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Show 156 .A. POLITICAL TEXT-BOOK FOR 1860. I bot.h ?f .b :m COIIlmanJi11g the Ruppert of lll:lJOnty of that bodv. t1lc MissornL-Crnlg- 1 CuiFOf(NJA.-Mcl\ll!bin, Scott-2. Totnl, 120. NAYS. I On the 17th day of Febn1a1·y Mr W d f OJ • ( cl Gl 1. • I ' u e, 0 P K::\:S:>YLV.\:o/IA.-1A ~ Id y-1. 110, ou.. ouc, page 1074,) lllO\'"cl to pot. I ll " l>FLAW.\Ht-;.-\\'hitcley-1. • P?ne ~ . ~ n or ordcr:l nnd takl' up thcllome tcad :0.1 IH\'1.\Sil.-Uowie, DAvis, HARRI!:\1 Kunkel, RICAUD, ~til, " h1ch had pail ·ed the II oust'. The follow- St,·wart-ti. mg extracts front the debate UJ>Ou \'IIWINIA.-Do('ock, Caskie, Edmund~on, Faulkner, Onr- .11 I 'b' I . 1j11·", mot'1 00 nett, Ooolle, Hopkins, Jenkins, Letcher, ?lllllson, Smith " 1 ex ll Itt 1e PO liltS lltadc: - ·]I. ~OHTII C.1nou:-H. - Ill'nnch, Cralge, 0 ILMEn, Ruflin, Scalo.!:l, ~haw, V .\NC~:, Win:>low- . f:uL1TII CAHOUN 1.-Donham, lloyce, Kdtt, McQueen, ~f ib-.'1. Gtwnc;J,I.-Crawforcl, Oartt·ell, liJtL, Jacl<son, Seward, St-·piJ,·II~, 'I'HII'I'~:. Wl'il!h~. :\L 1 u 1" 1. - Cohh, Curry, Dvw(lcll, Jiou<t'·''11 Moore, Shorter, ~tallwortlt-7. 1\lr;-;:-;r:-;"ll'l'I.-Ba rk~dalc, J,umur, McHae, 8ingleton-4. LOl' ISI.\S A.-Jt:t'S1'11:-0-l. '1'1 X.IR-lh•aj!an-1. AHK 1:\SIS.-(:rt'l'IIWOOcl-1. 'l'r:-s~;ss1 F'.-.\tldn~, Avery, llf.HNAnn, RR.IDV Smith Watkin~, \\ right, ZoLIICOH'ER-,_, ' ' 1\1 S'lt·, K Y.-llurnett, ~lAHSIIALJ., ~J ason, Peyton, CNDER-wo;~ t~5. 0111(1.- ,Y i!'lifl/~'-1. Is .. 1.1 :-~ '.- EnJ!Ibdt, II ugheA, Nihlack- 8. l l.I.INOIS.-\larshall, :-;huw-2. 1\li,sot;Ht.-A.Ntnw::;oN, Clark, Woonso:s-8. Total, 76. Only thr 'l' ~onth('rll mernber·s-JonC's of Ten-or. :;;ec, .h•w<'tt of' Kl'ntucky, n.n <l Cntirr of Mis- . f !'> so.un-Yoterl 0 1· tlw bill, thereby nral'ldng un- "."~l:rkah ~.v tire ::.-t•t:tiona.l chal':lcter of the oppoSitiOn to tt. . 'l'ltc lh•pt!!llicnn YOfe, with n f"Olitary exc<'pUOi:, \\':tS gt,·eu solid for tltc hill. Of the K orthcl'll mcmbCI" connected with the Democratic party, twenty-nine voted fot· the bill nnd ioix '' Otecl n.ga.in.t it. Tltu., of the entire Demo~: ra ~ic party i1.t the Ilou ·e, a large 111njol'ity was ngam. t the b11l, hut even this is le ·s important tltnn the othe1· fact, that the Sout.hem winrr of the vote was nllllost unanimously nrrain t it being thi Southern winrr which contr~ls in the party couneils, nnd wlti~h, when out-voted in the llouse, ha otltl'r departments of the Gov~ mment, the St•nat and the President with wb~ch . it is more power·ful, nnd by met;ns of wluch tt ltas o fat· rarely failc(l to defeat measures, however popular and beneficial which it dL likes. ' The liomC' tcad l>illltad now pa~se<l the Ilou~e by a decisive majority, uut it had vet to eucountcr. the rnore drwgerouH ordeal of·, lte Senate in ~vhi c lt_ the Democratic lllaj ol'ity was larger, ~nd 11, ll'ltJ~h Lite rep_rcsentatiou of the slaveholding ~t"~c ~~proportiOnably grent(• r. ~o du·~ct vote upon the mex ut·e wns, in fact, reached m the Senate, because the Southern manager would not permit it. TlH:re are two ways of killinrr off obnox1ous 0 . 