The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-03-04
THE NATIONAL ERA: WASHINGTON, D. C., MARCH A. 1858.

would have been to add about three or foul
thousand soldiers, rank and file, to the regula,
army, should the President deem the exigencies
OF the service to require such an addition-tS
serve for two years, when they were to be dis
charged.
Mr.. Pugh, Of Ohio, moved substitute, pro
viding for the addition of volunteers, not repu
larG, to be employed only twelve months, instead
of two years. This was adopted:
Yeas Messrs. Bell, Broderick, Cameron
| Chandler, Clark, Crittenden, Dixon, DooEttle
Douglas, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Hale
Hamlin, Harlan, Houston, johnson of Tennes
see, King, Pugh, Seward, Simmons, Sumner
Toombs, Trdmbull, and Wilson-26.
Nays Messrs. Allen, Bayard, Benjamin
Biggs, Bigler, Brown, Clay, Evans, Fitch,
Green, Hammond, Huntery Iverson, johnson
of Arkansas, Mallory, Mason, Pearce, Polk
Sebastian, Slideil, Stuart, Thompson Of Ken
tncky, Thomson Of New Jersey, Wright, and
Yulee-25.
And this amendment was then adopted, as
substitute for the bill reported by the Commit
tee, as follows:
Yeas = Messrs. Bell, Broderick, Cameron,
Chandler, Clark, Crittenden. Dixon, Doolittle
Douglas, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster
Gwin, Hale, Hamln, Harlan, Houston, John
son of Tennessee, King, Pugh, Seward, Sim
mons, Sumner, Toombs, Trumbull, and vii
son-27.
Nays Mesgrs. Allen, Bayard, Benjamin
Biggs, Bigler, Brown, Clay, Evans, Fitch,
Green, Hammond, Hunter, Iverson, johnson
Of Arkansas, Mallory, Mason, Pearce, Polk
Sebastian, Sidell, Stuart, Thompson of Ken
lucky: Thomson Of New Jersey, Wright, and
Yulee--25.
In the Affirmative" Black Republican, y
10; "neophytes," 2, Broderick and D0Gglss;
plugging together in the same sty" with them,
lin the language of the Presidents organ, Bell,
Crittenden, Gwin, Houston, johnson of Ten.
nessee, Pugh, and Toombs.
The question was then taken on the bill, as
amended-that is, on Mr.. Pugh's bill-and it
was decided in the negative:
Yeas-Messrs. Bell, Biggs, Broderick, Cam
ercn, Crittenden, Douglas, Green, Gwin, Hous-
tor, johnson of Tennessee, Mallory, Pugh,
Seward, Stuart, Thompson of Kentucky, and
Toombs-l6.
Nays Messrs. Allen, Bsyard, Benjamin,
Bigler, Brown, Chandler, Clark, Clay, Dixon,
Doolittle, Durkee, Evans, Fessenden, Fitch,
Foot, Foster, Hale, Hamlin, Hammond, Har-
Ian, Hunter, Iverson, johnson of Arkansas,
King. Mason, Polk, Sebastian, Simmons, Sill
dell, Sumner, Thomson of New Jersey, Trum-
bull, Wilson, Wright, and Yulee-35.
So the bill was rejected.
Read the comment of the Presidents organ
on this vote:
"The true friends of the Administration
measure did wisely and nobly in killing the
monster which sprung from the loving embraces
of Douglas, Hale, & Co., and in throwing the
responsibility Of The disasters which may follow,
upon the right shoulders"
The Union is as blind as bat. Mr.. Doug
las took no part in shaping the bill or the
amendments. "The monster was the off
spring Of Messrs. Johnson and Pugh, firm
friends Of the Administration and if all who
voted against it finally, acted wisely and no.
bly," and are the true friends of the Admins
tration," the Black Republicans must be pre-
eminent iavo!ites at the White House, for they
constitute majority of the negative vote ;
while such false friends as Bggs, Green, Gous-
ton, johnson Of Tennessee, Mallory, Pugh, and
Toombs, voted for the monster +"
But, leaving the Union to scold its friends in
Its own select style, We congratulate the coun-
try that there is to be no increase of Standing
Army, and that bad Administration has failed
in its first great measure, in body where it
boasts an overwhelming majority. In the rec
ord presented, our friends will observe the con.
sistent and manly position occupied throughout
the struggle by the Republican Senators And
they will observe another thing-that Mr..
Seward voted all the way through precisely the
same way, in perfect consistency with his de.
clared policy, which was, to grant the President
certain number of troops, for limited time
and specific purpose.