that no person shall be sold as a slave by virtue of this act." The vote was 60 to 60, and Macon, by his casting vote, threw out the amendment. In a brief speech he strongly urged the passage of the bill as it stood. He considered it simply a commercial... Personnel of the Convention of 1861 - Page 27by John Gilchrist McCormick - 1900 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
| United States. Congress - Law - 1852 - 692 pages
...Mr. BIDWELL moved to add a proviso to the end of the 7th section, of the following tenor: "Provided, That no person shall be sold as a slave by virtue of this act." Messrs. BARKER, FINDLEY, QDINCY, VARNOM, SMILIE, CONRAD, SLOAN, CHANDLER, BIDWELL, BEDINQER, SOUTHARD,... | |
| Th. Jefferson - 1852 - 690 pages
...Mr. BIDWELL moved to add a proviso to the end of the 7th section, of the following tenor: "Provided, That no person shall be sold as a slave by virtue of this act." Messrs. BARKER, FINDLEY, Q.UINCY, VARNUM, SMII.II;. CONRAD, SLOAN, CHANDLER, BIDWELL, BEDINOER, SOUTHARD,... | |
| Henry Adams - United States - 1890 - 486 pages
...its favor. Bidwell of Massachu> Annals of Congress, 1806-1807, p. 238. setts then moved an amendment, "that no person shall be sold as a slave by virtue of this Act ; " and the House divided, sixty against sixty,1 nearly all the Pennsylvanians supporting Bidwell,... | |
| Henry Adams - United States - 1890 - 492 pages
...people in the Southern States do not consider slavery as even an evil." setts then moved an amendment, "that no person shall be sold as a slave by virtue of this Act ; " and the House divided, sixty against sixty,1 nearly all the Pennsylvanians supporting Bidwell,... | |
| William Edward Burghardt Du Bois - Social Science - 1896 - 358 pages
...crucial vote on the whole bill: it was an amendment to the forfeiture clause, and read, " Provided, that no person shall be sold as a slave by virtue of this act!"* This resulted in a tie vote, 60 to 60; but the casting vote of the Speaker, Macon of North Carolina,... | |
| William Edward Burghardt Du Bois - Slave trade - 1896 - 354 pages
...crucial vote on the whole bill: it was an amendment to the forfeiture clause, and read, " Provided, that no person shall be sold as a slave by virtue of this act"2 This resulted in a tie vote, 60 to 60; but the casting vote of the Speaker, Macon of North Carolina,... | |
| Duke University. Trinity College Historical Society - North Carolina - 1897 - 720 pages
...does Macon make a bold stroke. Mr. Bidwell made an amendment to the forfeiture clause : "Provided, That no person shall be sold as a slave by virtue of this act." The vote was a tie, 60 to 60. Macon vetoed it. Finally a Senate bill replaced that of the House, and the law instituting... | |
| History - 1900 - 650 pages
...hostility of Congress to the principle of importing slaves. If Congress taxed the slave trade it bound itself to the protection of that trade. The question...The law of nations had nothing to do with it. Our pow•Peter Early. He was at one time Governor of Georgia. ers of legislation were delegated by the... | |
| Edwin Emerson - History, Modern - 1906 - 464 pages
...even an evil." The Quaker amendment was rejected by a majority of ten. Bidwell of Massachusetts next moved, "That no person shall be sold as a slave by virtue of this act." On this amendment the House of Representatives tied, and the Speaker by his vote threw out the amendment.... | |
| Edwin Emerson, Jr. - 1910 - 462 pages
...even an evil." The Quaker amendment was rejected by a majority of ten. Bidwell of Massachusetts next moved, "That no person shall be sold as a slave by virtue of this act." On this amendment the House of Representatives tied, and the Speaker by his vote threw out the amendment.... | |
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