not investigate it, if he did not ; and if he did, why he wont tell the result. I call upon him for that.
This is the third time that Judge Douglas has assumed that he learned about these resolutions by Harris's attempting to use them against Norton on the floor of Congress.
I tell Judge Douglas the public records of the country show that he himself attempted it upon Trumbull a month before Harris tried them on Norton — that Harris had the opportunity of learning it from him, rather than heNorton — that Harris had the opportunity of learning it from him, rather than he from Harris.
I now ask his attention to that part of the record on the case.
My friends, I am not disposed to detain you longer in regard to that matter.
I am told that I still have five minutes left.
There is another matter I wish to call attention to. He says, when he discovered there was a mistake in that case, he came forward magnanimously, without my calling his attention to it, and explained it. I will tell you how he became so magnanimous.
When the newspapers of our side had disc
districts, etc. etc.--was passed, under the Previous Question-Yeas 136;
Nays--Messrs. Burnett, (Ky.,) Harding, (Ky.,) Norton, (Mo..) George H. Pendleton, (Ohio,) Reid, (Mo.,) Robinson, (Ill.,) Vallandigham, (Ohio,) Voorhees, (Ind.,) Wadsworth, (Kthe gentleman from Indiana.
The bill passed under the previous question: Yeas 150;
Nays--Messrs. Burnett, of Ky., Norton and Reid, of Mo., Vallandigham, of Ohio, and B. Wood, of N. Y. [The three first-named went over to the Rebels soon after l authority everywhere within the limits and jurisdiction of the United States.
Nays--Messrs. Burnett, Grider, (Ky.,) Norton, Reid, and Wood--5.
Mr. Potter, of Wise., offered the following, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Committee aight, Hale, Harding, Holman, Horton, Jackson, Johnson, Law, May, McClernand, McPherson, Mallory, Menzies, Morris, Noble, Norton, Odell, Pendleton, Porter, Reid, Robinson, James S. Rollins, Sheil, Smith, John B. Steele, Stratton, Francis Thomas, Vall
63.
The Emancipation bill was next taken up; when, after rejecting several amendments, the vote was taken on its passage, and it was defeated: Yeas 74 (all Republicans); Nays 78--fifteen members elected as Republicans voting Nay, with all the Democrats and all the Border-State men. The Republicans voting Nay were Messrs. Dawes and Delano, of Mass., Diven, of N. Y., Dunn, of Ind., Fisher, of Del., Horton, of Ohio, Wm. Kellogg, of Ill., Killinger, of Pa., Mitchell, of Ind., Nixon, of N. J., Norton, of Ill., Porter, of Ind., A. H. Rice, of Mass., Stratton, of N. J., and Train, of Mass.
Mr. Porter, of Ind., now moved
May 27. a reconsideration; which narrowly escaped defeat, on a motion by Mr. Holman that it do lie on the table: Yeas 69; Nays 73.
The reconsideration prevailed: Yeas 84; Nays 64: and the bill was recommitted, with instructions to report a substitute already proposed by Mr. P., which prevailed — Yeas 84; Nays 66: and Mr. Eliot again reported
June 17. a bill emanci
ersey--Starr.
Pennsylvania--Baily, Broomall, Coffroth, Hale, Kelley, McAllister, Moorhead, A. Myers, L. Myers, C. O'Neill, Schofield, Stevens, Thayer, Tracy, Williams.
Delaware--Smithers.
Maryland--Cresswell, Henry Winter Davis, F. Thomas, Webster.
West Virginia--Blair, Brown, Whaley.
Kentucky--Anderson, Randall, Smith, Yeaman.
Ohio — Ashley, Eckley, Garfield, Hutchins, Schenck, Spaulding.
Indiana--Colfax, Dumont, Julian, Orth.
Illinois--Arnold, Farnsworth, Ingersoll, Norton, E. B. Washburne.
Missouri--Blow, Boyd, King, Knox, Loan, McClurg, J. S. Rollins.
Michigan--A. C. Baldwin, Beaman, Driggs, F. W. Kellogg, Longyear, Upson.
Iowa — Allison, Grinnell, A. W. Hubbard, Kasson, Price, Wilson.
Wisconsin--Cobb, McIndoe, Sloan, Wheeler.
Minnesota--Donnelly, Windom.
Kansas--Wilder.
Oregon--McBride.
Nevada--Worthington.
California--Cole, Higby, Shannon.--Total, 119.
Nays--[All Democrats.]
Maine--Sweat.
New York — Brooks, Chanler, Kal<
