Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1854-02-09
Thirty-Third Congress Session.
WAsu1NGToN, Jan. 90, 1854.

AullIy-lHlTu Jung IeSS-tlfSG DeSSlOQ,
WAsH1NGToN, Jan. %, 1854.
SEHATE.-Mr. Douglas asked leave to
make report from the committee on Ter
ritories. He said the attention Of the COM
mittee had been called to the fact that the
Southern boundery of Nebraska, as laid
down in the bill heretofore reported. which
was thirty-siX degrees north latitude, would
divide the Cherokee country. To avoid
this, the Committee had determined to re-
commend thirty-seven degrees as the south
ern boundary. The people of that country
had two delegates acting as their agents in
this city who had urged that the country be
divided into two territories; one 10 be called
Nebraska, and the other Kansas Territory.
The delegations from Iowa. and. 90 far as he
had been able 70 consult with them. the
Missouri DELEGATION satisfied the Committee
that it would be better 10 have two terrific.
ries. There were some other amendments
made by the Committee in relation to deli
cate subject and which were made with a
view that there should be no difference of
opinion as to the meaning of the bill. These
amendments had been prepared by the Com
m!ttee in the shape of new bill.
Mr.. Jonson-Do you put both Territories
into one bill?
Mr.. Douglas.-The one bill will provide
Territorial Governments for both Nebraska
and Kansas. The Committee desire this
new bill to be printed.
The motion to print was agreed to.
Mr.. Douglass bill thus defines the bonn
daries of Kansas and Nebraska: All that
part of the territory Of the United States
included within the following limits, except
such portions thereof rs are hereinafter en-
pressly exempted from the operations of this
act, to-wit: Beginning at point in the Mis-
souri, river where the tenth parallel of north
latitude crosses the same; thence west on
said parallel to the summit of the highlands
separating The waters flowing into the great
basin; thence northward of TIE said high
lands to the summit of the Rocky Mountain;
thence on said summit norhward to the
49th parallel Of north latitude; thence west
on said parallel TO western boundary of The
territory of Minnesota; thence southwark
on said boundary to the Missouri river,
thence down the main channel of said river
TO the place of beginning, be, and the same
is hereby created into a temporal govern
ment by the name of the Territory of Ne
braska. All that part of the territory of the
United States included within the following
limits, except such portions thereof as are
hereafter expressly exempted from the op-
erations Of this act, to-wit: Beginning at a
point on the western boundary of the State
of Missouri where the 9th parallel of north
latitude crosses the same; thence west on
the said parallel to the Eastern boundary of
New Mexico thence north on said bounda-
ry to the latitude of SO; thence following
said boundary westward to the summit of
the highlands dividing the waters flowing
into the Colorado of the West, or Green
river, from the waters flowing into the great
basin; thence northward on said summit 10
the 10th parallel of latitude; therce east on
said parallel to the western boundary of the
State of Missouri; thence south with the
western boundary Of the State TO the place
of beginning; be, and the same is hereby
created into temporal government, by the
name Of the Territory of Kansas.
The section providing for the election of
a delegate is amended by adding TO the
words that the constitution and all the laws
of the United States which are not locally
inapplicable, shall have the same force and
effect withinthe said territory as elsewhere
in the United States.
The following section excepts the eighth
section of the act preparatory 10 the adms-
sion of Missouri into the Union, approved
March 9Th. 1920, which was superseded by
the principles of the legislation Of 1850,
commonly called the compromise measures,
and is declared inoperative.
Section 81. And be it further enacted,
| that in order TO avoid all misconstruction, il
is hereby declared to he the true intent and
meaning Of this act, as far as the question
of slavery is concerned, to carry into prac-
tical operation the following propositions
and principles established by the compro-
mise measures OF, 1850, to-wit: First, that
4 all questions pertaining TO slavery in the
Territories and in the new States 10 be