The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-08-24
The Missouri c,muron,r,r.

= repeal was rendered necessary b
! the Compromise measures of 1856
Such is the position now take
by Mr.. Douglas in his speeche
through the country, and by hi
friends everywhere. The hypocric
- Of this pretense is easily and plainl,
shown by reference to few facts il
history.
On tho 4th day Of January, 1854
, Mr.. Douglas, as Chairman of th,
! Committee on Territories, rcporte,
, to the Senate bill for the admission
: of the territory Of Nebraska. Th,
bill was accompanied BY a report
from which we take tho following
Iextract.
"Your Committee do not foe
q themselves called upon TO enter into
the discussion of these controvertel
questions. They involve the name
grave issues which produced til,
agitation, the sectional strife and the
fearful struggle of 1850. As Con.
grcss deemed it wise and prudent tc
refrain from deciding the matter in
controversy then, either by affirming
or repeating the Mexican laws, OF
by all act declarstory OF the true in
tent of the Constitution, and the
extent OF the protection afforded by
it to slave property in the territories,
so your Committee are not prepared
now to recommend departure from
the course pursued on that mem
orable occasion, either by affirming
or repeating the eighth section OF
tho Missouri Act, or by an act
declaratory of the meaning of the
CONSTITUTION in respect to Ihe leg al
points Of dispute. = Douglas report
rs Chairman OF the Committee on
Territories, in tho Senate January
4th, 1850"
Here the matter rested nineteen
days. During that period Senator
Dixon, "a Whig) OF Kentucky, in
troduced his amendment, repeating
the Missouri Compromise. Senator
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trodnce snch a hin as he (Atchison>
nronosed which woulI NJ the SAM
lime accord With his own sensc .,
Justice to the south ne would resipn
"a Chairman of tine Territorial C,m
mittee in ,mocratic caucns and
exert his influence in getting him
(Atchisonl appointed. At the cx.
piration OF the given time Senate,
Douglas sirnitied his intention t,
Introduce snch a bill as had beer
spoken o."
According, on the 23l Of January
, 1884 Mr.. Douylas brought in a bill
: which he offered IA A substitute tc
his hill presented nineteen davs nre
, viouslv dividing Nebraska into tw,
I Observation-Disclosures and Nebraska-
and rcnosliny the Missouri Com
promise in the following terms:
That the CONSTITUTION and all tn,
:, lava Of tho limited states which ar,
: rot only inonoIicahlr shall bav,
: ,ba same forcc and rllrct within IN
said territorv Of Kansas and Nehras
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