Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-01-24
EiCHHUEE EIssfsIislsisss
BOMBAY MoRHiNG, JANUARY ~, 1851.
,;V KiTCu.ES e. pt,,o,
TiE NEBRASKA QUESTION

III "is"n@ The motives Of J"fse n.u@ias. wh,'so hot
'csi IN urging the proposition Tonnage iuc3 in
HE tcc!" what is rraai the mul,oaa s.Jrlcut q. c
West IN behalf OF imlern, improvements Ly tie General
''Vcir'nehi We have freely hid warmly C"in;c;nci We
'S@t" thai our Correspondent shrHI hnyc us=llc
i've" o 'hc distinguished :cnafr from nn- ~ u!
''c i"ttan!ca brought forward by rad!e men, ana ,c r.,
'"'n tc public veal that 10 sHtrri far fee .cuarlnn
"h' h"tiI In he nic Councils anj in lie journals Of tie
cAnnII}. scarcely t1J wlc rJi4p debate can be- uwc
We Il" not Of course, uIIWlo To hn angry Gnwisc and all
"ntd ""ct.i"nB of suc small objects the alp,artnc,
'nc MAN rl Tie removal IT anDIhc: rn public ulrr IN
"hlc'' ~ rncr'e /" iusct!; I tho girat easurco "l
,i'cy which ~"' particular i,firlI- .J
I" minor GtlicCr whose sole and fn'"s
duty - Ia caIry tho law anl tho routine ii
marked uu 10y The Legislature and hy pTsraI
AMI Heads oi Department, scart9d amnlsor The Cos
cTnEilnt s"nn ln bc faithful Ito Constitution and o
laws, ::d Justly held "tahr pnlit APPROVAL d.saP
proval ln!rflGmt ,i,rni II to ,r That scG.
nhuul be .ulccr rr all uiIca who by rinciCn"r
h opinion ru feeling with i!,n:o; In power h,a cpry
"Gi lir gtcai PiinciI and policy which sanctioned fy
tie popular rlIn!co regard the election Of
sntrinatc o;ic"o the rrcrtiun ol another Tor tho
Office, us but dust in The balance, compared with tall and
deliberate consideration Of great public upon which
may the welfare or tho dcascr Of great crncra
tiona hostility and rupture ri The genial and conservative
gmn! feeling which snul mark the relation Of the vnriris
portions OF tho cumIrlcracy towards one another
I this latter class in the scaIn o Importance DO r"an!
tho Nebraska question: which il aGaImus srrp,n aspect
in the opinion n many fatal 10 tie peace and hnrmony Of
the country. vii! bo Geen from correspondents letter
that version has been given 10 Senate! Doug las bill
which is regarded holding out hope 10 the South, willie
it virtually excludes citizens Vi the SouItin m"n,aning
during territorial cAislcncn ntory clause nI H.: Mis-
souri c0.prrmse North u 81 degrees ~ minutes Let
this view be justified by the facts Of tho The
riwn. is copy Of The last srcll0n U tho bill 10 ogaiau
The Territory Of Nebraska reported 10 Tho Senate by MI
Douglas The ith inst, lr'n Tho Committee c!ro
RES substitute 10! The one originally ingniurGd hy Mr.
| Dmigr u Iuwa:
SEC q And hc il lfin,r "nacle That, in order Il"
avoid all msCnm> cnn il IL heTty declared lI be tho
and meaning u Ihs act, far The iu",Iiun "I
euvry i. concerned rariy " riactrH operation the i
Inw iuy propositions and rin,Ica. established hy the Com
pr0m3G irnsnes u! one Thousand 'gh hundred ana mig,
L. vii:
"Frst That all questions pertaining slavery In tho Ter
mirg aud in The urw S.ars ne iorincl irrrIrn,
Ia bn :'l to the d'cisi"n ." The pcoro rtsiin2 f!rrrcin
through th,ir appropriate rclr' 'scntnIiNcs
"cccuud That 'ul involving ,iilo "a slaves nnt
Questions VI personal rci. rrrrici Ia r a'i'ca.
