The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-02-16

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strong and 70 the point, and most fat,
" contradiets the position Of thar portion o
the Democratic party who favor Douglas
Nebraska bill. Heurit:-
"The territory Of Dragon lies far North o.
thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes, the
Missouri and Texas Compromise line. III
southern boundary is the parallel of 81 do,
grees, leaving the intermediate distance. 70
be $50 geographical miles. And IL is be.
cause hs provisions Of this blu are not moon.
sisent With The laios Of he Missouri Compro.
mtse-9 eGtendsd fran The Rio Graade 10 "a,
Pacific Ocean-hat I..haVs not tek at liberty d
rthtoh my sanction"
Again, he says;
Ought we, at this late day, IN attempt.
ing to annul what has been 50 long eslab.
lished and acquiesced in, to excite sectiona.
divisions and jealousies-to a~lienate the
people OF different portions Of The Union
from each other, and to endanger the exist
lence ofthe Union ITSELF"
Bat to make the matter still more conclu,
sive, we ask the reader to carefally peruse
the following testimony fromSenator Doug
las himself, as recorded on the s5th page
oil thc Congressional Globe, for 1851
House OF REPRESENTATIVES, Jan. 8, 1854,
The House being in Committee of the
whole on the Texas question.
Mr.. Douglas, of Illinois. moved to amend
the amendment Of Mr. Weller by substitut-
ing therefor the. resolutions he had the hon
or to introduce a few days since.
The resolutions of Mr.. Douglas are in the
following words.-
JOINT RESOLUTIONS for the rean mex
alton Of Texas to the United States, in
conformity with the treaty of 1903, fl
the purchase Of Louisiana,
Whereas, DC, = y
9Th. And be further resoloed, That moth
ing herein contained shall be construed to
effect, or in any way interfere with, the
sixth section of the act, approved the sixth
OF March, 1920, admitting the State Of Mis-
souri, into the Union, and commonly called
the Missouri Compromise, that act having
passed and approved prior to the ratification
of the treaty commonly called the Texas
treaty, by which Texas was ceded to Spain.
To make the evidence sill more explicit'
if possible, we quote from Mr.. Douglas
testimony on page 1913. 1t is conclusive
Hear it:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,, Jan. %, 1854,
The question being on the Joint Resolu-
ton to admit Texas into the Union.
Mr.. Milton Brown (ol Tenne ssee) submit
ted the following as an amendment to it,
Strike out amendment Of Mr.. Weller to the
original resolution, and insert us follows:-
JOINT RESOLUTION declaring the term
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the Union as a State.
ResolVed, by the Senate and House of Repre-
Se7tatires Of the United States Of America, in
Congress assembled.
Tird. New States of convenient size,
not exceeding four in number, in addition to
said State of Texas, and having sufficient
population, may hereafter by the consent Of
said State be formed out Of the territory
thereof, which shall be entitled to admis-
son under the provisions OF the Federal
Constitution. And such tates as may be
formed out Of that portion Of said territory,
lying South of thirty-six degrees, thirty
minutes North latitude, commonly known
as the Missouri Compromise line, shall be
admitted into the Union, with or without
slavery, as the people Of each State asking
admission may desire.
Mr. Douglas (of I~llinois) asked the gen.
tleman from Tennessee to accept the follow
ing as a modification to his amendment, to
come in after the last clause:-
And in such States as shall be formed out
OF said territory, North of said Missouri Com
promise line, slavery or involuntary servi-
tude except for crime shall be prohibited.
Mr.. NJ. Brown accepted the modification.
The Speaker announced the question to
be on agreeing to the amendment.
Mr.. Vinton called for the yeas and nays,
and they were ordered.
The question was then taken by yeas
and nays, and resulted thus yeas lib mays
l0l.
CENTRAL Ono RAILRoAD.-We are glad
to learn from the most authentic source,
that the Central Ohio Railroad Company
hav just closed contracts for the building
of twenty four first class locomotives; the
delivery o. (which is to be made at the rate of
four per month, from the first of August
This number of engines, in connec-
ton with twelve now in use, and five which
the ballast contractors are to supply, will
furnish an effective force Of forty-one en-
gines for the large business which is expect
cd IN nrncs nnnn tho rnpd af ifS onauin1 -