Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-06-22
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Wac Num vote an haAAAa
win ths Federal Executive. Judiciary and
Governor permit emigrsuts from abroad 70 vote
in the new Territories. Ths peOpls generally
say yes. Ihal since the rejection Of the Clayton
amsnement. The righ. Of suffrage is iucOntesia-
bic They haze not fully studied The Infamous
Nebraska Bill, with lis subtle provisos and dew
.lishly. iaqenious reservations. Here is sec
ten verify Of the closest attention.
Src. Q3 And beit further enacted That ev-
erv Tree White male inhabisaHs shove the age OF
terntvaone wears. who shall be an actual resi-,
dent Of said tsrritory. and shall possess the
aualiEeaGions hereinafter prescribed, shall be
entitled so vote Il tbe fFst eleetlon. and shall
be ehcible to anY office within the said terrific
~: bit duslhcaiionsof Of voters, and Of holding
oiiee al az subsequent elections, shall be pre-.
scribsd BY the Legislative Assembly: Provided
That the right Of suffrage and of holding office
shall be exercised only by ctizens Of the Uni-
tedStalas. and those who shall have declared
on their oath their intention to become such, and
shall have taken an oath to support the Con-
stitufion OF the United States and the provs-
lens Of this act. e ats fe~ ~
The New York Evening Post says that BY
this provision every one may vote az the hrst
election but after the first election, the iegIsia-
tare prescribes the qualifications Of voters, with
q proviso that prevents them from doing it, and
limits than to tbe qualifications prescribed b
Congress. rlti s4af4 ~ aids sftaee 51
Tk.se qualifications are citizeaship, naturs
or acquired, and an oath to support the eonsi
tuition and the Nebraska bH 90 h+.E .3'gaf
The declaration of intention referred to. il
that mentioned in the naturalization aets, an6
the oathito support the constitution is that ia
ken at the end OF five years residence after
declaration Of intention. None but citizens
those who are born il the country, or by fy
years naturalization. have become citizens
swear 70 the constitution. The judges who vii
be appointed will unqueslionably so hold, ant
exclude al others FROM the polls.
But the most Insulting provision in this sec
tion, and the most intolsrable prov ision in th
whole bill. that which makes it aud the con
stitution Of equal sanetityi which compels ev
cry man who presents himself at The polls
gote, or.as candidateadr pffise. TO swear Cha
he will support the Nebraska bill /; and ,whic
requires him to devote himself to the Propaga
ton Of slavery before he is SLOWED to exercls
the inalienabie right OF freeman. bf1 10
This is the first time on American citizen hi
ever been required to take an oath to suppo
an act Of Congress; It is the first time satIfag
and office were ever made dependent upon sue
an )ath: tits the frst time the extension Of Rs
very has been raised to level Of constitution
al duty.
The operation Of this qualification viii be
exclude from the polls and from Office in Il
territories nearly every man. who goes the
from the free States. It will disfrhnchise nea
ly every member of every emigranL associate
that has vel been formed, and place the entl
political power Of the territory ID The hands
shareholders or slavery propagandistS, for
Others will or can take the oath required By &
terms Of this act.
It will also exclude from the polls and fro
office for five years, every foreigner who mi
reach the territory after the first election da
81 As the great bulk Of the future settlers
Nebraska will be foreigners and emigrants fro
thefree States, il sobyious that instead Of COVER
ing themselves, the inhabitants OF the terrific
win have comparatively nothing to do, with N
king or administering the laws which they v
be required to obey. Such II the character
the bill which, Senator Douglass informed t
brass band. whom he addressed the other mig
at the ST. Nicholas, was based upon the rig
Of the people to govern themselves. aroy
ef9ai1faf aA4E ~s-- .4sk 81 ~ dHt
The above from the New York Evening p
will startle those who have not yet fathom
the depths Of the deception of Pierce, Dou
las & Co., under the leadership of the slav
breeding oligarchy The Pittsburgh Post
most daily praises the Nebraska law as I
very essence and pink of Democracy, and
labored editorials strives to show that Slave
cannot enter the new territories. We comme
the above to the editor OF that sabseryient she
and ask him, to reconcile it with the decepti
he has been endeavoring to palm off upon 1
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