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Show • .A POLITICAl 'fEXT-BOOK FOR 1860. Nnyg, 23; (20 from Sla-ve States with !{CBSrs. 'f1Lvlor· of lud. E1lward:; n.nu Thomas of Ill.) Til ~ nate 'also voted not to recede from its nmcudntcttt prohibiting Slavery w st of. Misso uri, and norLlt of ;J()O 30', not·th Jatttudc. (l!~or r •cedin~, H fro111 Slave tat('!'~, with Messrs. ~oble :uHl Taylor or Inll. : against it, 33--{22 front .._lave L;lt'~. 11 fru111 .Fr •e StateR.) The l'l' Ut:titlinrr altl ' tttltnent. of the cnatc were then in~i..;ted Ott wiLitout division, nnd the House norifil•d al·conlin gly. 'l'hc lJill was now t·etm·nctl to the Hou!'e, whi ·h, on motiou of Ah J olm W. Taylor of N. Y, vo ted to insi t ou its di agreement to nll but Sec. 9 of the s~n.ltC'd amendment 'by Yeas 97 to Nays 76: (all but a purely sectional vote: llu(l'h Nelson of Va. voting with the North; Baldwin of Pa., Bloomfield of N. J ., and Shaw of Mass., voting with the South). Sec. 9, (the Senate's exclu lou of Slavery from the Territory north and west of Missouri) was also rejected-Yeas 160; Nays, 14, (much as before). The Senate thereupon (March 2nd) passed the llouse's Missouri bill, striking out the restriction of Slaver·y by Yeas 27 to Nays 15, and adding without n division tho exclusion of Slavery from the t erritory west and north of said State. Mt·. 'l'rimblo again moved tho exclusion of Slavery from .Arkansas also, but was again voted down, Yea~, 12; Nays, 30. The Senate now tu;kcd a conference, which the llouse granted without a. diviaion. The Committee of Conference was composed of .Messrs. Thomas of Illinoi ·,Pinkney of Maryland, and llarbour of Vu. (a.ll :nHi-rcstrictioni::!ts), on the part of the eua te, and Messrs. llolmes of Mass., Taylot· of N. Y., Lowndes of S. C., Parker of MasR, and Kin ·cy of N. J., on the part of the House. ( ' uch constitution of the Committee of Conference wus in cfl'ect n surrender of the Restriction on the part of the House.) John Holmes of ~lass. , from this Committee, in due time (lfarch 2nd), reported that, 1. Tbe Seua.te sltould gi \'C up the combination of Mi:;souri in the S:\llle bill with Maine. 2. The House should abandon the attempt to t'Cstrict Slavery in .Missouri. 3. Both Houses should agree to pass the Senate's ~c p:Lratc Mi. souri bill, with Mr. Thomas's re.·triction ot· compromisiurr pr·oviso excluding Slavery from all 1'cnitory ~1or·th and west of Missouri. 'l'he report having been read, the fir::;t and most import:tnt question was put, viz : Will the Ilouse concur with the Senate ln so much or the said amendments as propo9es to strike from ~he rourth section of the 1 Missouri) bill the provision prohibIting Slavery or invol.untary servitude, In the contempl~ ted State, otherWISe tlum In the punillhmeut or crunes? On which que tiou the Yeas and Nays wero demanded, and were as follows: YEAS-For giving up R estrictions on Nislow ·i: 1\IASSACUUSKTTS.-l\fark Langdon II111, John llolme. Jonathan Mason, llenry Shaw-4. ' RuoDK ISLAND.-Samuel Eddy- 1. OoNNSOTICUT.- Samuel A. Foot, James Stephens-i. N&w-YoJtX:.-Ilenry Meigs, Henry H. Storrl!- 2. Nr:w-JEns~~:v-Joseph Bloomfield Charles Kinsey Ber- IA&rd Smith-8. ' t PKNNSYLVANIA.- llenry Daldwln, David Fullerton-2. Total from Free-States 14. DKLAw.u~~:.-Louls McLane-1. MARTLAMo.-Htepheueon Arche1·, 1'homas Dayly Thomas Culbreth, Joseph Kcut, l'cter Little, Raphael Neale, Samuel ltinggold, Samuel Smith, llcnry It Warfield- 9. VIHOIN!A.