Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1854-02-01
Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun

WASHINGTON, JAN "a, 1854
The Committee on Territories of the Senate and
House of Representatives have jointly agreed on
the following section of the new Nebraska Bill
Section Il That the constitution and laws of
the United States, which are not locally inappl-
cable, shall have the same force and effect within
the said Territory as elsewhere within the United
States Except the Sth section of the act preparato-
ry to the admission of Missouri into the Union,
approved March 6, 1920, which was suspended by
the principles of the legislation Of 1850, commonly
called the compromise measures, and is hereby de-
olared imperative
And they have also agreed TO oppose every
amendment to this section and every artihce by
which the true meaning Of the same may be OBJ
secured or rendered less explicit.
| can further state that Judge Douglas of the
Senate, has consulted the leading Northern and
Southern Senators on the subject, and they will
support the above amendment. When the COM
mttee had agreed TO IT, the case was submitted to
General Cass, who gave it his cordial approval; and
] can further state that notwithstanding all that
newspapers have said about the veteran statesman
lie was prepared himself to offer a similar amend
ment and support it by a speech, (Which he will
still male) as | have stated weeks ago in my let
tiers to toe Sun, from what deem the most auther-
tic authority. Gov. Bright has also been consulted
and has given the amendment his manly cordial
approval
In the House, Gen Richardson, of Illinois, has
pursued course similar to the practice and states
manlke course of Judge Douglas Influential
members of the North and South have also been
consulted and they promise their support TO the
amendments. Finally the administration paper, the
Union, to-day endorses the amendment and makes
IL the touch stone of true orthodox democracy-
You viii see, then, that | was right in my state
Inents and the views | expressed on this important
subject They are precisely the same views which
had the privilege 10 submit to the readers of the
Baltimore Sun in l949 and 1850, and acknowledge
frankly that | am vain enough to take pride in my
consistency.
have not the slightest fear that the slavery agi-
tation will commence de moro, provided this Con-
gress will act with promptness and decision. Let
the power of meddling with the domestic insttu-
tions of the States and Territories be taken away
from Congress, and fanatics will cease to send men
10 Congress for the sole purpose of mooting this
dangerous question. The above 18th section of
the Nebraska bill strikes at the root Of this evil and
the country is indebted to the committee on Terri
tories and their able chairman for having present.
ed it.
Senator DiXons amendment, when carefully read
"a circumstance was not aware of till yesterday
may be so construed as positively to legislate on
slavery; and though the legislation in this instance
may be right vet the fact itself may be SO construed
~ to give TO- or TO infer the power of Congress to
legislate for slavery in an adverse manner.
The charges Of freesoilism in lS4S brought by the
New York Herald against Gen. Pierce are denied
by the UaiOn | further learn from good authori-
~ here in Washington, that John Cochrane, ESQ.,
cannot find Gen Plerces letter, and that he is un-
der the impression that he was mistaken in regard
10 the existence Of such a letter. \.