Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-02-21

Extract from NC late speech OF Senator Johnson Of
Tennessee.

I
Bzssscs from Nc late speech Of Senator Johnson
~ Tennessee.
THE RECORD OF PIsToRy-THE SOUTH IN
Nor WANT Slavery rRorEcrEp N TN
TERRITORIES.
, But to come back to the poin; at which
the Senator. from Oregon speaks Of tn,
rescluiions introduced by the Senator from
mississippi, Mr.. Davis. I had referred
to those resolutions to show that Their
} was no occasion for this immediate seces
sion without giving tho people time L
!; think or understand what was TO be done
T thought so then and think SO now; ant
J want to show what tho Senator'S view,
were then, and see what has brought abon
such . change upon his mind since. We
find, that while those resolutions we're I'M
der consideration, Mr.. Clingman Offered
an amendment. to come in after the fourth
resolution. TO insert the following: !.
s"Resoired. That the existing condition
of the Territories of the United States does
not require ,ae intervention of Congress FOL
the protection of property in slaves.
ION the question to agree to the amend
ment proposed by Mr.. Brown, o-wit
Strike out Of the amendment tho word
1 mot -ir IS. xnigrt i.sGsi9I o
1T was determined in the negative
yeas. ). nays A." - 80 - d
Now. by striking out the word not it
makes the resolution read -
4 ."Resolrcd. That the existing condition
OF the territories ofthe United States does
require the intervention Of Congress for
the protection Of property in slaves e
Mr.. Brown. Of Mississippi, moved to
strike ont the word "not," thereby making
it read that the condition Of the territories
does require the protection Of Congress for
slave property; and upon the yeas and nay s
being taken on the motion to strike out
the word mot" there werc-yeas 5, nays
43. rlmt 1858 1rltalsH'
"0n motion Of Mr. Clingman.
The yeas and nays being desired by
one-i eth OF the Senators present.
Those who voted in the affirmative
are: Messrs. Brown. Clay. Ivcrson. John
son Of Arkansas. and Yulee ~ -
Those who voted in the negative are:
Messrs. Benjamin. Biglcr. Bingham, Bragg,
Bright, Chandler. Ches,iut, Clark, Cling.
man. Collamer. Crittenden, Davis, Dixon,
Doolittle. Fitzpatrick. Foot, Green, Gwin,
Hale, Hamlin. Hammond. Hemphill, Hun
ter. johnson Of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane,
Latham. Mallory. Mason. Nicholson,
Pearce. Polk, Powell. Pugh. Rice. Scbas-
tian. Slidcll, TenEyck. Toombs, Trum-
bull. Wade. WigfsII. Wilson"
Thus, fortytAree Senator's recorded their
rote during the last session Of Congress that
Il was not necessary to pass a law 10 protect
slavery IN the territories. Tho Senator
from Oregon, in connection with other
Senators. under the solemn sanction of an
oath declared that it was not necessary to
pass laws for the protection of slavery in
the territories. What right has South
Carolina lost since the last session? Via,
right has any Stale lost since the iasf ses-
sion Of Congressf You declared that Il scas
not necessary TO pass lac to protect them in
the enjoyment Of their property an the terri
tories; and now, forsooth, in the short
space Of two or three moons. you turn
around and tell the country that States are
justified in going out Of the Union. because
Congress ,eW NOT PASS law to project them
in the enjoyment Of their property in the ter
ritories rhen you so;d Il scas not necessary
That is what / call driving the nail in.
Laughter.
will remark as go along. that the
eloquent and distinguished Senator who
made his -valeiictory here yesterday. on re-
firing from the Senate. voted for that iden
teal resolution. This protection was not
necessary then. They sail it was wholly
unnecessary. But since that they have
walked up to sense Of its necessity. and
resolved TO seccde if it should not be grant
ell. To this same proposition Mr.. Albert
G.. Brown offered an amendment. Mark
you. this is the 25th day of May, 1860.
and that is not long ago.
"On motion by Mr.. Brown. to amend
the resolution by striking out all after
the word resolved aud in lieu thereof. in
serting." 7eAa ao9
wish had the whole continent here to
hear this paragraph:
That experience having already shown
that the constitution and the common law
unaidcd by statutary enactment, do not
afford adequate and sufficient protection to
slave property; somo of the Territories
having failed. others having refused to pass
such enactments. it has become the duty Of
Congress to intcrpose and pass such laws
as will afford to slave property in tho Ter
ritories that protection which is given to
other kinds Of property"
That is pretty clear proposition. Up
on that Dir. Brown made an argument.
showing the number of slaves in the Ter
ritorics. amt the action Of the Legislatures.
and concluded that IL the time ever would
arrive, it was then before Congress. and
and they should pass law on the subject.
What was the vote upon that? How does
it stand? We find. after an argument be-
ing made by Mr. Brown. showing that the
necessity did exist. according to his argu-
mont. the vote upon the proposition stood
thus: The question being taken by yeas
and nays. II was determined in the mega
tive-yeas 8. nays A.
Forty-two Senator's voted that ron did
not need protection; that slavery was not
in danger. sai
1.-The yeas and nays being desired by
ono fifth Of the Senators present.
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Messrs. Brown, johnson Of Arkansas. NAL
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