Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-04-02

IS. Add these s votes to the nays, and IL
would have been yeas IS, nays 80. Mcssrs.
Allen, OF Rhode Island. Jones, Of Iowa, and
Wright and Thompson, OF New Jersey, were
all specially instructed by the Legislatures
Of their States to vote against the bill. Had
they done II the vote would have been a tic,
and had tho two usurpers from Indiana
been out. instead Of in, whore they belong,
Il, would have given clear majority
ugains, the monstrOsiry. Mr.. Cameron. Of
Pennsylvania. paired or with Jefferson Da-
yis, at the earnest request OF the latter, who
was sick and confined TO his room. Mr..
Puch, Of Ohio, AFTER laundering all round,
and irving every eIpedient to get the bill in
some plausible shape where no could have
some preienee to justify him in giving his
vote for 1t. caved in a, last, and obeycd the
instructions Of the Ohio legislature, and
voted against II. MeSrs. Crii,enden. OF
Kentucky, and Bell. Of Tennessee. voted
against the bill. Gen. Houston, Of Texas,
voted Tor II under instructions Of his L0gis-
la,ure, bat otherwise would have voted
agains, il.
of,hc 80 yeas. 25 were from the slave
and S from the slave State. or the nays,
% were from the free and . from the slave
States. Politically. among the yeas were
81 democrats and . Americans. Among the
nay. were 10 Republicans, 1 Democrats and
. Americans. Mc-srs. Reed, Of North Car
olina. and Batc.. Of Delaware, were absent,
and Mcssrs. Davis and Cameron, paired Oh
a, aforesaid.
Tho bold stand taken at the Gr., OF the
session. by Mc-srs. Douglas. Stuart. and
Broderiek, agains, the swindle, is worthy
Of all appreciation. They may have selfish
purposes, but surprising i'll -. 1t Is hui
man nature 10 10 more or lees selfish but
il should be remembered they were strong
party men, and had as many reasons ior
sustaining their party connections as any
other three men that can he found ia the
country hence no one can tail To see they
have madc a great sacrifice in cutting loose
from their party. aud assuming the indie.
pcnden, position they now occupy. What
ever Judgment may be formed as TO the
course OF these three Senator's, no one can
hd to s1iol the lofty patriotism and manly
independence OF Msssrs. Cri,icnden and
Bell. These Senators live in slave States,
are both large slave holders themselves. and
al ,hc,r ,ympathic- and associations must
bs with the institution. The speeches OF
thc-o two gentlemen asain', the locoppiOn
fraud, were every way worthy the men and
the noble Gauss they eloquenily ,indicatcd.
They were worthy Of the bcsi and mos,
ralmy DAY. Of the Senate, when Clay, Cal.
h1uu, Webster, Benton and Wright, gnood
tina, body. We wish every American ei,i.
rrn Of thi. broad Republic, North and South,
Eat and West, could rad the speeches OF
th--s two senators. In feryid cloqucncc,
sound logic. bold defamation, broad, dIsin.
trrcstcd, expansive patriotism, these two
spccchs. in our judgment, have not been
eIccllci for year., by any Of tue di',in-
cui,bcl men, who have contributed TO make
the senate the CREATES, Legislative body in
IN, world
The bold aud determined opposition Of
these two veteran Ssnators TO Lccomp,on,
/, fact .isui6can, and full Of meaning. l,
j. the .haIowlng forth OF coming events.
IL i. the bet evidence we have yet seen Of a
breaking away from the dc-po,ic dictates Of
the lavU oligarcly. These two speeches
will have tremendous power in the South,
where they will be extensively circulated
and read The patriotic. Union.lo,ine men
Of the South begin to see the reasonable
design, o, the black democracy, aud ere
long they will unite with the masses in the
North IN driving the Goth. and Vandals
from the White House, and restoring the
general Government, to the humane aud be-
nisn principles Of is founders.