Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-05-31
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 80, 1854.



House and is now before the Senate, are ~
| follows: ''
"A new Territory named Nebraska issto be
organized, composing all ltllat poTtlonsof the
hitherto unorganized territory Of the United
States, lying between Iowa and Minnesota on
the east, the British possessions (lat. 40 deg
on the north the summit Of the Rocky Noun
tain on the west, and the parallel ofaNs lat.
40 deg. on the south, -formipg 9 tract apou Ut
thousand miles from east TO west by 2 little
over six hundred from north to south. line
Governor is to fix the temporary seat Of gov
ernment of this territory. The rights Oh the
indians are not to be impaired or affected by
its organization. 1t is all now Indian terri
tory, and there are probably not three hum
bred white men settled within its limits--and
what few there are are either GoTernment
employees or intruding squatters, mainly hunt
ers trappers, Indian traders, &c.
A Governor, lsalaty $2,5o0,1 a Secretary.
(salary 81, 000,1 a Chief Justice and two AS
sociate Justices, (salaries $4,000 eaeh1 q Dis
trict-Attorney and Marshal (paid by fees1
for said Territory, shall be appointed by the
President and Senate-aH TO serve for four
years, Except the Secretary. fve)--alieto be
paid quarterly out Of the Treasury of the
United States. f.
A Legislative Council Of thirteen and
| Legislative Assembly of twenty-six members
| shall be chosen-the former for two years, the
! latter for one year--by the free white male
inhabitants of said Territory, who are eitl er
| citizens of the United States or shall have de-
| clared their intention Of becoming such, and
sworn allegiance to the Constitutions OF the
United States The Governor is to take
| census, divide the Territory into Election Dis
tricts, apportion the members and designate
the time for holding election, fand if he can't
with all his patronage and power, elect a leg
isature after his own heart he must be a poor
TOOL He has beyond this a Veto on all acts
of the Legislature, which can only be over
come by a two-thirds vote in either branch.
Township district and county officers are to
be s'apponted or elected as the Governor
and Legislative Assembly shan dictate
Members of Assembly have SO per day each,
and the same for each twenty miles travel, to
be paid out of the us. Treasury, with pnb-
lie buildings, clerk hre, sergeant alarms,
library, printing, &C., for each House, A
DELEGATE to Congress is TO be chosen, and to
have the pay aud power Of other delegates
THAT is, very little power, but generous
amount of pay, ssaf4 44y8a -
The Slavery clause of this bill we have al
ready printed but, though its beauty does
not improve on acquaintance, it will bear
looking at again. Here it is, the same as it
is applied both to Kansas and Nebraska;
Z" SEC. IA. And Be it further eaacted,
That the provisions Of the Constitution Of the
2 U. s. which are not locally inapplicable, shall
ahavethe same force and edeet within the sh d
territory of Nebraska as elsewhere in the U.
States, except the eighth section of the act
preparatory to the admission Of Missouri into
the Uuion, approved March 6, 1920, which,
being Inconsistent with the principle Of non-
intervention by Congress with Slavery in the
States and territories, as recognized by the
leg station of 1850, commonly called the Com
promise measures, ishereby declared inopcra-
tive and void; ID being the true intent and
meaning OF this act, not to legslate slavery
| into any territory or State, nor to exclude it
| therefrom, but to leave the people thereof
| perfectly free TO form and regulate their do
| nestle institutions in their own way, subject
only to the Constitution of the United States;
Prorided, That nothing herein contained
shall be construed to revive. o-,put in force any
law or regulation which may have existed
! prior to the act Of 9th March, 1920, either
protecting, establishing, prohibiting, or abol-
ishing Slavery" ~ ss4elsa
GCan you imagine sheep-thief approach
ing his neighbours fold with more twisted CIR
cuinnavigation than that Bear in mind, that
this bill clearly iml lies that there are, Will
be other than free inhabitants in the territory,
aud that its hackers repeatedly refused to q
the Legislative Assembly to establish o. f,1o-
hibit Slavery. The plain intent of the con-
spirators is, to rule Slavery into the territories
under the Federal Constitution, and ,dely to
the Legislative Assembly any power to turn
it out.
They did not fail, of course, to put as much
slave catching into the bill as possible, viz:
"SEc. 10. Ind be- Il fslrthsf esacted, That
the provisions of an act entitled An act re-
escaping from the service Of Their Masters
approved February twelve, seventeen humid
red and ninety three, and the provisions Of
the act entitled An act to amend, and sup
Elementary to, the aforesaid act, approved
September eighteen, eighteen hundred and
fifty, be, and the same are hereby, declaredto
extend to aud be iii full force within the linz
its of said Territory Of Nebraska. = s
Such are the provisions OF the bill as res
poets Nebraska, which are all repeated with
the slight needfnl variations, with regard to
Kansas, which is bounded as follows
e Sec. 10. Ind D. Il further enacted, That
all that part of the territory Of the United
States included within the following limits,
except such portions thereof as are herein-if-
ter expressly exempted from the operations Of
this act, to-wit: beginning at a point on the
western boundary Of the State of Missouri,
where the thirty seventh parallel of north lat
itude crosses the same; thence west on said
parallel to the eastern boundary OF New-Mex-
leo; thence north on said boundary to latitude
thirty eight; thence following sad boundary
westward to the east boundary Of the Terri
tory of Utah., on the summit of the Rocky
Mountains; thence northward on said sum
nit to the fortieth parallel of latitude; thence
east On said parallel to the western boundary
OF the State of Missouri thence south with
the western boundary of said State to the
place OF begnning-be, and the same is here
BY created into temporary government BY
the name Of the Territory Of Kansas; and
when admitted as State or States, the said
Territory, or any portion Of the same, shallbe
received into the Union, with or without Sla-
very, as their Constitution may prescribe at
the time of their admission. 49,.
1.-The seat of Government OF this Territory is
located at Fort Leavenworth, and there a
strong and earnest free press should be LOCATED
without delay. Two or three able c.ergymen,
with teachers, Intelligent mechanics, aud men
accustomed to public speaking IN behalf of
Reform and L lual Rights, should also EJECT
their cabins there by September, and be ready
to send for their families in the SPRING. Un-
less vigllantly watched aud vigorously oppos-
ed, the slave breeders, backed by the power
of the Federal Government will organize this
Territory after their own heart BY this tinae
next year.--NsU York lfs6s0as. ass sars
AN ImPoxTASr MexE.-1Ir. Olds. to-day.