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their manifestation ou tn, part Of The gentleman
from Illinois--Mr FLORENCE remarked.
"Nhile the lamp holds cut to burn,

their manifestation nn the part Of The gentleman
from lIlinois.--Mr. FLORENCE remarked,
''While the lamp holds out to burn,
The viiest sinner may return.n
Much laughter. Mr.. BRANCH, of North Car.
ollna, declined to vote. The course being pursued
could only lead to civil war.--Mr. MORRIS, oi
Illinois, called up his resolution Of last Thursday
| which is as follows:
hesoircd Jy the House Of Representatives. That We
properly estimate the immense value Of our national
Union to our collective and individual happiness that we
cherish cordial, habtual and mmovable attachment 10
it, that we will speak of it of the palladium of our
pohticai safety and prosperity; that will watch its
preservation with jealous anxiety; that will dscoun-
thance whatever may suggest even suspicion that it
ch IN any event, be abandoned and Indignantly frown
upon the first dawning of every attempt to enate any
portion of our country from the rest cnfeebe the sa
cred ties which link together the various parts that
we regard as main pillar in the ece of
dependence, the support of tranquility at home,
abroad our safety our prosperity and that very liberty
Wich we so highly prize; that we have nothing in
the past, nor do anything in the present either
me election of Abraham lincoln to the Presidency of the
CEed states or from any other existing cause to jus
y its dissolution; that regard its perpetuity
more value than the temporary triumph of any party
any man; that whatever evils abuses exist under it,
ought to be corrected within the Union, in peaceful and
constitutional way that believe has sufficient power
to redress every wrong and enforce every right growing
out Of its organization pertaining its proper func
tons and that it is patriotic duty to stand by our
hope in peace and our defence in
Mr.. WASHBURNE desired to offer Joint resou-
ton to adjourn from Thursday next to January
2d.---Mr. LANDRUM called for the regular order
of business.-Mr. MORRIS was assigned the floor
| and moved a suspension of the rules; agreed to-
The resolution was then agreed to by yeas and
NAYS as follows:
YEAS.-Messrs. Adams, Adrain, Aldrich Allen Alley
Anderson, Ky, Ashley, Babhit Bingham, Blair, Blake
Brayton, Briggs Bufinton, Burlingame BurnhaEa But
terfeld, Campbell, Carey, Carter, Case, Colfax
Conkling, Coyode, Cox, Davis Dawes, Deano
Duell; Dunn, Edgerton, Ed wards, Eliot, Ely, Eng
French, Gooch, Graham, Grow, Hale, Hall Harris,
IIelmick, Hickman, Hoard Holman, Howard, Humphrey
Kilgore Kilinger, Leach, Lee Logan Loomis Lovejoy
Martin, McClernand, McKean McKenty, Mcknight Nc.
Pherson, Montgomery Moorehead, Morris (Penn Norris
Ill) Niback Nixon oln Palmer Perry, Petit, Porter
Potter, Pottle EdwinReynolds John II. Reynolds Rice
Riggs, Robinson, Royce, Scranton, Sedgwick, Sherman
SpauldIng, Spinner Stanton, Stewart tPennl Stokes,
rappan, Thayer, Tompkins, Train, Trimble Vandever
Eerree Wade, Waldron, Walton. Washburne, Qll.,(
Washburn jr, (Me.,) Wells, Wilson, Wood-otal 1l6.
NAHS.-Anderson, tMo.) Avery, Bouligny, Branch,
Bristow Burnett Clark Clopon, Cobb Crawford Curry
De Jarnette, Edmundson, Florence Garnett GartreiI
Hardeman, jr, HILL Hindman, Hughes, Jackson, .Ien-
kins, Jones, Landrum, Leach eake Martin Moore No
ell Pryor, Qqares, REAGAN, t<ufn, Scott, sckes Sin
wood, Vance, Webster, Mright-total A.
During The call of the roll, Mr.. MORRIS insisted
that Southern members should vote, many of them
declining to GO so.-Mr. COBB, of Alabama, said
no one could compel him to vote until he got ready
W hen Mr.. Florence's name was called, he said
the resolution contained Objectionable phrases and
sense of duty would compel him to vote No.
Mr.. WEBSTER, of Maryland, said that as much
40 he " tS GeFOteu tO the Union, IL 1t was proposed
to uphold it under any and all circumstances he
would vote-No. Applause the Southern
sidel After good deal of confusion, the result
was announced-Yeas llG, nays Al, so the resolu-
tion was adopted. The usual motion to reconsider
and lay on the table, was adopted.-Mr WASH |
BuRNE of Illinois, then calledup his resolution to
adjourn from Thursday next to January -, 1861. |
motion to suspend the rules to consider it, was
lost-yeas ST, nays 64.--Mr. CRAWFORD, of |
Georgia, offered resolution declaring that the |
Constitution recognized property in slaves; that
Congress had passed laws to aid the Shareholder to
re-eapture his slaves when they had escaped |
to a free State; that the Supreme Court had |
decided that negroes were not included in |
the Declaration Of Independence, and could
not become citizens, and that the House will
nov recognize and respect said decision.-
Pending the consideration OF this resolution,
Mr.. REUBEN DAVIS, of Mississippi, rose to q
question of privilege. lie desired to be excused
rom longer service on the Committee of Thirty
hfee. lie was satisfied that the Northern mem
lers of that committee cnly wished to extort fur
her concessions from the South, and were willing
themselves to yield nothng-Mr Davis was ex-
used.--Mr. CRAWFORD called the previous
uestion on his resolution.--Mr. SPAULDING,
+ New 0rk, asked for division of the question.
Mr. GROW, of Pennsylvania, moved to Law
he whole subject on the table, pending which the
iOusa adjourned