M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-09-18
Not Truc--Umfair.

/ Our opponenIskeep constantly shritkiag,
from their press and from the stump, that
he Democracy are in favor Of the exten-
sion Of slavery over territory now free,--
Though this false charge has been over and
over again refuted, yet they as often reiter.
ate the foul SANDER When they are drove
to the wall, and called on for the eproof, they
will everastingy hotol, "Oh, it's in the
Kansas Nebraska Act" When we bring
forward that act and ask them TO point out
the sentence upon which they base their lie,
they will curl down like whipped puppies
and say; 1t was the intention Of those
who passed the bill, to put slavery there y
Is there word of truth in this? There is
not Read thebill as you may, and there
is but one principle in it, and that is--NoE
INTERVENTION, and no honest man can claim
that there is more. Now for the proof.
The following is what the bill says on the
subject "
II being the true intent and meaning OF
this act not to Iegislate slavery into any
Territory or State, nor to exclude it there
| from, BUT TO LEAVE THE PEOPLE
THEREOF PERFECTLY FREE TO
FORM AND REGULATE THEIR DO
| MESTlC INSTITUTIONS IN THEIR
OWN WAY /; subject only to the Constitu.
ton of the United States" ',
Here Is contained the only principle OF
the Bill the principle that the people of the
territory shnl! be perfectly free to regu-
late their domestic institutions in their own
way "-in other words--to govern them
selves. '...
After they are thus nailed to to the coun-
ter, they will turn round and Schrecch most
Ipiteously Oh, the repeal Of the Missou-
ri compromise was great outrsge--the
whole difficulty commenced here" Now
ho IN is this Reader is this broad asser-
ton ofthe Black Republicans true Let us
see. The law organizing the Territory of
Utah was one Of the Compromise measures
Of 1850. That Territory lies north of 36
degrees 80 minutes, and is embraced in the
Louisiana purchase, and was covered bv the
Missouri Restriction. That law especially
dcldres that Utah, or any portion Of the
same, when admitted as state, "Shall be
received into the Union tcih or 1tthont SD
very, as their Constitution mag prescribe at
the time Of thar admission" ...
Thus il will be seen, that in effect, the
Missouri Compromise, about which there is
so much bowling, was solemnly declared to
be null and void, and superseded BY the ap-
plicaton of the principle Of NoN-ISTERvEN-
rIoN, of which Mr.. CLAY said
The true principle which ought to regulate
the action Of Congress, in forming territori,
torial governments for each newly acquired
domain is 10 refrain from aAlegislGttoa on
the subject in the territory acquired, so long
as it retains the territorial form Of govern
ment-lcuving it to the people ofsuch ter
ritory when they have attained to condi-
ton which entities them to admission as q
State, to decide for themselves the question
Of the allowance or prohibition of domestic
slavery"
Is Mr.. CLAY a competent witness ! He
considered that the Missouri Compromise
had passed away, its line been wiped out, its
slavery reStrictio effaced by the the COM
promise measures Of 1850. Hear Mr. CLAY
again:
Sir, While was engaged in anxious
consideration upon this subject, the-idea ol
the Missouri Compromise, as it has been
termed came under my review, was consid-
cred by me and finally rejected, as in my
judgment less worthy Of the common accep-
tance Of both parties of this Union than the
project which offer to your consideration"
If this be so--if Mr.. Clay is competent
witness in the case, how is it possible that
the passage Of the Kansas Nebraska bill is
the cause of all the present troubles in
Kansas !-CircleuiHe Waterman.