Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-05-25


refused 60 cast them for fear that the
very proposition submitted to this body
might have an influence In changing the
opinions Of their constituencies. Why,
sir when the resolutions submitted by
the Senator from New Hampshire Mr.
Clark were offered as an amendment to
the Orittenden propositions, for the man
itest purpose Of embarrassing the latter,
and the vote taken on the 10th of Janu-
airy, 1861, / ask, what did we see There
were dftyriive Senator's at that time up
on this floor in person. The Globe Of the
second Session, Thirty sixth Congress,
part j, page 400, shows that upon the
call Of the yeas and nays immediately
preceding the vote on the substituting Of
Mr.. Clark's amendment, there were fifty
five votes cast. viii read the vote from
the GloJe r.1ad III. ...l4
'YEAs-Messrs. Anthony Baker,
Bingham, Cameron, Chandler Clark, Col
lamer, Dixon, Doolittle, Dutkee, Fessen-
den, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan,
King, Seward, Simmons, Sumner, Ten
Eycl, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, and
Wilson--25. 1867
'NAYs - Messrs. Bayard, Benjamin,
Bigler, Bragg, Bright, Clingman, Oritten-
den, Douglas, Fitch, Green, Gwin, Hemp
hill, Hunter, Iverson, johnson of Arkan-
sas,J Johnson of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane,
Latham, Mason, Nicholson, Pearce, Polk,
Powell, Pugh, Rice, Salisbury, Sebas-
tian, Slidell, and Wigfall--3O.
@The vote being taken Immediately
after on the Clark proposition, was as
follows:
"YEAs-Messrs. Anthony, Baker,
Bingham, Cameron, Chandler, Clark,
Oollamer, Dixon Doolittle, Durkee, Fes-
senden, Foot Foster, Grimes, Hale, Har-
Ian, King, Seward, Simmons, Sumner
Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson,
and Wilson --25.
"NAgs--Messrs. Bayard, Blgler, Bragg,
Bright! Clingman, Crittenden, Fitch,
Green, Gwin, Hunter, johnson of Ten
nessee,, Kennedy, Lane, Latham, Mason,
Nicholson, Pearce, Polk, Powell, Pugh,
Rice, Salisbury, and Sebastian--23.
y "SiX Senators retained their seats and
refused to vote, thus themselves allow
ing the Clark proposition TO supplant
the Crittenden resolution by vote of
twenty-five to twenty three. Mr. Ben
jamin, of Louisiana, Mr.. Hemphill and
Mr.. Wigfall, of Texas, Mr.. Iyerson, of
Georgia, Mr.. johnson, of Arkansas, and
Mr.. Slidell, of Louisiana, were in their
seats, but refused to cast their votesp
sat right behind Mr.. Benjamin, and /
am not sure chat my worthy friend was
not close by, when he refused to vote, and
/ said to him, "Bir. Benjamin, why do you
not vote? Why not save this proposition
and see If we cannot bring the country
TO it 2? He gave me rather an abrupt an
swer, and said he would control his own
action without consulting me or anybody
else. Said /, ''vote and show yourself an
honest man." As soon as the vote was
taken, he and others telegraphed South,
"We cannot get any compromise" Here
were six Southern men refusing TO vote,
when the amendment would have been
rejected by four majority if they had
| voted. Who, then, has brought these
evils on the country? Was it Mr.. Clark?
He was acting out his own policy; but
with the help we had from the other side
of the Chamber, if all those on this side
had been true to the Constitution and
faithful TO their constituents, and had
acted with fidelity to the country, the
amendment of the Senator from New
Hampshire could have been voted down,
the defeat of which, the Senator from
Delaware says, would have saved the
| country. Whose fault was il? Who is
responsible for ii? i think that is not
only getting the nail through, but clench-
ing it on the other side, and the whole
staple commodity is taken out of the
speech. Who did it? Southern traitors,
as was said in the speech of the Senator
from California. They did It, They
wanted no compromise. They accom-
| plished their object by withholding their
votes; and hence the country has been
involved in the present difficulty. Let
me read another extract from this speech
of the Senator from California:
81 recOllect full well the joy that per-
! vaded the faces nf some Of those gentle
men at the result, and the sorrow mani
! tested by the venerable Senator from
Kentucky (Mr. Crittenden.) The record
shows that Mr. Pugh, from Ohio, despair
ing of any compromise between the ex-
tremes Of ultra Republicans and Dis
unionists, working msnifestly for the
same end, moved, Immediately after the
vote was annognced, to lay the whole
subject on The table. If you will turn to
page 443, the same volume, you will find
when, at q late period, Mr.. Cameron,
from Pennsylvania, moved to reconsider
the vote, appeals having been made To
sustain those who were struggling 70
preserve the peace Of the country, that
the vote 'O0s reconsidered; and when al
last the Crittenden propositions were
submitted on the End day Of March,
these Southern States having nearly all
seeded, they were then lost by but one
vote. Here is the vote:
"'YEAs-Gessrs. BayaFd, Bigler Bright,
Crittenden, Douglas, ,Gwyn, Hunter, Jo ohm
son Of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane, La
tham, Mason, Nicholson, Polk, Pugh, Rice,