ton ui t. local tribunals with The night nj appeal u the n
rrcnG Court VI the ljncs StII.s
"rnri That the provisions nI c Constitution .I laws
aI tho Uid States n respect la in.iii,r from vice. "Fc
bo "ri INTO 'nl execution III all titp '"'@'r'%ri
| l'rsriIorias Ilir came as in Ill" Siatc-
/ Nuw il a here expressly stipulated Ihh 'al '"'"fs per
tanning to ,Iavcry rhc 1rrHorirs aa =" " "@ ,' ' " "
rnrd trrclf"nr 10 hc lett 10 ii:c 'tl@!"r 81
the people residing therein through their appropriate r"ISen
r,,vra Moreover the report accompanying The i nk"-
hrGeh G'"Gn" that The principles c2taa!s!" hY tie
coinrahIss mcdsG!cs "l 65 ur as they applicable
10 territorial organization, proposed m hIrmn
carrrd into prac'ica! operation within III" limits "l the
Territory" The committee their Report a!d That t2t
nlcasurrs (hc cnmprnmise 1850 Intended Ii
nave LAT comprehensive and enduring effect ih,n The
mere adjustment ol The difficulties arising Of The
acquisition nf h"Acan Territory. They designed 10
establish "rtran great principles, which womi only ur-
ns a puac iGmets Tor existing evils: bui in all line Ia
come, avoid tho cI 81 similar aetlton hy wIihIraw
ng The question: n slavery iI" a halls u .nn4c and
The political arena and cumnrnG il Ia ln nrbhrumcHf n
i,9sc rhg mmIy Interested in and alamo rfsponsi
bic for H. consequences: With tho vicw ol conforming their
aclipn 10 what They rrpa tho fGtile POLICY "I the
nen FlnC!ionCi by tho approving vicc {" the American
people, y,.,.r committee haze deemed il their nty
poa,c an. nprnatc in their territorial bill The rnl
| and fIiIIl n those mca@nIrs =
| The committee, concluding htif Eer" state Xpi!ci!
y that from the provisions "i the compr"nit"
which they qnnc il is "apnrTnI that tho compromise
surs 1850 affirm and upon The following rror"ni
tnn1:
"iist that all qncsons per,nInna slavery the Ter
orics an. in tho STATES IN he formed tlieTc"m arr
to be left /" The decision al the people residing t@.in
through their appropriate representatives. tu hc cinacn hy
Them frr lIn, purpose.
"scconL, that "uil Involving rtc IN slycs and
1ucstn.,- {" PERSONAL cc!nhI referred {" Tho a'u'
cation Of The !nra tribunal wilt The right oi appeal tn !'
Supreme Cont Of the United States
"l'ird that the provisions ri tho Constitution of the ni
ted respect insiivns liom service IL r car
rci into tnhIn execution n 'Ic nrgnnizcd lGIrtor!cs
| the sane AZ IN the SalCa
'rIhc Substitute o. li.a b which your committee have
prepared and which s commended Tho favorable arii"
of the Senate propnscs carry these frapnsionr ani pin
rpca into practical operation in Tho prCifo language oi i
compromise MEASURES vi l65O.'
The great object avowcd by tho committee wns 10 give
practical opcaina 10 the principles Of the Comp nc ul lo'O
Docs tina aiirr render null al void the Msddin CU'rin
misc ol d2O, which, II left in operation, VIII prohibit slave
~ in Nebraska and commit gross outrage on the "oulti
We do not entertain doubt Ih1 subject In lS5u the
South willing to accept the Mahnnri Compromise ap
rcl Mexican acquisition. fair comprolsc "t
dangerous and exciting agitation io was refused i''s
pn hGun, a in giving much, she ncquinrced In The
nminmso n $780, which lett all uturr territory, fr'c "
slavery rsCIinna come Into the Union az slave or
FREQ States in accordance with the wsiCs of Tho people Of
rTrltUTy whn after Rins itpugl
may decide tho question when they form Stnc Gan II "
reasonably expected That the Sout will now auhrnst 10 Iii"
anti savory operations n the Missouri compromise which
in 1850 explicitly refused them, when sim was willing
{, accent il &. a settlement OF vexci question Il IL crl
dent from tn terms of The compromise acts nj ~ That,
by their aIop,n Missouri Compromise OF e2O wns
made null anil vnl We fully agree with the South Side
Democrat in its demonstration Of thr inr"mPnblIy be-
tween the Compromse Of 1850 and that "f lS2o, upon
which point also quotes The following endorsement o.
the Petersburg lnellgcncer
"Now they may talk mmrh rs they please n'm'ni ihe
Missouri Comprnnisr bul according IN nnr Judgment mat
nrcGsrr was virtually repealed by lie C"r"ii's"" al le
Twu conflicting upon tic shtIHc r"'T' r IN
ircc The slrc lnr and, therefore, mcc"rn& !" A "a.
iInu cu,enclnn The Oldest mus; Civ" way I" Ihe hlrs
With The :iuuh Side Democrat nsu sincerely hope Ia
This ground taken by the p"nplc md fcas q" the SOUTH
respective of party for whatever may be oF differences as
regards questions involving sectional Issue bchosesus
when the interests G conIccacy are about TO 10
eacrccd to the apaciy fnnncsm of the North TO merge
political disscnson for the moment an baltic shoiaef 10
shoulder for our property privileges h'! rSh's
There are eeasons tho histories OF nations when party