The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26
the Cuba bill, having been sssigrsd for that
hour, was the subject pending before the Sem

the Cuba bill, having been assigred for that
hour, was the subject pending before the sem
ate.
Hereupon. Mr.. Wade moved to postpone
the II O'Clock order, and continue the consid-
Grafton of the Homestead bill, and this motion
prevailed by the following vote:
YEAs-Messrs. BELL, Bright, Broderick,
Chandler, CLARK, Coilamer, Dickson, Douglas,
Dmrkee, Fssseaden, Foot, Foster, Hale, Hamlin,
Harlan johnson of Tennessee, King, Pugh,
Rice, Seacard, Simmons, Smith, Stuart, Itun-
buA, Wade and IVizson-27.
NATs-Messrs. Allen, Bates, BENJAMIN,
Bigler, Brown, Clay, Clingman, Davis, Fitch,
Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin, Hammond Hunter,
Iverson, johnson Of Arkansas, LANE, NAL
lory, Mason, Pearce. Reid, Sebastian, Slidell,
Toombs, Ward, and Yulee-26.
On this Vote an additional Southern Senator,
Mr. Bell Of Tennessee, ranged himself on The
side of H0mesteads. But this was offset by
the rafting back to the negative side Of Mr..
Gwin.
The Homestead bill was now again before
the Senate, but the question, as stated by the
Vice President, was still upon Mr.. Hunters
motion to set it aside, and take up the Consul
lar and Diplomatic Appropriation bill.
Mr.. Mason, of Virginia threatened an Z" er-
tended debate' upon the Homestead bill, if its
consideration were insisted upon. He declared,
at any rate for himself, that he intended to
"go into it pretty largely, because he had not
get kaoaon hill so traught acith mischief,
and mischief of the most demoralfzing kind"
Mr.. Wade and Mr.. Seward, in brief and en-
ergetic terms, exhorted the friends of the bill
to stand firm.
The vote was then taken upon Mr.. Hun
ter's motion, and resulted as follows:
YEAs-Massrs. Allen, Bates, Bayard, Ben
jamin, Bigler, Brown, Clay, Clingman, Davis,
Fitch, Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin, Hammond,
Hunter, Iverson, johnson of Arkansas,
Kennedy, LANE, Mallory, Mason, Pearce,
Reid, Sebastian, Slidell, Toombs, Ward, and
Yulee-2S.
NAYs-Messrs. BELL, Bright, Broderick,
Chandler, CLARK, Collamer, Dixon, Dooliale,
Douglas, Durkee, Fssseaden, Foot, Foster, Hale,
Hdmtin, Harlan, Houston, johnson of Ten
nessee, Hing, Pugh, Rice, Se,oard, Simmons,
Smith, Stuart, IrumbuH, Hade, and VII
| son-28.
The vote being tie, the Vice President,
Mr. Breckenridge, voted in the affirmative, and
thus, after a long struggle, the Homestead
bill was, for that day, oyerslaughed.
OF the twenty-eight votes for overslaughing
it. all but three are from the South, and one of
these five, Mr. Gwin, is only temporary resi-
dent of a free State.
OF the twenty-eight votes in favor Of sus-
tanning the bill, only three are from the South,
and only one of the three, johnson Of Tennes-
see, is Democrat.
And Greeley ought to have added that the
other two, JOHN BELL, of Tennessee, and
Io,,sfry, 1f H,avoc l,oIoroad 20 4haf br,a ~
of men, of whom John Bell himself spoke
when he said in 1850, in the United States
Senate, I" cannot forbear further to remind
my Northern friends that in the South and
Southwest there is body of men, who, for a
long period, have continued faithful and just
to them; sustaining them in their FAV0RITE
POLICY through every UicfssitaAde Of political
ortune''
We would now ask, what clearer proof dc
Southern men want, than what we have ad-
duced, to prove to them that John Bell, from
1854 to 1859, was hand in hand with the abo-
tionists in endeayoring to foist that outrageous
and comprehensive abolition land grabbing
measure upon the country?
The record, down to 1859, shows John Bel
to be voting with the abolitionists upon al
these test votes, while Jo Lane was voting
with the South
And with pride and pleasure we point te
the additional fact that JOIN G. BRECKINRIpGF
gave the casting vote on the side of the South
and in opposition to John Bell and his aboli.
ton associates, Seward, Hale, Hamlin, Wade
and Wilson-and for that day, at least, to use
Gree.ey's words, "overslaughed the Home
steads."