Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-04-17

as 1t shall contain any provision repeal.
Ing, abrogating, resembling, q invalida.
ting the Nilsson Compromis-. -
Against such a fierce opposition, the
slavery extcnsionists fell baok--witAdrev
with their bill late on SATURDAY, eve, 70
return as soon as Monday morn. Bu.
10. the whole thing had che 'gel. coy
cred . er with amcndatory ,sauses and
interlinea.ions, till IN tho wolus of Clay
It was, Whereas, and VII rcas, and
whereas, nne several whers SIS. One
who SHOULD have the cuu.a.a to read
chem through woali expect rs the end OF
such display Of whereAses - aad the
very devil And sir, we did. Tai,ed
ON to the bills was-"The Cenpromse ot
1920 is Inconsistent with tae Com7ro.
m.sc molsuges Of 500 Which declara-
ton mas ri@cd the very devil
"inl the hurricane he lolt behind
Isye. VITA IisAtaia5 warm
The Ncb asta bill as amended met
no less opposition than before David
K. Atehl.on then the Depoc, atic Vice
President of the L. States. ngsc u "Bordcr
Ruihan cHiet, i'll a long and able speech
SAID all is evident the Misso III COM
promise canaet BE repaaio 1t is ire
IN d,aale There is no rcmody for it.
We must submit. am prepared to do
t Bat sir h. found remcdy in those
"tAirty pieces of sirer." BY some sort
o. a magical, mesmerizing process he has
t-a-i-l.c-d on stro possce North ana
South 70 10 his bidding.
As"truth IS stranger than fiction" SO
;rae it $ that the Nebraska bill, vita lis
gross ioiat.ons, imperfzctions, ineonsis-
teneies became a law. The deed was
done and in It's doing fled the land with
biood,hed and carnage. strife and death
And now lis defenders are urging IN lis
support. thai no irrong has been done.
because "GongreSs does not possess the
right to legisIatc slavery n or our of ans
Territory Yes, says BaeAaata in h;s In-
aas ra) Address,
WHAT h4ppy con.2ltion then was
/. tor Congress to apply tajs simple rue,
ne.ther to iegsatc It into territories nor
. eTc'lic it ,herefrom. Whilst i; has
been pro .uc;ive ofao positive geolt t. any
human being. il has been the prolific
source Of great evils-to the slave. nd
t5 the whole country. 1t has alienl'eJ
AMI estranscd the people Of the sister
States from each other aud has even Sc
riea-)y enlaBserel the very existence OF
the non.
Nor hls the danger yet entirely ceased,
bccause nil agree that. under the Consti-
tailon. Slavery ia the States is beyond
the reach Of any human ptwcr'
Yes, Congress is pDwerlcss. But what
arc the facts in the cas-.
"By the act of April 10. 1916, 'ap-
proved by Madison to erabe the people |
OF In llama 70 form a State Constitution.
and for their admission into the Union,
the same terms. conditions. and restrie-
Gog. which were imposed upon the peo.
pie of Ohio, wee imposed upon that
Statc. Bv the act OF April is. 1878.
6nproved by Monroe, providing for the
formation OF Constitution, and the ad
mission Of the state of Illinois, the
same terms. conditions and restrictions.
vor, im,,,ei up1p the peoole of that
Stat. The act organizing the original
territory of Wisconsin, approved by
Jackson. and passed April 20. 1886,
that ,,tAe inhabtaats shall be
entitled to ana enjoy" all the rights Sc.
cHrea te the neonle of the Northwest
Territory, .by the articles of comnact
contained in the Ordinance passed July
Is. l77Iana shall be subject 10 all the
and restrictions and proAiBi-
tons in said articles Of compact. imposed
up5n the people of said Territory. The
act to e,,aoi,h the Territorial Govern
mat of OREGON PASSED An,ust a..
1913. secures.tbe same rights to. and i'm
poses the same conditions, restrictions,
and prohibitions, upon the inhabitants
and future States % that Territory. with
the sanction OF President Polk. and with
the advice and consent of the great god
father Of popular sovereignty himself.
Rv the ioint resolution for anncxing
Texas to the Uaitcd States. the same
conditions ard restrictions. bv the APP
proval OF TYLER. and the vote of the re-