.THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL.
JNO. S. MANN,
EDITOItS
EDWIN HASKELL,
FIDELITY TO THE PEOPLE•
FRIDAY, MARCH 31,1854
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IfSonlajor Se. lah R. llobbie for many
years ht Assistant Post Master General,
died at Washington on the 25th inst.
Igr Tht•re is an interesting commu
-nication on the first page from a resident
of Virginia which ought to put to the
blush every defender of slavery, in the
Etate of Pennsylvania. A pretty pass
we have crate to, when a southern man
feels impelled to urge Pennsylvanians
to be men enough to resist the further
encrotichmehts of slavery.
ar ONE Trtt MRIIGAINED.—The
Nebraska hand has been referred to the
committee of the whole where it is im
pcssible to dispose of it, without a
thorough discussion. For the vote by
yeas and nays see article from. Daily
Tribune in another column.
rirritE MAINE LANr.—We publish
on the first page an unanswerable article
from the Philadelphia Daily Register,
in favor of the Tight of search in the
prohibitory liquor law.
t ar A faithful fiend is the medi
cine of life, and they that serve the Lord
shall find him."
Mr" The real issue." See short
article on first page, which states this
in clear and explicit terms.
hast opened thy mouth
against_ thy freini, fear not, for there
may be a reconciliation; except for up
braiding, or pride, or disclosing of se
crets, or a treacherous wound ; for, for
these things every friend will depart ;"
and we may add ; whenever you hear a
man declare there is no such thing as
friendship, then be sure he will disclose
any semi; and give a treacherous
wound" the very firsr ehance he has to
do so.
[tea Curious Poesevr.—Some hun
dred ladies, of Stark County, Ohio, have
presented Senator Douglas with a curi
ous kind of patch work— a number , of
three-cent pieces, sewed between two
transparent sheets of gauze. The num
ber of pieces of silver is thirty."
Igr We take peculiar pleasure in
calling the attention of our readers to
the proceedings of the Anti Ne r braska
meeting held in Oswayo township on
the 22d inst. This was a meeting of
the peoplo, without distinction of party,
presided over by the most active old line
democrat in that township, and repre
senting the feelings of the entire people.
The resolutions evince spirit and energy,
and have none of that unworthy timidity
which had to be adopted at the meeting
here, in order to secure the support of
the Administration men. We commend
the action of the people of Oswayo to
their fellow citizens throughout
county. What township will move next?
We trust the next township meeting will
call a county meeting at the Court
House on Monday evening of Court, and
appoint a Committee of Arrangements to
procure speakers, distribute notices, cor
respond with other townships, and do all
, that they can to secure an enthusiastic
meeting in favor of freedom and good
faith. Remember, the bill is already
through the Senate, and it will go throiigh
the House unless the people of the North
act with energy, and act at once, against
The perfidious proposition to violate a
solemn compact in favor of freedom.
gar The politicians at Elarriburg are
tinkering away at the Maine Law, each
house has passed something—what, we
ate unable as yet to tell, but we judge
from the maneuvering, that the, op
ponents of the prohibitory principle
are trying to pass a milk and water act,
that will do no good to the temperance
reform. We hope- no sincere friend of
Temperance in the Legislature willbe
taught with any half way measure.
The Influence of Slaved.
We hare always asserted that the ex
stence of Slavery was almost as unfor
tuoite for the master as for the slave.
From the nature of the baneful institu
tion we judge this must be so. But we
are not left to conjecture on this point.
Trtortas JEFFERSON, one of the clearest
headed men this nation ever produced,
after long observation on both -master
and slave thus records his deliberate
opinion : There must doubtle33 be
an unhappy influence on the manners of
our people produced by the existence_ of
Slavery among us; The whole commerce
between master and slave is a perpetual
exercise of the most boisterous passions,
the most unremitting despotism on the
one part, and degrading submission on
the other.
•
The parent storms, the child looks on,
catches the lineaments of wrath, puts
on the same airs in the circle of slaves,
gives, loose rein to his worst passions,
and thus nursed, educated and daily
ercised in tyranny, cannot but be
stamped by it with odious peculiarities.
The man must be a prodigy who can
retain his manners and morals uncor
rupted by such circumstances."
We have Italicised the above for the
purpnse f calling attention to it. Re
member it is not the language of a " pro
gressionist," but a man born and raised
in the midst of Slavery—one of the
fathera at Democracy.
