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The voice ottbe majority speaking in The man
Ger prescribed BY the consultation was. hear,
and Instant Submission foiova
Our " country could alone have exLibi
ted 50 grand and striking aspesaele Of the ca
paeiIy OF man for seltgOvernmenb What
happy conception, then, was it for Congress {
apply THIS simple rule, that The will of the ma
jcrity shall govern in settlement Ofthe question
Of domestic slavery ia the Territories. Con
gress is neither TO legislale Slavery into an,
Territory or State nor to exclude il lherefron
but 10 leave the people thereto perfectly &c,
70 form and regulate their domestic instia
lions in their own way, subject only 10 thu
Constitution ofihs United States.
As a natural CONSEQUENCE. Congress haI
also prescribed hat when the Territory o
Kansas shall be admitted as q State, il shal
be received into the Union with or without sla.
very, as their constitution may prescribe at tht
time OF their admission. " ..
A different opinion has arisen ~ regard Ia
the time when the paOpie Of a Territory Shpl
decide this question for themselves. This il
happily a matter Of but little practical impor-
tanse, and besides it is a Judicial question
which legitimately belongs to the Supreme
Court Of The United States, before whom il is
new pending. and will, it is understO cd. he
speedily and finally settled, To their decision
in COMMON With all good citizens, l shall
eheerfully submit. whatever this may be, tho
it has been my individual opinion that under
the Nebraska Kansas act, the appropriate pc
Rod will be when the number OF actual resi-.
lent in the Territory shall justify the fOrma-
ton of a.coEstitution with d view to its admis.
sion as a State in the Union, but be this as it
may, it is the imperative and indispensable
d1ty Ofthe Government Of the United States
to secure to every resident inhabitant the free
and independent expression Of his opinion
by his vote. This sacred right Of each indi.
vidual must be preserved. This being accom-
pishsd, nothing can be fairer TO leave the
people Of a Territory free from all foreign ia.
lueuce to decide their own destiny for them
selves subject only to the Constitution Of Uni.
ted States.
The whole Territorial question being thus
settled upon, the principal Of popular sover.
eighty, a principal as ancient as free govern
ment itself, everything of a practical value
has been decided and no other question re-
for adjustment. because all agree that
under the Constitution slavery in the States is
beyond the reach Of any human power except
that Of the respective States themselves where
in it exists. May we not then hope that the
long agitation on this subject is approaching
its end and that the geographical parties to
which it has given birth, so much dreaded
by the Father Of bis country will speedily be-
extinct. Most happy will it be for the
when the public mind shall be divert.
ed from this question to others Of more pres
sing and practical importance.
Throughout the whole progress Of this agi-
tation which has scarcely known any intermis-
for more than twenty years, while it has
,een productive of no positive good TO any
lumun being, Ithas been lhe prolific source Of
-reSt evil to the master, to the slave and to the
Vhole country generally, 1t hes alienated
nd estranged the people Of the sister States
each other. and endangered the very ex-
tence OF The Union. mol. has the danger yet
itirely ceased. Under our system there is
remedy for all mere political evils in the :
uhd sense and sober judgement of the PEG, |
e. Time is a great corrective. r
The political subjects, which but a few
'ats excited and ezasperated the public mind S
i've passed away and are now nearly forgot.
n. But this question Of domestic slavery is Il
far greater Importance than any mere j
'liIical question, because, should the agita- n
IN continue, it may eventually endanger the d
rsonal safety of large portion Of our coun. a
where the institution exists. In that v
ent no form of government. however admis-
in t%self-however productive of material ly
ne6ts-can compensate for the. loss of peace {
d domestic security around the family altar. d.
t every Union loving man therefore exert g
best influence TO suppress the agitation ri
since the recent legislation Of Congress N
without any legitimate object. 1t is an evil "
the times that men have undertaken to cal so
late the mere material value of the Union. G,
Recent estimates have beeen presented of AT
9 pecuniary profits aud local advantages az
would result to different States and OIL
from its dissolution. Of The compare tie
re injuries which such an event would inAict d
other States and sections; even descending c
this low and narrow view Of the mighty G
All such calculations are at fault. CO
le bare reference TO a single consideration al
III be conclusive en- this point. We at pre- S