Daily national Democrat., 1861-03-24
Senator johnson, of Tennessee. on the
jeff. Davis Resolutions and Bro WINS
Amendments.

Andrew Johnson, OF tennessee, IN the Senate
# the United States. in reply to the Seces-
,lonisls who attacked his first speech:
We find that while those resolutions we've
undei consideration, Mr. Ciugman offered an
amendment, to come in after the fourth reso-
luton, to insert the following:
" Hesoiusd Thai the existing condition of
the Territories OF the United states does not
require the Intervention of Congress for the
protection of property in slaves
On the question to agree ID the amend
ment proposed by Mr.. Brown, to-wit: Strike
out OF the amendment the word mot
at was determined in the negative-yeos,
D. nays, 43"
Now, by striking out the word "not," it
makes he resolution read:
'ResoiUed That the existing condition of the
lerIioirs of the United States does require
the Intervention of Congress for the protec
ZION of property in slaves"
MIR Brown. of Mississippi moved to strike
out the word not" thereby king it read
the condition of the Territories does require
the protection OF Congress for slave property;
aud upon the yeas and nays being taken on
that motion TO strike out the word mot"
they were-yeas 5, nays 43
"On motion of Mr. Clingman
" The yeas and nays being desired by one
fifth of the members present.
"Ihose who voted in the affirmative are
Me.srs. Brown, Clay, Iverson, Johnson, Of
Arkansas, Yulee.
Those who voted in the negative are
Messrs. Benjanin, Biger, Bingham Bragg
Bright, Chandler, Chestnut, Clark, Clingman
| COlamer, Crlttenden, Davis, Dixon, Doolltle
| Fitzpatrick, Foote. Green, Gwin, Hale, Ham
lin, Hammond, HemphiIl, Hunter, johnson.
Of Tennessee, Kennedy. Lane Latham NAL
Iory, Mason, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Pow ell,
Pugh, Rice Sebastian Slidel. Ten El elk,
roombs, Trumhull, Wade, Wigfill, Wilson. -
Thus, forty three Senators recorded during
the last session of Congress- that it was moi
neces -ary TO pass a law TO pro ect slavery in
the Territories The Senator from Oregon,
in connection with other Senator'S under the
solemn sanction of an oath, declared that it
was not necessary to pass laws for the pro
lection of slavery in the Territories. What
right has south Carolina lost since the last
session. What right has any state lost since
the last ses' ion of Congress? ? You declared
that 1T was not necessary to pass law to
protect them in The enjoyment of their pro-
perty in the Territories; and now, forsooh,
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 be-
eau e Congress will not pass "A law to protect
them in the enjoyment Of their proT erty in
the Territories, when you said it was not
necessary That is what | call driving the
nail in. Laughter will rem rrk, as 60
along, that the eloquent and distinguished
Senator who made his valedictory here yes
terday, on retiring from the Senate, voted
for that identical resolution This protection
was not necessary then. They said it was
wholly unnecessary But since that, they
have walked up to a sense of its necessity
| and resolved to eecede if it should not be
granted. To this same proposition Mr. Albert
q Brown offered an amendment Mark you,
this is the 25th day of May, 1860; and that
is not long ago:
"On motion of Mr.. Brown, to amend the
resolution by striking out all after the word
resolved" and in lieu thereof, inserting:
wish had the whole continent here to
hear this paragraph:
That experience having already shown
that the Constitution and the common law,
unalded by statGtatory enactment. do not
Afford adequate and sufficient protection to
slave property; some of the Territories hav-
ing failed Others having refused to pass such
ennctments, it has become the duty of Con-
gress to interpose and pass such laws as viii
afford to slave property in the Terri orirs
that protection which is given to other kinds
of property"
That is pretty clear proposition. Upon
that, Mr.. Brown made an argument, showing
the number of slaves in the Territories, and
the action Of the Legislatures, and concluded
that if the time would ever arrive, it was
then before Congress End they should pass a
law on the subject Whit was the vote upon
hat ? How does it stand? We find, after
an nrguu ent being made by Mr. Brown,
showing the necessity did exist according to
his argument, the vote upon the proposition
stood thus: The question being taken by
yeas and nays, it was determined in the mega
tive-yeas 3. nays AZ.
Forly.two Senators voted that you did not
need protection-that slavery was not in
danger.
The yeas and nays being desired by one
fifth Of The Senators present,
"Those who voted in the affirmative
are-Messrs. Brown, johnson, of Arkansas,
Mallory"
There are only three. Who said it was not
necessary? Who declared, under the solemn
sanction of an oath, that protection was not
needed
"Those who voted in the negative are
Messrs Benjamin"
All Yes; Benjamin!-
Bigler, Bragg, Bright Chesnut, Clark,
Clay, Clingman, Critlenden, Davis, Dixon.
Doolttle, Fitzpatrick, Foote, Foster, Green,
Grimes, Gwin, Hamlin, Harlin, Hemphill,
Hunter"
Hunter, of Virginia, also!
"lverson, johnson, of Tennessee Lane"
| Ali Laughter Yes; Lane, of Oregon,
voted on the 25th day of last May, that
slaves did not need protection in the Terri
tories. Now he will get up and tell the
American people and the Senate that he is
for Il State seeding, and for breaking up the
Government, because they cannot get what
he swore they did not need Laughter. |
That is what | call putting the nail through
Laughter in the galleries
The Presiding Officer (Mr Fitch, in the
chair) The galleries must preserve order.
Mr.. johnson, of Tennessee Then, after
voting that it was not necessary to have .
proposition to protect slavery in the Territo-
ries, the original proposition, as amended,
was adopted by vote OF thirty-five yeas
to two nays thus voting all the way
through even to the final action of the
Senate, that no such protection was neces>
sary.
These are the men now who are leading in
the Secession movement, and hunting up
their excuses for Revolution Driven from
one subterfuge to another, they at last rely