When a man thus raised talks flip
pantly of "nigger stealing," we confess
to some . astonishment ; for if the term
may be fairly applied to any one, surely
it is to him, who has lived all his life on
the unpaid toil of the poor negro. But
this is not the point to which we desire
to cull the reader's attention. We tiave
published this graphic description of the
pernicious influence of Slavery on even
the master; for the purpose of strength
ening the righteous determination of our
readers to prevent the extension of an
institution whose legitimate, and inevit
able influence is to corrupt the manners
and morals of all connected with it.
THE NEXT GOVERNOR*
We said months ago; that if wise
counsels prevailed in the ranks of those
opposed to the re-election of WILLIAM
BIGLER, he would be defeated. The
events that have occurred since then,
greatly strengthen this opinion. But
will such counsel prevail ? We fear not.
The Whigs seem determined to run a
candidate on the- old issues, and as a
strietly party candidate. Of course very
few except Whigs can be expected to
vote for such a candidate, and he is cer
tain to be badly beaten.
The only way to concentrate the op=
position to the present incutnlient, is to
bring out an Independent Candidate,
whose character and principles would
Command the respect of all honest men:
Let Judge POLLOCK decline, and bring
out the Hon. DAVID WILMOT, or some
other good man, as the people's candi
date, and he will sweep the State wiih
such a storm as hunkerism never ex
perienced. -
We rejoice that one influential Whig
paper has the courage to advise this
course, and we-trust every Independent
paper in the State will at once second
with spirit and energy this proposition of
the Lancaster Whig.
Friends of State Reform, let your
voice be heard at once, in emphatic
tones, on this great question.
.Shall our
State be foteve: kept in subjection to
the thraldom of party ? If not, will
there ever be a more glorious opportu
nity to overthrow the iron rule of party ?
Call on Judge Pollock in thunder toles
to give place to an Independent -Can
didate.
The Lancaster Independent Mag i
edited by one of the ablest men in the
Whig party, speaks thus wisely and
bravely. If his advice be taken, the
State will be redeemed from the control
of hunkerism. If not, then we must
übmit to the rule of doughfaces fur at
east three years more :
The Whig State Convention met at
Harrisburg on Wednesday last, and nom
inated candidates for the offices of Gov
ernor, Supreme Judge, and Caral Com•
missioner, as will be seen by reference
to their proceedings. The candidates
are all men of experience in public
affairs, of well-known capacity, and of
undoubted integrity. We can say with
out the fear of question that all , the
requisites
_desired for men to fill these
stations, no better can be found in the
length and breadth of the Commonwealth;
and if they had been run as independent
candidates, without the prestige of a
formal political nomination, they. Would
all be elected by a large majority. Such
is the state of public opinion on the
question of the sale of the public works
and the Nebraska iniquity, that thou
sands who have always milted under the
banner of democracy, and uniformly gone
for inmominees, would now go against
them on candidates independent of party
nominations. But the Whigs did not
see fir to improve the advantages pre
sented by these questions in a way that
would insure success—they have placed
their candidates in the field under a
party nomination, and in our opinion
have defeated the very measures they
Pave sobght to as:fiance. But of this,
time will show.
If Judge Pollock - and the Whigs de
sire the success of the measures they
have set forth—if they want the present
State and National Administrations de
feated L--if they want the sale of • the
Public Works ana a
_repeal of State
Taxation—if they hope for a defeat or a
repeal of the Nebraskirßill, and a gene
ral reform in State and National affairs,
Judge Pollock should decline the nomin
ation for Governor, and some other good
•man, Judge Wilmot, for instance, should
be taken up and run as .an independent
candidate, - .and his election would an
loubtedly secure the triumph •of the
other Whig nominees on their State
ticket. Without such an, arrangement
we consider the prospects of tfie election
of the Whig State ticket as far from
flattering, notwithstanding the merits of
the candidates and the zeal of some
Whig politicians. We have no feelings
to gratify in advising this course. To
wards Judge Pollock we entettain the ,
most friendly feelings. We know his
merits, and shall regret to see him de
feated for an office, which he would fill
with honor, ability, and advantage to the
State.
Fun Ahead.
The Bigler State Convention in its
endeavor to keep all (pie on the Ne
braska question, don't seem to have
succeeded any better than the Baltimore
Conventions did with their effort to
make a "final settlement" of the slavery
question. The Convention made the
saute blunder that is always made, when
men undertake to sooth over a trouble
by dodging and trickery— r in-trying to
please both sides they have pleased---nei
.ther as the following extract.; will show.
