The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-03-17
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Thic bill 90 assod tha senate = ivs
en Is ncrnine q Ia h.
vols ofs4 iol T snnis eonsinpsd 4
ssien a. night and : very excilsing Dc.
hats o.saxea Ihenays, upon tie paassge
IF e. so Ners nessr1. Ben, Clia1s. Dodge
* Wisconsin. Feaaendeu. Fooie, Fish, Ham-
Tia, Houalon. james sswaE, Sumner, Smith
Wade and walker; Allen vas absent 81
sickness. but would have voted against The
bin ii be bad been present Messrs. Bright
Toombu and Mallory were absent b sick.
ness, but would have voted FOR the bill
Messrs. Phelps Pearcs. Cooper. Everett,
Clayton and Wright did not Yote; one va.
cancy.
The principle, sought to be re-asserted
By the Nebraska bill, that Congress las 40
right whaseverto legislate Oh .ne subject Of
slavery il the territories pad that The whole
matter should 81 lelt exclusively u the de-
termiahtion Of the people inhabiting the
sane, led 70 tho foregoing action On the
part Of the Senate. more than any practical
tangible advantages, involved u the bin we
imagine. Further than mere re-afifma-
ton ST the principles Of Congressional mons
Interference With the domestic concerns Of
4he territories, admitted to be stablished 81
Compromise Of 1850, The bin amounts 70
nothing isn't worth the billionth part Of
The discussion and thought that has been
worse than wasted upon il, not 70 mention
the bad feeling, The sectional issues and
langry passions. it has brought into existence.
The passage Of the bin can do no harm
either to the North 81 South. Should It
pass. the abolitionists needn't b frightend
out Of what little sense they possess, nor the
South go off into spasms Of exultation. sla-
very cannot exist il the hyperborlean region
1pf Nebraska. any more than itcould il Min
nesota, Climate, soil and production, alike
forbid its introduction. Natural laws are
much stronger than human laws, for they
cannot be overcome. An act Of Congress,
asserting that slavery might exist ia the
State q Maine would have Just about IS
effect s. al ael allowing L q exisl Is re
Terri Of ~ al What is lhe use
then oflegislating impraOticabiities? Where
is The common sense Of confering q legisla-
tive privilege, when nature has decreed
that such privilege must be imperative -
And. inally. what is the use ofre-afirmingI
an admitted affirmation We can see none.
That the bin can do the South no prac-
teal good, we have shown that Mr.. Douglas
himself substantially admitted in speech
be delivered before the Senate. We have
sill stronger evidence Ofthe fael in the fol
lowing takeu from letter written By the
Senator to q New Hampshire paper (the
Reporter, we believe, which we have cut
ont Of one Of our exchanges, the name Of
which we cannot now call 10 mind.
eNow, sir, in as much as you are the edi
tor ola Democratic paper, and claim to be
the friend of the bill, you will excuse me for
repeating the question that you keep this
clause under the editorial headas notice to
your readers that whoever shall hereafter
say that the object OF the bill is to "FeYive'
OF establish slavery" ia the territories. may
be branded as he deserves, as a ialsi6eF oflhe
record, and columniator oflhose whom be
PROCESSES 70 cherished as friends.
Anybody that says Mr.. Douglas proposes
Is sreyiye" or establish slavery is "talsi-
tior" and ,calumniatorl' What 4 precious
friendp' The South Is deeply indebted 10
Mr.. Douglas