-1\fnrk Alexander, William S. Archer, Phinp P. J.Jarbour William A. J.Jurwell, John Floyd, ltohert li Garnett, Jt;mea J ohnson, James Joue~, William McCoy, Charles I<'. Mercer, Hugh Nelson, Thomas Nelson, 1-\cvern E. l'arker Jas. l'indall, John Randolph, Ballard mith, Alexande~ Smyth, Oeorge k'. St.rother, 'J'homt\S Van Swearingen, G~orge Tucker, John Tyler, J!~rcd Williams - ll2. NonTII CAHOJ.INA.- Hutchins G. Burton, .John Culpepper William DavidtiOn, Weldon N. J~tiwnn.l~, Chari~ Fisl;er Thomas JI. llall, Cll:u·lcs Hooks, 'l'hon•as Stttlo, Jesse 1Slocnmu, J nm~s S. Smith, .Felix Walker, Lewis Williams-12. SouTu CAUOLINA.- Joslnh Brevard, Elias Earle, .ln.mcs Erwiu William J.~owud ·s, James l\IcCrcar.r, James Ove,·street,' Charles !'lockney, ~ldred Simkins, Sterling 'l'ucker-9. lh:onou.-J oel A. Abbot, 'l'homas W. Cobh. Joel Crawford, John A. Culhl>crt, Robert It. lteill, William Terrill- G. Auu.uu.- John Crowell- 1. 1tl!ss1s JPPI.-John ltankln-1. LoutSIA NA.- 1'homas llutler- 1. J{KN'rucKv-ltichard C. Anderson, j r., William Erown. Benjamin Hardin, Alncy M cl.~ean, Thomas l\lctcalf, Tuoatnll Quarles, 0 eo. Hobcrtson, Da viu 'l'rimhlu-8. 1'KN M h:SSI\t<.- Robert Allen, Henry 11. Ury an, N ewt.oo Cannon, John Cocke, .l<'rnncii\ Jones, .T ohn Hhca-5. Total Y cas from Sla. ve States, 7 0 ; iu all DO. N-AYS-Against giving up t!tc R e.st1·ictiun em Sla"tJcr,l/ in Jlfissow·i : NKw-IlucrsHmn:.-Joseph Buffum, jr., Jo iah Duller, Clifton Clagett, Arthur Livermore, William Plumer, jr., Nathaniel Upham-6. MASSAcuus~:TTS (including l\lalne).- Uenj:unin .\ da.m11, Samuel 0. Allen, Joshua Cu~hman, IJ:uwanl Dowse, Wulter lt'olger, jr., Timothy Fuller, J onas Kendall, Martin Kinsley, Samu~l Lathrop, Jt:noch Lincoln, l\ l1trcus Mor· ton, Jeremiah Ncl ·on, James l'arker, Zabdtcl Samp~on, Nathaniel Silsbee, Ezekiel Whitman-Hi. RUODC lSL .~ND.-Nat hanlelli uzard-1. OONNii.O'l'ICUT.-.Jonathao 0. Mo~>dcy , Eli~ha l)helps, John Russ, Gideon Tomlinson- 4. YJmMONT.- Samuel 0. Crafts, Hollin C. l\fallnr.r, Ezra Meech, Charles Rich, Marie ltichards, William ::)iroug- (). N I(W- YuitK.-N athaniel Allen, Caleb J..lakcr, Robert Clark, Jacob II. De Witt, John D. Dickinsou, John l<'ay, William D. Ford, Ezra C. Gross, James Guyon, jr., Aaron Hackley, jr., 0 eorge Hall, Joseph . Lyman, Robert Monell, Nathanlell'itcher, Jonathan Hiclunono, Randall S. Street, J a roes 'trong, John , V, 'l'aylor, Albert H. '!'racy, olomon Van Rcnsselear, Peter ll. W cntlover, Silas W ootl- 22. N~~:w -b:ns:•:Y. -I<:phra.im Dateman, John Linn, Ilenry Southaru- 8. l'KNN:iYLVAN tA.-Andrew Dodco, William Darlington, George Dennison, Samuel Edwards, Thomas Forrest, Samuel Gro~s , Joseph Hcm1>hill, Jacob Jlibschma.n, Joseph Heister, Jacob Hostetter, William P. Macllly, David Marchand, Hobert Moore, Samuel Moore, John Murray, 'l'homas J'n.ttcrson, Robert Philson, 'l'homas J. llogers, John ::lcrgeant, Christian 'l'arr, J awes M. Wal· lace-21. Omo.- Philemon Deecher, IIenry RI'Ush, John W. Campbell, Samuel Hen ick, 'l'homas It. Ross, John Sloane -G. !NouN A. - William llenuricks- 1. lLLINOIS.-Dnnlel P. Cook-1. Total, Nay , 87- all from Free Stutes. (The members apparently absent on th is im· portant division, were llcnry W. Edwards of Conn., \Valter Case and llonori us Peck of N. Y. and John Condit of N. J., from the Free States ; with Lemuel Sawyer of N. C., and David Walker of Ky., from the Slave States. Mr. Clay of Ky., being Speaker, did not vote.) This defeat broke the back of the No·rthern resistance to receiviuO' Missouri as a Slave State. 0 Mr. Taylor, of N.Y., now moved an amend· ment, intended to include .Arkansas Territnt;. TUE STRUGGLE FOR SL.A. VERY RESTRICTION . 