Says the Bradford Reporter:
WE learn that a resolution in favor of
Douglas' bill was introduced into the
Committee and voted down by a major
ity
_alone, and that the same resolution
was ()tiered in Convention and "choked
off," that is, the Chairman was unable
to see or hear the mover, and declared
the Conventioriadiuurned, while he was
endeavoring to bring the matter before
the Convention. This is - a cowardly
way to meet a question which is now.
engaging the attention of Congress, and
exciting and arousing the whole coun
try ; but as -Pennsylvania seldom ever
speaks, except to speak wrong, silence
is the better way. It will doubtless be
a heavy blow to the bill, that the State
of Pennsylvania, usually so servile in
advocating the interests of slavery,
should hesitr.te to endorse the wrong it
seeks to perpetrate. It is humiliating
to see n great State like . Pennsylvania
shirk an expression upon a question of
so much momen.. If there is so much
wrong arid injustice in Dotiglas' -move
ment, that the Democracy of Pennsyl
vania abhor and , spurn it. and will not
endorse it. then it is cowardly in a State
Convention to f refuse an express on of
opinion. We should fight the battles of
our party, with our principles embl:t
zoned npon our bau,,e, en.l manfully
fall'or conquer in' their defense. This
question is not to be put off—it must be
met. The democracy of Pennsylv.ania
cannot expect to be dumb upon the sub
ject, when the people become aroused
I at the treachery to the interests of free
I lab orers manifested by their represen
tat. Vt.?.
Speaking of this same cowardly act,
in refusing to meet the Nebraska ques
tion, the Harrisburg Union lets off the
steam in the following gentle manner:
NEVER before did we see the gag
more summarily and effectually applied;
and never we hope, shill we see it
again. After Mr. Chase, the Chairman
of the committee on resolutions, had
read those prepared by the committee,
Mr. -Wright, of Luzerne, seconded by
Mr. Lauman, of Delaware, offered to
amend, by adding two resolutions en
dorsing the Nebraska bill as it passed
the Senate of the Uhited States. The
president of the convention paid no at
tention whatever to the motion, and put
the committee resolutions, as reported,
to a vote of the convention. They car
ried by a tremendous roar of " ayes,"
but the minority were clearly cheatej
out of their rights. Mr. Shannon eithe
did not understand parliamentarS , rules
and the rights of members, or he disre
garded them. -What influences were
brought to bear upon him we do not
pretend to say ; but that he acted in a
most unusual and despotic manner, no
one who witnessed his conduct will dare
to - deny.
The repetition of such conduct, we
trust, will never again be tolerated in
any deliberative body representing the
Democracy of Pennsylvania. .He ought
to have been burled from the 'chair he
occupied as on example to , all others
who might hereafter feel disposed to
substitute their own wills for parliamen
tary rules. The resolutions of the com
mittee amount tonothing—they endorse,
after a fashion, the national administra
tion, but in fact, the proceedings con
demn the only -measure of that admin
istration which has been properly before -
Congress and the country. We under
stand that a resolution endoraing the
Nebraska bill was killed in , committee,
by a single vote.- Although we had a
sprinkle of Washington influence on the
ground, it failed to accomplish anything.
The convention, under the government
of the chair, refused to sanction a great
leading - measure of the national admin.;
istmtion, and terminated its session by a
few namby-pamby resolutions of a com
plimentary character, which mean any
thing or nothing,• just as persons may
choose to construe them.
The Position of the Bigler - Party.
The people of this County are unan
imously opposed to the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise. That is conceded.
But will they act up to their convictions
and oppose this Douglas fraud like men,
in public meetings, and if need be at the
polls ? That ista question yet to be de
cided. That some of them will- not is
pretty certain, for no demonstration has
yet been made in this County against,
the action of the Convention which met
on the Bth inst., at Harrisburg, or against
its nominees. And yet, that Convert ;
tion, although it had not manliness
enough in it to meet the question
openly and decide for, or against the bill
directly, it did indirectly endorse the
bill of Senator Douglas for the repeal of
. the Missouri Compromise. For instance
it adopted the following resolution :
Resolved, That_the course pursued by
the lion. R. BROADHEAD. our represen
tative in the Senate of the United States,
entitles him to the entire confidence and
suppnri of the Democratic party.
