The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-03-10
REMARKS OF MR.. MAcKHNzrr,

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MI. MAcKENziE sitOr introducing III.
reiolulionrelaiiysto Nebraska, ,remu|ks
desiIeio state my object in preBeIil.
ing \, though perhaps not essentially
necessary al this time. The docises ol
Gen. Cass has, 10 a great extent, mEl NJ
appreciation Of abe people . lint AIfn v 5
pie Of Ihe territories should have the ek'
elusive control Of their own Offiirs, and
Itlle mSnagehepl ofaheifl intefnal com
Germs, aside from necessary provision
tor HE organization Of territorial govern
menis But the leg islaiionG Ind hitherto,
prolessodly, in accordance with this prin-
ciple; has iRsno degree sbsenl nude sas
lplicable 10 territories nordoeslihe Isgis.
latiohnowi proposed. carry outihat rim
lciples but eniahe conifufy, has ovtled
and deniedsiiIn It's follnand5 compete
CARRYING out, is impottantjfor iiho Sp|ins
| lcipleihas tassimilated 10 estr1Rle
which introduced and bore eur fevdus
liicnatyI contest tosa successful iefinha.
Itiou!9 rheman ofthapperiod conienled
against a foreign influence and apoyef
multiplying necessarylegisIat over ilbif'
lnffaifs,a ,awhich they enacted with an n
iima,e knowledge Of their wants and ii
lcessities.q They weniio war as cclohit
| |wiihibs parenpStaie; on hisahd oaief
greatiissues,to 10 insure Independence, Indi
s;hey achieved il. The principle, thees
fore, Of the complete coiiitop6y qhe pso-
I pie Of the territories over their Thiernl
afflirs, has by the comparisons Of ieyens,
andiibe declarations ofan emihehtstates
man Of this republic, been linked with
revolutionary memories and prestige.L
Bot byl examination Of HE lopisisti,n
which purporied to be had fih refctend
o.this principle, | have found that whih
the words and hope Of territorial indd-
rpendence has boon keptlo the cdr 81 ,le
American people, they have been broken
10 the sense. naqisaai ysu sotIol dg3t6E
! Gen. Cass,in his celeJraiel NichoIsd,
letter, hadisaid thd,the principles ofintet.
ference by the general govrrnmclt
"should be limited to The creation If
proper governments for new territories,
acquired or selsisd, 10, The provision fdr.
'!heir actual admission into the Union,
leaving, in Mea meantime, 10 slhe people
inhabiiing them 10 regulate their own
concerns in their own way.''ls Again, he
says; "Leave 10 the people who will be
affected ibyalhis question [slayery1 to adj
Just il upon their own responsibility, and
In their o,Dn Manner = gsgpeAT noisss.
In the compromis, Of 1850; OF ia, tie
new measures proposed by Senator Dous
gas, is this done? yItis not. IA The grea,
principletois5 apromuleete itas q srule Sof
legislative action, and lhe action is de-
fended on the, ground Of the principle,
but here the matterCends.e Tile legisla>
hive, action Itself exhibits no one feature
Of the principle 10 show IFS aclual applic-
alton in the measures OF compromise pro.
posed, or carried out. To slow the
manner of itq apPlicstion, I9will take Mi
Douglass Nebraska bill aud quote from
lis provisions: f
"Proyided, that the iExecuiiv power
and authority in and over,said Territory
of ofiNebraska, shall be vested in Cover,
nor, who shall hold Office for four years, !,
and until his successor shall be appointed
and qualified, ualess soonersremoged by.
the President QfMe United States.'' And
il is provided that s.she shall apprope all
laps passed BY the General Assembly be-
fore lthey shall take efsct.'' So that a
Goyernor TO be appointed by the Presi-r
den. Of the United States and confirmed
Sythe Senate, is 10 have a veto ON oil
legisla,ion--moro than this, his veto is
equivalent 10 oyeruling the will of the
whole people Of The Territory. Hedoes
not derive his power from tho people be-
presides over, but from the General Coy
ernment, and he IL not responsible 10 the
people OF the Territory q. all, but is
Liable 10 be removed at any moment BY
the President. He holds his Office by
precisely the same tenure that the Royal
Governors Of most Of the old thirteen
colonies heldtheirs from George the Ill,
lha, is, s,d0ring pleasure, but happily moi,
from the same authority .5 But, 10 pres
sent this question Of Territorial .inde-i
pendence from the control ofthe Federal;
Government, / will quote further from.
the Nebraska bill.n Il provides l'iatthe
'.jndicial powerof said Territory shall bs
vested in supreme Court, district court,
etc. and that the Governor, Secretary,
Chief Justice, and Associate Justices,
ETC., "shall be nominated, and di,by and
With the advice and consent of the Sens.
ale, appointed by the President of the
United Sta!es.Y Andsit is also provided
hat sal the Iaius passed blythe Leg;ssdss
ipe Assembly and Governor shall be-
'ubmitied 10 tie Congress of the United
States, and if disapproued, shall be NULL
md OF NO EFFEcT" gpsa tdaia- tif.l Il
With these clauses tho residum Of tergI
torial freedom might be said TO be taken
way, and vested in Congress and the
ederal govemmeht.i Let hme give
,ome illustration Of this kind of selEcon.
rol by the people of the Territories. -,
suppose the State tesjudgesof' Ohio TO be
ppointed BY the authorities at Washing
on, and that our Governor received his
appointment from the same source and