The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-06-12

Senate and giving the vote thereon. The Regis
ter is guilty of the absurd effort to make it appear
that Mr. Clingman is acting with the Black Re-
publicans IF the Register had published the
resolution together with the amendment, and the
proceedings attending it, it's readers would have
discovered that Mr. Clingman was not subject to
such unjus Inasmuch as the Register
has failed to do So however, will supply the in
territorial omission and will quote from the
National Intelligencer, which We suppose is good
authority with the Register and other opposition
papers.
In the Senate, on the 24th ult., the resolutions
offered by Mr. Davis, in regard to the Territories
and the question of slavery, were under considera-
ton. Mr. Clingman voted for all the resolutions,
but offered amendments to the 4:h and 9Th The
4th resolution is fellows:
Resolved That neither Congress Territorial
Legislature whether by direct legislation legislation
of indirect and unfriendly character possess power
to annu impair the constitutional right of any citi
of the United States take his slave property into
the common Territories and there hold and enjoy tue
same while the Territorial condition remains.
Mr. Cingman moved to insert the following, to
come in after the above resolutions:
Resolved That the existing condition of the Terri
tories of the United States does not require
venon of Congress for the protection of property in
slaves.
Mr. Brown moved to strike out the word not"
and this motion quite animated discussion
arose, in which Senators Brown, Clingman, Pugh,
Crittenden, and others took part.
Before the question was ordered on the above
amendment the Senate adj ourned; but on the next
day, the 25th, the following action took place.
eve copy from the Intelligencer)
The immediate question pending was the amend
ment of Mr. Clingman, which Dir Brown had
moved to amend by striking out the word mot,
thus reversing the purpose of the resolution.
Mr. Crittenden, opp, addressed the Senate at
some length, sustaining the amendment Of Mr.
Clingman.
The question was then taken on the proposition
of Mr. Brown to strike out the word mot, and
decided in the negative, yeas D, nays AZ. Those
who voted in the affirmative were Messrs Brown,
Clay Iverson, johnson of Ark, and Yulee.
Mr. Collamer (black republican, then moved
to amend the resolution by striking out the word
"existing" and inserting after the word not "and
in our opinion never will" so that it would read.
chat the condition of the Territories of the United
States does not require the intervention of Congress
for the protection of property in slaves and in our
opinion never will"
This amendment was lost by the following vote:
YEAS-Messrs Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Collamer,
Crnendcn, Dixon, Doottle, Foote, Hale, tIamn, Hair
Ian, Simmons Ten Eyck Trumbull, Wade and Will
son-l6.
NAYS-Messrs Benjamin, Biger, Bragg, Bright,
Brown, Chestnut Clay, Clingman, Davis, Fitzpatrick,
Green Hammond, Hemphiil, Hunter, Iverson, johnson
of Ark, johnson of Tenn, Lane, Latham Mallory,
Mason, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Powell, Pugh Rice.
Sebastian, Sldell, Toombs Wigfall, and
Yulee-33.
The question recurring on the resolution of Mr.
Clngman, it. was decided in the affirmative by the
vote:
YEAS-Messrs. Bigler, Bingham, Bragg, Chandler,
Clark Clingman Collamer, Crittenden Dixon Doottle
Foot Grimes, Hale Hamlin, Harlan Johnson of Tenn.
Kennedy, Latham, Polk, Pugh Simmons Ten Eyck,
Toombs, Trumbull, Wade, and Wlson-26.
NAYS.-Messrs. Benjamin. Bright Brown, Chestnut
Clay Davis, Fitzpatrick, Green, Hammond, Hunter,
Iverson. Lane, Mallory, Mason, Nicholson, Pearce,
Powell Rice Salisbury, Sebastian, Sdell, Wigfa
and Yulee-23.
Now, we call the attention of the reader to the
fact that Mr. Crttenden, the leader of the Regis
ter's party in the Senate, sustained Mr. Clingman,
as did other good and true Southern men; and by
their votes the amendment was passed. 1t is also
worthy of remark here that MIR Crittenden alone
voted with the Black Republicans for Mr. Cola
mer's amendment, against which Mr. Clingman
voted, but the Register has no wrath to pour out
upon Mr. Crittenden's head-he belongs to the
immaculate opposition. And it is also apparent
that Mr. Crittenden is in favor of the doctrine of
non interv enton-he does not think there ever
will be any necessity for the intervention of Con-
gress in the Territories, about which the country
is now unnecessarily agitated.
MIR Clingmans amendment to the 4th resolution
did not set well upon the palates of the Blacks,
for Mr. Wilson, Of Massachusetts, moved its recon-
sideration and it was then rejected
But the bugbear which has disturbed the pleas
ant emotions of the Register, is Mr. Clingman's
amendment to the 9th resolution. That resolution
is as follows: Owe again quote from the Intelligen
cer.)
Resolved, That the Inhabitants of Territory of the
United States, when they rghtfuy form constitution
to be admitted State into the Union, may then, for
the first time like he people of State when forming
constitution, decide for themselves whether slav
cry a domestic institution shall be maintained or
prohibited within their jurisdiction; and "they shall
be received into the Union with without slavery, as
their constitution may prescribe at the time of their
admission"
Mr. Wilson moved to substitute for it, in effect,
a declaration "that slavery contrary to natural
right, the creature of local law, and as such could
not constitutionally exist in the Territories"
This amendment rejected, yeas 9, nays 80.
Mr. Clingman moved to amend the resolution by
at the end provided that it is not here
by intended to assert at this time the duty of Con-
gress to provide a system of laws for the main
tenance of slavery"