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Show • 70 .A. rOLITIC.\.L TE:S:T:...nooK .FOR 1860. lLLINOIS.-Orlnn<lo n. Ficklin, Joseplll'. lioge, R0b er tl ll!rO l'eSI\·l.u1 wu s n0r rrced to-Yeas, 118; N"ys, SmiLh-8. 1101. . ToLal Democrats from Free States, 17. Yeas-114 Democrats, and Messt·s. M1lton .Dece~onber 12th.-Mr. ~- J. Ing~rso~l, of Pc~m- Brown, ofTeuncsscc i. James Dcllet, of Alabama.; csylvauin. from the Comlll1 LLCC ou} oretgn .AffairS, and Duncan L. Clmcll, and .Alexander n. reported a Joint Resolution for I\.Il~1exing Tex_as Stephens, of Georgia, (4) Southern Whigs. to the Union, which was comm1Ltcd a~d d1s- Nays-n.ll the Whigs present from Free St~tea cusseu in Committee of the \Vhole from tiOlC to with all from lave States, but the four JUSt time, through the next month. named; with the following Democrats from January 7tlt.-Mr. J.P. IIale presented .rc- }i'ree States: flolves of the Legislatu1·e of N~w-Uamps~me, MAINE.-Robert P. Dunlnp, Jlannibnl liamlln-2. thorourrltly in favor of AnnexatiOn, anll stleut v1wMONT.- l'aul.Dillinghnm, jr.-1. on the ~ubicet of luvery, exc 'PL as follows: N~<:w·HAMI'::HIIHK.-John l'. llt~le-1. J . Re.~olrned, 1'hat we ngree with M1'. Clay, that the re· NC~o<~:Nw·"YCOTHIKC U-T.J-oGsceporhg IeI .S .A Cnndethrsno-n1, .C harles S. Denton, annexaLion of _'l'exas will n.dc! mor& J<'ree th~n Blave Jeremiah K Carey, Amasa Dan:~, Jtlchnrd D. Davis, Statell to the Un1on; n~~ ~hat It _woul~l be ~llll\'lt~e tore- 11 nun Ureen, Preston King, ~mith M. Purdy, George tfhusee g alo pbee rrmemanaeinnst aocnq macs1cto1u0nnt, owfh a1 cthe mwp1lol rcaxr1y~t .h l~t~i1~_1Itountw~ nns. 'l-l t~thbun Orville ltobinson, David L. Seymour, Lemuel 1 • , . , de son-12 . . ,. . C January 13tlt.-Mr. Cave John~on, of Ten- On1o.-Ja~ou nnnc~erhofJ, "llt.am C. 1\Ic auslen, ue . ee, lllOYCd that all funlter Jel!atc on tltis Jo~lcph Morns,J~Ien,ryU:::>tl. IJuorlltln-41'ob. crt .McClelland-2. 1,1 I •• ICIIIOA N.- .unes . , • !lUUJect ue closed at 2 l'.~t. Oli lUr•ll ay ll CXt. 1'otal Democr:ds from .l<'ree States, .......... 28. Carritd-Yeal3, 1 ~G; Kays, 57; (nearly alltl1c Total Whig · from.l<'reeand~lave States, .... 7. Nays from Slave State~.) The House thrn onlereu th whole proposi- Jannary 2Jth.-The Jebat<', afLer an extcn- tion to a. tltirli rending forthwith-Yens, 120 ; t?ion of time, was at length urougltt t_o u clo~e, Nays, U7-:llld passcu it., Yeas, 120; Nays, 98. and the Joint Re·olution taken out of Conlll1lt- J'ms-all the De1110crats l'r0111 Sl:tvc States, tee, anJ reported to the liou::;e in the follow~ng und all the Den1ocmts from lc'rce tates, except form; (that portion rclntiug to Slav ry, hav1ng as abO\'e. with Me:'is r.<;. Duncan L. Clinch, Milucen ndded in Colllmittec, on motion of Mr. Lon llrow:1 James Delict Willourrhby Newton, Milton Brown, (Whig) of 'l'cnnes~ec: of Vit·giui::, (wlto thcref'r~m tum~d Democrat), R68olved, by the Senate and lfou.