y in the Territories. It was adopted not entirely by Democratic
votes; and that there may be no mistake, I will read what the Senator
from Massachusetts said when he moved a reconsideration:

"I wish simply to say that I voted for that resolution
because I believed the condition of the Territories requires
no such law now or ever, and I do not believe in the
enactment of any such law; but my friends on this side of
the Chamber have put that resolution in the series; and for
myself, I do not wish to be responsible for any portion of
these resolutions, and I therefore wish the vote to be
reconsidered."

This was the language of the Senator from Massachusetts, when he found
that the Republicans, united with some Democrats, had stricken out the
fourth resolution of the series, and inserted this as a substitute. I
said to Mr. WILSON on that occasion:

"I desire merely to tender my thanks to the honorable
Senator from Massachusetts. The series of resolutions, as
introduced by the honorable Senator from Mississippi, are
germane one to the other. They are a declaration of
principles by the Democratic party. This amendment, as the
Senator has said correctly, has been fastened on the
Democratic resolutions by the votes of the Republican
Senators. I feel grateful, indeed, to the Senator for making
the motion to reconsider. I hope the vote will be
reconsidered, and the resolution voted down."

The motion was put, and on the yeas and nays the vote was
reconsidered. I voted for the reconsideration, and I voted against the
amendment when it was adopted as a substitute for the fourth
resolution. Among those who voted in the affirmative for
reconsideration were Messrs. BENJAMIN, BROWN, CHESNUT, CLAY, DAVIS,
FITZPATRICK, GREEN, GWIN, HAMMOND, HARLAN, HUNTER, IVERSON, JOHNSON of
Arkansas, and LANE. Among those who voted against it, I find JOHNSON
of Tennessee. I did not vote to continue in the series a resolution
that refused protection to all the people in the common Territories.
Portions of the Journal have been paraded to show the vote on Mr.
BROWN'S amendment to Mr. CLINGMAN'S amendment. I said, in several
speeches, that I should vote against all amendments, because the
series had been considered not only here, but in a caucus composed of
the Democratic Senators of this body, and we had agreed to take them
as a whole, and to vote them throu