Now a part Of this course of Senator
Broadhead, and a very prominent part
too, was to advocate and vote for the
Douglas outrage. The Convention ap
proved that act and have, therefore, al) . -
proved the bill.
Then the ~ C ourse" of the adminis
tration men in the Senate of this State
is almost a unit in favor of the Douglas.
bill. Soma time ago resolutions, against
the measure were introduced into the .
Senate by Mr. Kunkle. Their prompt
adoption by the Legislature of this State,
would have knocked all life out of the
monstrous fraud but the whole influence
of the party *as brought to bear, and
the resolutions were postponed till the
15th this month, when it was hoped the
bill would be a law.
They were again postponed at the re
quest of the : leader of the old line forces
in the Senate, Mr. Buckalew, to . give
him a Chance to prepare a speech against
them. On the 21st they came up again
for action, and were adopted by the fol
lowing vote. Every man voting against
the resolutions and in favor of the Doug
las bill, is a Bigler Democrat :
WHEREAS, Efforts are now being made
to effect the passage of an act of Con.
gre,ss to organize the territories of
Nebraska and Kansas, with provisions
allowing the introduction of involuntary
servitude north of 36° 311./: And where
as. In the judgment of the General As
sembly of Pennsylvania the passage of
such an act wauld-be'inexpedient, an] a
manifest violation of the Missouri Com
promise, approved March 6th, 120;
therefore,
Resolved. That the General Avembly
of Pennsylvania earnestly and solemn!y
protest against the repeal nr modification
of that section of the act of Congreis,
for the admission of Missouri into the
Union as a State, which, prohibits invol
untary servitude north of 36' 301.
Resolved, That our Senators in Con
gress be instructed, and our Represen-.
tatives requested to carry out the -fore
going expression of the sentiment of thii
Commonwealth. . 72,
Rewire!, That thK Governor be re
quested to transmit a -copy of the fore
going resolutions to each of our Repre
sentatives in Congress.
The first resolution , was adopted by
the following vote : ,
YEAS.—Messrs. Barnes, Crabb, • Dar
lington, Darsie, Evans, Ferguson, Frick,
Hamilton, Hendricks, Knizer, Kunkle,
M'Clintock, M'Farland, Mellinger, Platt,
Price, Skinner and Slifer—lS.
Nsys 2 2-Messrs. Buckalew, Qresswell,
Foulltrod, Fry, Goodwin, Haldeman. B.
D. Hamlin, Heinle r, - Hoge, Jamison,
Qttiggle, Seger, Wherry and- M'Caslin,
Speaker-15 ;
The other resolutions were then agreed
to' by a similar vote. The Editor of the
Democratic Union speaking Cil-the de
bate on these resolutions says :
It was a triumphant vindication Of the
democracy of the measure, of. Senator
Douglas and the eminent statesmen who
have sustained him in supporting and
carrying it throuch the Senate of the
United States. We have steadily sup
ported this measure from the beginning,
and we shall support it to the end as
eminently democratic.
Such is the position of the Bigler
party of Pennsylvania on this most im
portant question, and it is, in- fact, the
Only question now before the people for
their decision.
-For-those men who are honestly and
heartily opposed to the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, to vote for Wm.
Bigle; and his associates on the ticket;
will be to do just what the Southern dic
tator has said, from the first, would 'be
done by the North. Said Mr. Caldwell,
an ex member of Congress, from Ken- .
tacky, a The' North will grumble, and
grow!, and protest as she always has
done in similar cases, but they will
finally all submit, with the exception of
a few miserable fanatics."
Submit. That is the word. And
every one of the leaders of t h e party in
this county, are already prepared to
submit to.the passage of this bill under
the dictation of the South. If not, why
don't , theY call a meeting to protest
against the action of B. D. Haupt( who
is doing all he can to sustain Douglas
and hii fraud ? It is some weeks since
his course- was known, and yet not a
finger is lifted by the party here to re
buke him. •
The leaders will all submit. We ask
the honest yeomanry if they propose to
come under the yoke ?
The Campaige Opened.
