The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-02-24
western Deu,ocracy--Nebraziza BIN.

the Chicago Times the synopsis it con.
tains of Gen. Gass,s speech In Chicago.
Thesubjectl of the speech, is, of course,
slavery and the Nebraska bill Accord
ing to. the Chicago Tmes,Gep. Cass
stripped the question of all the uaisrep-
resentationl which Abohtioaisnl and pas
sion have thrown around it. He, illus
trated most fereibly the pure, non-iRter-
vention by. Congress with the subject of
slavery In the Territories. He disproyed
and we think 10 the full satisfaction of
all who heard him-the accusation that
the bill legislated slavery into the Terri
tories. He maiataiaed as clearly settled
lap tha: slavery eostld not exist IA the
Territory scakosk posi6ue iaao to protect
and sustain it." In reply to some strict
ures in the Richmond Enquirer, the De-
troit Free Press, in which Gen. Cass- is
authorisaiively represented, states his po-
sition also to be, 'tttat slaperg can only
easf By rirtae Of lars passed By the Ter
ritorioi Government intke Ae5raska Ter
ritory.' Gen Cass's doctrine of non-in-
teryention is therefore this Slavery can
not go into a, Territory in consequence of
the colonization of any of our Territories
bY southern men with their slaves. In
fact for a STAKEHOLDER to carry his slaves
with him intoa Territory is to free them.
It's not until Territorial Legislature shall
pass a law establishing slavery in Ter
ritory that it can there legally exist. This
is the Generals doctrine and when ap-
piled to the late Nebraska and Kansas
act, it has not at all authorized or sane
toned slavery in these Territories. Not
slave can exist within them until these
Territorial Legislatures shall pass law
establishing slavery within their limits.
Soaceording to Gen. Cass's view of these
acts, every slave which has, or shall here
after, be carried into either of these Ter
ritories, is, ipso Jacto, free. This is
what the South has gained by these acts.
Even the poor privilege Of entering these
Territories with their slaves, and keep
ing them as such, until the first Terri
torial Legislature composed of squatters
shall declare them free, is not granted by
these acts. Did the southern Represen-
tatiyG understand that this was the
meaning of the bill when they supported
it? Senator Douglas not only takes
this ground of Gen. Cass's, but he goes
further he claims the merit for the bill
that, by abolishing the Missouricomprom-
Use, he has excluded the plea of free soil.
He has opened the way for the free States
to build up some six new free States south
of the Missouri compromise line of Sc
deg. 80 m. Gen. Shields follows in the
same strain. The Washington Union in
troduees with fattering commentaries the
sketch of his speech lately delivered at
Springfield. 1t speaks as follows:
"Gen. Shields has entered the fight
with earnestness and ability. We have
seena sketch of his speech at Springfield,
whichhe sustained the principles of the
Nebraska bill with great force and effect.
Speaking of the principle of non-inter-
vention, he said:
/" 1t allowed the people he said to fix
their own condition, manage their own
affairs, and work out their own happiness
in their own way. 1t gave equal chances
toequal States in the settlement and gov
ernment of common territory Kansas
and Nebraska were free now, and the
people there would keep them free. The
establishment of slavery in these Terri
tories was not only improbable. but i'm
possible; and it was always wiser and
better to let people work out great good
for themselves than have it forced upon
them by others and this was the way
in which freemen always do what is
great and good, by their own free and
voluntary act. This principle of non
Intervention would not only keep Kansas
and Nebraska what they are now-free
but would by its full and fair operation,
| if we acquire the continent to the 18TH
mus of Darien, work with such powerful
force and effect that no man would ever
see another slave Territory on thiscon-
tinent." - z-
Gentlemen of the South were these
the objects you had in view, as the fruit
of your Legislation, when you supported
this measure or are these the allies on
whom you will propose to rely, to protect
the rights and institutions of the South ?
According to their statement of their de-
signs, they differ not whit from the ABB
olitionists in their policy towards the
South. Non-interyention as completely
means the triumph of the free States and
the exclusion of the South from the Ne
braska and Kansas Territory, as any, di-
rect legislation can effect. And this is
all the support we are to receive from the
Democratic party of the northern States
that which the Washington Union
daily sustains, whilst publishing forth,
with commentators, their anti-slayery
disclaimers and denunciations, that we
are to look for the preservation of the in
stitution of slaEery.-Charleston Eee.
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