0 meae.urcs. 110 1s, to act upon them and vote them tlown. Another is, to over laugh them wbcr_tevcr they are propo ed, by proceec.linrr to con~t~le: so:n.e other business. This latter 0mcthoJ ~~ ll1VItrt<tl>ly r_cs~rtcd to, where a measure, obnoxtous to a mn;onty of the Senate, is supposeu w.bc acccpt<~l>le to the people. And it was Jli't'ctHely by tlw, method, and for that reaeon, that the H o m e~t<'ad bill was run over shov~d a 'iue, ~vad~d, and left unacted upon, b): the Seu~tc. duru_1g tts late session. 'l'he regulat· approprtatton btll~ and the bill for the purchase of Cuba were bcmg pressed upon the time of the SenMe during the last days of the session, Mr. Wade.-The Ilomcst.cntl bill, to which I nm n d deal .attacl.ted, has, l I.Jelievc, twice paRsed the Il ouseg~~d come to tl11s body, but somehow It ltas ltn(l the go-by nnd we have never hnd a direct vo~ upon It here thnt 1 know of. I do not propose to dbcuss It. for n single moment 11 d I hope none of its friends will cft>hate It because It h~ been pcudlng before Congrl!~s for several ycnrs, unci I pre. sume c~·c ry senator ls perfectly well acquainted wltb all its pt;onslons, ~nd hos made up ltls mind as to the cours he. will p ur~uc 10 rt'gunl to it. I have no hope thnt nny: thtng 1 could !:'ay would win An opponent of the bill to It SU}IJ!Or~; anr.l I hope cve.ry friend of the measure will tak! n~ t1~1 e .i~1 d~ hat e , but wtll try to get a vote upon it, for I tl11nk It IS the gn•at measure of the session. All I want all I ll~k, _b; to ha Ye a vote upon it. ' M.r. HcHI, of 'orth Carolina.-! think it Is tC1o late In the St'S~Ion n.ow to take up Litis hill to be nctcd upon here a~ I ·a~t ~nttl we act upon other gt'('ltt measures upon wb'ich there Ill more nnunimlty of sent.lmenL in the country and a higher sense of duty upon us to pass them during the few days of the session that rcmain. ?llr. llunt \!t', of Yirginia.-1 hellcve that a fortnight from to-dny will take us to the 3d of March. Now, it is known ~ !tnt we, have nearlr all tho important appropriation bills, .tnd one that Is unfmishcd, to take up. I hope there will he no effort .to press. this Homestead IJill, so as to di place the appropr1at10n bills. I must appeal to the Senate to con ider how little of the session is now left to us and w.hcthcr w~ ought not to take up the appropriation bi!J and dtHposc of 1t. .Mr. Shields, of :P.Iinnesota.-Tite friends of this blll de· sire nothing but 11. vote upon it, not to waste time in de· bate. Ll't us take it up, and ha vc a fair vote upon It. l\Ir. llunter-I do not conceal the fact thnt 1 nm very much opposed to it; but l suppose whcncYet· tills LUI con1es up, It must be the subject of debate. Mr. Wil~on, of ~Insf;achusctts.-1 appreciate the anxiety of the senator from Virgiuio. to take UJl the appropriation hill; but I wouhl sugf.