Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-10-01

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GENTLEMEN u am in receipt OF your
letter and with pleasure proceed TO com
ply with yonr request. In dong thIS
sAall cnacayor to be bu"t though IL
must be- obvious that anything Ike iui!
history o! the proceedings OF tho u D.
Senate on the Resolutions hniharIy
kuoNn rs the Crlteuden Compromise, and
the occurrences incident thereto, cannot
be compressed into very short story
You can ali bear me witness that IN the
addresses have made to the people since
nv rclirncy from the Senate l nave not
SOUGHT TO press this subject on their con,
sidera,ion IN any party light have held
tina, the government and country must
.Le saved no malter whose folly and mad>
ness had lmpcrjled thcm-tnat we should
first cXtnguish the flames that are con
suming our national fabric, and afterwards
look up aud punish the lncenua!y wLo
had al, lied the torch but rs the SUBJECT
ha. been brought before this community
by a distinguished member OF the Repuo'
lican party, for partizan ends, and state
ncnts made inconslstant with the record
it is eminently proper that the facts
Il.a.l all the essential facts-should be given
to the pablo.
ti,not true that some Republican
members of the Senate supported the
,"Crittenlen Compromise and some
opposed it. They opposed II throughout
and without an exception. Their efforts
70 defeat il were in the Usual shape OF
Iuostponements and amendments, and 1t
was not until within few hours of the
close Of the session that direct vote "as
had on The proposition itself.
On the llth of January, they cast un-
tied vote against its consideration, and on
they 18th they did same thing, 10 or
idcr to consider the Pacific Il X. Bill.
But the first test vuue was had on the
18th day OF January, on the motion o.
Mr.. Clark, Of New Hampshire, to strike
.out the Crittenden proposition, and lnserI
certain resolutions Of his own, the only
. object manifestly being the defeat OF thc
| forme,. The yeas and nays on this vote
were as follows:
Yeas Mcssrs. Anthony, Baker, Bing
ham, Cameron, Chandler, Clark, COllamer
z Dixon, Doolittle, Durkee FessendeD
| Foot Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, King
r Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck
! Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson and Wilson
-2j.
. Navs- M9ssrs. Bayard, Bjgler, Bragg
I Bright. Clingman ,CritteEdon, Fitch, Green
Lane, Latham, Mason, Nicholson, Pearce
Polk, Powell, Pugh, Rice, Salisbury an,
- Sebastian -23.
$ SO Mr.. Clsrk's amendment preyailc,
v and the Crttcnden proposition was de
IA, n
result the whole subject vas laid on III
table.
3 This was the vote on which some six O
o eight Senators from the Cotton State
Il withheld their votes and Of this ! sha
speak hereafter.
II is true, that within few hours aGte
q these proceedings, as though alarme
II about the consequences Oi what had bee
4 done, Senator Cameron moved arecOnslJ
:. eatioa of the vote by which the Critter
y den proposition hadlbeen defeated.
This motion came up for considerable
At on the 18th, and to the amazemont OF e'
# CIV body not in the secret, Senator Came
. on voted against his own motion, and VI
" oiued by every other Senator fhs part
20 The vote is recorded on p. AS Of lst vo
NDDgTeShlOidI bl''lt, duN - 10 IOAiO""
RS Yeas-Messrs. Bayard, Biglcr, Brag
If Bright, Clingman, Critteuden, Dougla
- Fitch, Green, Gwin, Hunter johnson,
u Arkansas, johnson, ofrennessee, Kenn
g" dy, Lane, Latham, Mason, Nicholso
L. Pearce, Polk, Powell, Pugh, Rice, Saul
- bury, Sebastian ard Slidell-27
-, Nays-Messrs Arttony, Baker, Bin
x ham, CAMERON, Chandler, Clark, Coll
I mer, Dixon, Doolitte, Fessenden, Foe
er Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan. King, Sc,
\, ard, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Wsd
, Wigrall, wilkinson and Wilson-24
~ This vote was regarded by many as col
I elusive against the Crittenden pIoposilio
ly ior the reason that the Republican Sen
Va tors, after full delberation and consult
q lion, had cast a united vote against it.
shall never forget the appearance al
ok bearing of that venerable patriot, John
Cril.enden, on tie announcement Of Il
result. II heart seemed fullto oyerflowi
III with grief. and his countenance bore 4
he unmislakab able marks of anguish and dc
- mir. The motion of Senator Cameron
reconsider had inspired him with hope
strong hope but the united vote OF 1
II, Republican Senators against his propo
C. ton showed him too clearly that his
in forts we're vain.
The final vote was taken directly
p agreeing to the Crittenden proposition
A the Sd Of March--one day before the hi
ds adjournment Of Congress- ard Is recoT
cd Oh ?. l4o5, Of the Oonsresicns! G!o'