The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-05-30
wss .faud upon the people. This wiltsp.
pssrsfor two reasons; 10 Enh'i' 80 - eiy

poaf fOr tWO fcasOnb -. -l...,
70 First At the time the Kanas Nebrask'
bill was under consideration, Il was declares
ossr and over again, both in and out o
Oonsses, that slavery never would go int
any part Of these territories! Tho prete1
was used @ an argument 70 quiet the e1G
ted feelings Of fthepcoplc, and reconcile then
to the Outrage. Charity would leavc us 4
presume that no member Of Congress would
make sach an assumption and send II to the
country, unless he believed it.. II 70. nc
greater mistake could have been made. Ir
looking over the debates IN the Senate upon
the Nebuuka bill, we find such opinion,
wriS expressed by Mr.. Petit, OF Indians
Mr.. Hunter, ofvirginia: Mr.. Toucy of eon'
necticut; Mr., Thompson, Of New Jcrcy;
Mr.. Brodhead, Of Pennsylvsnia; Dir. Bad
ger of North Carolina; Mr.. Everett Of Mas
sachusetts Mr.. Doughs, Of Illinois; Mr.
Dixon, of Kentuckyi Sir. Jones, OF Tenne.
see; and General Cas-, of Michigan. ai,
In the House, the advocates OF the bill
generally sid tho same things. Thess de-
clarations were sent all over the country
and had their effect. They wers retailed
out with great gnsto by all the Office holder
Of the Administration, from the highest in
grade and employment to the four and siz
penny postpasters and tide walters. The
barrier Of freedom was stricken down; and
what then became of all their pompous as.
sumptions? of 80 .asf., va.Hai,r.. sz
Shareholders went into Kansas, carrying
with them their slaves. The hrt Iegisla.
turc elected under the organic law of tho
Territory, by Shareholders and "bor,ler ruff
fans, "a Legislature, tho laws of which
the friends Of the Administration say aro 10
gal and binding-laws which the Presiden,
has threatened to enforce at tho. mouth o.
the cannon and the point Of the hyonct
enacted and placed upon the statute book o.
the Territory law, declaring agm :
"Ifany person print, write, introduce in
to, or publish, or cause to be brought into
printed, written, published, or circulated. ol
shall knowingly aid or assist in bringing in
to, printing, publishing, or circulating, with
in tins Territory, any book. paper, pamph
let, magazine, h,ndbill, or circular, contain
ing any statements, arguments, opinion
sentiment, doctrine, advice, OF. .inundo, cal
culated to produce disorderly, dangerous
or rebelious disalection among the slaves o
this Territory, or to induce such slaves Il
escape from the service OF their masters, OF
to resist their authority, he shall be guilt,
of felony, and be punished by imprison
ment at hard labor, for term not les thar
five years." -...i. t,.a y.oii-
Here Is another section Of tins barbarou
statutc:-- ..s.,.- -..lr ..sG q
"If any free person, by speaking or writ
ing, assert or maintain that persons have no
the right TO hold slaves In this Territory, o
shall Introduce into this Territory, print
publish, write, circulate, or cause TO be In
troduced into this Territory, written, print
cd, published. or circulated, In this Terrific
ry, any book, paper, magazine. pamphlet
or circular, containing any denial Of tb'
right of persons to hold slaves in tins Ter
ritory, such persons shall be deemed guilt,
of felony, aud punished by Imprisonment
at hard labor for term not less than twt
years, r. ,rezrrll.a ina '[''-
In the "Squattcr Sovereign" newspa
per published at Atcl,ison, in Kansas Terri
tory, by strinsfsllOw and Kelly, and which
isrccciying the patronagcof President Pierc
and his Administration, under date Of Feb
10, 1856, / find the following advertisement
"FoR SALr.-A very likely NEGRO GrRI
ten years old: Apply at this Office; ri
Feb. Is, SO. 50-4w' ,-.g
weprovc here by one ofxhc Administra
tion organs-which, by the way lauds Pierce
and the Democratic party to the skies--that
slavery not only exists de faeio in Kansas
but that little negro girls are publicly ad
vertised and sold in that Territory. s
Twill give one more specimen Of the bar
barous code Of the (" border rufian" Legis
lature, which is designed to corrupt tn
very fountains Of justice and establish ant
pcrpetua.c slavery in this Territory; gs
si" No person who IL conscientously oppos
ed to holding slaves, or who does not admi
the right to hold slaves In this territory
shall sit as juror on the trial Of my prose
cution for any violation Of any OF the sec
tions OF this act" -. 49,. ,,l,
Thus facts prove that the argument that
on account Of soil, climate, or other, reason
slavery would not go into Kansas IN consc
quencc of the repeal Of the Missouri com
promise, wns all dclusion 20 far as II ha,
an influence, Il everywhere deedred ant
cheated the people. I, ,.,.-, g,-r
Another rcason urged with grent yche
mence by the advocates Of the Nebraska bil
in favor Of the measure, was this that !
would |" e,ta1iish the doetrine Of popular sor
ereignty," and give the people Of the Terri
tories the right to form and regulate thci
own domestic institutions. have now NJ
time to gSinto an cxtonded argument L
show the utter fallacy Of this specious pre-
tense, this false light, held out to blind, be
wilder, and cheat the people into the sup
port Of a measure abhorrent to all their bet
ter feelings, 49,. ,,,g r-ja,s
But I viii call the attention Of Tho com
rnittce to ono or two facts, which 80 70 prov
beyond all controversy, that the friends Q
the bill, while they declared when tho same
was under consideration, that the bill woult
confer upon the people ,r the tcrritories tn
right to lesislatc upon tie question Of slay
cry in the same, medrli no such thing !, they
were looking one way and rowing another
that while they were pretending to eorfe'
certain rights, they were forcing 2 bill thro
Congress, the very object Of which was q
deprive them Of any such power. 800
81 Now to tho proof. When tho Kansas bill
Was under confederation in che House, an
honorable mc,nbcr from Indiana [Slr. Maoel
ARA. . 81 80 49,