It was determined in the affirmative-yeas| tude in the said state, otherwise than in the

States.

Kentucky.

97, nays 76; as follows:

South Carolina

Massachusetts

18 1 Georgia

Tennessee

Ohio

6

6

punishment of crimes, whereof the party Y. N. shall have been duly convicted: Provided, 9 always, that any person escaping within the same from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any other state, such fugitive may 61 be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service, as 1 aforesaid: Provided, nevertheless, that the said provision shall not be construed to alter the condition or civil rights of any person now held to service or labor in the said territory."

97 76

So the House of Representatives insisted on their disagreement to the Senate's amendment for the admission of Missouri.

The question was then taken: "Will the House insist on their disagreement to the amendment of the Senate, prohibiting the further introduction of slavery into the territories north of 36°30′?"

And it was determined in the affirmative

yeas 160, nays 14; as follows:

New Hampshire - - 6

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Y. N.

9
5

8

The question was then stated on agreeing to this amendment, when

Mr. Storrs of N. Y. moved to strike out these words: "And shall ordain and establish that," and in lieu thereof to insert the following:

"And be it further enacted, That the following propositions be, and the same are hereby, offered to the said convention, for their free acceptance or rejection, to be incorporated into the constitution of the said state as articles of compact between the said state and the United States, viz.: That there be neither

5 1 slavery," &c., as above.

51

States.

Y. N.

States.

Massachusetts

19 2 Georgia

2

Kentucky

1

And, on the question to agree to this amendment of Mr. Storrs, it was determined in the negative-yeas 82, nays 98.

The question was then taken on agreeing to the above amendment made in the committee of the whole, and passed in the affirmative yeas 94, nays 86.

A motion was then made by Mr. Taylor of N. Y. further to amend the said bill by striking out these words: "And the said state, when formed, shall be admitted into the Union upon an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever;" and in lieu thereof to insert, And if the same (that is the constituby Congress, the said territory shall be admitted into the Union as a state, upon the same footing as the original states.

tion) shall be approved Ill., Mr. Pink

Ordered, That Mr. Thomas of ney of Md., and Mr. Barbour of Va., be the managers at the said conference on the part of the Senate.

Ordered, That the secretary notify the House of Representatives accordingly.

In House of Representatives, Feb. 29, 1820, Resolved, That this House do agree to the conference, &c., &c.

Ordered, That Mr. Holmes of Mass., Mr. Taylor of N. Y., Mr. Lowndes of S. C., Mr. Parker of Mass., and Mr. Kinsey of N. J., be the managers at the sald conference on the part of this House.

Feb. 29, 1820. - The House took up the amendments made in committee of the whole to the "bill to authorize the people of the Territory of Missouri to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states," and concurred therein, with the exception of the following amendment:

"And shall ordain and establish, that there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servi

• Nelson.

And the question being taken thereon, it was determined in the negative-yeas 49, nays 125.

No further amendment being proposed, the question was then taken, "Shall the said bill be engrossed and read a third time?" and passed in the affirmative-yeas 93, nays 84.

In House of Representatives, Mar. 1, 1820. On the question "Shall the bill pass?" and it passed in the affirmative-yeas 91, nays 82; as follows:

YEAS.-Messrs. Adams of Mass., Allen of N. Y., Baker of N. Y., Bateman of N. J., Beecher of O., Boden of Pa., Brush of O., Buffum of N. H., Campbell of O., Case of N. Y., Clagett of N. H., Clark of N. Y., Cook of Ill., Crafts of Vt., Cushman of Mass., Darlington of Pa., Dennison of Pa., De Witt of N. Y., Dickinson of N. Y., Dowse of Mass., Eddy of R. I., Edwards of Conn., Edwards of Pa., Fay of N. Y., Folger of Mass., Ford of N. Y., Forrest of Pa., Fuller of Mass., Gross of N. Y., Gross of Pa., Guyon of N. Y., Hackley of N. Y., Hall of N.

