Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-02-10

ine passage of che i.iu- resolution Of tho
House 90, vlliaE ilr lU amendment t0 tine
Constitution O. the United States. yesterday,
wa, t.c great event ut thc week and %.
the Congress i- was great triumph, and
uu to t-- .as- u lmeu- Do lid not seem I1-si-
h.s t.l- o. could uiss VINO could have be-
Her-. THAT sue. democrats a- Julir1-L an-
VI tl.-t.rof Pe0u>y.vuu. vali hlge voted
directly l.r tar m-J-ale1 Imta mcmtcrJi
OBJ. arr >iIl0 -1Hlit, under severe press
u... absent himself from the hail might have
been expected, hut D.. was Dcw..lcuuE 90 see
lilr-.ln. pr.-s.. very advocates gct up and
give tnei. excuses fJr voting Dor the i1int res
olutIJu. In the ease of Udtll ct Brooklyn
and Gluson Of ElGtlo &c was entirely did.r-
eur. Trey are members ot the opp1siuJu. it
Is r-ue. tgt they are gcntl-mcn and possess
ami. slavery convictions The pr,--lavcry
opposition claim that some Of thc democratic
votes werc bought for the resolution, and
she Camden and Amb5y Railway is very free
ly mentioned in connection with the passage
u t1c resolution. Ihesc rumJrs. however,
are entitled to Do credit, for they are told by
member, -uartiuz uuder a defeat. was
amused a- private cJlllquy between Nads-
worth of Kentucky and Ihad Srcvers.
Waiswo-tn. by the way, Is one Of the abiest
men iu sire House He said % Stevens
.' You have 90 pay a very high price for the
au1-ate. Alr. Stevens was annoyed atthi5
inumauon OF a bargain Of some sort, but
NaisW1rth went ol 90 You not only are
compelled 20 admire their apostacy, but you
are obliged % praise then speeches. Mr.
Stevens acknowledged the force of the remark
The scene ia the House was q remarkable
one. have never seen 10 e4ualiet. From llJ'-
clock iu the morning -he galleries were deuseiy
packed and q very large number Of distIn-
guished strangers were admitted upon the
floor. anon. whom, hy the way. noticed
the commauiiu- lo-m Jt John JAY and the
leading proprietor lt the Springfield Repu5-
Icau. Two h0ur- were taken up by " the
nu0-tate-. a- WadswJrth calls them, Iu
explaining their votes Then came bitter,
ugly speech from Harding Of Kentucky, one
ofth0se hatsrs 5f human freedom and negroes,
who made q mistake that be did not g over
10 the rebellion no once, both for his own
satisfaction and our comfort IL WAS mean,
Kentucky sretc1. and The great audience lis
tened % il with manifest disp.easure. There
was no escape i.om Iy however. Then another
c0rperhead got the door. and the voting dld
not commence ti.l haitpast 3. Three votes
were O. keu-ti lav on The table, to reconsid-
er, and the final vote. Upon the two pre-
liminary votes more than Onc-third voted the
wrong wav. The uninitiated were alarmed,
hut Mr. Ashley and bis friends knew what
would carry the measure On the last vote
| three or four opposition members changed,
| doubtless hy previous agreement, and voted
I or the resolution. Mr. ColIax also, who Up
70 this time had not voted, gave his prompt
..aye, first notifying the clerk TO call his
name The final vote stood llg to So. When
[ the announcement was made a scene Of con-
Z fusion occurred which never witnessed IN
/ Congress. The members sprang 70 their feet
and started. embraced each other, and threw
up their hats The ladies' in the galleries,
! a. If by one impulse, waved their white hand
kerchiels till there was perfect snow-storn.
] The men cheered II tones Of thunder, and
I the worst OF = was thar the ft Of frantic,
I mad enthusiasm would not 90 Of The
! Speaker did not attempt 10 stop the applause,
for he might as well have uied 70 arrest the
course Of the sun in the heavens; but after
@ fair allowance Of time he raped away with
bis gavel lt was only after long time that
order was rcstored-and in fact was not per-
lectly restored, an adjournment coming IN at
about the right time 70 raise the question OF
order - Washington Letter.