The weekly Placer herald., 1854-04-22
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Doctrine.

NOn-InterventiGn Doctrine.
The principles laid down in the follow
ing extract from Mr. Dodge's speech
upon the Nebraska Bill in Congress, are
not only strictly orthodox States Rights
doctrines, but expressed in such sue
cinct, clear style. interlarded with one or
two such witty alusionS withal, that we
take the liberty of publishing it thus dIs-
jointed from the rest of his remarks,
which would occupy more room than our
columns allow Of being devoted 10 one
ubject
MIR. Dodge, (dem.) of Iowa, followed
in defense of the sovereignty OF the peo-
pie of Territories, reading speech on
that subject He contended that the Mis-
souri, restriction and Wilmot proviso were
dangerous usurpations of power by Con
greSs, and that the former ought not 10 he
allowed to remain an instant on the statute
book. He replied at length to Mr.. Smiths
objections to the bill. TO the objection
that Brigham Young had forty wives, he
said that was not by virtue of any law,
but was n part Of the religious creed of
the Mormons. The Mormons thought
wife was good thing, and provided
themselves with as many good things as
possible. The Shakers refuse their mem
hers any wives The latter existed in al
the States, and no one offered to interfere
with or disturb their social regulations.
If the creed of no wife of the Shakers,
or the creed of forty wives of the Nor
mons, vert presented tn the Senator from
Connecticut, there wsS no one who OelIev-
ed that the Senator would hec0me a
Shaker. cloud laughter.) He denounced
the aholitionsts and their doctrines IN
strong terms, and referred to the appeals
by the Senator from Massachusetts MIR.
Sumner) in behalf of the honor, plghted
faith, solemn compacts, &c Did not that
Senator reach his present position, did he
not spring into politlca power, hy means
of his constant and unsrrnpulous attacks
on the sacred compact OF the constitution,
providing for The rendition of fugitive
slaves? He WAS in favor of further ac-
QUESTION of territory. He would receive
Cuba, Chihuahua, TanaulpaS, if obtain
ed fair and properly. Before they were
acquired, he wished to see this question
settled forever There VAS no way To
get it settled but 10 leave it with the
people to dispose of it in their own way
If slavery was profitable in the Territo-
ries. people would have it in spite of all
prohibitions by Congress, or otherwise.
IF not profitable, it would never 90 there.
There was a law passed in Jetipr-on'>
time against settling in Indian territory,
and yet he and the senior Senator from
Wisconsin had violated it nearly one half
of their lives. His father had no; on Y
gone on Indian territory, but had built
forts to protect the settlements, and he
bad often Ionded guns to protect them.
The people of the Territories would not
be controlled hy such prohibitions. He
referred TO Mr. Douglass, and said that
that Senator owed it 10 his country and to
the acts of 1850 to introduce and carry
through this measure. / heSe Territorial
governments were indispensable to the
Pacific Railroad; and Yet the Senators
from New York and other States would
throw away the road and all other mea-
sures to get an unconstitutional prohbl
tiOn of slavery