The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-02-24


al this bill, introduced into lhe Senate d
tie United States by Mr Douglas. s likely
g sur CD lhe snoudeling elements q 81.
natical agitation upon he slave question
We think ordinary prudence suggest BE-
propriely Of making Intentions moro gen
orally known % our renders
AZ present, aIl that INN ase extent d ter
ritofy lying between the froniiefs Of Mis-
souri, and The Rocky Mountains, Is known
BY The Indian name Neblaska The Indian
tile is still Intact throughout ever portion
|ei IS and white settlements can scarcely yet
Be said 70 have an existence within It's bor-
ders. Except AS link Ia tile great chain
OF civilization and for Che extension III our
empire towards the Pacific, there is nothing
Ia nebraska itself q engage special public
attention, nor any advantage, agri ulturalor
mineral. to be 10 nd wilhin il superior TO
what II presented ID many 81 the States Of
the Union. Portions 81 It, however, are
represented to be Of surprising beauty and
great fertility, and for grazing purposes, il
IS in nearly It's fullest extent admirably adj
apted Whether any section of this ex-
tensiye territory is capable Of probably EN-.
|ploying slave lador, We will not undertake
10 say. nor, indee d ], do We regard that aspect
of the case as at all affecting the principle
inv lyed In the bill Of 81. Douglas, which
merely goes to the recognition Of the right
Of the people Of every section Of the Union
to go In and p ssess lhe land, with oreith-
out slaves, as their interest OF their feelings
may dictate. Toa proposition so reasonable
and equitable it's difficult to see what posi-
BILE objection can be made, for If It be once
understood that acquisitions OF territory
whether purchas d by the blood or money
of all the people, are to i ure exclusively to
the advantage of particular sections Of the
Union, itrequires no great gift Of prophecy
TO predict tue day when extension Of the
limits o. the Republic, as now constituted,
can no longer take place. If we rigatl,
til principles Of the compro-
mise acts when We support q them before
the people in our columns. they were inten-
ded tn put an end to ali misunderst ndings
and agitations in regard TO slavery ia the
territories, and IN snch acquisitions as might
IS from time to me made by peaceful ne
or by wars into which the per
YersilS d infatualion Of cur neighbors
might impel TIE lale compromise II
his completely negatived tie Missouri conn
promise, and reinslated the South ID the POI
silion and ii hts her people enjoyed before
The latter was accepted, and without preju- |
lice to her institute rs. 9his appears TO US
% have been the opinion Of Mr.. Douglas
when he framed the bill, and the opinion
generally of the southern press in common
ing upon il; but different sentiment pre-
1aied at Washington among good many
Who still thought that the Missouri cotnpro-
Mise was in full force, and that the Wilmot
,ropiso as It's chief provision exists u the
territory. and viii continue until
lbrogated by law To meet and to dispose
# such objections in future. as well as to
cave no loop. hole for disatfected agitators
o crawl into r out Of, Mr.. Dixon. OF Ken
ucky. moved an amendment the adoption
i which with the bill Of Mr.. d ugIas. viii /
brewer settle the prosiso. and release he
erritory from the interference Of other til an
IS own occupants in The Settlementof in
titutions and the organization of its gov
rnment, and will leave the people free to
axe heir slaves to It or not as they. and
aeytalone. may choose TO determine.