On that occasion, I argued for my amendment as an obligation of the Government to remove obstructions; to give the fair operation to constitutional right; and so far from the Senator having stood with Mr. Clay against all these propositions, the fact appears, on page 1134 of the _Globe_, that, upon the vote on Chase's amendment, Douglas voted for it, and Davis and Clay voted against it; that upon the vote on Davis' amendment, Clay and Davis voted for it, and Douglas voted against it. MR. DOUGLAS. The Senator should add, that that vote was given under the very instructions to which he referred the other day, and which are well known to the Senate, and are on the table. MR. DAVIS. I was aware that the Senator had voted for Mr. Seward's amendment, the "Wilmot proviso," under these instructions, but I receive his explanation. Mr. Berrien offered an amendment to change the provision, which said there should be no legislation in respect to slavery, so as to make it read, "there shall be no legislation establishing or prohibiting African slavery." Mr. Clay voted for that; so did Mr. Davis. Mr. Douglas voted against it. Mr. Hale offered an amendment to Mr. Berrien's amendment, to add the word "allowing." Here Mr. Douglas voted for Mr. Hale's amendment, and against Davis and Clay. Then a proposition was made to continue the Mexican laws against slavery until repealed by Congress. I think I proved--at least I did to my own satisfaction--that there was no such Mexican law; that it was a decree, and that the legislation which occurred under it had never been executed. But that proposition by Mr. Baldwin, which was to continue the Mexican laws in force, was brought to a vote, and again Mr. Douglas voted for it, and Mr. Davis and Mr. Clay voted against it. When another proposition was brought forward to amend by "removing the obstructions of Mexican laws and usages to any right of person or property by the citizens of the United States in the Territories aforesaid," I do not find the Senator's name among those who voted, though, by reference to the Appendix, I learned he was present immediately afterwards, by his speaking to another amendment. Thus we find the Senator differing from me on this question, as was stated; but we do not find him concurring with Mr. Clay, as was stated; and we do not find the proposition which I introduced, and which was mentioned in the magazine article, receiving the joint opposition of himself and Mr. Clay; and yet his remarks in the Senate the other day went upon the same theory, that Mr. Clay and himself had been coöperating. Now, the fact of the case is, that they agreed in supporting the final passage of the bill, and I was against it. I was one of the few Southern men who resisted, in all its stages, what was called the compromise, or omnibus bill. I have consumed the time of the Senate by this reference, made as brief as I could, on account of the remarks the Senator had made.