Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-02-17

men as Clay and Webster aud Calhoun
and Crawford ands host Of such men.
were mistaken when they assumed that
In the government Of territory Con-
gress had no right to say slavery should
not DO protected. Indeed the men OF
the south do not believe Il. Douglass
does not believe IL, or there would be no
effort now to repeal the prohibItory
clause Of that active do not say treaty
or compact II 10 simply an act, that may
be enforced or repealed. True, there
is the implied promise Of that Congress
that neither they nor their children
would ask It's repeal but that Is not bind
ing. They got tho turkey then and now
they want !, again.
We do not complain OF the views en-
tcriaincd by Judge Johnson as to the I'm
ability Of Congress to forbid slavery In
the states. Congress has no such right.
We malntain that IL the people Of Indi-
ana should decree tomorrow that Il
should DO a slave state Congress has no
right to Interfere. II Minnesota asks
tomorrow to be admitted as state, Il
IL no business Of Congress TO enquire
whether the Constitution Of Minnesota
provides for. or prohibits slavery. The
people In forming state have a right
In reference 10 their domestic lnstltu.
tons, that Congress can not, dare not
Infringe upon. but eonecdIng this IL
very different from eonoedlng that the
people Of that territory have nop tho
right to hold slaves, while operating un-
der the laws Of Congress, ono Of which
positively prohibits slavery there. II IL
the protection Of slavery by the laws Of
congreas'In the territories. that ye OBJ.
eet TO, II IL the repeal Of the law that
now forbIds slavery therein. against
which We speak. And against that we
expect 10 llft our voice, now aud here
after. And we predict that II the House
oil Representatives permit that bill TO
pass, II will take more than Baltimore
resolutions TO reconcile tho people TO
the endless concessions made TO slavery
Let Il DO borne In mind that the terrific.
ny In question Is OF greater area than all
the present free states exclusive OF Cal.
Iiornla. Let Il DO borne In mind that
the repeal ofthat law opens even Min
nesota TO slavery, and lot Il be remem.
bered that the territory south Of that
IL already slave territory, and that when
ever more Is needed more can DO had by
purchase or conquest.
And yet the half not been told
The repeal OF that act virtually turns
the power aud influence Of the nation TO
spreading the plague spot Of slavery
The plea OF Judge Johnson and OF 9TH
ers that there Is no probability Of the
introduction OF slavery there IL false.
Slavery already exists there among the
Indians. Many OF these are already OK.
tensive slave holders. But they are
such without the protection Of our gov
eminent Look OF the map. The Kan.
sas portion Of the territory Is just west
OF the state OF Missouri. No probability
OF slavery there! Tut That may Dc
TO tell In Congress but II will never be
believed by intelligent people. Why
then, II there Is no probability Of the ex-
istencv OF slavery there, are those men
so anxious to remove tho barrieri II Il
an insult TO the south, they say, TO be
told they shall not 20 there with their
property. Poor thingsi Ever since
1887 they have been told that they should
not enslaye free territory, and never I'LL
now did they discover that they were
insultedi
But we shall have occasion 10 refer 10
this question agal n. We will only add
that II ID u cheering feature OF the times
that but few II any papers In the north
except those In tho employ OF govern
ment, favor tho movement. We could
OIL our columns with extracts from the
leading Why aud Democratic papers Of
every state In which tho whole subject
IL handled without gloves.
We close with an unwritten chapter
Of the history Of Nebraska. Our read
ers know that Il 10 the Indian Territory
as laid down IN our maps. There are
not dozen white families In the whole
territory. al. ID. Johnson OF Nebras'
ka," lives In Iowa. DO you ask how he
became member Of Congress from Ne
braskai Thus. He, and some twenty
or thirty others went from Council Bluff
Iowa, some ten miles out In the Indian
territory, and held an election, and re-
turned the same day or remained only to
hunt
THIS election was duly certified up,
and thus he became the delegate from
Nebraska. A similar election was held
by some citizens Of Missouri and Hon,
Mr.. Guthrie became also delegate from
Nebraska. An election was held also al
a Missionary station and Rev. Thomas
Johnson became delegate elect. Two
Of the delegates being slave holders, the
third did well to rescue the small por.
ton now called Nebraska from the lions
paw. But more Of this hereafter,
Too mad.
7, During our visit to indianapolis We
took quarters at the Capital House, be-