Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-01-14

less material to the matters under consideration the
following provisions:
"'When admitted as State the SAID Ierritory, OF
any portion of the same shall be received into the
Union with or without slavery their constitution
may prescribe at the time of their admission 81,
That the legislative power and authority OF saio
Territory shall be vested nthe governor anu les
islative assembly. 80 - II
That the legislative power of said Territory shall
extend to all rightfu subjects of legislation, consls
tent with the constitution of the United States ana
the provisions of this act; but law shall be passed.
interfering with the primary disposal OF the sou no
tax shall be imposed upon the property OF the Chlt
ed States nor shall the lands or other property OF
non-reSdents be taxed higher IMAM the ahos VI OH
cr nrope rty of residents.
Writs of error ami appeals from the final decls-
ions of said supreme court shall be allowed, anu
may be taken to the Supreme Court OF the apitcd
States in the same manner and under the same reg
uations as from the circuit courts of the United
States where the value of the property or the amount
in controversy to be asccrtancd by the oath or at
frmation Of either party, or other competent VII
ness shall exceed one thousand dollars except only
that in all involving title to slaves, the SAID
writs of error appeals shall be allowed and DC
cided by the said supreme court, without regard to
the value of the matter, property or title IN cohO
vcrsy and except Also that writ or appeal SHAH
also be allowed to the Supreme Court OF the United
States from the decisions of the said supreme court
created by this act of any judge thereof, or oil
the district courts created by this act OF OF any
Judge thereof upon any writ of ha6eas corpus IN
yoving the question of personal freedom; and each
of the said district courts shall have and exercise the
same jurisdiction in all cases arising under the con-
sttuton and laws of the United States, as is vested
in the circuit and district courts of the United
States and the said supreme and district courts OF
the said Territory, and the respective judges there
Of shall and may grant writs of hd6eds corpus III all
cases in which the same arc granted by the judges
of the United States in the District of Columbia
To which may be added the following proposition,
affirmed by the act of $780, known as the fugitive
slave law:
That the provisions of the "Act respecting fugi-
tives from justice, and persons escaping from the
service of their masters, approved February 18th,
1898, and the provisions of the " Act to amend and
supplementary to the aforesaid act, approved Sep
TENDER 18th 1850 shall extend to and be in force
in all the organized Territories" well the
rous States of the Uuion.
From these provisions it is apparent that tic COM
promise measures of 1850 affirm and rest upon the
following propostions
First that all questions pertaining to slavery IN
the Territories and i'll the new States to be formed
thcrefrom arc to be left to the decision of the peo
pie residing therein, through their appropriate rep
resentatves to be chosen by them for that purpose
Second, that 'a cases involving title to slaves
and Questions of personal freedom" referredto
the adjudication Of the local tribunals with the right
of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Third that the provisions of the constitution OF
the United States respect to tugtvcs from service
arc be carried into faithful execution i'll all the
organized Territories the in the States.
The substitute for the bill which your committee |
have prepared and which is commended to the tayo-
rabe action of the Senate, proposes to carry those
propositions and principles into practical operation,
N the precise language of the compromise measures
Of 1850.