The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-10-16
Important Correspondence.
We take the following from the Harris
burg Patriot and Union, of October 6:

OLEAhficLD Dept. u, 1867.
Hon. w. .BIGLER-Dear Sir: The Hon. L
w; Hall, at present the candidate of the Re
publican party for the State Senate in tbi
district, in the course of his address to tn,
people on the evening of the 22nd instant
stated that some Republican mem bers O
the United States Senate had voted for The
Crittenden Compromise, and some voteC
against 1t, and that 1t would have been Car
rled had all the Southern men voted for it.
or words to that effect. He also complained
that certain Senators from the Cotton States
had withheld their votes on the Clark
amendment by which the Cr;ttendep Com
| promise was defeated.
As You were member of the United
States Senate at the time, and acted con-
splcuous part in favor of that and other
measures of al justment during the memor
able session of 1860 and 1861, and must be
very fam ilier with the facts, we respectfully
request that you furnish us, for public use, a
brief history of the proceedings of the Sen
ate on the resolutions fami.arly know as tn g
Crttenden Compromise, and of the surround
ing circumstances: JAS. II LEONARD.
and 30 others.
CLEARFIELD, Sept. 30, 1862
GENTLEMEN: | am in receipt OF your let
ter, and with pleasure proceed to comply
with your request In dol this, l shall
endeavor to be brief though il must be OBJ
vious that any thing like full history of
the proceedings of the United States Senate
on the resolutions familarly known as the
Crittenden Com promise, and the occurrences
incident thereto. can not be compressed into
a very short story.
You can all bear me witness that in the
addresses | have made to the people. since
my retiracy fram the Senate, | have not
sought to press this subject on their consd-
Grafton in any party light; | have held that
the Government and country must be saved
no matter whose folly and madness had i'm
peried them; that we should first eXtingush
the flames that are consuming our national
fabric. and afterward look up and punish the
ncendiary who had applied the torch; but
the sutject has been brought before this
community by a distinguished member of
the Republican party, for partisan ends, and
statements mode inconsistent with the re-
cord. it is eminentiy proper that the facts
at least al! the essential facts-should be
given to the public.
1t is not true that some Republican mem
bers of the Senate supported the ''Crittenden
Compromise" and some opposed it. They
opposed it throughout and without an eXcep-
ton. Their efforts to defeat it were in the
ments, and it was not until within a few
hours Of the close Of the session that a di-
rect vote was had on the proposition itself.
On the 14th of anuary they cast united
vote against its consideration, and on the
18th they did the same thing, in order to
consider the Pacific r abroad Bill.
But the first test vote was had on the 18th
day of January, on the motion of Mr. Clark,
of New Hampshire, to strike out the Cr;tten
den proposition, and insert certain resoiu-
tons of his own, the only object manifestly
being the defeat of the former The yeas
and nays on this vote were as follows:
Yeas-Mess Anthony, Baker. Bingham,
Cameron, Chandler, Clark, Colamer, Dixon,
Doolittle Durkee. Fessenden, Foot, Foster,
Grimes, Hale, Harlan, King, Seward, Sim
mons, Sum ner. Ten Eyck. Trumbull, Wade,
Wilkinson and Wilson-25.
Navs-Messrs. Bayard, Bigler. Bragg,
Bright, Clingman. Crittenden, Fitch, Green,
Lane, Latham. Mason. Nicholson. Pearce,
Polk. Powell. Pugh. Rice, Salisbury aud
Sebastian-23
So Mr.. Clark's amendment prevailed and
the Crittenden proposition was defeated.
On the announcement Of this result the
whole subject was laid on the table.
This was the vote on which some six or
eight Senators from the Cotton States with
held their votes, and of this | shall speak
hereafter.
It is true that within a few hours after
these proceedings, as though alarmed about
the consequences of what had been done,
Senator Cameron moved reconsideration
Of the vote by which the Crittenden propo-
sition has been defeated.
This motion came up for consideration on
the 18th, and to the am azemen Of every
ip ba SpnatOr
voted against his own motion and was join
ed bv every-other Senator of his party
The vote is recorded on page 443 of 1st vol.
Congressional Globe. and is as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Bayard, Biger, Bragg,
Bright, Clingman ,Crittenden, Douglas Fitch,
Green, Gwin. Hunter, johnson of Arkansas,
J Johnson of Tenncssee. Kennedy, Lane. La
than, Mason, Nicholson. Pearce, Polk,
Powell. Pugh, Rice, Salisbury, Sebastian
and Sldell-27.
Nays-Messrs. Anthony, Baker. Bingham,
Cam eron, Chandler. Clark, Collamer, DiXon'
Doolittle, Fessenden. Foote, Foster. Grimes
Hale. Harlan, King. Seward. Simmons
Sumner, Ten Eyck. Wade, Wigfall, Wllkn-
son and Wison-24.
This vote was regarded by many as con-
elusive against the Crittenden propostlon'
for the reason that the Republican Senators,
after full deliberation and consultation, hao
cast united vote against it. 1 shall never
forget the appearance and bearing OF 'ha'
venerable patriot, John j. Crttenden, on
the announcement of this result. His heart
seemed full, to overdowing with grief, and
his countenance bore the unmstabie marks
of anguish and despair. The motion OF
Senator Cameron to reconsider had Inspired
him with hope, strong hope; bu. the united
vote of the Republican Senator'S against his
proposition showed him too clearly that his
efforts were vain.
The final vote was taken directly on agree
ipo to the Crittepden proposition on the oi
l,y ha fora the # nal adj Ouru