The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-09-13


Moore, Shorter, Stallworth, 6
Mississippi-Barksdale, Davis, McRae,
Singleton,
misunderstanding, Taylor, 2
Texas-Bryan, Reagan, 2
Acknowledgement, 1
Tennessee-Atkins, Avery, Jones,
MAYNARD, READY, Savage, Smith,
Watkins, ZOLLICOFFER, 8
Kentucky-Burnett, Clay, Elliott,
Jewett, MARSHALL, Mason, Peyton,
Stevenson, Talbot, UNDERWOOD, 10
Ohio-Burns, Cockerill, Groesbeck,
Pcndleton, Vallandigham, 5
Indiana--Davis, Foley, Gregg, Hughes, a
Illinois-Marshall, Shaw, 2
Michigan 0
Wisconsin, 0
Iowa. 0
Missouri ANDERSON, ,Caruthcrs, Clark,
Craig, Phelps, WooDsoN, 6
Minnesota 0
California 0
95
The defeat of the bill, in consequence
Of the incorporation into it of Mr..
Grows amendment, shows that a maiO-
rity of the House was really opposed to
that amendment, although it had been
adopted by vote Of 9S to 81. Certain
members, who did not dare to vote di-
rectly against the amendment, Joined
in killing it afterwards, by killing the
bill, of which it had been made part
by their own votes.
Thus Messrs. Stewart of Maryland,
Atkins, Avery, Jones, and Savage, of
Tennessee, and Jewett, Stevenson and
Talbot, of Kentucky, who had voted
for the amendment, voted afterwards
against the bill. Only one, Mr.. Blair,
Of the nine Southern supporters of the
amendment, proved true to it in the
end, and no other Southern member
came to its support in the final vote,
saving only Mr.. Davis of Maryland,
who represents the free labor interests
of the city of Baltimore.
On the same day, after the defeat of
Mr. Grows amendment, Mr.. Cavanagh,
a Democratic member from Minnesota
said, that the Democratic opposition to
the amendment would aid more "to
make Republican States in the North
than any vote cast in the House, in the
previous two years"
On the 1st of February, 1859, a
Homestead bill passed the House by
yeas l2O, nays 76-only three Southern
members rotiag for the bill, while the en-
tire Republican vote was given for it,
with one exception. OF the Northern
Democratic members 20 voted for, and
6 against the bill, but the great majori-
ty of the party, the Southern wing, which
has always controlled the action Of the
party, went against the bill.
Having passed the House the bill went
to the Senate, but there it was killed
indirectly, by the Democratic majority
refusing to allow its consideration, on
the pretext of more important business,
The Republican Senators voted in a
body for the bill, while the Democrats,
with but two or thrcA exceptions, voted
against it. On the motion of Mr.. Hun
ter of Va, to set aside the Homestead
bill and take up the consular apprOpri-
ton bill, the vote stood as follows, Re-
publicans in itdlics):
YEAs-Messrs. Allen, Bates, Bay
ard, Benjamin, Bigler, Brown, Clay,
Clingman, Davis, Fitch, Fitzpatrick,
Green, Gwin, Hammond, Hunter, Iver-
son, johnson, of Arkansas, Kennedy,
Lane, Mallory, Mason, Pearce, Reid,
Sebastian, Slidell, Toombs, Ward and
Yulee-28
NAYs-Messrs. Bell, Bright, Broder-
ick, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Di1on,
DooiiHle, Douglas, Durkee, Fsssenden,
Foot, Foster, Hale, Hanalin, Harlan,
Houston, johnson, of Tennessee, King,
Pugh, Rice, lSeOard, Simmons, Smith,
Stuart, TrumLuH, Wade, and WILSON
%.
The vote being tie, the Vice-Presi-
dent, Mr.. Breckenridge, voted in the
affirmative, and thus, after long strug-
gle, the Homestead Bill was, for that
day, overslaughed.
OF the twenty eight votes for over
slaughing it, all but five are from the
South.
OF the twenty eight votes in favor of
sustaining the bill, only three are from
the South, and of these three, only one,
Mr. johnson, of Tennessee, has any
afiliation with what is called the Demo
cratic party.
Repeated attempts to get the bill be-
fore the Senate were afterwards made
during the same session, by Senators
Wade, Doolitte and other Republicans,
but ell were promptly voted down by
the Democratic majority.
We come now to the action of the
last session of Congress on this subject.
Early in the session, Mr.. Grow, of
Pa, introduced bill in the House, sub
stantially the same as that passed by
the House at the previous session. II
was referred to the Com mmittee on Pub
lie Lands, and reported back from that
committee by Mr.. Lovejoy, and on the
18th of March passed the House by yeas
1l5, nays 65.
The bill was antagonized in the SEN
ate by a bill with the same title, re-
n m