Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-10-28
WAsHiSGrox, Aug. %. 1856.



WAsHiSGrox, Aug. %. 1856
III Ipsa1 aSax.ua4szas~ss.@s--sss
have received Your letter OF the Goth inst,
in which you say there is storm of misrep-
resentation in Bangor, III reference TO my vote
on Dunn's BILL i had seen some structures upon
this vote III the Democrat and journal but
did not imagine for a moment that any body
would be misled or deceived by them should
be sorry TO believe that there is a man IL Ban
gor or elsew here who prefers Freedom to Slave
ry, that would under the circumstances give r
different vote from that which | feltit my duty
TO give upon the passage OF that bill. IN voting
as | did. / found myself in company with
Joshua r. Giddings, Philemon Bliss. John Ali
son aud the anti-Slaverv benin the House
while on the other side and voting against the
bill, were Ill the Southern pro-SIayery men,
Are Cobb, Orr, Aiken (the owner of 300 sIaves)
Qutman, Brooks and keit more strongly oupos-
ed to tie existence of Slavery in Kansas than
are Giddings, Edwards Wade Stanton. Colfay
Morgan, Sage, and others whom might name
the ever true and always faithful opponents
of slavery extension2
on say 1t Is charged that Il lave recognized
and voted for slavery in Kansas" have done
no such thing. / have voted to erclule it from
that territory, and to make it impossible for it
10 be established there. What are the fact So
The House passed bill intended to give peace
to that unhappy territory--the bill TO admit
Kansas rs State under the consti: ution v hich
her people had formed for themselves. II
Senate would rot touch it, 1t met with no fave
from either Buchanan men or Fillmore men
ANXIOUS that something should be done TO allay
the excitement and put 4 stop to the outrages
IN hanSa5,ahd 10 secure to her people their Just
rights as American citizens, and having been
advised that Dunn's bill would be acceptable
10 some of the more moderate Fillmore and Blu
chanan men, and might not improbablv pass
the Senate the Republicans in The House took
II mp and passed IL.
1t provided among other things, az ne official
copy which | send YOU Will show.
/. For the entire reorganization o. The ierri-
tory
3 For the election of members of the lesisla-
ture and other officers with stringent and care
ful guards against false and fraudulent voting
s. Against the re -enactment Of such laws
as disgrace the history of that Territory
against the passage of laws requiring proper
~ qualification or imposing religious tests DC,
DC. See See. S. s-f ..F
l. That all criminal suits now pending IN the
territory for treason, or other political offences
growing ont of any alleged violation Of the bo-
gus laws, shall be dismissed
.. / hat the Missouri Compromise be restored
whereby Slavery would be eacl2sd from ftat
Territory FOREVER.
s. That there should be no Ilausible obirc-
tt"n to lie bill on the ground that it disturbed
ycSsed rights, Mr.. Damn further provided as
follows;
''I'roJided h2rersr, That any person laufuQy
held 10 labor IN either of said territories shall
not be discharged from such services Ivy reason
of such repeal and revival OF sad crhth secfloD
If such person shall be permanently removed
from such territory or territories prior 10 the
first dav Of January 1883 and any child ar
children born Il. either of said territories
female k4acf;aly,, held ia sar,-fr In ILL ,,
removed without said Territories before the CO
uiration of that date. shall moi ha he raas..,, az
ANYTHING in this ACT. concentrated from, an,
service it might have owned hat hi. .,.. ,,rcr
passed ind t,y.o,,s,i4s{ i,5L. ;-b.t ans, ,,.rs,4
iav11dIy held to service il, an orher Sac ~
Territory OF the United STATES and ,.zcapi9,, in
TO eitbc. he Territory Of Kansas or Nebraska
may tie reclaimed and removed TO the l1erson
or place where such service j, due uucler any
law q toe United States which shall be j.. force
upon the subject
1 his language Il Will be perceived, does not
recognize, or admit, the fac that there are, or
can hr, slaves fG7T'atY held IN the territory
NE heuubtcans II. Congress did not and do
not believe that there IS a single human being
who ~ Ea1TtAg he'd Is Z slave in Kansas J
feel sure that there Is not one, aiId if not then
there Is no person fgr the provisp to act upon
Bnt The friends Of Freedom IN the House Of
representative We're wiling 10 say that If they
We're mistaken IN the law and facts, and in truth,
- "tIe t"'Jt2tF IN Kansas thla-" hat =
- =, - 80 10 a -" Nv oI-ri iAoEIIlS lie
new ID" 9nouIo nor c!Iec' lhelr status or condl-
,t"' IN o'lIl WORDS theE were Wiling t" leave
=, - a. q iI',s rag '9E me IeF9 q months
IA I.Sl. 20 me mere handful OF blacks now IN
''le 'tIiiof '.'aNlnG Il neither better nor worse
Il oF :" u"'''S lheF could release Robinson
ana DINERS from their CHAINS, restore the Mis-
sour pIG2lP-Sl"g, ana secure Freedom to Kan
s'a ana y eoEiSha net i3r one year or TIVE wears,
o'' w i"l a. ,,.a 'lI'je .,-.,..o
~ 55o Soo11 LIl 40 'A!1. ne Journal says
1 o. 2 3,. u "ouin ho'Io"ei COBB, Jas L.
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