The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-04-08

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tle In iians within thos lin 5; but YOU mad,
NJ prov's on in respect to t e'r rigats or
Ian S; you eft at matter to tlc Commit
On In 1ian Afl1irs, TO the Indian laws, AMI t.
T." prop d p.rtncnt, to le arr,ny d atr-
wTds as the puilc inter s's might ouir
i1e sa"g IS uGs in FIR nee 10 Cta an
:, - " xco.
10. + tsa pr. : PROV Id for IN It's Bill
ih s3.-t ttll IN ..as, st.,tw ,ch IS nos
~ .'..s % yry one of tie ! gritorj s.
III '-:3. ny S o 'or -h1 o2jert3 TO this bill
- '..t o.. sloI nv o Il d to an W.
i"si ,y'y ri Ill bin which Y u
a)v n st ne. Vt my friend from
'a.5 tx c0s,on to remind the n.
' "a tin S tiat il was matter Of pride
- NJ I oug.t to be matter OF patriotic
;iii vita a.m--tEst nc voted for cv ry meas
J!t's lpro'n,sc Of 1850, in lu ling the
- NV II x, OF rritor bill S, embra-
t. indians " tln their i'm IS. Ny friend
HN 10 IS too, h 5 been very liberal in
~ @9st OF t'- t rr,torial bills AM I
' u; t.ut t'lr tme t'otc and
II : N tvs Wi in ia, lin to vot
ip' tn. ri.o'ial acts Of 1850 will enable him
to siv- h s support to tn pr 5 ut bill, esp =
ca.ly rs II approx. ftlc gr at principle Of
popu'ar sovt,ignty upon witch it r sis.
/ Ihc senator from T,nncsscc remarked far
tlcr that tlc propos d limits Of thcs. two
Territories were too xt ns.v ,thattl were
iarg enough to be erected into eight diff r.
mt ST s; AMI why, he ask d, the necessity
oi lnciu Ing such vast amount Of country
withln the lin Is Ofthgs, two Territories -
must remind the nator that il has always
been the practice TO inru lc a large ext ut of
country WITHIN on rritory, and then t. sub
HlviIc II lro u tim to time as the public in
tr st mig 4 require. Such was the case
vita the Cd Northw st Territory. II was
all originally included within one territorial
government Afterwards Ohio was cut Off :;
and then Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, anl
Wisconsin, were succcssivey erected into
s'parats territorial goycrnm, nts, and subs &.
quent!y admitted into the Union as Slut s.
! At one period, it will be remembered, the
Territory of VISION ;iu included the country
EN- hraccd within the limits of the States of
Wisconsin and Iowa, and a part of the State
| OF Michigan, AMI the territory Of MINI sofa
TO make two or three Stat Of the 81. of
New York. Washington Territory cmbra.
ccs about the same area. Or, gon is large
enough to make three or four Stat as eX-
tnsiv, as Pennsylvania, Utah two or three,
and New Xco four or five Of like dim H.
SONS Indeed the whole country embraced
within the proposed T,rritOri.s 5 of Nebraska
anl Kansas, tog thcr with the Stat of Ar
k1nS1s AMI Missouri, AMI Iowa, an the lar
Q = part of MINI sot1, and the whole of thc
u, fln couatry west Of Arkansas, once con-
", a trrtoral GOV rnm t, und tAe
;tlS.. e ~. Missouri Territory. In view of
.hi, rourS. ton, comb tac subject of
r.iloriaI orr '"'S Constitution Of the Uni
tn, adoption oft ~ own to the last 5.
I'D Stats AMI coma ,lv cannot BE- sud
son of Congress, it SUI, al O. cXtraordi-
hat there is anything unuSu- Te. ."rtory,
nary in the siz, Of the proposed ,vott
which sionld compel a senator to %
against tn, bill, while he approx of {.
)rin pes iuyo y.,t in tn, IN .aslr,. l.
1t has also been urged in i bat that there
: no SS'ty for "a : territorial organizl-
IONS; AMI hay. been called upon to point
,Ut any pub ic an nltolal consi lerat'ons
which ql're acton at tbs tim. n,tors
: ON to forget tlat our INN ms anl v,u-
be poSs SSons on tIc PIeii ar, plrtt.l
ron te Stt 5 an or-an'z Tcr,tori :, on
his sil' OF the Roxy mount ins by a v,st
yi icrn -, ti,!cl hy hostile s.vlg :; tlgt
4 ar'y hun lr.l tuonS tni cmigrants PISS
lrnTrl It's h.rDarnrS wild rn s. " ry
; 80, oH ,..ir way to Cti'p'nl an Or goI;
nit. 5. .agrtn.s lr Au r.an aitz qs.
-" ov0 'H,t l3 ms, W D 80. ,Ut t,.HDtle
prot t0" NJ a" .oy rnu ut: rrl tIrt
l.r nr. q o. uEt wy. rs . .tt.y
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