Nebraska advertiser., 1857-04-02

FELLoE -CutIzEs
I apTearb before you this day to take
the solemn oath that I viii faithfully
execute. the oHice Of President of the
United States, and win, to the best Of
| nv ability, preserve, protect, and de-
fend the Constitution Of the United
States In entering upen this great
efiiee, j nausk hunIbly invoke the God
Ct oH1i; fathers for wisdom and hrmness
to execute IT'S high and responsible
duties in such a manner as to restore
harmony and the ancient friendship
among the several States, and to pre-
serre cur free institutions throughout
many generations. COErEinced that /
eve my election to the inherent love
t for the Constitution and the Union,
which still animates the hearts of the
AmeEisan People, let me, earnestly ask
their powerful support IN sustaining
all Just measures calculated 10 perpet-
! uatasthesetIleriehest poEitisal blessings
which Heaven has ever bestowed upon
any nation Having deter1ained not
+ to become a candidate for re-electi0n,
Z Z shall have no motive TO influence nv
eondaet Ia administering the Govern
naent except the desire to ably and
faithfully serve my country and to live
IN the grateful memory Of my country
mem.
/ We have recently passed through a
Presidential contest IN which the pas
siens of eur feIlow-eitizens were ex-
cited to the highest degree bE questions
/ Of deep and vital Importance but when
the People proclaimed their VIII, the
tempest at once subsided, and all was
l CALM The voice Of the majority,
speaking IN the manner prescribed by
+ the Constitution, was heard, and instant
sudrazssfon followed Our own country
could alone have ezhisF#ed so grand
and striking a spectacle Of the capacity
Of man for self-goTernment. What .
happy conception, then, was It for
Cungress to apply this simple rule,
that the viii of the ma jority shall
+ govern the settlement of the question
of Domestie Slavery In the Territories
Congress Is neither to legislate Slavery
into any Territory or State, norto ez-
IelutIg it taerefrom. but to leave the
People thereof perfectly free to form
and regulate their domestic IHstitu-
Ftf5Ils II their own way, subject only to
the Conxtitution Of the United States
as natural consequence. Congress
fISfs sls0 prescribed tffht when the Ter
ritoFy Of Kansas shall be admitted as
a State, it shall be received into the
4 Union with or wIithout Slavery, as their
4 Constitution may prescribe ct the time
of their admission A different Opin-
ion has arisen IN regard to the time
when the people Of a Territory shall
decide this question for themselves
This Is happily a matter Of but little
practical Importance, and beside, it Is
4 judicial question, which legitimately
belongs to the Supreme Court Of the
I United States, before whom it IS now
pending, and VII, # is understood, be
speedily and finally settled To their
decision, IN common with al good eiti-
zelas- / shall cheerfully sJIbmit, what
ever this may be, though It has been
INV individual opinion that under the
4 Nebraska-Kansas act the appropriate
period viii be when the number OF
f actual residents in tie Territory shall
Justify the formation Of Constitu-
ton, with a view TO its admission as >
State into the Union But, be thIs as
lit may, It is the Imperative and iRdis-
pensabIe duty of the Government of
.I the United States, TO secure to every
IresideEt inhabitant the free and Inde-
pendeEt expression of his opinion By
/ bis vote This sacred right of each
individual must be preserved. This
beng accomplished, nothing can be
fairer than 10 leave the people Of :
1 TerFiti1ryl. free from all interference to
dacide their own destiny for themselves
subject only to the fl0nstituti0n Of the
United States The whole TeTritorifal
question being thus aettled upon the
principal Of popular soTreigHty-a
principal sancient as free government
ItseIf-eveFFtlsiag Of practical nature
has been decided and no other question
remains for adjustment, because al
agree that under the Constitution
aIavery IN the States is beyond It's
j reach of any human power, excepl
that Of the respective States them
selves wherein it eAisits.
May We not ther. hops that thelons
J agitation on this subject is approach
ing It's end, and that the biographies
Il parties to which il has given birth
80 much dreaded Iiy the Father Of HI
eiO1ntrv, viii speellily become extinct
/. IIost happy win It be for the countrJ
/. when the public mind shall be dTvertes
from this question to others of morl
pressing and practical importance
!. Through the whole progress Of thI
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