Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1858-02-17
The Vote in the House ON Kansas.
Will l. A M w. II 20 l. D E. N
EpIroR AND PROPRIETOR.


the following resolution, offered by Mr.. Harris, Of
Illinois, was taken up for consideration. Mr. Har-
ris demanded the previous question cutting off all
debate, which was ordered by vote of 1l3 to 1O7.
The resolution is in these words:
"Rexolred, That the message of the President en-.
closing the constitution framed at Lecompton, in
the Territory Of Kansas, by convention Of dele
gates thereof and the papers accompanying the
same he referred TO select committee of fifteen, to
be appointed by the Speaker, and that said commit
tee be instructed to inquire into all the facts con-
neced with the formation of said constitution and
the laws under which the same was originated and
into all such facts and proceedings have tran
spired since the formation of said constitution hav
ing relation to the question of the proprety of the
admission Of said Territory into the Union under
said constitution, and whether the same is accepta
bic and satisfactory majority of the legal voters
of Kansas and that said committee have power to
send for persons and papers"
Before the vote was taken, however, upon this
resolution, Mr. Stephens, of Ca, moved the Iefer-
ence Of the message of the President on Kansas to
the Committee Territories, the Committee to
which the subject properly belongs, and to which
the friends Of Lecompton desired to refer it. This
motion was lost by the following vote:-
YEAs-Messrs. Ahl. Anderson, Arnold, Atkins,
Avery Barksdse, Bishop, Bocock, Bowie, Boyce,
of New York, Clark of Missouri, Clay, Glenn
ems, Clingman Cobb John Cochrane of New York,
Corning Craig of Missouri Craige of North Carroll
ma, Crawford, Curry, Davidson, Davis of Missssip-
pi, Dimmck, Dowdell, Edmundson, Elliott, Eustis,
Faulkner, Florence, Garnett, GaTtrell, Gills, Gimer
Goode, Greenwood, Gregg, Hatch, Hawkins, Hill
Hopkins, Houston, Hughes, Huyler, jackson, Jen.
kinS, Jewett, Jones of Tennessee, j. Clancy Jones
of Pennsylvania, Kett, Kelly, Kunkel of Mary land
Lamar, Landy, Letcher Maclay, Mcqueen, Marshal
of Kentucky. Mason. Maynard Miles, Miller, Mill
son, Moore, Niblack, Peyton, Phelps Phillips, Pow
ell, Qui,man, Ready, Reagan, Ricaud, Rufiin, Rus
sell, Sandidge, Savage. Scales, Scott, Soaring. Sew
ard, Shaw of North Carolina, Shorter, Sckles. Sin
geton Smith of Tennessee, Smith of Virginia, Stall
worth, Stephens, Stephenson, Stewart of Maryland
Talbot, Taylor of New York, Taylor Of Louisiana
Trppe, Underwood. Ward, Warren. Watkins
White, Whitley, Wnslcw, Woodson. Wortendyke
Wright Of Georgia, Wright of Tennessee, and Zol,i
coffer-l13
NAYs-Messrs Abbott, Adrain, Andrews, Ben
net Biinghurst, Bingham, Blair, Bliss, Brayton
Bufhnton, Burlingame, Burroughs. Campbell, Case
Chaffee, Chapman, Clark Of Connecticut. Clawson
Clark B. Cochrane of New York. Cockerl, Cofax
Comns Cotode. Cox, Cragin Curtis. Damreil, Da
Wis of Indiana, Davis of Maryland. Davis of Massa
ehusetts Davis Of Iowa. Dawes, Dean Dewart. Dick
Dodd, Durfee, Ede, English. Farnswo,th, Fenton
Foley, Foster, Gidings. Gilman, Gooch. Goodwin
Granger, Groesbeek, Grow, Hall of Ohio, Hall o
Massachusetts, Harlan, Harris, of Illinois, Haskin
Hickman, Hoard, Horizon, Howard, Owen Jones o
Pa, Kel l'Gs, Kelsey, Kigore, Knapp, Knnkel O
Pennsylvania, Lawrence. Leach. Letter, Lovejoy
McKibbn, Marshall Of Illinois, Montgomery, Nor
gan, Morrill,, Morris Of Pennsylvania, Morris of III
nois, Morse of Maine Morse of New York, Mott
Murray. Nichols, Olin, Palmer, Parker Pendleton
Petit Pike, Potter, P"tte, Purviance, Richie, Rob
ms, Roberts, Royce Shaw of Illinois, Sherman o
Ohio Sherman of New York. Smith of Illinois, Spin
ner, Stanton, Stewart Of Pennsylvania, Iappan
Ihayer, Thompson, Tompkins, Wade. Walbridge
Maldron, Walton, Washburne of Wisconsin, Wash
ourne of Illinois, Washburn of Maine, Wilson, an
"ood-114
The reference to the Committee on Territories wa
defeated by one vote, and that vote was cast by +
Winter Davis, the Plug Ugly Representative fror
Baltimore who voted with the black Republicans.
The question was taken on the resolution of Nj
Harris, given above, and it was adopted, yeas III
nays Ill. The vote was nearly the same as tn
above, but Mr.. Gmer, of this Sta.e, did not vote o
this proposition. On the next notion however, t
reconsider the vote and lay the motion to recorsde
on the tabe-also a test vote, and designed to Fl
the matter securely as possible for the black r.
puoilcans--Mr. Gmer was present and voted wit
the South. Seventy two Southern Democrats, tws'
Weight Northern Democrats and eleven Souther
Anow Nothings voted against the resolution Of NJ
narr's; and ninety black Republicans al
Northern X. Ms, twenty-five Northern Dougl'
democrats, and one Southern X. N, Davis, of Nj
Iyand, voted for the resolution and against Il
oouth The Illinois delegation went in a bod
against the South. The Washington corresponde1
ol the New York Times, black republican pape
no'us the following language on the subject.
give 1t for what it is worth by way of showing IL
calculations of the black Republicans:
The triumph in the House to-day was complet
and Pendeton, of Ohio, who have over and ov
'sS'n been pledged against Lecompton, yielded.