\C8t to that scnato1· that he allow UJ to take up this bill, and have a vote upon H. I do no~ suppose thu.t anyhody, who is in favor of the measure, desires to consume the time of tho Senn.tc at this stage of the session, by discussing il.. It has l>ec~ (liscu sed before the nation. It is well understood. I believe it Is sus· talncd by an ovenvhelmning majority of the people of the country. Mr. Wacle.-I have no doubt, from the businesa before us, that litis is the last opportunity we shall have to ncl upon this great measure, I hope, as I said before, thai every fricu<l of it will stand by it until it is either triumph· ant or defentc<l, and that, too, in preference to any other business tltHt may be ut·ged upon us. As to the npproprla· tlon l!ills, I have not the least fear but that they wlll go through. l'heir gravitation carrie~:~ them through. 'l'he gucstion was then taken, nnd :Mr. Wade's motion was canieJ l>y the following ''Ot<', tbe Republicans being indicated by italic:l: YEAS lllessrs. llrlght, Droderlck, (Jiirr:ndler ()ollamtr, Dia:on, JJonlittle, Fes.~enden, ./fo ot, }l'o.~ter, Gwln, l/alt, lfmntin, /farlan, Johnson, of 'I'cuncf'sec, J{in(J, Pugh, nice, .. erward, Shields, Simmons, Smith, Stuart, Trwnbult, Wade, and Wilson- 26. NAYR--Met-lsrs. Allen, llay!Lrd, Denjnmln, Jligler, nrown, Chestnut., Clay, Clingman, Davis, Filch, }'itzpatrick, Green, Hammond, Hunter, Iverson, Lane, Mallory, lllason, Pearoe, Held, Slidell, Toombs, and W ttrd- 28. Upon an examination of this vote, it will be sccu that tlte Hc•pnl>lica us votrd unanimously in the aflhmative and that the SlavP State Sen· ators we re all inI the negative, with the so II' · tnry excepti on of Mr. Johnson, of Tenncs~ee. Of the Free Sta.te Democmtil, Gwin, lll'ight, ~~ugl~ , Ric , Shield!'!, Sntith, anJ Stttart, nil I>~· mg .h om th e new States' vc.ted for Mr. Wn de 1 mottou. The lionresteud bill was now up, and, 110 f1r ITOMESTEAD BILL IN TilE ~EX ATE. 18'1 as its frie11ds were concerned, nothing was ttskcJ but a vote, which would uot have consumed ten minutes. But a vote wn.s preci ely what the tiouthcrn managet·s were determined to twoid. I nstantly, therefore, upon the announcement of the f:'ueccss of :Mr. Wade's motion, w bich brought the lJill before the Senate, 1\lr. lluntcr took the floor, and moved that it be set aside, so as to take up another bill, viz. : the Diplomatic and Uonsulat· Appropri1~tion bill. No quc ~ tion of order ,was raised upon this motion of ~Jr. Hunter, but it was well characterized ns "ckild's play," to move to ct aside n hill, insta1ttly aftct· a vote to tuke it up. rending some convcr ationn.l debate upon Mr. Hunter'~ motion, the hour of twelve o'clock arrived, and the Vice-Pre iJcnt d •cidcd that the Cub::t bill, having l>cen a Rigned for that hour, was the subject pending before the Sen:tte. Hereupon, Mr. W adc moved to po~tpone the tweh·e o'clock order, n.ud continue the considemtion of the Homestead bill, und this motion prevailed by the following vote : Yus-Messrs. Bell, llright, Broderick, C!wntller, Clttrk, Cullu nuN', JJiwon, ])uolittle, noul{las, Dtwke/!,' Jt'e.