Y., Hazard of R. I., Hemphill of Pa., Hendricks of Ind.,
Herrick of O., Hibsham of Pa., Heister of Pa., Hill of Mass.,
Hostetter of Pa., Kendall of Mass., Kensey of N. J., Kinsley
of Me., Lathrop of Mass., Lincoln of Mass., Linn of N. J.,
Lyman of N. Y., Maclay of Pa., Marchand of Pa., Meech of

Vt., Moore of Pa., Moore of Pa., Monell of N. Y., Mor-
ton of Mass., Moseley of Conn., Murray of Pa., Nelson of
Mass., Parker of Mass., Patterson of Pa., Phelps of Conn.,

Philson of Pa., Pitcher of N. Y., Plumer of N. H., Rich of Vt., Richards of Vt., Richmond of N. Y., Rogers of Pa., Ross of O., Russ of Conn., Sampson of Mass., Sergeant of Pa., Silsbee of Mass.. Sloan of O., Smith of N. J., Southard, Ste. vens of Conn., Street of N. Y., Strong of Vt., Strong of N. Y., Tarr of Pa., Taylor of N. Y., Tomlinson of Conn., Tompkins of N. Y., Tracey of N. Y., Upham of N. H., Van Rens selaer of N. Y., Wallace of Pa., Wendover of N. Y., Whitman

of Mass., Wood of N. Y.-91.

by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall be. and is hereby, for ever prohibited: Provided always, that any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or ser

NAYS.-Messrs. Alexander of Va., Allen of Tenn., Ander- vice is lawfully claimed in any state or terri

son of Ky., Archer of Md., Archer of Va., Baldwin of Pa., Barbour of Va., Bayley of Md., Bloomfield of N.J., Brevard of S. C., Brown Ky., Bryan of Tenn., Burton of N. C., Burwell of Va., Butier of La., Cannon of Tenn., Cobb of Geo., Crowell of Ala., Culbreth of Md., Culpepper of N. C., Cuthbert of Ga., Davidson of N. C., Earle of S. C., Edwards of N. C., Erwin of S. C., Fisher of N. C., Floyd of Va., Foot of Conn., Fullerton of Pa., Garnett of Va., Hall of N. C., Hardin of Ky., Holmes of Mass., Hook of N. C., Johnson of Va., Jones of Va., Jones of Tenn., Kent of Md., Little of Md., Lowndes of S. C., McCoy of Va., McCreary of S. C., McLane of Del.. McLean of Ky., Mason of Mass., Meigs of N. Y., Mercer of Va., Metcalf of Ky., Neale of Md., Nelson of Va., Newton of Vas Overstreet of S. C. Parker of Va., Pinckney of S., C.. Pindall of Va., Quarles of Ky., Randolph of Va.. Rankin of Miss., Read of Ga., Rhea of Tenn., Ringgold of Md., Robertson of Ky.. Settle of N. C., Shaw of Mass., Simkins of S. C., Slocum of N. C., Smith of Md., B. Smith of Va., A. Smyth of Va., Smith of N. C., Storrs of N. Y., Strother of Va., Swearingen of Va., Terrill of Geo., Trimble of Ky., Tucker of Va., Tucker of S. C., Tyler of Va., Walker of N. C., Warfield of Md., Williams of Va., Williams of N. C.-82.

Vote classified by states :

South Carolina

tory of the United States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.

The said amendment was agreed to in Senate without a division.

Mr. Trimble of Ohio then moved to amend this new section by striking out the following: "All that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of 36° 30′ north latitude, not included within the limits of the state contemplated by this act," and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

All that part of Louisiana west of the Mississippi ceded by France to the United States, except the state of Louisiana, the territory Y.N. included in the proposed state of Missouri, 9 and the Arkansas territory east of the 17° or 94° of longitude (agreeably to Melish's map.) On the questio question to agree to this amendment, it was determined in the negative-yeas 12,

4

8

5

16 3 Georgia.

Kentucky

6

1

1

.1
i

91 82

New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland

Virginia

North Carolina

1 Indiana
9 Illinois

22

12

1 nays 30, as follows:

In Senate of United States, March 2, 1820. The aforesaid bill, from the House of Representatives, was received and taken up, and on motion by Mr. Barbour of Va, to strike out the clause "that the further introduction of slavery or involuntary servitude be prohibited, except for the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall be duly convicted; and that all children of slaves born within the said state, after the admission thereof into the Union, shall be free, but may be held to service until the age of twenty-five years," as an amendment; and it was agreed to-yeas 27, nays 15; as follows :

The title of the bill was then amended by adding thereto the following: "And to prohibit slavery in certain territories." And the bill was passed without a division, and sent to the House of Representatives.

