The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1857-07-04
Tie prohibition Of African Slavery. "
The aams bill provided in sno,hss Sec

W. pFV~tOtUOu u African Stovoty.
III. same bill provided in auo,hsr Sec
ton, that:
Wits OF vrror and appeals from the
final decision OF said supreme Court
Of the United States ia tho same man
nsr and under the came regulations a.
from thes oiscSi, courts OF the United
States, except only that ia al cxsss
involving sals to Slaves the said wti,a
"or error or appeals shall ~ allowed
aud decided by the said Supreme
CoaIt. without regard to the value Of
the matter, property, or ti.le in contro>
vsfsy. and also that wit Of error or
appeal shall BE- allowed to the supreme
court Of the United States from the
decision OF tae supreme court essated
by this act. or any Judge thereof upon
any writ Of llsbsns Corpus involving
"personsl freedom" These provisions
proposed to submit to the quiet decision Of
the supreme oou't. the vex.d question which
two ysars afterwards shook oar Union
10 its very foundation. The bill however,
failed to pass the House, aud only advert
TO 1t now To show that | then had such
confidence in the ldstnsss OF our claims.
to equal rights ~ the territories, rs well
Ms the Sts,.s, to be pe'es.ly willing to SUBJ
NIT the question 10 the supreme court No
one can deny the equality Of the different
state. and tie equal right. OF the citizens
OF each OF the States unu,r our form OF
Government, aud Il this he admitted !, fol-
lows ~ a matter of course that ali are or
should he upon an equx! footing in the tss
riiorles
have doubted the wisdom Of the policy
which has obtained, for the last lew years,
OF so rapidly increasing Territorial gov.
ernmsntn in the uorth~est. In my )uds
ment It encourages wild and unsAfs specu>
la,ons in the public lands, and | have
some apprehensions of multiplying Sens
tors in Congress. which !! Is to be feared
may increase the number OF those already
IN the Senate who disregard some OF the
provisions Of the Constitution, the only
bond OF our Union. For tina reason, In
1853 opposed n bill Tor laying of a
Territory west Of Missouri leaving uu
touched tho restriction OF 1880 When |
returned to my sea, in 1854, found the
kxnsa. Nebraska hill pending, when i,
come to the vote, upon the passage OF thnt
bill, found anon. lis provisions this clause.
" That the Constitution aud laws Of the
United States which are no, locally
g." iusppl,csLle, shall have tie same force
aud effect. within the said Territory oil
Kansas, as elsewhere. within the
nitsd States, except the eighth section
OF tho act preparatory TO the admission
Of Missouri, into the Union. approved
March 9th, 1870. which being neon
s'.tsnt with the principles o, non ia
tervention by Congress. with slavery
IN the States aud Territories, as recog
ns.d by the Legislature 81 eighteen
hundred aud nifty, commonly called
the comprom's- measures. Is hereby de-
clarsd imperative aud void, II being
the true intent and mesuIug o' this
act. not TO lsg'slsts slavery nlo any
Territory ut State nor to exclude 1t
thrfeirum, hut to leave tbs psople
thereof perfectly free 10 form aud reg
ulsts ihe,r domestic institutions ia their
"own way. subject only to the Constr
tuition OF the United States. provided
tina, nothing herein contained shall be
construed to revive or put in force any
law or regulation which may have
existed prior to the act OF slxth oil
March, eighteen hundred sud tAvn,y
1" either protecting, establishing or .bol'
ishing slavery
'Th,. r.ursls what regarded ~ an un,