New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-02-10
The Nebraska Bill

The following is the Nebraska Bill Of stephen
A. Douglas, Of Illinois, as modified by himself:
All that part Of the territory Of the United
States included within the following limits, ex
cept such portions thereof as are hereafter ex-
pressly exempted from the operations Of this act.
to wit: beginning at q point in the Missouri
river where the fortieth parallel Of north lati-
tude crosses the same; thence west ON said par
allel to the summit of the highlands-the waters
flowing into the Green river or Colorado of
the West, from the Waters flowing into the
ireat Basin; thence northward on the said
hlghiands to the summit of the Rocky Mountains !;
ehence On said summit northward to forty ninth
parallel Of north latitude; thence west on said
parailel 70 the western boundary of the terri
TORY OF Minnesota, thence southwark on said
boundary 70 the Missouri river; thence down
.ne man channel Of said river to the place Of
beginning, be, and the same is hereby, created
| into temporary government, by the name Of
the territory of Nebraska
All that part Of the territory Of the United
States included within the following, excent sueb
portions thereof as are hereafter expressly ex
empted from the operations of this act, to wit :.
Beginning at point on the western BOUNDARY
Of the State Of Missouri, where the thirty seventh
| parallel of north latitude crosses the same
thence west on said parallel to the eastern bound
ary Of New Mexico; thence north on said bound
ary to latitude thirty eight; 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
| northEard on said summit to the fortieth paral-
lei OF north latitude; thence east on said paraI.
lei to the western boundary Of the State Of Mis-.
souri, thence south with the western boundary
Of said State to the place of beginning, be, and
| the same is hereby, created into q temporary
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
constitution and all the laws of the United
States which are not locally inapplicable, shall
have the same force and effect within the said
territory as elsewhere in the United States, %
| the following !" Except the eighth section Of
| the act preparatory to the admission of Missouri
| into the Union, approved March g. 1920, which
was superseded by the principles of the legisla.
| tion OF 1850, commonly called the compromise
measures, and is declared imperative
Section 81. And be it further enacted, That
in order to avoid all misconstruction, it is here
| by declared to be the true interest and mean
ing Of this act, SO far as the question Of slavery
is concerned, to carry into practical operation
| the following proposition and principles estab.
| llshed by the compromise measures of 1850, to-
wit: First, That all questions pertaining t.
slavery in the territories, and in the new States
to be formed, are to be left to the decision Of thu
people residing therein, through their appro-
pirate representatives. Second, That all case.
involving title to slaves, and questions of per.
sonal freedom, are referred to the adjudication
of the local tribunals, with the right of appeal
to the Supreme Court of the United States
Third That the provisions of the constitution
and laws of the United States in respect to fu.
gitives from justice, are to be carried into faith
full execution in all the organized territories
| the same as in the States. ".