On the reception of which in the House of Representatives, the managers of the conference on the disagreeing votes on the amendY. N. ments to the "bill providing for the admission of the state of Maine into the Union," made a report (which is in the journal of the House of Representatives, page 275), recommending

The said clause was therefore stricken from the bill of the House of Representatives.

On motion by Mr. Thomas to amend said bill by adding thereto the following, as a new section :

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of 36° 30′, north latitude, Not included within the limits of the state contemplated

1st. That the Senate recede from all their amendments to the bill for the admission of Maine, and

2d. That the bill of the House of Representatives to enable the people of Missouri to form a state government, &c., should be so amended as to strike out the clause prohibiting slavery within the state to be formed, and to insert a new section prohibiting slavery in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of 36°30′ north latitude, not included within the limits of the state of Missouri, &c. The said report was read and ordered to lie on the table.

The House then took up and proceeded to consider the amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill to authorize the people of Missouri to form a constitution, &c., &c.; "and the said amendments being in exact conformity to the report, or recommendations of the committee of conference herein recited," the question was first taken on striking out the clause prohibiting slavery in Missouri, Missour and it was carried in the affirmative-yeas 90, nays 87, as follows:

YEAS.-Messrs. Abbott, Alexander, Allen of Tenn,, Anderson, Archer of Md., Archer of Va., Baldwin, Barbour, Bayly, Bloomfield, Brevard, Brown, Bryan, Burton, Burwell, Butler of La., Cannon, Cobb, Cocke, Crawford, Crowell, Culbreth, Culpepper, Cuthbert, Davidson, Earle, Eddy, Edwards of N. C., Ervin, Fisher, Floyd, Foot, Fullerton, Garnett, Hall of N. C., Hardin, Hill, Holmes, Hooks, Johnson, Jones of Va., Jones of Tenn., Kent, Kinsey, Little, Lowndes, McCoy, McCreary, McLane of Del., McLean of Ky., Mason, Meigs, Mercer, Metcalf, Neale, Nelson of Va., Newton, Overstreet, Parker of Va., Pinckney, Pindall, Quarles, Randolph, RanReed, Rhea, Ringgold, Robertson, Settle, Shaw, Simpkins, Slocumb, Smith of N. J., Smith of Md., B. Smith of Va., A. Smyth of Va., Smith of N. C., Stevens, Storrs, Strother, Swearingen, Terrell, Trimble, Tucker of Va., Tucker of S. C., Tyler, Walker of N. C., Warfield, Williams of Va.,

Williams of N. C.-90.

NAYS.-Messrs. Adams, Allen of Mass., Allen of N. Y., Baker, Bateman, Beecher, Boden, Brush, Buffum, Butler of N. H., Campbell, Clagett, Clark, Cooke, Crafts, Cushman, Darlington, Dennison, Dewitt, Dickinson, Dowse, Edwards of Pa., Fay, Folger, Ford, Forrest, Fuller, Gross of N. Y., Gross of Pa., Guyon, Hackley, Hall of N. Y., Hazard, Hemphill, Hendricks, Herrick, Hibsham, Hiester, Hostetter, Kendall, Kinsley, Lathrop, Lincoln, Linn, Livermore, Lyman,

Maclay, Mallary, Marchand, Meech, R. Moore, S. Moore,
Monell, Morton, Moseley, Murray, Nelson of Mass., Parker
of Mass., Patterson, Phelps, Philson, Pitcher, Plumer, Rich,
Richards, Richmond, Rogers, Ross, Russ, Sampson, Sergeant,
Silsbee, Sloan, Southard, Street, Strong of Vt., Strong of N.
Y., Tarr, Taylor, Tomlinson, Tracy, Upham, Van Rensselaer,
Wallace, Wendover, Whitman, and Wood.-87.

Those who voted in the affirmative and ne

Y. N.

9

6

686

8

6

gative are as follows, by states :

1

Pennsylvania

2 21 Mississippi

Delaware.

