The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-13
OUR WASHINGTON LETTERS.
The Missouri Compromise aad the
Nebraska Question:.
LATEST MOVEMENT OF TIE YAM BUREsIFBs.
Inte entlon to Kill the Bill by an amendment.
THE HON. NIKE WALSH TO HIS CONSTITUENTS.
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1 THE VAN BUEEyITEs AND The HgBEksKA hill
| AMBnoAINT TO Bs orFEsKD, TO ApYhY rrs rsA-
4 TuRLS TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBiA-TAMMasY
HALL nssoLuTIsNs MANUFACTURED In WAXING
TON-GcN. CAsS, ETC.
WASHINGTON Feb. IA, 1854
Mr. Dean Lss returned from New York, and is UNDER
to be tho bearer OF the ultin OF the Van Bu.
rer tss regards the Nebraska b He is said to have
discovered that AL is ris7ds In New York Kindsrhook
and AioSry, opposed 70 this BILL snd viii only resN
sstifse upon ita sens amended to make I'D provi
sous With respect 10 slavery general in tasr bearing upou
al the csrrltories cs the Unitse States.
The psincips 4 the Nehrasks BILL 1t now reads n
the prac,ich csisl OF the con,ttuorAl rirnt OF Con
gress 90 ssoate upoa ths subject IT sA e-y Ter.
ritories this princ.y. be correct, then II aea
that sIsyesy In the Diario Of Coluabs is unoonstu.
tions because 1t exists wholly and entirely b. direct
law OF c. rsss The amendment which viii hs offered
the bill will simply extsnd the priOcpls to the District
OF Colombia and thus repeal shrogAte all "incon-
sis.pt" Laws, and consequently free AL slaves In this
district territory They held this to b. logical ~
quencs from which there ia escape. The Norta thsy
Assert will vose tor the amendment tesausa 1t VIII Be
proper aboh hreI OF slavery, and for the that
rig and juSti, require the enforcement Of the pnopla
ever all Territories 1t Is cszroct app.sd TO ANY,
Nsuch amendment oarres then It Is easy to the
.outh will in body vote agsinst the bill, and the North
will generously Assist them.
But the Van bcrentsB Iorgct toAt tn0 constttuG0D
in the Of the District OF Columbia
With Iegsrd to the Territories al that be found n the
constitution reccgazrg the ~ the edeis govern
r.sEt them 10 tn, CLAUSE Authofziog Congress- to
make needfu rules and segu.sons peotng the terri
tory and other property Ct the UDted States, and also
the general power the public lands Ia the Of
ths District Of Columbia however the constitutions de-.
clares 7he Cong shall hare poo essss
kgfslaton is all ohdroerr such Distr1" Ths
cover ia here txpreIy given and IL may upset the pro
posed eudmeat 1t clear thai this Dstst OF Uolun-
bs does no. stand In tAe position Terri.
tory.
rsenoern within few Gays obssIvsbls on every hard
The Nebrnsia sll in It's prtGent chaps, openly Do.
bonneed ana anberF heard ridicung the I'd.
noisratip, who ek would havs ooasids red suok
. course high treason Hot ~thstap ding ths tiolea
In las Unsoa in favor OF Judge Dougss bill IL by M
mesos cerap but what the administration is eve
of tscsipg sssn, AID epsrly coming out against ths
me.surs.
A,ior the recsnt resolutions psssed by the Central
Committee Of famnaE7 Hall thy drawn up thia
city sIosout by John L. oSGllvsp re-ensy nominated
Ctarge TO Portugal, 10 john Van Buren, Fowler And
c~esrare. TO have thes acted upon public opinion
Prince eerouscs them Meantime O'sulnyan gets his
e.aid.
GtLs1si Cass will speak On ing tho week on the Ne
nsfss hli;shilst he Will giro ia ss Adhesi to the
principles IL contains he will st ths express
his conviction tim. ihe Introduction OF the measure Wa
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