Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-02-10


been fen Of tic West lie hai never voted against an
apurup.u,in for uny other measure TO promote te III
rIcts Of TIC aud he regretted Euw that he ccHl MOI
.i:e his support % the tI!ici ta committee, proposing 70
establish territorial eg:anmeE:s. lie woGl hi'r ie
c, to lave ota To give II" bill hls support ne
nastY examination which he had given the euoject whlle
before The committee ha disclosed !" his mind objections 10
the BILL 5nd sutsoGr.r; reflection had tended 10 cohnh
them.
He en,claircd some scrUpcs he could hardly say oblec
tiGns to expectancy Of giving territorial governments
first orfr1 these territories at this time inc iaes'
enquiry The number Of inhabitants there al tbs 'H,e
showed :hl r highcg; estimate there not over SIX
hundred white inhahlH;s scattered through the whole re-
g.G cTe is pfoooscI 10 establish twn governments
The cGg representing that region received bu! seventy
.r,,s an he had had two competitors and as lie received
more Than either The whose number Of votes could not
exceed TWO hundred.
in this territory tie bill proposed two territorial
governments with governor secrttal legislature courts
&c. ir each This complete organz.,ion Of governments
thought unca.edo al this lime The early Practice oi
the government have territorial governments oil
simply iom-a governor and judges appointed by the Prcsl
den with authority 70 make such laws az were proper sub
Jet the appreciation of Congress Such government ne
thought would be sufficient for the condition OF the
couuty condition Right be provided that when The po.
pulao1 reached 5000 other fern OF government could
be established.
He admitted that emigration expected to flow rapidly
into the country but still he thought il premature 10 give
THE os ting and unsettled populato government OF The
frs; order All this however was but question Of time
known that BY The unparalleled emigration from En-
rope amounting 100 QUO annually mostly adute and The
national emigration from the old States westward, this dlh
Gully would soon be overcome The wilderness Of day
would become the settlement of Knowing 1t to
be question OF time he did not know that that alJne would
prevent his voting for the bill.
The relations vi this government towards the indians was
question Of g:el.e difficulty great belt of this territory
exclusively occupied by Indians, many OF whom had
been removed hr their former possessions and sJme
OF whom had been placed there By second removal IL
well known 10 have been The policy Of Gen Jacksons
administration the Iadans Of The Mississippi
cardinal point of that policy was that they should there
O,iatipu InHj
for their renewal II represented 10 them that there
they should have home forever long the tribe exist.
ed. Ho wa at that time in The House and resisted that
policy but lbs resistance unsuccessful IL was carried
out and in his farewell address Jackson congratulated the
country upon lis successful accomplishment
The permancncy of this home therefore stipulation
with the Indians He knew, however that since then great
changes had taken place. and happened on me facl
fc which could have been fUeseen new State mao
been created beyond This Indian country Communication
with it was necessary and he had no expectation hat uh
der the circumstances this Indian barrier could be preserved
Intact IT, however il was TO be broken under tue oeGc.
onacl. plea Of necessity lie hoped the government OF INC
United States would treat the Indians win more tnah JUS
tice than equity How could he say whether ms
bill! did This He wanted Information on these points
and he hoped Senator familiar with the facts would ur
nsh the information before the debate closed Unless
the difficulties respecting Indians removed he would
be compelled withhold his support from any territorial bill
for Nebraska or Kansas.
Win respect The provisions Of the BILL he had
also objections bat he thought he might have supported me
bill which passed The House ss session II the rights Of Tie
Indians were properly secured
The BILL as stood excepted from the lava 10 be IN lorce
in these territories the eighth section Of the Missouri act
which said 10 Lave been superseded by the Compromise
OF 1885, aad is therefore declared imperative Inc
amendment proposed By the Senator rom LIMOS Is 20
change these words and insert THAT the Missouri act ocne
inconsistent with legislation OF 1850 is declared lnopc-
ratiye and void He said this change but in The
paseology the elect Gni meaning Of both was mo same
The reason Tor this proposition was stated In the commit
tees report wherein il sad that the OF lS5O was not
confined merely - Mexican territory but was designed 10
establish certain principles for all time Withdraw
the slavery agitation from Congress- and giving ~ the peo-
pie OF the territories full! power the subject.
The language Of both bill and amendment was Indirect
What s the condition Ct enacmer! declared by an act o
Congress 10 10 imperative and v0idl 1t does not remain 10
force: II ID void and imperative. II void and Imperative
and in force il is repealed II it BE- repealed why not
say SCI 1t would be far more direct and parliamentary 10
many words hUt the Missouri act be- and Is here.
By repealed.
The Substance of the proviiioa Objectionable
than it's phrassooey He did not quite understand these
words "iaronsistenl with the principles OF legislation OF
1882 He to il for granted that the legislation Of lSou
meant the New Mexico and Utah acts, These acts, he
did not think established any principle applicable 10 any
other territory Those bills enacted for ter
rorics therein named described and the boundaries OF
Which specifically laid down, and did not enact any
principle for government Of Gny ether territory IN any
part of Inc country Those acts in all particulars were
confined In their application to the territories they were en-
acted Tor
Mr Everett stated thai o did find in those measures
the OF nnnlnerventon by Congress will, slave
ny in hHsc territories either principle or measure On
any logsa,!on by territories flow
could Senators find in ese specific u!easures passed in
specific cascs, and referring specic territory hen de-
s:!hcd and marked OUT the enactment OF principle which
tories ;h,n acquitted or hereafter acquitted,
in tho at c!atiag 10 lssOuri, Congress expressly
Qurr # IL. State, 10 he condition Of her admission
all Tie public land sold in The State ehoJ be
tJ tive ycals utter iis sale States subsequently, were ad
ntci without any condition Thus would be said that
because Arkansas could tho public lands sold in that
State from The day of lie sale that the principle OF this &C,
any way applied TO The compact with Missouri o! cou.d
be tortured into such appliceton2
The ordinance Of ISL prohibited slavery in Tho North.
West Territory. Shortly after Congress accepted ces.on
that slavery should be prohibited therein. Did
suppose that the acceptance OF that territory with such
stipulation by any means established principle applicable
the North West Territory, where slavery prohibited?
the ordinance If l75 being inconsistent with The ACT
Of cesson from North Carolina it could, with equal pro-
prey be- said was intended 10 Se superseded repealed
he ladders stood The OF the committee itself
ting that The vi 1850 produced such result The
cVnntcc that in The VI The excan territories II
asserted the hand that The Mexican law repeang
aSery in force, and tho other hand that that law was
suspended ny the Constitution and laws of the United States
ami That in this asserted The hand that the
Missouri prohibition in force in Nebraska ard by others
that that prohibition void and not in forces and that as
Congress 1850 did undertake decide the difficulty
then 80 Congress would not do so now. II Congress in
1850 did decide the question whether slavery was or
excluded by Mexican laws, Congress left that ques
zion found IT, and il left IT, il therefore established no
priatilie
lie called upon shortly a,ar the adoption OF the conf
promise measures oil 1882 III the performance OF literary
task LGaw narrative OF the events Attending them
he not in C93-res5 at Inc Time nor had ne heard the
d=bacs which almost necessarily form part oil the mc2
bu; he had cunversCd with OF The active pari!c
pants their formation and adoption. lie had !ead The de-
ai tOugli0u the whole time he had never heard TIC
least irtmatpn received tho slightest impression from
SOURCE verbal rtten Tint those acts had any elect
The specific territories Of Utah and New Mexico
He could but think that If there had been any othe! c
feet intended supposed be accomplished by those
the fact would have been notorious