Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-05-24

il cb;of Of the MALTA thereof, shall eiiorm
tho dnties and receive the emoluments OF an
tsatintendent of Indian affairs, shall approve all
laws passed by the legislative ASSEMBLY before
they shall take effect; he shall commission
all officers who shall he appointed to office IN
der the laws OF said territory, AMI Shall take
care that the laws ba faithfully executed
Note the caution With which Congress. the
xorsye;c,, power, guards the exercise of the
nowers it DELEGATES. The Legislature is not
comnlele. BY act Of The sqaatters a! the polls;
I'm, - composed in part OF The Governor OF ter
rtory. who is appointed by the federal author
ity. All the squattes may not vote Tor me
dsmi Legislators; bul Congress either prescrlbes
who shall vote, or takes care TO assert lis pow
er 10 control the qualifications Tor suffrage in
the very act Of authorizing the legislative as
sembly of territories 10 prt scrloe Them
Thus Congress makes Governor, VINO Is
appointed by the federal Executive with The
concurrence of one of its own branches, com
noneut par, of the Legislature and asssrs its
tiuht TO decide who Of the squat'ers shall vote
at the local pills for Legislators. Not only
does i, thus control these 'sovsreigns" we hear
so much of; but it expressly declares that "a Lh
..tbe laws passed by the Legislative Assembly
aand Governor shall be submitted to The Cenlrets
,sof he United States, and If DlSAPPROV-
"ED. SHALL BE NULL AND VOID" Nay,
i, Does even further than this, aud not only 81
provides that il shall always havs lis own hn-
yer in the pie Of legislation, while 1t Is IN pro-
cess of concocton, and that II shall have
taower to revise every legislative act and veto
=, or nat as It may elect; but reserves the ap-
uuiutmeu, OF judicial officers, " o shall con
strue and apply he laws when enacted, to the
federal Executive, sui jeel 10 The consent aud
advice OF QUE OF its branches. Surely If there
had ever been spark oil original inherent SOW
p5elouly In the lIlle body OF tho territorial XII
item ii has been tnosl completely aud ftifiose-
lessly crushed Out by this ineAoGabte bull dog
ut UNCLE SANS
Mi even couient with all these reservations
o. sovereign authority aaa JEALOUS exclusion OF
all notion oil sovereignty Oh the part ei she
.antttrts Congress also sp e"ds over me 'er-
loty il sweeping genera! oiauso eost'i''S al "'"'-
,e,s which The local Iesi-iataie might omit 10
,tn,;J,, tnr and sveeplna down all acts OF this
body which ught transcend lis Delegated au-
thorty thus:
See, II. The Constitution and laws OF the
United States are hereby extended over and de-
vlared 10 be IN folce III said territory oi ui"h 80
lar az the same, OF any provision lhefco'' may
be arpcdbl,
There is nu. one sui joel in respect 10 whc!'
Congress &c presses is determination Lot 10 III
lrrvene IN the territory bn It's We promise l"'
10 Interfere with the legitimate AID regularly
exercised will Of the people oi HE territory Ill
determining this question iuf themselves, Carries
Inherently alon. With il the assertion OF the
newer oil Congress tn interfere as the rue soy
rreiun. il the squatteis should seek, Ill deter
mining the slavery questlor, to deny OF unlaW-
iuIlv tbs,ruct he cilizens, coming HI from The
sl,v, States in the exercise al their equal rlghs
or, that subject: for il is only when 'ha serIito-
Nv is in the very acl Of tecouiug Safe that
Congress expresses It's resolution mol to inter-
f,re. Here is the original from which the
t,rea, Issue subsequently, announced. In other
rmds. in the Nrbfaska Kansas bull. was d.
rived:
Of the Territory OF the United States within the
tollowioe limits, &c, &r., be and is hereby
created INTO temporary government, by the
name of the Territor, oil Utah aud when al
united asa Sac the said 1etriIuly, or any
p,fiion Of Tie sIme. shall be received into The
tTn;on. with or " lthoui slavery, as iheh Catstl
luton may prescribe a, the time OF adfnis6oii,
be, sc.
his great principle, we say, of the right ol
the people Of the territories subject - The Con
sli:utien OF the United States, TO decide The
question OF slavery for III msrlves, was lncoi-
porateA into the Kansas Nebraska act III terms
which necessarily excluded tn" it's Of SqdhtfI
SuYpTeIOiIlN even as 10 tniN - u
slavery ; for tie enaet!Hg clause oil thu Utah
bIi i. repeated il 50 many WoIGs:
Nebraska Kansas det, 1Icy so 1854
Sac. /. Be it enacted. sc, that all thai part
-, tho arti,ctY ol tho United Stats included
within the elowag limits, SC, &c, be and
The same is hereby cfea Ell INTO temporary gov
e,umsnt BY the name Of the territory OF The Ne
braska; and when admitted "a State or saes,
the said Territory, or any portion OF Inc saIne'
shall be received into the Union with or With
out slavery, us their censlluiloa may prescribe
at the time OF admiss on
True this clause coPi q fr0m the Utah aci,
was followed by the follow ing clause expressly
r.nealinc The Missouri restriction; and also ex-
nre.sly asserting The intention ot Congress TO
hermit the people of The territory to manage
the slavery subject for themselves, snti'rt 10
the Consultation Of the United States " hich
rrcnre equal rights in the territories To citizens
canning in from all the S;ases as We'll as TO prop
.ay as to perscn aud expressing liz determi,
naiion moi TO in riere long as he territorial
peeple ,siraie from violating the Constitution al
The United States in expressing tho right oil
forming aud regulating their domestic ins'l'u.
lions. Here is this additional clause enbtaced
in the Neb aska Kansas act :
Soc Il = \ That the Constitution and
all laws of the Uuited States " hioh are not To-
eally inapplicatle, shall have the same force and
effect within the U. States, except the 9Th sec
zion ofthe acl preparatory the admission OF Mis-
souri, into the Union, approved March 9, 1921,
which. being incunss' ent with the principle OF
opinierycn,;ou by Congress with slavery III
abe Bates ard territories, as recognised by the
legislation o! eighteen hundred and fifty, com
monly ealipd the promise Measures, is here
by declared imperative and yoid II bang the
true inteat aaa meaning Of this acI not to leg
islae slavery iAto any territory or Slate, nor 10
exclude it tilsrslrom, but to leave the peor.e
&hereof perfectly free 10 !otm aud regulate their
domestic institutions in their o~n way, snbI"ct
only tn the Constitution Of the ualted STA es;
Provided hat nothing herein contained shall lie
construed to revive or put in force any law OF
regulation which may have existed prior to The
acI of sixth March, 1920, either protecting, es-
,ablishiug, prohibiting OF asolishipg slavery,
Ii il possible for the accutest perception 10 de
,ect concession OF sosereignly 10 ths seuatiers
of Kansas OF Nebraska in elthet OF these clauses,
even constituting section tth as latiladinously
as our oug-a-boo moneers insist upon ing
In section Congress only expresses lis de-
termination. not to iEteiiele with the sqnalters
in determining OF slavery when they shall come
10 organize lheis tarfitcvy Into a State. Is that
concediug The ''sovereguy" even in regard tf
This sinaie subject, during tie time iifefvening