The weekly Mississippian., 1860-04-11
The Slavery Question in Congress.

As Southern Journalist, We owe it to our
readers again to call their attention to the pro-
ceedings in Congress upon the slavery ques-
ton, on the 18th ult
In the first place a bill was introduced by a
member rejecting the Abolition sentiment OF
the North, repeating the fugitive slave law OF
1850 which is based upon an indispensable
| constitutional provision without the adoption
Of which the Union would never have been
| formed, and upon the faithful maintenance of
which its existence has been staked by several
of the Southern States mississippi among the
rest) in solemn conventions of the people
TI.a-Isisl .,as ps.Sas-..ss s
nllttee.
The second movement was even more sig
nifieant Of the designs of the anti-slavery leg
islators. 1t was in the form of the following
resolution offered by Mr. Blake, an abolition
member from Ohio:
WHEREAS, That the chatteling of mankind
and the holding of persons as property, is con-
trary to the natural justice and the fundamen-
tai principles of our political system, and is
dICfliUuCiI W COuIIIy
out the civilized world, and serious him
drance to the progress Of liberty throughout
the nations of the earth, therefore,
ResoIUea, That the Committee on Judiciary,
be and the same are hereby instructed, to in
qure into the expediency of reporting a bill
giving freedom to every human being, and in
terdicting slavery wherever Congress has the
constitutional power to legislate on the sub
ject.
1t will be seen that the resolution is con-
eeived in the most rancoIous spirit of ultra
anti-slavery fanaticism. 1t proposes to place
the slave property of the South under the
bane of the federal government, and to destroy
it by the system of federal legislation threin |
suggested. When it was offered Mr. Smith, |
of Virginia, and others, objected to its being en-
tertained. The objection was finally with |
drawn, and Mr.. Singleton, of this State, de-
manded the ayes and noes on the adoption of |
the resolution, that the country might see
how many Representatives would vote for
such "a measure. The question was taken
and twas found that no less than sixty men,
bers were prepared to record their votes in its
favor.
YEAs--Messrs. Chas. T. Adams, AIdrich,
Alley, Bingham, Blair, Blake, BraEton, Buff
fington, Burlingame, Burroughs, Butterfeld,
Carey Carter, Colfax, Conklin, Curtis, Delano,
Duell, Edgerton, Edwards Elliot, Ely, Farms
worth, Foster, Frank, Gooch, Grow, Gurley,
Hale, Helmick, Hoard, Humphrey Hutchins,
Francis w. Kellogg Dewitt, c. Leach, Lee,
Loyejoy, McKean Morrill,, Olin, Palmer, Pot
ter, Pottle, Rice, Sedgwick, Sherman, Somes,
Tompkins, Train, Vandever, Waldron, Wal
ton, Wadwallader C. Washburn, Elihu B.
Washburn, Wells and Windom-6O.
NAYs.-Messrs. Allen, Thomas L. Ander-
son, Ashmore, Avery, Barksdale, Barr, Bar
rett, Bocock, Boteler, Boyce, Branch, Briggs,
Bristow, Burch, Burnette, Campbell, j ohm B.
Clark, Clopton, Cobb, John Cochrane, Cooper,
Cox, James Craig, Burton Craige, Crawford,
Jurrey, IL. Winter Davis, John G. Davis,
Reuben Davis, De Jarnette, Dunn, Edmund
ION, Ethridge, Florence, Folke, French, Gar
,ett Crarf-eI Gilmer4 Has--:Ito-{ uSEese4-zsg =
T. MUrrIs0n uaTTTs, John L. Harris, Hatton, {
Hill, Hindman, Holman, Houston, ,
Hughes, jackson, jenkins, Jones, Keitt, Ken
Fon, kunkel, Lamar, Landrum, James NJ.
leach, Leake Logan, Love, Mallory, Charles 9
D. Martin, Ebert S. Martin, Mcknight, Nc i
Pherson, Mcqueen, McRae, Miles, Millson,
Montgomery, Laban I. Moore,
Edward Joy Morris, Isaac N. Morris, Niblack,
Nixon, Noell, Phelps, Porter, Pryor, Pugh,
luarles, Reagan, Riggs, James c. Robinson,
Ruffin, Sehwarts, Scott, Scranton, Simms,
Singleton, VIM Smith, Stallworth, Stevenson,
James A. Stewart, Stokes, TAYLOR, Thayer,
Thomas, Trinble, Underwood Vallandigham,
Whitley, Winslow, Woodson and Wright
100.
The important point is not to be overlooked {
hat 8iIty votes were cast in favor of the i'm {
mediate adoption of a system of federal legis- I
alton to destroy the institutions of the South !
These sixty votes came from the following ,
States From New York Is, Massachusetts ,
}, Ohio 8, Pennsylvania 4, Illinois and Michi- {
,an each, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Iowa,
Maine, Vermontand.. Wisconsin, 2 each, and In
llama and Rhode Island l each. Mr. Sherman,
who was persistently supported for Speaker,
or two months by the Black Republicans, f
vas one of the members from Ohio who voted
or this resolution.
As a cotemporary remarks, if there was
previously any doubt as to the animus of the
Black Republican party, who can cherish a
loubt now ? Is any additional proof required
o demonstrate that Black Republicanism is
fanaticism run mad
.