~ enden, ft'uot, .P'oaf1H', J/1111', Jfomlin, 1/ttrl an• Johnson of 'l'eunessce, Kin!J, Pugh, ltice, SeumrJ. Silnmons, Su1ith, Stuart, Tl'umbull, Wu<i e, ami Wil11on -27. NAvs- l\rcRsrs. Allen, Duto.!s, Benjamin, ll'gler, Brown, CltLy, Clingman, Davis, !•'itch, J<'it:.~patrick, (lrecn, Owin, llammond, Hunter, 1 l'e rson::~, John::~ o n, of Arkansas, J.ane, 1\lallory, l\lnson, l'earct:, Hcid, :5c1Jastian, ~liclcll, 'l'oomb:~, Wanl, aud Yult: e-~.>.6. On this vote, :ut ndtlitioual , outlicnt 'enn.tor, Mr. nell, or 'ft.:nnelisec, l':lllgeJ ltim:;clf Oll the siJe of Home Lead ... :. llttt thi;,; wa:-l ofl~et by the mt ting !Jack to the negative ~ide of Mr. Gwin. 'l'lte HoliH!Stcau bill wa no"· ng;dn before the Senate, but the question, ag ~tatcd by the Yice-Pre itleut, wa;:; i.iti!l upon Mr. Hunter's lllOtion to set it asi(le, atH1 take up tht' Cousulnt· and Diplomatic Appropriation btl!. Mr. Ma, on, of Virginw., thrcatcne(l an 11 extended debate'' upon the Home ·tea(l bill, if it consideration were insisted upon. Jl c dccl:tred, at any rate, fot· him elf that he intended tu '· yo iuto it pretty la1·gely, becan.~e he h~~.cl n.,t ?Jet known a bill so j1·aught with mischirf, and mi~chief of the most demoralizin!J kiud." .Mr. W nde and. Mr. Scwu.rd, in bt·il'f and e nergetic terms, exhorted the friends of tlte uill to stand firm. '£he vote was then taken upon Mr. llunter's motton, and resulted as follows: YKAB.- Messrs. Allen, Dates, Dayard, Dcnjamtn, Dlglt!r, Brown, Cla.y, Clingman, Davis, Fitch, J<'ltsputrick, Green, Gwin, llanunonu, Hunter, Iverson, Johnson ()( Arkunsas, Kennelly, L;we, Mallory, Mo.son, Pearce, ltclu, Sebusti;111, hll<Jcll, Tooml!s, Ward, and Yulee-28. N AY8.-1'!1essrs. Dell, llright, Drotlcrlck, Chan dler, Olu11·k, Collamer, ])£0o'1~, J)ooUttte, Vouglus, J)u,rkee, }l'es8enden, Jtoot, ]1-,ost&r, Jiate, 1/aml'in, Jlart(m, Houston, J ohnson of 'l'enncssce, Ji'in(J, Pugh, Hlcc, 8&toard, SiriV1n 01ll81 Smith, Stuart, Trtvmbull Wade, Ufl(.l Wilson- 28. The vote being n tie, tl10 Vice-President, Mr. ll:cckinl'ic.Jge, VOted in the affirmative, und tJHtA, after a long struggle, the llomcstead bill was, fot· that day, overslaughed. . Of the twenty-eight votes for oversla Jghing It, all but five are from the South, aud :ne of the e five. lfr. Gwin, is only a temporary residcut of .l .Yree tate. Of the twenty-eight votes in favor of sustain· ing the uill, only three n.rc from the South, and ouly one of the three (John:lOII of Tcnncs ee,) ia a Democmt. Two day- afterward, on the HHh of February, Mr. Wade ngttin moverl to set n.Hit!e all priot orders anti take up the Homc.!sten.d bill; !Jut this motion waR negatived l>y the following vote: YKAS.-ll1esH r::~. Broclcrlck, ()lurndler, ()turk, (Joltamer, Di""on, lJoolittle, Durkee, .P'&Bend tn, _jf'oot, llal~ flamli,n, llarlm~>, Joh11~(lll of 'l'l:nne see, June~, Kin(/, Pul{h, lttce, SI!/Wt£1'(1, Shield~, SiuwtOJUJ, 8LUai'L, 'l'rwmbtdl, Wade, nnu lVilson·-24. NAV8.