Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-03
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY BY
EDGAR SEOWDEN.
ALEXANDRIA,:
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 3, 1855
The Kansas Bill Decision OF the House
OF Representatives. &C.

The Kansas Bill Decision OF tho House
OF Representatives., sc.
The summary of the proceedings OF the
House of Representatives, on Thursday, pub
lished in yesterdays Gazette. gave our read
ers the result of the action OF the House IN
the KANSAS case--which was, that majority
of the House had declared itself in favor Of
the admission Of Kansas into the Union,
subject to certain terms and conditio ms,
which are substantially the same with those
Of what is known as the "Crittenden amend
ment." The amendment adopted provides
for sending back the Lecompton constitution
to be voted on by the people of Kansas, aud
in the event of its rejection, for the formation
of another constitution; and provides, also,
that the State may be admitted with this
second constitution, if the people of Kansas
adopt it, by the simple proclamation OF the
President. We now proceed to detail, at
length, for present Information and future
reference, the history of this transaction.
The first vote was on Mr.. Giddlngs's motion
TO reject the Senate bill; and this proposal
was voted down by majority of forty-two.
This was square division between those
who desire settlement of the Kansas Difficult
ties and those who desire to keep them open
to plague the country in the future. All the
black republicans voted for the rejection, TO-
petber with Messrs. Harris, of Illinois. and
Chapman and Hickman, of Pennsylvania
All the Lccompton democrats III the House
voted in the negative. together with tie
.sSouth Americans" and the most Of those
who, elected as democrats. have yet thus far
followed Douglas against the organization OF
their party Oh this question. The ayes were
95, flor rejection and the noes were 1871,
against rejection.)
Mr.. Montgomery, of Pennsylvania, then,
in behalf of the opponents OF the bill, offered
as q substitute q modification of Senator
Crittenden's amendment, which had been
agreed upon By the anti-Lecompton men,
beers in caucus. The substitute makes the
submission of the Lecompton Constitution
to the legal voters of Kansas a condition
precedent to admission, and in case OF its re-
lection by them, provides for new c)nstltu-
tional Convention.
Mr.. Quitmau, of Mississippi, proposed an
amendment restoring the original Senate bill,
but emitting the proviso inserted upon the
motion of Senator Green, commonly called
the "Puph amendment" Some other amend
ments were suggested, but they were cut on
by the previous question.
The voting then commenced. Mr.. Quit
mans amendment was lost-yeas " nays
l60. Mr.. Montgomery's amendment was
adopted 100, nays 1l2; and then the
bill, as amended, was passed-yeas l2O,
nays H. the vote being precisely the same
as the one preceding.
1t will be observed that on the question
on striking out from the bill, the dcclara-
ton which recognizes the power of the peo'
pie of Kansas to alter their constitution at
any time they may think proper, there was
q majority of SS in favor Of retaining the
declararation! Those who voted IN taror
of striking out the declaration were:
Messrs Atkins, avery Barksdale, Bocock,
Bonham Bowie Boyce, Branch, Bryan, Burnett,
Caskie, John B. Clark, Clay, Clemens, Cling
man, Cobb, Burton Craige, Crawford, Curry,
Reuben Davis Dowdell Edmundson, Elliott
Eustis. Faulkner, Garnett, Garsrelle, Cooke
Hawkins Hill, Hopkins, Houston, jackson,
Jenkins, Jewett Keitt, Jacob NJ. kunkel, La
mar Ietcher. Loveoy, Mcqueen, Mason, May
nard Miles. Millson. Moore Peyton, Phelps
Powell. Ouitman, Reagan, RHtin, Sandldge,
Savage, Scales, Seward, Henry NJ. Shaw, Short
er, Singleton, William Smith, Sta!iworth Ste
yenson, James A. Stewart, Talbot, Miles lay
lor, Trippe Watkins, Winslow, Woodson, Au-
eustus r. Wright, John N. Wright, and Zollicof-
fer-72.
The Nays were, as stated, l6o.
The following are the Ayes and Noes on
the adoption of Mr.. Montgomery's (Critten-
den's) amendment, and on the passage OF the
amended bill
Yy,s-Messrs. Abbott, Adrsin, Andrews,
Bennett, Billinghurst, Bingham, Blair, Bliss,
Bravton, Buifnton, Burlingame, Burroughs
Camnbell. Cass, Chaffee Chapman, Clark OF
Connecticut, Clark of New York, Clawson,
Clark B. Cochrane of New York, Cockerlll, Col
fay. Comins Covode, Cox, Cragin, Curtis, Dam
rell Davis of Maryland, Davis Of Indiana,
Davis, of Massachusetts, Davis OF Iowa, Dawes,
Dean. Dick, Dodd, Durlee, Edie, English, Farms
worth. Fenton, Foley, Foster, Giddings, Gllmer,
Gooch' Goodwin, Granger, Groesbeck, Grow,
Hall Of Ohio, Hall of Massachusetts,, Harlan
Harris of Maryland, Harris, OF illinois, Haskin'
Hickman, Hoard, Horton, Howard, owen
Jones Kellogg, Kelsey, Kilgore, Knapp. Kun
kel of Pennsylvania, Lawrence, Leach, Leitor,
Loveioy, McKibbin, Marshall OF Kentucky,
Marshall of Illinois, Matteson, Montgomery,
Morgan, Morrill,, Morriss OF Pennsylvania, Nor.
rio Of Illinois. Morse of Maine, Morse OF New
York, Mott, Murray, Nichols, DIN, Palmer, Par
her pendleton, Petit, Pike, Potter, Polite, Pur-
VANCE, Ricaud, Richie. Robbins, Roberts, Royce,
shaw of Illinois Sherman of Ohio, Sherman OF
New York, Smith OF Illinois, Spinner, Stanton
Stewart Of Pennsylvania, TapPan, IhayeI'
Thompson, Tompkins, Underwood, Wade, Wal
br;dee Waldron, Walton, Washburn OF Wiscon'
sin. Washburne of Illinois, Washburn OF NAME
Wilson, and Wood--l2O. ,,.:u.
N.vs-Messrs. ALL Anderson, Arnold, Atkins
Ayerv Barksdsle, Bishop, Bocock, Bonham'
Bowie, Boyce, Branch, Bryan, burnel'' o 6''i
Caskie, Clark of Missouri, Clay, Clemens, IIins'
man, Cobb, JohL Cochrane of New York, Corn
ing, Craig of Missouri. Craige of North caro-
lima, Crawford, Curry, Davidson Dams r OF
Mississippi, Dewart, DimmicK, DoWdeli' Ed
mundson, Elliott, Eustis, Faulkner, Florence
Garrett, Gartrell, ellis, Goode, Greenwood
Gregg, Hatch, Hawkins Hill, Hopkins, Houston
Hughes, Huyler, jackson, Jenkins, Jewett,
Jones Of Tennessee, J. Clancy Jones, Keitt,
Kelley Kunkel OF Maryland, Lamar, Landy, Lei
dy, Letcher, Maclay Mcqueen Mason, Maynard,
Miles, Miller, Millson, Moore, Niblack Peyton,