, 1861-03-04

voted REasust the fcanKun suoetleua
cured for it, causing tie in that delee~ aoon' !
David Dudley Field, who had been steadfas." ~ /
opposed to the whole proposition, Was absent
attending the Supreme Court when the de~
cisi7e vote Wis taken, which made a tie in his
delegation r>>': ek* =:
The whole number Of states" represented
numbered twenty-onc. Only ni:se finally sup
ported the slaye-code proposition; eight voted
arainst, three we're tied, and one declined !
voting.
The following exhibits the vote by States:
ron stsxE CODE. ,,;As.l AeA1ssr s1AvE CODE
AASnvgenSS,: Aans1snS., New hampshire, |
Tennessee, sermonts !
Delaware; 4asSasatnsGtts' 1as5ns4tnn4 /
Rhode Island Gonnecucut. |
New jersey. 1oRa, /
Ohio, North Carolina !
Illinois, ..- !;
Missouri, New York,
DECLINED VOTING.
Indiana : '.- -e..-,:- --.': !
Tie votes nre always counted as ,11s3df1ss !
votes. Nine is not majority Of twenty one.
Twelve States refused to safttioh the propo"
eltion. Illinois is placed In faiss position oy
the treachery Of Mi. Turner. Tie evening be-
lore he Illinois delegation deliberately voted
in the negative. Bat during tue night nys-
terious change came over the spirit Of MT:
Turner'S dream, and, To-! on the morning nc
7:auged himself on tha side OF the slavery eS-
so brilliant that it excited his envy, aud he re-
solved to dig in the hole where the member
from the Fourth District had found so rich
reward for hia lahoIs. ..-..
Immediately after the adjournment Of the
Corfere1ce, John Tyler communicated the re-
,et+nN No1ufa and ftfh+ nrGnnFftf01E WSfE
=; de the special order in that body for to-day
~ . t;s'ock The Compromises tired salute
nf i'm o,,ns at noon, In honor Of their aaop-
ton. z,, eoo.
tons xtsh to gu IT, a.1eds Of seetio5 10 at s.
or shall Congress- have powo. TO M a9tnoFsae @ ss any
hi:ber rate Of ta3utis9 on psrfons h-a ~ es''
erlabor than On laua," ,,nse "a
to lncorporate the idea distinctly IN the son, ~
stitntion Of property in man. Slayes are ~
be regarded Us property by the Geueral Gof-
era1uent, and taxed BY the SAME rule Us Ie:a
estate. They are to be put On The same loot
= iny ~ land. to be recognized as property 1ne
: same US farms aud plantations, by the aunda-
If anv douht should exist about slavery be-
ing nationalizcd By the LIST section, that doubt
Is removed by the seclon 'n- qnestion. ~
sec. Of the first article Of The present Cou-
.stne eunnort Of Government: ehal bc appof-
sstioned among the several States, according
stneir representative population"
By the present Constitution slaves are rcck~
oaed as perso11s, both for taxation and repre-
scntation In c.. .ngress. Tie proposed a1ncnd-
meet makes them property, i'll the eye Of The
supreme law Of the laud, tile same as horseai
town lots o. dwellings, The oligareny hare
Struggled f,r many years to acconpAsh this
.,arliur uurDpse. This old fossils secret ccu-
c.:;ya have given tho infamous conspiracy
;,iingt humss. Ia, ure their sanction. But the
3,rop{e, In The majesty Of their str2aiEtA ana
rec:1tude Of their sentiments, Will ssrlae II
down and ffamplc the unho1y thing under
foot
a,lopted the Guttsrie 1,ropos1icns as thtlr Plat
farm. They exfect 70 rally to their Tauks all
the ishy, weak-b.ckel Republicans who Lave
not courage eueugh to do right They c5p.S,es II p.,.s
conditional disuniouisis. They have no notion
, " expectation that twothirls Of either trhDch
, az Congress, is going to vote for these pro
slavery propositions. But they do expcet 70
make them az issue among the people at 70.
tire elections, and suppose that they e:n f,ue
: form The old Democratic platform haslne
: [.en crashed and destroyed, aud the party
stipwrecked, they believe that Oh this neH
r,ft they can doa5 not only sal,ore, but lnte
port. eo+.
