The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-03-11
NEBRASKA BILL.
Extracts from discussion in the senate on
the Nebraska Bill.

FEsU1EY o5
| Mr. Butler Of 8. G. resumed his speech He
said he objected to the course nf Mr. Sumner and
others. of running parallels between the honor.
morality and intelligence OF different sections; bnl
as it had been done. be read statistics from the
recent census, showing that in the number of
paupers, of insane persons, and in the extent OF
crime compared with relative population, the
North far exceeded the Southern states. In the
number nfchurrhes to popnaiion the South ex
ceoded the North. He did not set these thing.
| down TO the existence or nou existence Of sla
very in states; but he wished to show the fallacv
Of the statements that where slavery existed,
there was decentralization. want Of Intelligence
aRt N tsfyaih quarters q, 'fht North was wholly
Unknown 10 our hardy nor'her fref'hers When
Rome was most corrupt. her legislation was
! most sentimental. Those Of the North who had
visited the South and witnessed slavery. we're
more rcconciled to its ex,s'encp than those whose
only knowledge of it vas derived from read rr
" Unrle Toms Cabin" Of'he mnnv isms at u
! North he had respect hut for ore; ard that was
| puritanis m-for the other is,ns such az aholi
| rinni. m bloormcri.m md strong minded wo.
| manism he had. no ether opinion than they ex"r
cis.d a very unhealthy influence IN the public
mind. He commented " III a gooh deal Of sever
itv upon WOmsn's Rights Convrn'ipns, DC
| Her sphere M WIFE mother and daughter. we
| higher than that of m,n--hpr kingdom was the
heart, her influences those Of love and bcnevo-
enre--that the men had no higher and nohler
functions When she puts of these, and assumes
the garb and attempts to art the masculine func
tions nf society. she is cnilv Of criminal trans
gressinn. Woman approached the character Of
an angel or that Of a demon These woman were
active agents in promoting the higher law. TIE
| H.. & eli; ,;,,b. In bn in mi
form. crept into Eden and toll Eve there wac a
higher law than vet she knew of n the senator
from New York attained the place he sought, he
W ,uld doubtless call to his councils these active
par,i.aus of his doctrines What was Ia he done
with slaves If this sentimenalism wac carried ouil
If Snu,h Carolina. Georgia and Virginia were
each to strike off the bonds of Ave Thousand
slaves, would Massachusetts tske them and pro
, vide for thcml She would not. There was moth
irc real in this seniimenialhv. To rmancipa't
tho slaves in the South, without liberal provis
ion f,r their frure maintenance, would be ar
? nc, unsurpassed in cruelty, even hv the expulsion
: of the Jewa from Spnin hv Ferdinand. /. woul,
he more mert,ful to cIt their thro,ts than to
turn them over to the preachers of this slrk'y
sentimental philanthropy. H. had objections t.
this hill. He hi 70, hele'vn Congress had pow
erto give the peonlp If the TERRITORY authority Il
' do anv nc, inconsstant with the Constitution n
the United States. He did not believe in Ii
VI absolute .,veregn'v Of the pconle Of the Terrific
r nv. He believed that uron the settlement o
v the territory the Constitution Of tie U s imm'
II dia,e ely extended over them, and Congress M
n Territorial Lrgis'ure Ind no power to set nsd
, that Constitution, which guaranteed equality Z
10 rights to people Of all states. This bill gave III
!" ne ople Of the territory unlimited power, mn
of placed everything fmevcr beyond CONTROL. b.
IL hp had hiling conf lensc in the intelligence nm
in purity ofihe American people and 'honght thu
II all questions might he safely left with them =
" He was willing to take the bill M II was. mn
ne that, too, with the certainty that Kansas and N
20 hrasko would never he slaveholding states. i
re would take the bill. because it removed 'hc Nj
rc souri, rrohihi,ion. which was thorn TINT hi
n. been 50 long fostering in the side Of The South
&C He paid high tribute to the craftsmanship
nv Mr.. Douglas. That senator had embarked
to this measure of right md Justice with n Fl
knowledge of ts pcrs, and it was sustain
re by the country tho senator deserved its honor
m, Mr.. Brown miss explained his views of t
nm cons itu,ionnli,v of the Missouri Compromise.
wo read his sreach Of lsas to show that he TO to-
.v the .,nr- view then. He denied that the Mi=s0
,h ri prohibition was a compact defended s''ve
mt md con, vcr,ed tho doctrine Of III" Nichols
m letter, which loc,ted all sovereignty in teri'or
i, legislatures. He thought that sovereignty u
,,t rot in the people Of territories, not in conarf
,ro but in the sta'ea; end people Of territories
he no right to exclude slavery.
cn. Mr.. Dodge. (Town) followed in defence OF
ito. sovpreign,y Of the people Of Territories. read
ao a speech on that subject. He con'ended 4
,ng tho Missouri restricti"n ann Wiimot lroV'sow
der dangerous n'urpations OF power nv eongr
and that the former ought not TO he allow
~ 10 instant m the atatut, hook,
into replied at longth to Mr. om"na ooIec'"n'
on. the bill. To ,he objection that Brigham Yo
ad hal forty wives, no sad that was by virtue
m law, bu. va. par. of tho religious creed
Of the Mormons. The Mormons thought wife
and good thing. and provided thon,.elvss with
many good ,hinrs "possitle, Tho sbskcvs