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these extracts one is, that the people Of Ne
braska, when they come to form State Con-
stitution, may allow Slavery if they choose,
and Congress shall have no power TO deny it
admission for that reason; the other is, that the
people of Nebraska even while it il . Terrific
ry by the Bill, will have the right to legislate
on the question Of Slavery for themselves, to
tolerate the system if they choose, and that no
Congressional intervention can impair this
right.
Now, Congress in the Missouri Compromise
expressly intsvyened and provided that Slavery
should forever be prohibited in that Territory.
That Congressional intervention has been oper-
alive ever since and is still in force in the
Territory but the Nebraska Bill proposes to
invalidate it by comforting on the People there
the right to admit Slavery if they choose.
This is shown by the language Of the bill ex-
pressly inserted for the purpose Of guarding
against misconception. And the organ"
from the time it first spoke on the subject down
to this hour, has constantly asserted that such is
the intent and effect Of the bill SO that the
Missouri Compromise, which was not interfered
with by the Compromises Of 1850, but the prin-
cipe Of which was reafirmed in clear, intell-
gible terms in those Compromises, is to be set
aside by this Bill. And yet the albany -4tlas
with an excess Of credulity and charity, incom-
prehensible except on the presumption Of
determination On its part not to break with the
Administration, claims that the Union and
itself agree as to the necessity Of preserving
the status quo Of the Territory, as left by the
Compromises Of 1920 and Of 1850!!o
0, for frank, plain, manly, straightforward
dealing in our politics! We saw, the moment
the deceptive bill was introduced, that itwould
afford shelter to dodgers--to politicians, on one
hand afraid Of their Party and of Slavery, on
the other, Of their constituents Slavery would
be satisfied by the indirect repeal Of the Mis-
souri, Compromise, their constituents might be
appeased by the statement that there was no
clause in the Bill positively and formally re-
pealing it. II is the old game Of dodge and
deceit, in which the North always gets cheat
cd. The atlas was keen enough in 1848 to ex.
pose the game and hold the gamesters up to
contempt will it suffer itself and its associates
to be hoodwinked now? Is it not Of as much
Importance to preserve free, the old Territory
Of the Union, consecrated to Liberty for the
last thirty three years with it's immense capaci
ties for sustaining free-labor population, as it
was to keep Slavery ont of the new Territory
acquired from Mexicoa In this more fragrant
and outrageous conspiracy Of the Slave Power
to establish universal empire, we can hardly
believe that it will abandon its old faith, and
place itself under the guidance of such paper
as the organ"
THE GERMAN POPULATION AND PRESS IN THIS
COUNTRY
According to the census return, there were
in the United States, in 1850, five hundred and
seventy-three thousand two hundred and twen-
ty-fve Germans Nearly all of them have
probably immigrated to this country since the
year 1915. To these must be added Ameri-
cans, speaking the German language and re-
tanning German usages whose fathers came to
America during the last century.
The Quincy Tribune gives list of German
uoWrf0iuI5 unu puDfisuou III bDt
United States and Canada, amounting to one
hundred and twenty-one, which are distributed
as follows: Illinois 8, Iowa 3, Wisconsin 10,
Missouri 9, Kentucky 8, Indiana 4, Michigan
I, Ohio II, New York IS, New Jersey |, Penn.
sylvania SO, Maryland 3, Virginia l. South
Carolina ], Louisiana ., Texas 3, California /,
District Of Columbia I, Canada West g. New
England is reported as having none, but we
understand there is German paper published
in Boston, called the New England Zeifung.
The majority Of them are political twenty.
four, religious and politico-religious. IL is fro.
quently asserted too, that the majority Of them
are uniriendly to Christianity we cannot ven-
ture an opinion as TO the correctness Of this
statement. It is so common among conserva-
tive people TO associate radicalsm with infdel.
ity, that some Of the radical German newspa-
pers may have been in this way misrepre-
sented In politics they are classified as fol
lows:
Whig IA; Free Soil, a ; Hunker Democrat
10, So; Radical Democratic, II Bcntonic, .
Radical. r; Conservative, 8.
or the religious publications, one is devoted
10 the general cause Of Professionalism, seven
to the Lutheran and Evangelical church, fvc
to the Catholics and one to the Reformed
Methodist and Baptist Churches, each
The majority Of the papers are weekly
From correspondent in Quincy, we learn
that all the Radical papers are opposed to Sla-
vcry--that the Pioneer" published at Louis
vile, Kentucky, by Charles Heinzen, is q lead
ing Anti Slavery paper--that tho Hoohwachier,
Of Cincinnati, the Demokrat, Of Davenport
Iowa, the WoehenbloH, Of Hermanvillc, the
Wechter am Ere, Of Cleveland, are strong op-
ponents Of Slavery--that the Frsie Presse, OF
Philadelphia, named Free Soil in tho report
is not at all so--that the leading German
Wing papers, rs the Reptbiicaner, of Cincin-