~e of Repre,qentc~r- and Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia, (now twes in. <)o?l(!ress assembled, That Congress clo;h con· D . . t) fro 1 Sla vc States. sent that the 1'crriLory properly included wltlun, and 0111 OClll ' ll . S ll rightfully belonging to, Lhe Jtepuhlic of Texas, may be I .1\-'ays-all the Wh1gs from Free tatcs; .a e~ected into~ new 'tate, to be called the '-ltatc of Texas, tho .. ~e from lave States except as above; ·w1th w1th a repubilca~1 form of ~ovcmment_, Lo ~e alloptell.hy 2~ Democrats from Free States. the people of Said ltepubhc, by depU11Ctl Ill UonventiQn I ' I d l II d as assembled, with the consent of tile cxi~ting Government, So the reso ve pa e t 1e ou e, o.n W ) in o.der that Lhe same may be atllnittetl as one of the SCll t to the Senate for concuncncc. !<t2a. t e.sA 1olfd t hoies l_tDjtnui·otnlw. t·re.wlned. That Llle forego.. ng In Senate several attempts to originate nction l'OO· • • {' , • d t th. s scs- ~~IIL of Uongress is given upon the following conllit.lous, Ill favor 0 Annexuf,IOn were ma e a I and with the followmg gu:Lran t1es, to wit: ~ion but oothitw came of them . .l<'ir!lt. ~ai_d State t.o be form ed, su hje_ct to the adjust- ]1~br uary !Ht/~-'l'he j oio t resolution afore· ment by th1s Government of all qucstJO II::! uf boundary . I f' I U t 1 f ~ COll that ma.y ari:;~ with other govcrnu1cnt·; aut! the <.Jon- saH runt t lC ouse was u {en up 0 - stituLionthereof,withthepropcrevicicnceofit:;acloption ,sidemtiou uy 30 Yens to 11 Nays (all Northern by the people or said ltcpuhlic nf Texas, shall lie trans- \VIIi.rs) On the 27th Mr \Valkcr of Wiscon-mitLed to the !'resident of the United !:\tate!', to be laid . 0 · , dd ' l · . · ' . 'ti n before Congress for its fiual actio11 ou or before the h.t 1:-111, lllOvcu to n an a terna.t1vc pt OpOSI 0 , <lay of January, l846. ' contemplating negotiation as the means of ::ieconu. l:iaid 'tate, wh en admitted into the t'nion, l'llecti urr the medit·ttcd cnu. after ceding to the United ~tate, all public ed. tice~,forti- , r ~ \Vl< . ) f 'I' " ro osed ficatlons, harmcks, JlOrt.S aud harhors IH\vy aull llavy- l\ 1', .1:< O~ter, ( ug 0 e nnessec, p p yards, docks, magazines, nnu~, :uulalllelltH, and all other That the State of Texas, and such other States ns mny vroperty and means pe laiuing to the public ddensc, be funned out ofthnt portion ofthc present Territory ot belougin_g to the t~aid l{cpuhlk of Texas, ~hall retain _all Texas, lying south of thirty-six degrees th i_rty ~inute! the pubhc funds, cl t:bts, 1ax~:s, und dues of every k111d north latitude conuuouly known ns the ftlissoun Comwhich may belong _to, or uc flue or owing said ltcpu_blic; pro•uise line, ~hall be admitted into the Union with or and shall also.re~au~ all til~ vacant and t111appropn1Lkd without L lavery, as the people of each State, so hereafter lands lying W1LI11u 1ts Lnut~, t•> he appl1ed to the pay- asking admh;sion may det~ire. rneut of l.le~ts a.utlliahiltt ic~ of S<Licl ltcpuhlic of Texas; . ' · . k y (all and the res1duc or ~aid laud~, nf1 er cliscll11 rgi 11g :<ai1J dcl.ts Ou wlllch tho questiOn was t:.t en. eas, and .liabiliLies, to b~: dist>o~c<l of as a~d t-~.tat_c may direct: Whigs bitt 3) 18 ; Nttys, 34. but m no ev<;nt are s~~.d debts anti habtllt1cs to beco111e Various amendments WCI'C proposed and voted a charge upon the Ut11teu ~tates I A I M . F t f Tenn. Third. New Stt~t~:s of ~onvcuicnt sir.e, noL exceeding c own. mong t l?m, . 