-~1essrs. Allen, lJatt:s, llaynrcl, Benjamin, Dlgler, Dright, lJnlwn, Che:~tnut, Cluy, Clingrnan, Orlttcnucn, ():wis, !<'Itch, lt'itzlmtrick, Green, llautnHIIHl, Houston, JJ unter, I V\!r:;on, Kennedy, Mallory, 1\IIliion. Pearce, Polk, Reid, Sei.Jus tian, Slidell, Swith, 'l' oom b::~, Wanl, nod Yulcc-81. Upon these two days, the 17th and 19th of Februttry, the question was lll11dc between the eonsidemLion of the lfomcstcud bill and the consideration of the appropriation bills, the necesSity ot pnssiug wltich lust l>ills did not fitil to l>c insisted upon by the Dcmocmtic managers. At a sub:;equcnt stage of tlte csston, n.;~ will be presently seen, the que tion wa "! made bctwecu considering the llonte:::;tead bill tUtU co n!'-!id(~riug the Uul>a bill. Upon the 2Jth day of .February, upon the occasion of a motion by Mr. Slidell to postpone all prior orderH nncl take up the bill for tltc purchu c of Cuba, 1\lt·. Doolittle rc~i ted it, and called upon tlte friend5 of Ilomestl' Ulls to vote it down, so that ltc hilllself might sulHn it a rnotion to take up the llomcstead bil l. :\It·. Doolittle Haiti : I thlnlc it would be better to take up th l~ question of the Homestead bill anu vote upon it, unrllhcu the Cuba bill will come up. I ask the frie nd::~ of the Homestead bill now to stand hy it and give it the prcfen:ncc. The vote wa:; tlten taken, and tltc lllOtion to take up the Cuba l1ill prcvaileu, a:; follo ws: Y~;AS-l\lcs::~ rs . Allen, llayard, Dell, lle11ja.min, lligler, Drown, Cltestnut, Vlay, Clingman, Davis, Jo'ttch, !o'itt· patrictc, Green, Gwiu, llu.mmouu,lluuston, lluuter, Iver~:~ on, .) <>nes, Lane, Mallory, i\la~on , l'olk, Pugh, Held, Wt:e, 'ciHL:!tian, 'ldclds, ::il1dcll, IIIIth, :-;tu;Lrt, Toomb~, \\'ani, Wright, an1l Yulee -~:>. N .1 \ 8-.\lc:-srs. llroderick, Ut .• ,.eron , Ohttnrll~:.r, Cl'11'k , ()ollamer, }Jia:on, D ooti.ttle, Douglas, J)urk ee, ./f'edse?vd. en, ./:l'oot, .P"uHler, liale, llmnlin, Unrlan, Johnson of 'l'enncsseel Kennedy, Ki n(!, l:'earce, Se;ward, ,SiJIVInOtl-81 'i'l'tbmbrbl , Wade, aud JVil110llr-lH . The Cuba bill was Irow up, aud the discus ion upon it protractcu the sessiou late.! into th" uigltt, :wJ a lmost into the next momillg. It was distinctly seen during the progress of this Ji:;cu:lsion that it woulc.l be witbouL practical re· sHit, and that uo vote could be reached before the final adjournment of Congre s. Accortlingly, at teu o'clock in tho evening, ~lr. Doolittle felt it to be his duty to renew tho uttempt to !:let asiuc tlte Cul>n. bill, the subjectmatter of a mani fcl'!tly idle debate, so as to take up the llomcstcau l>ill. lii:; motion to tllnt eU'cct, and th\; comnrcnccmcnt of the debate upon it, will be fo•mJ on page 1351 of the Gonflres: J iO?tal UlvbtJ. Sn0lt extracts arc made as will exhibit it.:! gcneml character : Mr. 'frumbuli.- H there wu:1 any assurance that the Homestead bill coul•l be taken up, afLcr the Cuba qu~tion was <lbpo~cu or, I should be wtlling to s'ee It ha\·e the goo) ;r ou the present occ~slon ; but we have soughl |