66 r.ncll'r tltc propo!-wd Iniliui tion of lavery west 1 compromise, whieh were twice voted down by of Mis8ouri; hut r his lllotion w n~ cut off by tltc the Northcm mcmb rs, aided by John Randolph Previous QuC'stion, (which then cut ofl' tun •nd- nnd three oth ·rs from the 'outh, who would mcut.s lltOrc ri ~o ro usly, ac eordi~tg to the rulrs have Mi . ouri admitted without condition or of the llou~r, than it now doc.'~), and the Hon ·c qualification. At Ia t., Mr. Clay proposed n J oiu t procPeuPd ~o con~u r .with the f\.:natc in ins ~'Ling Conunit~ee on tili subject, to be clto en by unlthe excluswn of Sla,·cry from the tern tory lo t- wl11ch the House agreed to by 101 to 515 . we t and north of ~1i~ ouri, instead of that just n,nd ~~ r. Cl:~y became i ts Chairman. Dy thi~ 8tr icken ont by, l 8·1 1 e:t~ to 42 NnyA, (the .NayA Commrttcc, 1t Wfts agreed that a olemn pi dr•c being front tlte South). So the bill was pas.~cd hou_ld be required of the Lcgi la.ture of Misin the fortH in clic:ttt'd nbovr; nnd the bi ll ncl- sour·t thnt tlH· ConHtitntion of that Stntc should rnitting Maine as a . tate, (reli eved, by n conf r- not be construed to .~ u ~ltol'izc tho pn~sn r>-o of cnce, from t.hc ,\ [is~ouri rider.) passed both any .Act, and that 110 Act should be p~ sed Houses without a divi.--on, on the following day. '' uy whieh any of tltc citizens of either of th~ Such was the virtunl termination of the strug- St.ates lto_uld be ex('ludcd from tbc enjoyme 11 t gle for the rcRtriction of Slavery iu Missomi, of the _pnvilcges a11d immunities to which they which was brat 'n b,v the plan of profl'erin~ in- arc etllttled uudrr the Constitution of t he United stead an cxclu. ion of la>cry fr·on1 all the then tates." The J oiut J: cHolu tion, amended by federal territo ry west nntl north of th:tt State. the addition of this [H·oviso, p:tsscd the Hou e !Lis unque tionablr that, without thi cor11promisc by G Y cas to 82 Nuy~; tho ' nate roucurred or CCJuivalcnt, tltc Nor th •rn votrs, which passed (.Feb. 27th, 1821,) by 26 Yeas to 16 Kays- (all the bill, could not lt :t\'e been obtained for· it. Northem but Macon, of N. C.) ; .Mi ouri com- Till<: TlllltD :\flSSOt;!ll STfWGGU:. plied with the condition, and becn.me an il.Cccpted member of the Union. 'rhus closed the last stage of the fi erce M issoul'i Oou t roversy which 1<H' a ti111c seemed to thr·cate ro~.-n. so many oth er coutrovcr ics lrnve harmlesslv threatened --tile cxi tencc of the Uniou. • Though tltr nrccptanec of MLsouri nA n State, wi th a Sla\'(J Con:-;titution, w:tH fo rever settled b.v the vol.('."' j ust recorded, n. II <'W c xeitc ment spl':tn .~ up on lrr1· pr<'sc nti llg hct'HC'If to Congn~~~ (No,·. IIi, l S~O),) wi th n . .'tute ConAti-tution, fr:t lll\•d Oil the lr!tlr Of' Ju lv <.:OIIlainitrrr E X'I'r:NSION ())' MI SOL"RI. • I the followiog r·e. olut.ions: 'rhc State of MiHsou ri, ns origi11ally organized, The ~ eneral As:;crnhly !'hall ha ve no power to pa~;s wa' bounded on the we• ·t by a line already laws, .l<'u·st, for the emancipa.tion of slaves without the specified, wltid t excluded a triangle west of ~onscnt of t.hei1: owucr~, or wi~hout payiug them, hefore such emanCI)IILLJOn, tLf ull eqUivalent. for 'll ('h slaves so ·aid. line ' a1.1 d IJet. wce.n it and the Mi."s'.o uri ' cm;uJcipatcd; and, ~ccon d to preve nt. lHma tide cmi- whrclt was Jou nd, 111 Lllll t', to be cxcccduwly ~r:tnt~ to th is ~tare, or a~t~1al sclllcl's Utc,:ein, from 1 fertile and dt>sirablc. H was free soil by the thm~eug:· •l~eK; nf!t·ooun~ easn, ysu cohf JtllCtIe': S(JUnrsu atcsd m Saty: nlch~ .