1. OS cr, 0 , four in number, m addh10u to said ~tai e of Texas and 1110ved an express stlpulatwn that Slavery should haviDgs~lliclcut population,may h~reafter,b.Y the Col\llent be tolerated in all States formed out of tho of .said State, be formed out of the Territory tllereM, 'l' .. · f T tl f th M' ~ uri line 'Vhich shall be entitled to admi.,;siou under the provisions e1 11 tory o ex as, sou 1 0 e IS. 0 ot the Federal Constitution And :mch .:-:rates as may be of ;)60 30'. Rcjcctcd-Y cas, 16 (Southern termed out of that portion of saiu Territo ry, !yin~; south WIt i rrR and Sevier of .Arkansas) · Nays 33. of thirty-six degrees :lli1ty 111inutes nor1h latitude, com- j o' '. 1 ' • 1 Sla· moniy known as the 1\lis oud Compro1111se 1111e, shall 00 Mr. ?.llller, of N. ~-· mov_e<l that the ex1stence of admitted i.nto the Union, wiLh, or without, :::!lavery, as Lhe very be fo1·cver p~~h1~lted 1n the northern nnu northwes~ people of en.ch State asking ndmb~1 on 111a.v llt:.i1 0 ; and en~ parL of said Ierntory, wost of the ~OOth degree ~ In suoh StaLe or l:itar,es as ~hall be forrm:•l out of sa1d latlludo west from Greenwich, so as to d1vide, as equa Y 'l}!rrltory north Of :said .Mi8souri Vo111promise liue a~ nHty be, tho whole or the annexed country beLwceo 81a very. o'~ involuntary se1·vitud.: t cxct:pL for cricue) s!Jali l:ila veholdlng and N on-Sia vcholding States. l>e prohlbtted. Yeas, 11 ; all N orthcrn Whigs, except Mr. M~. Cave Jo_ltnson, of Tennessee, moved the Crittenden, Ky. Nays, 33. . prcviOus.que!tJOn, which the llousc seconded- The vote in the Senate on the joint rcsolutJOD Yeas, 113 ; Nays, 1U6-aud theu the amendment 1 fur Annexation stood, Yeas, 26, all Demo• TTIE STRUGGLE FOR SLAVERY RESTRicrrro~ . 71 crars hnt ::l; Na.vR, 25, (all Whi•Ts). TIn tlte House, Y<•as t:)l, all Dcu1ocrats but 1: NnyR, 77, (all \\'hig~). A11d wltereall Congresfl, In the organir.ation of a terrltorlld governme~t, at u.n .early period of ~m. po~itic~l history, established n priuc1plc worthy of 11111Lat10n m aU future time, forbidding Lhc existence of blu very In fr<X~ 1'111<: WILMOT PROVISO. territory ; '1'herefore, Tt.tiU! havinrr been annexed during the summer of 1 ' 45, i~ pursuance of the joint r 'S~lution of the two Jl ou cs of Congrc~s, n. portton of the United State Army, m1der Gen. Taylor, was, early in the ~pring of 184G, moved down to the ea.st ba11k of the Rio Grande del N ortc, claimed l!v Tt'XIlR ll.H her western uoundary, uut not RO n•~anlcd IJy Mexico. A hostile eolli~ion e11• ucd, rcsul~iug in war between the Uu1tcd States and Mexico. NeHol!ved 'l'hnt in any '!'err it ory, that m ny be acquired from' ltlexlco, over which !:!h~•ll he csLabli!!he~ territorial governments l:llavcry, or Jnvc,luntury !