The Whigs have nominated Judge
Pollock of Northumberfaml - fir Governor,
and decided Gem Latimer not orthodox
enough for the hunkers. There were
some twenty candidates before the con
vention, and three ballots were had be
fore' a noininatiun was effected. Pollock
Cannot poll anything like the vote which
would have been cast for Gen. tarimer,
out this way.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
Nor up this nifty, either. Since the
Whigs h.td not sense enough to nomin
ate a man for whom Temperance Demo
crats, and: progressive men generally,
can consistently vote, we trust steps will
be-taken to bring out Judge WILLIAM D.
' Kewir, of Philadelphia, for Governor,
and some other equally good man for
Unal Cornini*sioner.
For ourselves, We would be entirely
satisfied with the Hon.Gsoaoz DAME
for the latter office, and have no doubt
but he might be elected if wise counsels
prevailed iU relation to the candidate for
Governor.;' That such counsel has not
prevailed as yet, is very evident. We
have frequently asserted that Gem Lori
mer would secure the votes of all classes
of IndepeUdent men ; in proof of which
we quote•the following from the Phila
delphia North .Binerican of March. 10.
Speaking of Gem Lorimer, this writer
I=l
His perSonal strength is very great in
Westmoreland county, of which he is a
native, and in which he resided his first
twenty-five years; - in Allegheny county,
in which be has spent his thus far active
and useful life, and in the west generally,
where he is widely known and highly
esteemed.' In Westmoreland county, it
is confidently predicted, the majority
against him, should he be a candidate,
%trill be very small, if any ; while in
Allegheny county the majority in his
favor would not be ' e ss than 5000. In
both these impottant districts great dis
affection prevails against Gov. Bigler,
and his nomination is openly repudiated
by sonic of the leading politicians of his
party. In other western counties a sim
ilar unfriendly feeling exists toward
Gov. Bigler, and a similar kindly one
toward Gen. Ldrianer : a circumstance
whidh strongly argues in favor of the
latter's neminaticn by the Whigs, and
gives great probability to the opinion,
which is here genertl, that he can be
"elected.
The General is not objective, in any
respect, to moderate Democrats—and it
is now rendered certain that the failure
of the DeMocratic Convention openly to
protest against the Nebraska bill, will
give Gen Ltrimer a strength among the
self-thinking men of the State which
cannot but be felt on the day of the elec
tion. His position is such as to combine
in his favor all the independent men of
the State, who are really the balance of
power• party, and can 'elect or defeat
whom they see proper.
Under till the circumstances, General
Larimer's nomination appears to be the
most judielous which can be made—the
most. judidious because of his strong per
sonal pnpialarity, the powerful influences
he can secure,. and-the energy and vigor
with which he will enter the canvass.
He is a thorough going man, and will
leave unused no honorable means to
secure from the people a ratification of u
nomination which it is hoped the Whig
Convention will see the Relic): and wis
dom of making. ,
From the Harrisburg isiou
Plr. Speaker Chase. •
This gentleman, who was elected
Speaker of the House through Washing
ington in fl uence, and who could not have
been elected without it, has come out
flat-footed !against the Nebraska bill—
and not only so, but in his last paper
d(Montrose!, Democrat) has the impu
ence to assert, in substance, that Presi
dent Pierce is main favor of it. Thus
it is that ;those mendicints who hang
upon' the smile's of the national adminis
tration, and who; in its name, meddle in
the elections of the different States, with
out right and without knowledge, are
often deceived. Mr. Chase was recom
mended from Washington as a national
democrat, and with the aid of Washing
ton influence elected as such, and now
he turns the cold shoulder- to the only
measure of the administration which has
been brought. before Congress. If the
national administration *is satisfied with
such l returns for its exertion in his be
half if Mr. Postmaster Gampbell and
others only a little inferior to him in
theie imaginary- importance, think the
J
course, of ;Speaker Chise a su ffi cient
compensation for the services they reit•
dery 4 in Securing - his election—and if
President Pierce, personally, is pleased
with he opposition of the speaker whom
his o n exclusive friends nominated and
elect , why then, of course, we have
not a w ord to say. If they are satisfied,
ii,
.
we ought to be. But it i time to know
how. the national admi 3tration wands
in Tegant to the licina ka bill. if we
f
have -heretofore been in the dark, we
have been in the dark long enough, lad -
the sooner we get out of it the better for
all parties. We have steadily supported
the Nebraska bill as an administration
measure—as a measure embodying in
an eminent degree constitutional and
democratic principles—the'dernocnicy of
the United States,Senate bane supported
it upon these grounds—and now, at this
late day ,we are told by Speaker Chase r . -
in an editorial in his own paper, That the
democracy of Pennsylvania , in the State -
Convention., wAhed their hands of it,"
and that it is not democratic and not
approved by the President. In order to
put an end to this humbuggery, we re
spectfully call upon the President and
the Cnbinet to define their positions
are they for the bill, or against it ? WILL .
the Washington Uniqn answer yearns
nay ? in order that the democracy. or.
