The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-10-19
500 congress, pages 434, 519 and 90.
FEBRUARY 16. 1854.
TERRITORY OF NEBRAsK.

lERhIIOh1 OF NEBRASKA.
The Senate, as in committee of the whole
resumed the consideration of the bill to organ
ize the Territory of Nebraska-the pending
question being on the amendment submitted
on the 18th instant, by Mr.. Chase, to add to
the 14th section of the substitute reported
from the Committee on Territories as amend
ed on the motion of Mr. Douglas, the words
"Under ,chich the people of the Territory,
through their appropriate representatives, If
they see fit, may prohibit the existence of SLAVERY
Herein.'
So that the part of the section relating to
that matter would read
''That the Constitution, and all laws of the
United States which are not locally inapplica-
bic shall have the same force and effect within
the said Territory of Nebraska, as elsewhere
within the United States, except the eighth
section of the act preparatory to the admis-
sion of Missouri into the Union, approved
March 6, 1920, which, being inconsistent
with the principles of intervention by
Congress with slavery in the States and Terri
tories, as recognized by the legislation of 1850,
commonly called the compromise measures, is
hereby declared imperative and void-it being
the true intent and meaning of this act not to
legislate slavery into any Territory or State,
nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the
people thereof perfectly free to form and regu-
late their domestic institutions in their own
way, subject only to the Constitution of the
Unied States, under Which the people of the
Territory through their appropriate representa-
tiVes may, If they seeft prohibit the eris-
telce of SLAVERY therein"
TERRITORY OF NEBRAsKA.-March 2, 1854
The Senate resumed the consideration of the
bill to organize the Territory of Nebraska.
Mr.. Clayton continued and concluded the
speech which he commenced yesterday.
Mr.. Chase next addressed the Senate
Mr.. Badger interposed some remarks respect
ing petition which had been presented by
the senator from Ohio, in which senators
were severely animadverted upon.
Mr.. Chase responded at some length.
Mr.. Dixon addressed the Senate in rela-
ton to the position of the senator from Ohio.
Mr.. Douglas obtained the floor, but he re-
marked that being desirious to take the vote
this evening" he should not consume the time
ofthe Senate by making an argument He,
however, yielded the floor to permit adiscus-
sion to continue, in which Mr.. Dixon and Mr..
Chase took part.
Mr.. Cass also addressed the Senate
Mr.. Stuart, Mr.. Badger, Mr.. Douglas, Mr..
Walker Mr.. Butler, Mr.. CasS, Mr. Weller,
uul. bUuSO vi 1OHd, dHu OtLlCIS COutluu6u Tie
debate until half-past six O'Clock, when Mr. |
Chase's amendment was rejected-yeas 10, |
nays 36-as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Chase, Dodge of Wisconsin, !
Fessenden Fish, Foot, Hamlin, Seward, Smith, |
Summer and Wade-10
NAYs-Messrs. Adams, AtchiSon, Badger,
Bell, Benjamin, Broadhead Brown, Butler, |
Clay, Clayton, Dawson, Dixon, Dodge of Iowa. !
Douglas, Evans, Fitzpatrick Gwin, Houston, |
Hunter, johnson, Jones of Iowa, Jones of |
Tennessee, Mason, Morton, Norris, Petit, Pratt, |
Rush, Sebastian, Shields, Slidell, Straut
Toucey, Walker, Weller and Williams-36, |
OFThe amendment of Mr. Chase contains.
the very doctrine for which Mr.. Douglas is
now contending; and if it had been incorpora- |
ted into the bill would have left no room for
doubt or misconstruction on the subject. 1t |
was, however, repudiated and rejected, and
Mr.. Douglas co-operated with his Democratic
colleagues in such rejection. Mr.. Douglas noW
insists that the construction which nine Black
Republican Senator's attempted in 1854 to put
upon the Nebraska bill is the true Democratic |
construction. He did not think so then. His |
Democratic associates who voted with him do |
not think so now. We regret that Mr.. Doug
las has changed his opinions On this important |
question, and warn our Democratic friends
against the danger of falling into the fatal err
ror OF ADOPTING BLACK REPUPLI-
CAN CONSTRUCTIONS OF DEMOCRAT
&c MEASURES. s.sse f.