>ervl· tude, except as a puni;hrneut f:>r crimr, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, sh a~l be fore_ver prohiLiLed ; and that in any net or resolut!o.n establishing such govemments, a fundtLmentul prov 1:>1011 ought ~o be Inserted to that elfect. Mr. R. lll'ouhcad, of P enu., moved that thi8 resolution lie on the table. Cani ed: Yeas, 105 ; Nays, 93. Yeas-nil the members from Sla,•e States, but Johu W. llouston (Whig-), of' Delawru·c, with the followiug from :Free Sta te::' (n il Delll Ocrats but Lcvih) : It was cady tltrreaftcr deemed ndvi~ablc that :1 COil ·idembl t~ ' 11111 should be placed uy Congress nt the Pr·esidcnt's diRpo al to ner;o~i:tte _nn advantageous 'J'n•aty of l'eace and Lumts w1t_h tho Mexican Govcl'lln1ent. A message to th1s etlect was ~ul)Juittcd by Pre idc11t Polk to Congress, Augu ·t 8th, l .~HG, a~1d a l_>ill iu accordance with its surr~p;,Lto n l:t1d before tlte Jl ousr, which procede<tt~o con:-;ider tlte r'UIJjl'Ct in Uommittee of the Whole. The hill appropriatill!' $30,000 for illtlliCdi:ttc usc in nrgot i a.tion~ with Mexico, and plaeiug $2.0f)O,fltJU mo re at t.lte dispo al of the Presid •nt., to be elllploycd in making peace, Mr. David Wilmot, of' Pa., af'tc•r consultation with otl1er Nonhem D1·nwcrats, oflheu the followin!!' Proviso, iu addniou t(l tit <• fir t section of the uill : PrO'VilltA, That 1\~ an express and fundamt·ntal condlliou to tile acqni~it iou of any tern tory fnJIII 1 he ltcpuhlicof Mexico hy tile United Stat.cs, by virtue or any lr•·aty which ""'Y be negotiakct between them, and to tlae usc by the J<:xt'cutive of the moneys llercin Appro priat ~d, nci1her Slavery HO I' involuntary servJttHic shall ever ex 1st In any pan of said 'J'erritory, oxccpt for crime, whereof the party ~hall be first duly couvictcd. Tltis pt·ovi~o w n~ carTietl in Committee, l>y the strong vote of eighty-three to sixty-four-only three Menrl>crs ( Democmts) from the Fr<'P-tates, it was said, opposing it. (~o record i. made of individual votes in Comlllittec of the \\'hole.) Tlte bill was then reported to the LloY e, and Mr. Hathuun, of N. Y., rnovcu the previous qurstion on its cng1·ossmcnt. .llr. 'I'ib battfl, of Ky., moved that it do lie on the t:tblc. D •fen ted- Y cas, 79; (St.epltcn A. Douglas, J ohn A. ~fcClcmanu, John Pettit, and Hoben U . . .::;chenck, voting with the South to lay 011 the talJI(• ;) Nays 93 ; ( Ucnry Grider nud William P. 'l'hornasson, of Ky. ( Wl1igs) votiu,., with the North ngainst it. 1\JAINF:.-Asa W. II. Clapp, Franklin Clark, Jas. S. Wiley, IIezeklah Williams-;t. . N~: w-Yvull.':.- Ausburn lllrllsn ll, Dnv11l . Jackson, Fred~rick W. Lord, William ll. 1\lacl:t.v-·1. P..:NNSYLV.ANIA.-Jtl·hard llrodhcad, Charles Drown, Lmci& 0. Lerin, Joh Mun- 4. OuiO.-Willlam Kennon, jr., Jolm K. Miller, 1'homas ltlchcy, William awyer- 4. lNDIAN.A.-Charles W. Cathcart, 'l'homns .T. Henley, John Pettit, John L. Robinson, William W. Wick-6. lLLINOIS.