The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-09-29
WHOLE NUMBER 5s4

Z w 4LOL<1l IL UAs4t A4tt VOE
By r. GIDDrzes, e. J. PEsNM1s, J. W.
HowE, CHAkLEs. DuRKEE, EskE NKwroN,
JOSEPH CHBLr, BExyxHH STANTON. &cs &c.
In the Senate, Il was passed as It came from
the House By a unanimous Vots, Mr. CHAsE
Of Ohio, Mr.. WADE Of Ohio, Mr.. SUMNER Of
Massachusetts,, Mr.. SEWARD Of New York,
and other abolitioBists, conssnting to it with
full understanding Of its object aad its OPP
peratons! 1t passed the House on the 10th
of January, 1862. and was signed by Mr..
TTLEAoHE, the Wing President Of the Unit
ed States, on the same day that it passed
the Senate. which was the I'd Of March, ls-
SO.
SIN order that the effect Of this upon the
Missouri restriction and the Wilmot Provi-
so-both of which were applicable to Ore
gon, and hence to Washington, as part o
Oregon-may be more fully understood,
we copy the section from the bill organizing
the Territory of Washington:
San act to establish the territorial Gov
ernment of Washington.
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f,SEc. IL. And be a}arthsr enacted, THAT
THE LAWS NOW IN FORCE IN SAID
TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON, BY
VIRTUE OF THE LEGISLATION OF
CONGRESS TN REFERENCE TO THE
TERRITORY OF OREGON, WHICH
HAVE BEEN ENACTED AND PASSED
SUBSEQUENT TO THE FIRST DAY
OF SEPTEMBER, EIGHTEEN HUN
DRED AND FORTY EIGHT, applicable
to the said Territory Of Washington, togeth-
er with the Legislative enactments Of the
Territory of Oregon, enacted and passed pri-
or to the passage Of, and not inconsistent
| with, the provisions of this, and applicable
to the said Territory Of Washington BE,
AND THEY ARE HEREBY, coNTINU-
ED IN FORCE IN SAID TERRITORY
OF WASHINGTON UNTIL THEY
SHALL BE REPEALED OR AMENDED
BY FUTURE LEGISLATION.
"Approved March 2, 1861 $50
"Here, then, in terms too plain for con-
test, is distinct repeal Of both Of these re-
strctions upon the Territory Of Oregon
SO far as they apply to Washington Territory
Not only does this bill do SO in the legal
usage. which recognises the latter as re-
peal ofthe earlier enactment, if the last shall
conflict with the first, even where the repeal
is not set forth; butit does SO upon still
more distinct and positive grounds. The
very po,oer that Is eiuen to The people Utah and
Ne,o Merico, In the compromise measures Of
1850, iscoafsrred spos The people Of Washing
ton In the act of 1858. The following Sec
? ton from the Washington bill is, substan-
TALLY, the same in the bills organizing the
Territories Of New Mexico, Utah, and WasE:
in9ton!
Gan act to establish territorial govern
| ment for Washington. "a 3
i ss# s*gg $50 a. -
"SEc. 9. And bsit further enacted, That
The lssislatius ro.Oer ofths Territory shall er-
tend to all ri9ktfal subjects Of legislation not in
consistent sc,A The constitution and lasOs cfths
United States; but NO law shall be passed in
terfering with the primary disposal Of the
soil; no tax shall be imposed upon the pro-
perty of the United States; nor shall the
lands or other property Of ofnon-residedenti
be taxed higher than helands or other pro-
perty of residents. All the laws passed by
the legislative assembly shall be submitted,
/. to the Congress of the United States, and il
: disapproved shall be null and of no effect.
j q & "a
i. approved March 2, 1853" + { 's'
!, The Union closes its. conclusive state
8 ment by giving the proceedings and the yeas
: and nays on the passage of the bill in the
House. The Bill was passed by ayes 1879,
: nays--24 EVERY NORTHERN wHIc AND EyE-
: RY FREE SOLDER VOTING FOR IT! thus, BY,
their votes, comforting upon Washington
Territory the power to determine for herself
the question of slavery, and deliberately set
ting aside the Missouri restriction ..
Is not what was good for Washington al.
: SO good for Nebraska and Kansasl-- Detroit
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