Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-05-29
Passage Of the Nebs.ska Mi.

the House Of representatives.
The bill provides for the organization
Of the territories OF Nebraska and Ksosss
II coniers the right of suffrage and e.ip;-
bility to office at the first election. and ,he
formation Of the government, upon every
free white male inhabitant above the 40.
OF t" enty-one years, who shall be an actu.
al resident of said territory. This is the
principle of the fifth section. establishing
'squatter sovereignty" as it has been term.
ed. But the qualifications Of yotet, and Of
holding office at all subsequent elections
snail be such as shall be prescribed By the
Legislative assembly Here was interpola-
ted the Clayton proviso, as follows:
'Prorided, That the right Of suffrage
and Of holding office shall be exercised on.
ly by the citizens of the United States
This proyiso is rejected by the House,
and is expected to constitute subject Of
contention again in the Senate.
The clause Of the bill which has proved
the great theme of debate and strife is in.
cluded in the 18th section, and is as fol.
lows;
"Ihat the constitution, and all laws Of
the United States which are not locally -
inappl;cable, shall have the same force and
effect within the said Territory of Nebras.
ka as elsewhere within the United States.
Except the eight section Of the act pyepdt-
alory to the admission of Missouri into the
Union, approved March sixth, eighteen,
hundred and twenty, which was super
seeded by the principles OF the legislation
oil eighteen hundred and fifty, commonly
called the compromise measures, and IS
hereby declared imperative
The bill, its main features characterized
as above, was passed about II o'clock on
Monday night by vote of 113 ayes to
100 noes, as follows:
YEAs--Mesas Abercrombi.. tanes G.
Allen Willis Allen, Ashe, David ). Bal.
ley, Thos. Il. Bayly, Barksdale, Barry.
Bell, Botoek Boyce, Breekepridee Brio,
es, Brooks, Caskie, Chastain, Chri,man
Churchwell, Clark, CIingman, Cobb, Col
quit, Cox, Craige, Cumming, Cutting,
John G. Daris, Dawson, Disney, Dedweii
Dunbar, Durham, Eddy, Edmundson, Jno.
NJ. Elliott. English, Faulkner, Florence.
Good, Green, Greenwood, Gray, Hamilton,
Sampson W. Harris, Hendricks. Henn
Hi5bard, Hill Hillyer, Houston, Inperson.
George W. Jones', Glacy Jones. Roland
Jones, Kerr, kidwell, Kurtz Lamb. Lane.
Latham, Letcher, Lilly, Lindley, Macdon-
aid, McDougall, McNair, Maxwell, Nav.
John G. Miller, Smith Miller, Olds, Nor
decai OlivaT, Orr Parker, John Perkins,
Phelps, Phillips, Powell Preston, Ready,
Reese, Richardson, Riddle, Robbins,
Rove. Hntssn, Shannon, Shaw Shower,
Singleton, Samuel A. Smith, William r.
Smith, Geo. W. Smyth. Snodgrass, Fred.
P. Stanton. r. Fl. Stanton, Alexander H.
Stevens. Straub, David Stuart John !.
Taylor, Tweed, Vail, Vansant, Walbridoe,
Walker, Walsh, Warren, Westbrook
Witte, Daniel B. Wright, Hendrick b.
Wright, and Zollicoffer-113.
NAss--Messrs Ball, Banks, Belcher
Bennett, Benson, Benton, Bugg, Camp.
bell Carpenter, Chandler, Croker, Cullom,
Curtis, Thos. Davis, Dean, De Wit, Dick.
Dickinson, Drum, Eastman, Edgerton Ed
mnnds, Thomas D. Eliot. Ellison, Ether.
ridge. Eytrheart. Farley, Fenton, Plaglcr
Fuller. Gamble, Giddings, Goodrich, Grow
Aaron Harlan, Andrew ]. Harlan, Harli-
son, Hastings, Haven, Hester, Howe,
Hughes, Hunt. Johnston, Daniel r. Jones,
kittredge, Knox, Lindsey, Lyon. McCul-
locI, Mace, Ma:teson, Mayall, Meacham
Middleswarth, Millson, nj organ. Morrison
Murray Nichols, Noble, Norton, Andrew
Olivar. Parker, Peck, Peckham, Penning.
ton, Bishop Perkins, Pratt, Pringle, Put
year, David |. Richie, Thomas Ritchev
Rogers, Russell, Sabin, Sage Snapp, Sew
menr Simmins Sselion, Gerrit Smith. Hes
ter l.. Stevens, Stratton, Andrew Stuart
John l.. Taylor Nathaniel G. TAYLOR
Ihurston, Tracy. Trout, Upham, Wade.
Valley L. b. Washburne, Israel Wash.
burn, Wells, John Wentworth, Tappan
WentwoIth, Wheeler and Yates-1OO
There were twenty members absent.
II will be seen that of the Virginia del.
egation, eleven voted for the bil--onc a.
gafnst II, MIR. Nilsson, and that one, Mr..
McMullen, was absent.
As the bill goes to the Senate, with the
Clayton amendment stricken off, il is pos.
sible that body may insist on its re-insei-
ton, and send IL back 10 the House for lis
concurrence. Without this amendment
there can be no practical benefit TO be de-
rived to the South from the bill, as far as
Nebraska Territory is concerned. Because,
the territory will be instantly flooded will,
sliens, whose voice will be potential in
forming the Constitution with which the
Territory will come into the Union as
State; and as matte. Of course, the prohi-
btion of Slavery will be inevitable. II,
however the principle involved is settled
for all time 10 come, and the question of
slave and anti-slave territory driven from
the Halls Of Congress and deposited with
the people Of the Territories themselves,
where it properly belongs then the eoun-
try has achieved triumph over -iaetion,. :.
which must rejoice the heart of every
American. We trust that the Senate will
speedily act on it, that the necessary leg
islat'on ofthc country may no longer be
retarded, aud that the excited state of The