·r 0c 1h f •l' olll any or t ' l'l ttS of the M i;;soul'i COIHJ)ItCt, nnd wn.s nl o dc('lll ·d to · . be Slttvt.'S, 1<0 long Ill'\ ttuy J1CI'SOI1S oflllf• Sllii iC <ICi!CI'iJHiOn COVPred u.y 1 11 dl illl l'e~e J· vatJO llS1 DOt tO. be are allowed to be held as t:>ltL\'C:s by t.lte laws of tlli~ ~tate. rerliO\' 'd wt thout a concttrrettCC of two-tlru·ds · · · 1t shall he lheil' du t.y, as ~oou ns nwy be, to ! of the 'enate. .M essrfl. Henton nnd Linn ena- pa.ss such hL1vs as nw . v l>c neci.'~Sarv j . . . . . 1 l<'irst to prevent free nerrroes ·,:nil mtll ·•lto o f·o tors from J\I JS~0\11'1 1 Ulldertook the dtfbcult ttt8k • I " . •• c., I 111 f . . I I I • • r.oo11ng to, and bell ling in, this State, under any pretext o cngtneeJ JIIg t rroug 1 Cong ress a btll lllcl ut.l-v; hnlevcr. j ing this triangle (large enough to form se>en The Nor·th, ~till smnrting urHI<•r a Reuse of its Countic ) wi thin tire tltate of Mi. souri; which d~fen.t o.u the qut•stion of excludin~ .'l;n·ery from they cflected, flt the long s ·Asion of 1835-G, ·o _Mn:o~ll'l, rpga rded tlr i as ll t><'d lc1-sl y dofian t., q uictl y as ku·J ly to attract tttten tion. 'I' he bill Ill ult11rg, and inhuman, and the , eetion J1t. t was first cnt to the 'cnatc's Committee on the quot ed aH palpably in \·iolation of t.hat clause Judiciary, where a fa vorabl" rcpol't was proo_ f. tire Ft•deml Coll.'~ti tn ti on wh iclt gives to the caret.! from Mr. J olut M. Cl,tyton, of Delaware, Clti?.C'IIR of <'nch Rt:Lte (which ulatks arc, in irs Clta il'tltall; and then it \\' iiS tioatcd through sevC'ra l }i'ree State~). tlre rights of cit.izcnH in both Houses wi thout encountering the peri ls of evcr·y State. A dPtCnllincd resi~t:ut ec to nny n division. The requisite In dian treaties were such C'xclu~ion was 111anifestcd, :urd 11. por·tioi1 like wise carried through the 'enate; so Missouri of the Northern McmlJeJ's evinced a. disposition became po~scs.scd of n. large and desirable to r~ncw ~he struggle agai nst the furth er intro- accession of tcl'l'itor·y, which hn ince becontc du.cwou of sl:tvC's into Missouri. At t.he lir£-~t one of her most populous and wealthy sections, ?ffort to t•any It er ndnris::;ion, tire House voted devoted to the growing of h mp, tobacco, etc., It down- YeaR, 7<J; Xays, !JB. A ecor1d at- and cul tivated b.v slaves. 'l'hi i~ the rno ·t pro. tenr pt to ndnrit hcl', on conditiou that ~lr · would 1 Slavez·y section of the State, in which was expu~1ge ~l1c. obnoxio us cla u e (ln. ' t quoted ) of I Ol'igiuated, and was prin cipally sustained, that h.e~· Coustttutron, was voted down still more de- se ries of illl'oads into Kan.a. , corruptions of 01S,t~ely- Y(·aH, !) ; NaJs 146. hPr· ballot-boxes, and outrages upon het· people, 1 ~~c.llousc no.w rested, until a j oint rcHolve, wlriclt ea rned for their authors the appellation adm~ttrn~ her wzth but a vague nnd ineffective oi' 1Jorde1· R ujjiani. 9ualtficatrou, came down from the Senate. w he r·e i t wa~ pns~cd by a vote of 26 to 1 -flix 'ena- I THE .Al'\N~:xATION OF T!I:X4 S. tors fr·orn Free Stn.tcs in the affirmative. ltfr. / 'I'he name of 1huu; was origiually applied to C~y, who had re, igned in the rec('SS, and ueen . tL Spauish po ·sessiou 0 1' province, lying between ~tccecded, as peaket', by John W. 'l'aylot·, of / the MissLHippi and the Rio Grande del No1·te, l{~w·.Y 0 . 1·k, n~w appeared a the lender of tlte uut uot extending to either· of these great rivers. ISllllUrt admJssiouist~, and proposed terms of It was au appcuduge of the Viceroyalty of |