" QEQ 4NEbE t1OLtEIo EVb "~~-
brInchcs Of Congress to swallow their pro
! slavery amendments to the Constitution, ant
+ after that procure the ratification by the Lcgfs
: 1atnses of three-faurths Of al tho states
jtwcnty-six States water will be Taught 70 ro1
up hill the last spark Of freedom NJ r. TaS nnf'
y vil be calling III; roll OF bis slaves ID III
. shadow Of Bunker Hill Monument.
: The clause Of the Constitution on the suc
!; jcct reads as follows: ~.
= s,The Congress, seheneper t.cofhirMGs d % eI cot
Il ancadmcpts to tsis Constitution. or on the appl
caton Of the Legislatures OF twot thirds u ms se'
ra States shall ca c91Een1on 1G6 na m
Il ,'assss asa s &;
oars e s<rerqt aft t or "y oy he .hIr os
oi cT rasidaation may b proposed BY fAe toa9Tes.
le The House spent all day yesterday consi'
crinq the various schemes Of co1nprom1nls
|; which have been matching all winter In
10 first thing voted On wss r. saosnt9'c NY e. :
y ron, to the Corwin resolutions, rscomnendin
IS 10 the several States to call NationM >Col
= yention. to revise the Constitution. It vi
VI lost, BY syes ~, noes 1G9. :.
ar The next thing voted On vas heaosge n
"A | otutiona--that famous acheme, which was
80 / save the the Union by throwing the Kepuo
& can platform and party overheard. The 70
I sto.d:-ayes, thirfB.t|yrec: noes, oHs lunar
and j4ftu eight The Republicans Voted sos
agaanst them. A. few pro.slasery nemoc1a "a
III. :; emphasis with which the Republicans shout
, No! when their names We're called, IVES Ee
'W refreshln9-partscularly to the author OF t
he resolutions. He got up asd made On urge
bis appeal to be permitted to W1th1raw them, 9
be from all parts Of tile House. Never Was I
IDS t seal Of reputation rnore iudcllihly stamp
~. upon any tning than on tho rntsbessotten 2
ua1 :,eny Of the gentleman from the Fourth u
bat trict. To describe his feelings Of anger g
A'e clsms Of Chicago" we're indicated, and
as YVES sustained if not avenged
1he The next proposition On which the Hol
voted wns Crtttenden's compromise-. 1t =
c'- negatived BY Lib against to 50 for, the measn
lily donel All the Dem ocra6 voted for
s. proposition which establishes slavery not o
,ut South Of $3.50 in all tho Territories now
-. longing to the United States, but which +
I've be Hereafter acquired. Stick pin there.
Corwin's report Was next in order. The
claeatory and advisory parts were adopted
ayes 136. noes IS. The joint resolution
En- amsnd tie Constitution failed to receive a +
=. Thirds vote, It was as follows: ~;
Anr1c1E H. 10 amendment a ehall be made tc
h95s xISa III e zhy IL %
tsos s 9S,ss .ssf " 9insag ss e.
vas It received 10 votes to Il against. "
and 4 motion to reconsider was Carried, and
, in other effort will bs made 9o-day to secure
. requisite two-t1irds mnjority.
most Cabinet making still engrosses the che
his tention Of the politicians who are congTes
here By the thousand. It seems to BE- SCI
ome that neither Chase nor Judd are going int
ex- Cabinet. The rank and file OF the party
nov insisting On Colfax. The feeling on heha
eN' Co1fax foF. Post.na6te General is not conf
ling. to the Republicans, but extends thronghou
Ha South Americans and Union Democrats:
Kentucky Congressional delegation Waite
rela- Mr.. Lincoln yesterday, and expressed the +
cst desire that Mr. Col{ax should be appoi
t::.. Postmaster-G The Missouri and
nessse delegstions, irrespective Of party
ID. united IN making . similar request; The
ciety ifornia aud Oregon members are alsoex'
~ inrly anxious to have him appointed.
,,rs Luz fssiipg L not confined to The North
We'd and Southwest, b,t Is strong in the Ea
there States. Spesker Pennington presented t.
:. Lincoln the memorial Of the New Jersey
. :, islature, asking for his appointment. ~
- lpointuent ,rig6tfply belongs 70 The Wes!
Gn-.. Goltax Is peculiarly qualified for the plac'
1-nrerEhe1,nfnrIy - tie choice Of the peo