1

Alabama
Illinois

Virginia

22

North Carolina . 12

11

6

1

NATS.-Messrs. Abbott, Adams, Alexander, Allen of Mass., Archer of Va., Barbour, Buffum, Burton, Burwell, Butler of La., Cobb, Edwards of N. C., Ervin, Folger, Garnett, Gross of N. Y., Hall of N. C., Hooks, Johnson, Jones of Va., Jones of Tenn., McCoy, Metcalf, Neale, Newton, Overstreet, Parker of Va., Pinckney, Pindall, Randolph, Reed, Rhea, Simkins, Slocumb, B. Smith of Va., A. Smyth of Va., Swearingen, Terrell, Tucker of Va., Tyler, Walker of N. C., Williams of

So the House concurred in all the amendments of the Senate, and the bill was passed by the two Houses. The following is a copy of it as it became a law:

An act to authorize the people of the Missouri territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the inhabitants of that portion of the Missouri territory included within the boundaries hereinafter designated, be, and they are hereby authorized to form for themselves a constitution

and state government; and to assume such name as they shall deem proper; and the said state, when formed, shall be admitted into the Union upon an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatsoever.

The 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th sections of the law embrace mere matters of detail, having no connexion with the great question which is now agitating the country. The 8th 1 section, which is what is generally known as the Missouri Compromise, is as follows :

90 87

The main question was taken on concurring with the Senate in inserting in the bill, in lieu of the state restriction, the clause inhibiting slavery in the territory north of 36° 30′ north latitude, and was decided in the affirmative, by yeas and nays as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Allen of N. Y., Allen of Tenn., Anderson, Archer of Md., Baker, Baldwin, Bateman, Bayly, Bloomfield, Boden, Brevard, Brown, Brush, Bryan, Butler of N. H., Campbell, Cannon, Case, Clagett, Clarke, Cocke, Cook, Crafts, Crawford, Crowell, Culbreth, Culpepper, Cushman, Cuthbert, Darlington, Davidson, Dennison, Dewitt, Dickinson, Dowse, Earle, Eddy, Edwards of Pa., Fay, Fisher, Guyon, Hacklay, Hall of N. Y., Hardin, Hazard, Hemphill, Floyd, Foot, Ford, Forrest, Fuller, Fullerton, Grosse of a Hendricks, Herrick, Hibsham, Hiester, Hill, Holmes, Hostet ter, Kendall, Kent, Kinsey, Kinsley, Lathrop, Little, Lincoln, Linn, Livermore, Lowndes, Lyman, Maclay, McCreary, Lane of Del., McLean of Ky., Mallary, Marchand, Mason, Meigs, Mercer, R. Moore, S. Moore, Monell, Morton, Mosely, Murray, Nelson of Mass., Nelson of Va., Parker of Mass., Patterson, Philson, Pitcher, Plumer, Quarles, Rankin, Rich, Richards, Richmond, Ringgold, Robertson, Rogers, Ross, Russ, Sampson, Sergeant, Settle, Shaw, Silsbee, Sloan, Smith of N. J., Smith of Md., Smith of N. C., Southard, Ste vens, Storrs, Street, Strong of Vt., Strong of N. Y., Strother,

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That in

all that territory ceded by France to the Uni

ted States, under the name of Louisiana,

which lies north of thirty-six degrees 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 is hereby for ever prohibited; Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed, in any state or territory of the United States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.

Approved 6th March, 1820.

THE SECOND MISSOURI COMPROMISE.

Tarr, Taylor, Tomlinson, Tompkins, Tracy, Trimble, Tucker there was a clause requiring the legislature to

In the constitution formed by Missouri pass laws prohibiting the emigration of freo

son, Archer of Md., Archer of Va., Baldwin, Ball, Barbour, Resolution providing for the admission of

NATS-Messrs. Adams, Allen of Mass., Allen of N. Y., Beecher, Boden, Brush, Buffum, Butler of N. Campbell, Case, Clagett, Cook, Cushman, Dane, Darlington, Dennison, DeWitt, Dickinson, Edwards of Conn., Edwards of Pa, Eustis, Fay, Folger, Foot, Forrest, Fuller, Gorham, be passed in conformity thereto, by which any Gross of N. Y., Gross of Pa., Hall of N. Y., Hemphill, Hendricks, Herrick, Hibsham, Hobart, Hostetter, Kendall, citizen of either of the states in this Union Kinsey, Kingsley, Lathrop, Lincoln, Livermore, Maclay, shall be excluded from the enjoyment of any McCullough, Mallary, Marchand, Meech, Monell, R. Moore, of the privileges and immunities to which such