The sectional line was not so rigidly maintained as it was in the House.
Of the hostile vote 28 were from the South and 15 from the North.
The Virginia delegation, following Mr.Hunter's example, voted solidly in opposition.

The Southern men who voted for the bill were in nearly every instance distinguished for their hostility to secession.

John A.Gilmer of North Carolina, Thomas A.R.

Nelson, and William B.Stokes of Tennessee, William C.Anderson, Francis M.Bristow, Green Adams, and Laban T.Moore of Kentucky, separated from their section, and in their support of a protective tariff openly affiliated with the North.
The Morrill Tariff, as it has since been popularly known, was part of a bill whose title indicates a wider scope than the fixing of duties on imports.

It provided also for the payment of outstanding Treasury notes and authorized a loan.