Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-09-22
SPEECH OF SENATOR JOHNSON.
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 The veto message of the President having
 been read in open Senate on the 22d of
 June, 1S60-
 MT. WADE said: MT. President. hone we shall proceed now to take vote on this subject without debate, because the session IS near at an end, anl 1t is impos- sible to take 1t up and debate it. Of course, Ii debate Is commenced on one side of it., 1t will be continued on the other. I hope we shall have vote upon the message I only wish to observe that, when. this bill passed finally, 1 believe there were but two votes against 1t in the Senate; and hope senators will stand by the opinion they then expressed.
 Mir. JOHNSON, of Tennessee. I am in hopes that the Senate will proceed to the reconsideration of this measure without any discussion. 1 am free to say though, that there Is much that I would like to say in connection with. or in answer to the veto message which has just been read at the Secretary's table; but am prepared to suppress that, and am willing that the Senate shall proceed at once to the consid- eratlon ofthe bill returned by the Executive with the veto. l hope that we can have action upon 1t without the further con sumption of time. The session has nearly expired But short time remains before we must close our deliberations here, and I hope we shall proceed to the consideration of the bill without any discussion whatever.
 Mir. JOHNSON, of Arkansas l will ask the chair if there is business depending now before the Senate, and if it is preclu- ded by the introduction of this message?
 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair thinks that the message is now before the Senate.
 Mr. HAMLIN and Mr. WADE. Let us vote.
 Mr. JOHNSON, of Arkansas. Vote on what? On my bill?
 Mr. WADE. On the homestead bill
 Mir. JOHNSON, of Arkansas l can not agree to that. If it is necessary to do so, l am not ready; but still will go into a discussion of that matter This home stead bill has been changed wholly and entirely from what 1t was when the Senate passed it. l never would have consented to bring in the homestead bill in the shape | bill as l could sanction at any time with my honest judgment of what is for the interest of the country and what is a just and liberal dealing by the actual settlers. l do not want to go into that matter just at this moment, and will ask the Senate to postpone 1t. "Oh, no!"1 Then 1 will make proposition which shall be a test of the sense of the Senate. and 1 hope it may be obtained to be as full as possible, and l will not further debate it. 1 make mo- tion that the further consideration of this bill and the veto message be postponed until the first Monday of December next.
 Mir. CHANDLER. l ask for the yeas and nays on that proposition.
 MT. MALLORY. trust that the post ponement will be agreed to, and for the simple reason that I doubt whether ten gentlemen of the Senate have heard the reasons of the veto. I hardly think there are ten in the Senate who can now give the reasons which are assigned in the veto for everything the bill. It isa very important measure, in which my State particularly, with other land States, is interested voted for the measure with a great deal of reluctance and hesitation. It was not such bill as 1 could altogether approve, and l l desire an opportunity of reading the reasons 1 Of the President.
 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the motion to postpone the further consideration of the bill, together with the veto message returning 1t to the Senate, until the first Monday of Decem- Der next.
 Mr. FESSENDEN. On that proposi- tion the yeas and nays were demanded.
 The yeas and nays were ordered. The Secretary proceeded to call the roll.
 Mr. LATHAM I desire to say, with the consent of the Senate, that 1 intend to vote for the postponement; but in doing so, I wish it distinctly understood that 1 am not in favor of the veto. l shall vote against it, if it comes up now, or if 1t comes up in December ] vote for the postpone ment now because I believe that if we take up the veto message it will lead to discus sion, and I think there are important ques tious that ought to be disposed of by Con- gress between this and the adjournment.- | vote ''vea.''
 Mr. LANE wish to say that, for the reasons given by the Senator from Cali fornia, l vote "yea."
 Mr. KING I desire to state that my colleague MT. SEWARD, is paired off with the Senator from South Carolina, Mir. HAMMOND
 Mr. SLIDELL. am paired off with the Senator from Michigan, Mir. BINGHAM. 1 should vote for the postponement. bor nays 26-as follows:
 YEAS-Messrs. Brag, Brown, Chesnmt, Crit tenden Davis, Green. Hemphill, Hunter, Johnson | of Arkansas, Lane, Latham, Mallorv, Mason Pearce, Polk, Powell, Sebastian, Toombs, and Yulee-l9.
 NAYS-Messrs. Anthony, Chandler, Clark, Doolittle. Durkee Fcssenden, Fitch, Foot, Foster, | Gwn, Hamlin, Iverson. Johnson of Tennessee, King, Nichols on, Pugh, Rice, Simmons. Sumner, Ten Eyck. Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, and I Wilson-26.
 | So the motion was not agreed to-
 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question before the Senate is, "shall the bill pass, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding?
 MT. JOHNSON, of Arkansas. will ask the Secretary to read the last confer ence report. l was not here at the time. and l wish b have 1t read. l have heard of it's character from report; but I have not even had opportunity to sec it. I be- lieve l know its substance; but should be glad to have 1t read
 Mir. TOOMBS. It does not make any | difference.
 Mir. JOHNSON, of Arkansas. want it read on account of certain points to which 1 desire to call the attention of the Senate.
 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair is informed by the Secretary that it is not on the table, but he has sent for it to the office of the Secretary.
 Mir. JOHNSON, of Arkansas. Then I \ will state it from memory, and call the at Mention of the Senate to it. When this bill Twas undertaken, it was undertaken with a [ Eew to put it in such form that it could eceive the support of both sides of this : Samber, especially where previously it had ) np fought with the greatest and strongest | rkuI- xl. II