Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-01-26

States Of the West; We should have bssn panied
with the evidence Of upthrift, Of incidence
apal1nssahce, s~insvitabls accompaniment
OF Slavery Sysbe eosnpromiss Of 1920 the re-
shictiss ptidsiplseQf 's7 was applied 10 all the
1fitdb nd on degrees 80 Minis, aoapl(Ad
q the Ion INA 6rchase. That oct decldEss
Tt AybalEe "Forevsr Prohibited lin
said ASrritory: Mess Register, an inaus )al
.sostkssa nevaDper, at that time, gave exps( fo4
to tho general sentiment of the country, when it
declared that under the peculiar circumstances
attending the passage Of that act it was in fact,
a solemn compact, as binding a. the constitution
itself! And thus the matter stood for thirty years,
.ahe hindiaer .sampaak apdossed. and
sustained BY general consent, and by Legislative
acts, Why, sir j. was but the session before the
one which, passid'tks Kansas and Neb.aiks act,
that Mr.. Atchson, Vice President Of the United
S.atas, and zinglaader Of tha motley crowd Ma
tional Democratic, declared upon the floor of the
Senate that they could not hope for the repeal of
the Missouri Restriction--that it was irremedis-
BILE, and thatpo far as that was concerned, the
South might rs we'll allow the Territories to be
organized then TO wait two or ten years The We
ry next session, S. A. Douglas introduced his bill
bearing onits face palpabls lie; for it declared
that under the operation of the Compromise acts
of 1850, the Missouri Restriction had become in
operative and void, when, on the contrary those
Compromise measures did actually and formally
recognise the principle Of that restriction. q
Is it asserted that the restrictive clauses in the
ordinance Of 1887, and in the act of 1920 are
unconstitutional? If 60, what. becomes of the
amendment to- tho Constitution, which declares
that no person shall be deprived Of life. liberty,
or property, ,Oithout due process Of law .,fs
!. Hsd@c a freedom-loving Judiciary, who would
interpret the Constitution in accordance with its
letter and spirit, any declaratory Legislation mp
on SO plain point, might be unnecessary. am
not now, discussing the application Of this clause
in the Constitution, in its relation to Slavery in
the States but in the territories, where the Fede-
raj Government have exclusive jurisdiction, and
assert that Slavery cannot constitutionally exist
there . day, every Squatter Sovereign in the ter
rtories to the contrary, notwithstanding. In
conclusion, ask democrats in this House, will you
repudiate the principles and policy of the Fathers
upon this question Pa policy inaugurated and
defended by Jefferson, and endorsed by every
Statesman of note in the country, from the earli-
period of its constitutional history to the
advent of Lewis Cass and Stephen a. Douglas,
those great apostles Of popular sovereignty Is
it it not enough, that Southern men, bound by the
strong ties of pecunary interests, of political am
bitio& Of early education, and lifelong preju-
dices, should trample upon the vital principle Of
Democracy, ignore the Constitution, and violate
solemn compacts and shall Northern men, edu.
Gated amid free Institutions, join in the CRUSADE
against liberty and the rights of labor; and
under the pretense of popular sovereignty commits
sion Slavery with all its unutterabe woes, to- in
wade the fairest portion of this centinent9
For myself, can exercise the spirit Of charity
towards the STAKEHOLDER, but for the northern
doughface, who for the sake Of party or popu-
ularity, proves false to freedom, his country, and
his God, entertain no feeling but that of unut-
terable contempt. Minnesota owes tito herself,
as the New England Of the west, to- repudiate in
unmistakable tones, the act by which the majori-
ty part Of her territory Was thrown opon to the
incursions of Slavery, and whatever may be the
action of the House, have no fears for the re-
suit, when the people decide. 90
Although Mr.. Brad!ey's speech was somewhat
lengthy, it was listened to with much attention,
and made good impression. Weask our read
ers to give it a careful perusal. m ~ Qsgl
r. linn oskn A NJ ~
per he read the extracts2 On receiving an an
swer he stated that he did not wish to reply to
the abolition gable of Greeley and others, bn.
from present appearances he foresaw that the
Rice men were about to unite with the Rrphbli.
cans. The gentleman from Wright County had
said that he ran on the same platform as that Of
Henry M. Rice. He would like to inquire what
platform that was--what principles it contained ?
He could discover none. sas.,l .lfsc.s,s 49,. ssi,
Mr.. Wilson replied in few words.
Mr.. Norris spoke for some time, in calm, dig
ni6ed manner, defending the resolutions introduc-
ed by Mr.. Holland, and magnifying 1--WE thought)
the beauties of sspopular sovereignty" His re-
marks were principally in reply to Mr.. Bradley,
and were the most gentlemanly and sensible from
that side of the House. He interpreted Mr.. JEFF
ferson's views differently from the gentleman from
Hsnnepin county, and thought that the passage of
the Kansas Nebraska bill, would tend to set for
eyer at rest the further agitation of the Slavery
question. /: placed the matter in the hands of
the People, and there !. should be.
Mr.. Wilkinson moved for the p.:vious question
and the indefinitely postponement of both reports.
Mr.. Mobiles, latter something Of a struggle with
Messrs. johnson, and others) succeeded in getting
the floor, and wished to know If it was right for
the majority of that House to nose the Repuoli-
canssbout a. they had been? Was it right for the
two wings of the Democratic party to take up the
time of the House in their quarreling? He had
been disposed to vote for the majority report but
when he saw an effort made to gag others be
stood there to defend his rights. It was true,
other than Republican votes elected him, but now
he should record his vote in . way which would
be understood. He stated that the House could
not vote on both questions at the same time; that
they must first vote on the indefinite postponement
and then take action on the previous question,
and appealed to the chair If beth motions could
be put at the same time. The Chair (Mr. Hull)
replied that they must settle that question among
themselves. daughter and hisses.
The Speaker called Mr.. Mobiles to order. Mr..