The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-05-30

mpromiss was right in the way of the ac-
omplishmsnt of the darling object of Doug
las and his friends. Here comes the oily
and ingeniously contrivsd substitute, which
supplants all former propositions, and de-.
clares "inoperative and void" the said obnox-
ious 9Th section:
(which being inconsistent with the princi-
pies of non-intervention by Congress with
slavery in the States and Territories, as rec
ognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly
called the compromise measures; is hereby
declared imperative and void, it being the
true intent and meaning of this act not 10
legislate slavery into any Territory or State,
nor to exclude it therefrom; but to leave the
people thereof perfectly free to form and reg.
ulate their domestic in ttutions in their own
way, subject only to the Constitution of the
United States"
Here we have, in fact, the whole sum and
substance of the Nebraska bill in q nut she'll.
This provision duly creased and swallowed
fully consumates the fraud by which slavery
is legislated into Nebraska-'Sutjecto only to
the Constitution of The United States" Now
let US see what this clause means. Previous
to 1920, slavery existed in this territory, so
far as inhabited, and the right to hold slaves
throughout the territory was undisruted.-
Slavery and the right to hold slaves was then
and there recognized, subject only to the
Constitution of the United States" The
passage of the Missouri compromise abridged
the area of that institution, excluding ittor-
epsr from all territory North of SO deg 80 m.
Can there be anything palmer than that a
repeal of the Missouri compromise revives the
original law which was supPlanted by i'll
Can there be palmer proposition than that
slavery will be renstated into ell that terri
tory from which it was excluded by the Mis-.
souri, compromise and "suyect only to the Con-
stitution Of the United States!" Now is there
anything moro supremely absurd, than to
talk about the people legislating for the ter
rtories under the Con Institution of the United
States! That instrument very wisely dele
gates that power to Congress alone "to make
all nsedful laws regulating the internal az
fairs Of the Territories. The people OF Ne
braska will have no more power under the
Constitution, to legislate upon slavery in
that territory, than they would to legislate
upon the internal affairs Of the State Of Mis-
souri,, or the internal policy of the federal
government itself. The idea of popular
sovereignty" has operated like charm in
the consumation Of this magnificent fraud
1t has been fully shown that the advocates Of
this bill, repudiated" every direct proposition
to establish popular sovereignty" There
must be saving clause for slavery tackled on
ard "su6ject only to the Constitution of the Uni.
ted States" is the sine que non of the Nebraska
BILL and in that clause consists the cheat
The right to held slaves in Nebraska, is now
in existence, and in as full force as previou:
to 1920. What is meant by this fraudulent
proyiso! Nothing more nor less than tina
the people of the territory have no power
under the Constitution to exclude slavery
where it already exists. Let the people at
tempt the exercise of their "popular sover
, eighty" by the abolition Of slavery, and the
comes up the Constitutional question. Tn,
oracles Of slavery extension will then tel
, them the truth, that all needful laws, ali gov
ernors and judges, and all power over thei
territory, are vested in Congressman tina
they must be loyal in the exercise of thei
popular sovereignty, "subject only to tn
: Constitution of the United States" and learl
that like the institution of slavery, they hav
an existence, but no more legislative powe
under the provisions of the Nebraska bill
than the mere chattel slave itself.
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