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err 1enooctst;c associates dare mott It Is utterly
idle to talk about any such terms OF concession,
He emnhaticaliy ayows that he scanrot vote for
tbe Drorasitiou of the Senator from Kentucky (Mr.
| CRrzrENpESl I. Again he says;
,,eIove shat slavery Is local institution NUM-
o;o.I =; its character protected by State laws hav-
mo RIGHTS exclusively within those States except
tbe RIGHT to recapture fugitives who escape from
service Believing, as do that that is the correct
/ ever may be the consequences, vote for a prposi.
tion TO establish. protect and uphold slavery any
where on Gods earth.
Mr. WADE has declared that the day of compro-
mise is past" IMfJSEwsGD has proclaimed:
Congressional compromises are not likely to save
the Union. L think, also, that there is =
prevailing conviction that legislative compromise
VIII sacrifice honestly cherished principles, while
they anticipate future exigeRcies, even if they do
not assume extra constitutional powers, and are
less sure to avert imminent evils than they
tain to produce ultimately even greater dangers +
Tho N Y. Tribune has stated: 81
President Lincoln is not in favor of making con-
cessions to the Slave Power either pretended con-
SESSIONS or real concessions, nor in favor OF any
measures looking to the humiliation of Freedom anu
the Free States, no matter in what pretenses they
may be disguised nor by what seductions they may
be commended.
"This says GREELEY, ',oe rush to be understood as
saying Gadhoritqtrely." --L-lE Ery1s .oE
Our only hope of safety, our only hope of peace Is
in taking sides with the seeding States, IN such
manner that position cannot be misunderstood
The Vote on the Motion 10 Reconsider.
1t will be remembered that the resolutions Of
CLARK, of New Hampshire, were adopted in lieu of
the resolutions of Mr.. CRITTENpEN.g CAMERON of
Penn. moved to reconsider the vete adopting CLARKs
substitute The proceedings which we publish be-
lowishow that SEWARD and every other Black Re-
publican Senator-Eoted for retaining the substitute
instead of the original resolutions. We do not re
card Mr.. CR1rTExDEN's resolution, if it should pass
the Senate, as of any value to the South but this
vote shows the unshaken unanimity of the Black
Republican Senator'S -: a. ~
The Presiding offcer-The question is on taking
up the motion for consideration at this time.
The motion was agreed to-=ayes twenty five, noes
not counted - 1---7- q. s--
The Presiding oficer1The question now is on the
motion of the Senator form Pennsylvania to recon
slider the vote adopting the amendment offered by
the Senator from New Hampshire Mr. Clark as
substitute for the resolutions of the Senator from
Kentucky. -rr-... ..+-s..
Mr.. Cameron-My motion was made to accommo-
date the Senator from Kentucky but l shall vote
with my friends on this side. -
Mr.. Sumner called for the yeas and nays, and they
were ordered and being taken, resulted-yeas q,
nays "a as follows:
Heas-Messrs. Bayard, Bigler, Bragg Bright,
Clngman, Crittenden, Douglas, Fitch Green, Gwin,
Hemphill, Hunter, johnson OF Arkansas, johnson OF
Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane, Latham, Mason, NichOl-
son, Pearce, Polk, Powell Pugh, Rice, Salisbury,
Sebastian, and Slidell-27.-- - 49, -
NdyS-Messrs. Anthony, Baker, Bingham, Gamer
on, Chandler, Clark, Collamar, Dixon, Deolittle,
Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Crimes Hale, Harlan King,
Seward Simmon, Sumner, Ten Eyck Wade, Wig
fall, Wilkinson, and Wilson-24 s5