Pennsylvenia, who have been endeavor
ing to do their duty toward the national
administration, may know precisely
where they stand, and be no longer de:.
ceived.
Yes, let us by all menns hove the.
information. " Light, more fight,", is
what the people demand s. and since the'
Harrisburg Union has entered on thw -
work of putting an end to humbuggery,
will it have the kindness to inform the
people where WILLIAM Moms stands on
'this question ? Is• he for the bill, or
against it ? It is pretty well known in
this quarter that the President is out fair
and square for the bill ; but there is a -
suspicion afloat that Gov. BIGLER is dis
posed to follow the example of the Con
vention, and dodge. Will the Union,
while waiting for its information. 'from
Washington, define the . position of Wu.
BIGLER on the Nebraska question ?
-Nebraska Neelin.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of
Oswayo township in the County of P a ,
ter at the Templars' Hall, on the 22ni1
of March, 1854, for the purpose of ex
pressing their sentiments in relation to
the Nebraska Bill.
On motion, B. D. Dolbee, Esq., was
called to the chair, and Jerome Chese
bro, Esq., was chosen Secretary'.
On motion, Wm. M'Dougall, S. R.
Miner and a. C. Hopkins. were ap. •
pointed to draft resolutions.
The following resolutions having beer
prest wed to the meeting, were unani
mously adopted.
Whereas, a .. Bill for the Government,
of Nebraska and Kansas," has pasied
the Senate of the United States, virtu.-
ally repealing the prohibition with re
gard to Slavery contained in the act for
the admission of the . State of Missouri,
coMmonly called the Missouri Compro
mise, approved
_March Gth, 1820, in
which was provided That in all the
Territory ceded by. France to the Coned
States under the name of Louisiana,
which lies north of thirty-six degreei
and thirty minutes .north latitude, not
included within the limits of the State
contemplated by this act, Slavery and'
inVoluntary servitude otherwise than, in,
the punishment of crimes whereof the
parties shall have been duly convicted,
shall be and hereby is forevtr prohib
ited," therefore,
Resolved, That. we view with alarm
and indignation the introduction into the
Senate of the United States by-a North
ern man a measure disturbing the pro
'visions of the Missouri Compromise
relating to Slavery, and that eve a•., op
posed most emphatically to the repeal of
said Compromise.
Resolved, That the perpetrators of a
scheme so atrocious as the extension of
Slavery over free territory large. enough
for an empire under the fraudulent pre:- .
tense of extending popular or Squatter
sovereignty. deserves and should receive
the stern rebuke .of the friends of demcr
cratic institutions throughout the world.
• Resolved, That we hold in utter con
tempt all members of Congress from the
free States who shall advocate the adop
tion of a measure fraught with somacla
evil, and striking so directly at the liber
ties of our Federal Government as the
passage 'of the Nebraska Bill;
Resolved, That the foregoing resolu
tions be signed by the Chairman and
Secretary and be published in din
county papers.
B. D. DOLBEE, Ch.'n.
. JEROME CIIESEBRO, Seep
The Iniquity throttled!—lsTeb
rauka in Committee of the
Whole !—All Hail ! -
It is with no ordinary emotions of
gratitude and gladness that we announce
the stunning blow given to the Nebraska
bill, in the People's House yesterday...—
The bill having Just been repored by
Col I:tidier:mom of Illinois from the toe.
jority of the Committee on the Territo.
les, with a recomendation that it do pass.
Mr. Currmo of this City (Hard) moved
its reference to a committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union.
Col. RICHARDSON remonstrated against
this as equivalent to a defeat of the bill;
but the House ordered the reference by
a vote of 110 to 115, (29 absent or not
voting.) The Yeas and Nays on this
important rote are ns follows :
YEAS
Maine—Benson, Farley, Faller,hraei
Washburn•--5.
Ne w-Elamps hire —Kittred ge, MOITillO/2
N
hinsachusetts—Appkion,Banks,Crock
er,Thr Wrrr, Dickinson; Edinundt,