The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-03-18
Nebraska Meeting.


| Pursuant to public call, a meeting OF the
citizens OF Evansville, irrespective Of party {,
was held at Apollo Hall on the evening f
the 18th inst, To consider and discuss the
douglas Nebraska Bill" The attendance
was very large, and both political parties were
well represented.
| The meeting organized BY calling JAMES
! OAKLEY, E>q., To the chair, assisted by
Messrs. SISzIcH, p. DECKER, DAZZLING and
iiElLMAS as Presidents, and L. NEU-
MEIsTER as Secretary.
| The object Of the meeting being stated
by Jas. +. Blythe, Esq, on motion a COZ mil
tee OF five wire appointed, corsising of
Juige Baker, Messrs. Blythe, G. Decker,
Dietsch and Rev Mr Holt, to draft a series
of resolutions expressive Of the sense of this
meeting on that pubic measure, COMMONLY
called the Nebraska bill, now under cunsid-
Grafton before The House OF Representatives
The committee Withdrew, and after some
delberat,n subjoined the following resolu-
tions, which after being read IN English aud
German, and .efe rded by Messrs Baker.
Blythe and Dietsch in il iorcble and most
convincing manner, and orpos, d by hr Dem
by, were adopted with bat five negative
votes:
Resoirrd, That the bill now pending IT,
Congress, and which has recently pa, sed the
Sebate, proposing To repeal so much OF the
act oi March 9th, 1929, Commonly called The
MIssOurl comp onIse) as prohibits slavery
III The Territory purchased ON France,
North OF the hTe OF 50 deg. 81 min, is
.rauaht with danger To the Country. and
ought not To receive the final SANCTION Ut the
Legi lature, sf.tH
FIRST, Because the proposition embraced
III said LII Is pres nted 10 The country with
lie IN lis right hand, when il Is made To say
that the oth section of the act preparatory To
the admission ut Missouri into Union,
approved March 9th, 1920. is incon. isteDt
with The principle of non-interveDtion by
Congress with slavery in the States and Ter
ritoucs, as recognized ny the legislation OF
1880, commonly caled the Compromise meas
ures; AID To M Ike this pretence the basis vi
declaration that thr slavery restriction OF |
1870 is imperative and void, is cowardly and |
insulting 10 the intelligence of the country
Second, Because if the principles OF the
legislation of 1870 relat We 10 Tn, Territories
oI Utah aud New Mexico are Inconsistent
with the restrictions oil 1920, the Courts vi
the country will b, able To discover tue ill., /
consistency without aid from The leo slative /
department OF tie Government, nd Without
the necessity of again convulsIrg the coun-
Try, b, the agitation o! Il Z slavery quesi ION.
IhHd, cause one OF the %; rtles TO the |
Compromise oil 1920, having derived all the /
the advantages guaranteed Ia them by that
comp ct, good ial'h noa 'equIres that so
much OF he compact Was ia favor OF free
dom. sh uld be- sacr, dly observed.
Fourth, Be, ause the authority Of CONGRESS
To control slavery ia the Territories of the
U HE'D Slal, 5, as tXrrc sed by the urdinanc,
vi 1857 aud The Missouri Compromise OF 1920.
aud acquleso,d ia by all The Department, OF
the Government anu ~ the entire country.
is now too firmly established to he overthrown
by any Constitutional discoveries made with
IN the last lew years.
FVh, Because slavery is loo; institution.
in yiviatiUn of The natur al rights of man. and
DEPENDS Tor ITS vitality entirely upon Munich
pal Law, and the door having hem clos, d IN
1870 against It's introduction into the Terrific
rIes IN question, ii would now he a gross out
rage 10 open that door under the pretence
that The act of closing IL was an infringement
ct the principle of popular sovereignty.
S'rta Because slave labor and tree labor
cannot co-exist IN the same Territory-the t
one must oi necessity exclude the other, an
hence to open the door to slavery in the Ter