Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-01-07

the avowed opinions of Senators, as we'll as a
proper sense OF patriotic duty, enjoin upon
your committee the propriety and necessity Of
q strict adherence to the principles, and even
a literal adoption of the enactments of that
adjustment in all their Territorial bills, 80 far
as the same are not locally inappicabe. Those
enactments embrace, among other things less
material to the matters uider consideration,
the following provisions:
!" When admitted as q State, the said Terri
tory, or any portion Of the same shall be re-
ceived into the Union with or without Slavery
as their Constitution may prescribe at the time
Of their admission.
That the legislative power and authority
OF said Territory shall be vested in the Gov
ernor and Legislative Assembly.
That the Legislative power OF said Terri
tory shall extend to oil rightfu subjects of
legislation consistent with the Constitution Of
the United States and the provisions Of this
act; but no law shall be passed interfering
with the primary disposal OF the soil; no tax
shall be imposed upon the property Of the
United States nor shall the lands or other
property Of non-residents be taxed higher than
tho lands or other property DC residents.
g Writs Of error and appeals from the final
decisions of said supreme court shall be allow
Cd, and may be taken to the Supreme Court OF
the United States, in the same manner and un-
der the same regulations rs from the circuit
conrts of the United States where the value
Of the property or the amount in controversy,
to be ascertained by the oath or affirmation Of
either party or other competent witness, shall
exceed one thousand dollars; except only that
in all cases involving title to slaves, the said
writ Of error or appeals shall be allowed and
decided by the said supreme court, without re-
gard to tho value Of the matter, property or
title in controversy and except also, that d
writ or appeal shall also be allowed to the SUI
preme Court Of the United States from the de-
cisions Of the said supreme conrt created by
this act or of any Judge thereof, or Of the
district courts created by this act, or Of any
Judge thereof, upon any writ Of habcas corpus
involving the question OF personal freedom;
and each Of the said district courts shall have
and exercise the same jurisdiction, in all cases
arising under the Constitution and laws Of the
United States, as is vested in the circuit and
district courts Of the United States and the
said supreme and district courts of the said
Territory, and the respective judges thereof,
shall and may grant writs Of habeas corpus in
all cases in which tho same are granted by the
judges of the United States in the District Of
Columbia
To which may be added the following prop
osition, affirmed by the act of 1850, known as
the Fugitive Slave Law:
That the provisions Of the " act res; Getting
fngitiycs from justice and persons escaping
from the service Of their masters, approved
February ~, 1893, and the provisions Of the
''act to amend and supplementary to the afore-
said act, approved September IS. 1850, shall
extend to and be in force in all the on ganizcd
Territories" as well as in the various States Of
the Union.
From these provisions, il is apparent that
the Compromise Measures Of 1850 affirm and
rect upon the following propositions
First, that all questions pertaining to Slavery
in the Territories, and in the new States to be
formed therefrom, are to be left to the decision
Of the people residing therein, through their
proper representatives, to be chosen by them
for that purpose.
Second, that Gall cases involving titles to
slaves and Questions OF personal freedom
are referred to the adjudication Of the local
tribunals, with the right of appeal to the Sn-
prone Court of the United States
Third, that the provisions Of the Constitu-
ton of the United States in respect to fugitives
from service are to be carried into faithful exc
cution in all the organized Territories" the
same as in the States.
The substitute for the bill which your COM
nittee have prepared, and which is commend
ed to the favorable action Of the Senate pro-
poses to carry these propositions and princi-
Piles into practical operation in the precise
language Of the Compromise Measures of
1850