The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1857-06-27

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c,mpron,i.e. which be considered cons
pact too sacred to be- viplsied, sud % Al
lodged injustice to the lndlans. The lat
.er he ha. abandoned The former he still
sdhrr,s to. uotN.,hsiArding tie supreme
Court OF the uitrd State, has declared
tia, the Missouri compromiso WAS an IN
constitutional enactment Ne hs, recently
discovered Ia addition to th. objection,
that the Kansas bill embraces HAT double
headed monster sfaalter Sovereignty snd
alien suffrage Were hi, tc.laN'ciiizsns
aware TIA, Cen. Houston WIS himself tho
father Of s1us,ler sovereignty and alien
euU,aeri Il would be- feeoilrcted that
California was settled up with aliens aud
.u.ttor.. and people ltpm all us'ilus and
oi al colar-. and inst this ma,'y comm,
ni'v. without any enumeration OF the IN
bah'an's btUoe been tk'r, on ih" qtnli
fcttiou at voters having been determined,
and With ,at authority ~ color @! law. held
% State. Convention. adopted r Coustiiu>
ton, aal kuorkei At 'he door. of Con
rre.s Tor admission. II va. during the
pcudauey OF that question. and with feief
ence t. 1t. that Gen. Houston introduced a
resolution INTO the | uiied States senate. 10
which he asserted that the tahabfanis
n the territories have the same inherent
tsh, Of self government az the people oi
she States " Inls resolution could be
f1uad iu the Congressional Gi1he OF lsah.
n was condemned by VI Calhoun ia hi.
last speech IN the Senate, from which hs
language d. quoted ahoy" See the ih
volume Of ni- work.. p'g' %!
Nr Wigfsll hoped that tie htn'as-Ne
brssks bill would be published lJom ore
end Of the State to the other, aud then
peopl, wau see that J., neither embraced
alien suffrage nor sq1si,e5 so'erelentf.
lie desired every man % get L aud read IT,,
in order that he might have an exhibition
Of the 6rsnd that Was attempted upon the
citizen. Of Icxa. those who had listen
cd 10 Gru. iioustnn to day had been led
to believe that NJ Buchanan was "a IA
vor Of sqnaiier and alien suffrage that
lie entertained tho opinion, that assoon As a
a nan entered the territories no matter
what Nas hi. color or his country, he was
allowed to vote Immediately, and that
baud. OF negroes could crowd into then,
and appropriate the country 10 themselves,
and to lfsespil We were to believe, not
only that MIR Buchanan adopted this the
DRY, hu, that Il was Incorporated either IN
whole or in part IN the kansas Nebraska
act Wa.itnot moaslrou. when mon oc,
cup,ing hgh positions reserted to such
interpretations Mr buchanan, in the
canvass for the presidency, endorsed cor
daily tho II ausas \.bfask, bill. aud upon
1t based h. hopes Of election. Nhs, were
the pfoSi,,o OF that bill First, before
a man could vote, he must be white. Soc
andly, he must either be n citizen OF the
United Sta,es, or one who has filed his de
clnrntion to become citizen, aud has taken
m oath ahutng allegiance to all foreign
governments, AID declaring his intention 10
support the Constitution OF tbs nited
States Thirdly, he must have resided
IA tho territory at least six months beiorr
Offering hi. vote. The Kansas bill pfoyi>
dsd aa, the people thereof were left " per,
iectly free to form aud regulate their domes'
tic institution. IN their own way, subject
only to the Constitution OF the United
State" II wa. the Same in substance, and
contained nlmo.t the Identical language Of
the Utah and New Mexico bIll. for which
ten Houston voted VI Buchanan. in his
Inaugural declared that the Constitution did
not. - i. opinion. confer upon the territos
raj legislatures the authority to establish or
prohibt slavery, but that 1t wasa question
10 be- settled when they assembled to form a
State Constitution. Mr., Wisiall desired to
know. Il IN all this, there wass warrant Tor
the nonsirous assertions that had been
made by Gen. Houston and his immediate
llends
Territorial gnvernmeni' we're nov
formed Tor all the territories. aud N not one
Of them was -qratler sovereignty or alien
.utl ago admitted The same distinctive
features were Incorporated in them all
The Democratic party had scsnov lodged
them rs lu.I, and tbels tHn'ti,u,'onality
bad been affirmed By the supreme Court OF
the inited states
The Missouri compromise was virtually
repealed hy the compromise Of $50. Cal,
iiofuia, against all the accustomed forms OF
law had been admitted hy 1t INTO the DIOn
with her culirs territorial limits, end
when portion of her territory, sufficient to
form a State. lay South ol 81 degrees 30
minutes Under tina, compromise, also
that portion OF Texas North OF 30 30, had
been added to New N,.ico, the territorial
government OF which did not prohibit
slavery
Having discussed these questions "a (ul,
Is "a time wouIi admit. Mr. Wiylsll said he
would now consider ten IIonston's course