in the House
while it was pending, we take summary
from the Cincinnati Gazette" and attach
the yeas and nays on Crittenden's Amend
ment:
The Kansas battle was nobly fought in
the House yesterday. There was proba'
| bly, never fuller vote given, on any occa-
sion, in that body. The whole number
voting on the decisive question was two
hundred and thirytwo. AS the Speaker
votes only in case of tie, there was,
therefore, but one absentee-probably Mr.,
Caruthers, of Missouri The test was
Crittenden's amendment, which received
the united support Of the Anti Lecompton
members of all parties. The adminislra-
tion was defeated on this, it's 3" favorite
measure" as the Union terms it, by EIGHT
MAJoR1TY-l2O to 1l2. This vote cor
responds precisely with the estimate of our
Washington correspondent, as published
last Saturday. counting Mr.. Caruthers,
whose presence would have made the Ad-
minisirrtion vote l13. The reckoning on
the other side was exactly justified by the
result. .tt .,.... .....i......F .........
After the customary reading, tie FIRST
vote taken was on the direct and rather un-
usual question, Shall the bill be rejectedi
This was sustained by the Republicans,
and appears to have been voted against by
all the other members, the Anti Lecomp-
tom Democrats included. 1t was, ol
course, voted down by alarge majority.
Mr.. Montgomery, of Pennsylvania,
Anti: :Lecompton Democrat then moved
the Crittenden substitute, with the slight
amendments agreed on in Caucus. Mr.
Quitman, of Mississippi, proposed to amend
by striking out the section in the Senate
Bill. embracing what vas originally the
Pugh amendment. This was sustained
by the Southern members generally, but
lost; yeas 72, nays 150. a3l.u-aiI ..y.
Then came the tug of war on the Crit
tenden substitute for the Senate Bill, which
was carried, 1870 to lI2. The bill was
then passed, by just the same vote. The
whole matter is therefore disposed Of in
the House, for the time being. - The Ad.
ministralion had made uniiring aid des.
perate efforts to avoid this defeat, but sig.
nally failed. So far, the right has hi
umphed. E"a s.agA
The bill now goes to theSenate. Should
the substitute be concuried in. then the
question would be finally settled. But nc
one anticipates such result. 1t will un
doubtedly be returned to the House fol
reconsideration, and the question will neg
be taken on receding from the amendment
With so clear a majority, it would hardly
seem possible that the House should re
cede In that event, sne bill is pretty Ger
tain to fall betwe cen the two Houses, as M
CommittSe Of Conference could probably
reconcile The difference. We do not fee
sure yet, however, that Lecompton i.
killed. We shall see in due time.
The vote on the passage Of the bill, a
amended by Montgomery's substitute, i
precisely similar to the above.
The following are the yeas and nays OF
Crittenden's substitute AL the mem
bers from Ohio. save two--Burns anc
MiIler-voted in the affirmative:
! YEAS-Abbott, Adrian, Andrews
Bennett, Billinghurst, Bingham. Brayton
Blair, Bliss, Blfingion, Burlingame, Bur
roughs, Campbell, Case, Chatiee, Chap
man, Clark, (Conn. Clark, IN. Y. } Col
fax, Clawson, Clark B., Cochrane, Cock
erill. Comins, Coyade, Cox, Cragin, Cur
tis, Damrell, Davis, Md. } DAVIS, Ola.
Davis, (Mass.) Davis, (Iowa, Dawes
Dean, Dick. Dodd, Durlee, Edie. English
Farnsworth, Fenton, Foley, Foster, Gid
dings, Gilman, Gilmer, Gooch, Good
win, Granger, Groesbeck, Grow, Hall
/ (obio) Hall, Mass Harlan, Har
ris, Md. Harris, (Ill.) Haskin, Hoard
Hickman Horton, Howard, Jones, Kel
logg, Kelsey, Kilgore, Knapp, Kunkel
(Pa. Lawrence, Leach. Letter, Lovejoy
McKibbin, Marshal, (Ky) Marshal, III.
Matteson, Montgomery. Morgan. Morrill,
Morris, (Pa.) Morris, IN Morse, Me.
Morse, On w Mott, Murray, Nichols
Olin, Palmer, Parker, Pendleton, Petit
Pike, Potter. Pottle, Purviance, Ricaud
Ritchie, Robbins. Roberts, Royce, Shaw
! (Ill. Sherman. Ohio) Sherman. { N. Y.
Smith, (Ill.) Spinner, Stanton, Stewart