-Orlando 13. l!'lcklin, John A. 1\lcCiernand, 'Villiam A. ltichardson, ltobtlrt Smith, 'l'homas J. Turner-5. .. Nm;s - a II the Whigs and a large mnjot·ity of t ltt• Jie1 110 ·r·ats from }'reo States, \\ ith Jobu lV. ll ouston afore~aid. T lti.-; \'Otc Ll'rillinntctl all direct action in fit vor of tllf' Wiln1ot Provi,'o fo1· that 'c, ion. Jtdy 1 tlt .-In Senate, Mr. Ulay~oD , of Del., from the Select Committee to winch was ref 'ITed on the 12th in t. the l>ill pro ,·iuiug n tcrt ·itoria1l go\·crnmcnt fo1~ Oregon, rrp?rted a bi ll to c~tablish Terri torial government.· io1· Oregon, Kew Mexico, and C1diforuia, whicb was read. (It proposed to subruit all qu~ 't~ous as _to the 1·irrlttful existence Ol' extent of f:ilrtvcry m the T~ni tories to the decision of the Supl'Cille Court of tlte Uuited States.) . Ja(11, 2Hh.-Second r eading. M1·. Bal~w1~1, of Con ti. movcu to stl'ike out ·o much of a1u bill as retates to California. and Kcw Mexico. lh·j ected: Yeas, 17 (No1tltem }'reo 'oilmen of t.oth pani •s); N:tys, 87. The uill wa.s di 'C\UleU through HCVCI'al ' tiC· c 'Cding days. On the 2Gth, M!'· Clarke, of R. I., moveu to adu to the Gth ecLton: Provicletl, lwwever, That no law,. regula_tion, or u.ct or the provisional govcmment of said 'l'~rntory permllit. ing Sla\'ery or involuntary servitude tl!erein shall, be valid, uutil the same shnll be upproyc<.J l>y Congress. Rej ctcd : Yea~, l!) L Col. l3cn ton, and 18 X or tltem Freesoilers of both pn rtic:-;J; Nays, 33. Mr. Rcve rdy Johnson, of Md. , moved to umcnu the uill uy in::erting: 'l'l1c bill was tl1en cngros ·ed for· its thin! reading by Yeas 85, Nays, 80; and titus pns eu without funhcr division. A motion to reconsider wa. laid ou the taulc-Y cas, 71 ; Nays, 8:3. Su the uill was pusRcd :lllU .cnt to the se~1:lte, where .Mr. Dixon H. Lewis, of Alaba111n, moveu that the Pl'oviso a hove cited be stricken out; ou wltid1 delJatc arose, nud Mr. John Davi~ of' Mas~, was :-;pcakin (r when, at noon of Augu ·t loth, the tirne fixed for aJjout·nmcnt having 11nived, both ll ouscs adjourned without day. 'l he XXXth Cou;;n'ss a~s<•mblcd Dec. 6, 1847. .Feb. ~8th 1 "·!:, ~lr. Putuam of New-York movl·d 1lte following: .Except only, that in nil cases of tHle to. sla~es, the 8 !~id writs of error or appeals shall be all on eu .tnd decided by Lhc said Supreme CourL without regard to the value of the matter, property, or tiLie iu controversyi· an<l except, also, that a wriL of error or appeal !1al nlso be allowed to tho upremc Court of Lhe Umted ~tatcs from the decision of tho snid BuiH'etne Court ct:e· ated by this act, or ot nny judge thereof, or _of the liiStrict Courts created by this acL, or of any J ~dge upon nny writ of hn.bcas corpus 1nvol vlng the l:IUC:lllOU of personal freedom. Wberea11, In the settlement of the difficulties penmng be~wcen this couutry and Mexico, territory way be acquu ·cd iu which ::!htYery does not now exi.t!t. Cunieu; Yens, 31 (~11. sorts); Nays, 19 (ull Southern, but Bright, DJCkm ·on, and Ilannegan~ Mr. Balli win, of Couuect.icut, moved an add1· tiona) scctiou, as follows : |