The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-10-28

seem to be suffered on the stasuts book, in or.
der to conciliats the barbarous back settle
ments, in which Slavery ID the chief element
of wealth.
Can the Governor of Maryland hold himself
superior to King Bomba, while he suffers an
honest citizen to inger out his life in prison
for such an ofsncsf Il il Just to limprison .
man ten years for an offence committed in
Dorchester, which every bookseller in Balti.
more has committed Eve hundred times, and to
which the press Of all parties in Baltimore
made themselves parties, through their adver-
Using columnsf - IDS
'a THE ORIGINAL HxBRAsxA BILL. r..
A correspondent in Illinois requests us to
republish the Nebraska bill - Il was first pre-
scented to the Senate by Mr.. Douglas. The
particular purpose which he has in view may
be attained without eumbsr;ng our columns
with the irrelevant details. The original bill,
as win be recoAsctsd BY every reader, proposed
the incosporation of the whole area now EN-.
bracsd in Kansas and Nsbraska under one
Territorial Government; and the arst ssctisn,
which defines the boundaries, makes no allu.
sien whatever 10 the restriction of Slavery by
the Law of 1920, but provides that when I'D.
mittsd ~ Ststs OF States, the said Territory,
or any portion Of the same, shall be received
int "a. JJ,,,,. ,,;.hs 4-;.h,,,. Co.,.
their Consultations may prescribe at the time
of their Jadnission." This ID eli that ID said of
Slavery in the hin. sxespt the prov;sion FOR the
srSorrsmsrt cf,ths yehv;t;ve R,.v. p;u t.h.s
-1,r,s-T--....ss -. '-.-..,,
s sSs Pen'eu ~ ne'
port, snpmitsed py NJ Dsugiss as chairman
of the Territorial Committee, in which they ex-
pressly disclsim the purpose of repeating the
OH ~ rroh;h;tnrv .act;on of Tho M;s.,n,; r..
m. slm--.
Y'o'.0 %" e@Ho' "e" INC
Report u concipsive on this point:
In the opinion of those eminent statesmen
who hold that Congress il invested with no
rightful authority to legislate upon the subject
Of Slavery in the Territories, the 9th section of
the act preparatory to the admission of Nilsson.
ri ID null and void /; while the prevailing senti.
ment, in large portions of the Union. sustains
the doctrine that the Constitution Of the United
States secures to every citizen an inaliensble
right to move into any of the Territories With
his property, of whatever kind and description.
and to hold and enjoy the came, under the
sanction of Law. Four committee do not feel
themselves called upon to enter into the dsse,ls.
sion of these coatrouerted Questions. T7ev in.
oolce the some grace issues .csich produced the
ogalaaon, s1e sec''0na1 ssye, d"s Me fearfw
c,,d .s,,s,s ~ r.frn;, toy. 5s .1 ~ 80
ters IN controversy then. eithtr 6v offrmiuo. on
repesling the Ae1icam laos, or by any acs de-
ciasatory OF the trae intent OF the Constitution,
- .,a.. nsors.tv =; ,hs T..";.o oIooou ~ ~
com mittee are not nrenared nov To recom M and
departure from the course pursued on that
memorable occasion, either 6y oDSrrsing or re-
peas'ns .ne caI ssc..on Of tne missouri act, or
G,nst;,n,;on in resnsc, 70 .hs I.osi a,e;s ~ -
dispute.
Your committee deem it fortunate for the
goco Oh me county anu me security OF the
sdont;on of the comnrom;sa massnres' -h;ch
the two great political parties, with singular
unanimity, have affirmed as cardinal article
OF tne'. ial.n' sno Proc'Mmeo 10 the worid as
- the :s;,s.on DIE rs.n.ct 1885, ~sS o fr
the avoWed opinions of Senators, as we'll as q
proper sense Of patriotic duty, eDjoins upon
your committee the propr.ety and necessity OF q
I,a ~ sd"n,;"u &c the .pac,-ra0t, .h". "A
iustment in all their Territorial bills. 40 far IA
1t was charged that the original purpose of
Mr.. Douglas was to convert the whole West
eru territory into slave territory. and that this
6rst bill was an attempt to accomplish this oh.