Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-08-08


,licd 10 Nj Douglas in the same words hc 9
lid 70 Mr.. Davis. 80 long as God allows :
he vital currant 60 flow through my veins,
will never never never by word or !
thought by mind or will. aid Ia admitting {
onc rood Of free Territory 10 the cverlast-
ing curse of human bondage" Aud,
again. hc tells the American Senate, Il
am content TINT the law as IL exists shall
prevail You will also observe that the
provisions 81 the Acts II 1850, which re-
quircd all the laws Of the Territorial leg
stature 10 be submitted 10 the Congress of
the United States for approval, for some
reason. does not appear In the Acts Of s54.
Let az return 20 that provision If the Ne
braska-KaEsas Bill. which declares in
operative and void the Missouri Com
promise, and see what else was done. the
reason therefor and the fraud intended 10
b. practiced In the first place. "ihe
Constitution and MI laws If the United
States, not "locally inapplicable, are
declared TO have the same force and ef-
feet within the said Territory n elsewhere
in the United State This was the milk /
and honey for the South. the wine which /
would inspire with JOY the fire cater as he |
cloqnently depicted the glories Of Consti- /
tutional rights in the Territories. his right /
Of property therein guaranteed by the
Const tuition Tell him that slavery is the
creature of positive, local law, and with
on; that law had no legal existence, and he
ut once with frey Indignation repealed the
idea. scorncd the old fpgy notion, pointed
To- the fact that BY the Nebraska kansas
Bill the Constitution had the same force
and effect in the Territory n in the
States. and claimed by virtue Of that in
strument he had the right 10 take his
slaves into the Territory, to hold them,
and IL necessary 10 demand the protection
Of the strong arm Of the Government
The non intervention which he deduced
from the kansas-N ebraska Bill, was no in
PREVENTION by any power under Heaven
with this new born constitutional right.
which mskes slavery the rule aud freedom
the exception.
This Was the democratic doctrine for the
South. The slavery propagaudists were
satisfied, elated. triumphant. The work
OF appeAsine the Nerlhern Democracy for
/ the "foul wrong" which was being com.
mitted next demanded attention. How
could that be donei was the anxious in.
quiry Already the constitution was de-
declared TO have the same force and effect"
in the Territory a. in the States, the
Missouri Compromise pronounced "inop-
erative' by enacting a falsehood. and well
they knew that il would be political death to
every Northern conspirator engaged in
this infamous crusade against the long es.
tablished aud repeatedly recognized policy
Of the government. II they left the object
Of the repeal exposed 10 all It's hldsouJ lie
formity. Hence the additional provi-
sion immortallzed by the rdlculc of Ben
tot a. stump speech injected into The
belly Of the bill What honest PROBES
sions -honeyed words-perfect liberty
vet intended by its authors TO cheat aud
defrsud. They heard the muttering OF the
distant thunder which belokened n storm
Of popular wrath at this uncalled for act.
aud then the author of the mischief
proposes, by way excuse and justification.
that IL IL "the true intent aud meaning Of
this oct not to legislate slavery into any
territory or State, nor to exclude it there
from. but To leave the people thereof per.
fectly free TO form aud regulate their do
nestle institutions IN their own way to
which the South agree, prOrided the simple
provision. subject only TO the Constitu.
ton Of the United States" be added This
was the saving clause for the constitutional
Democracy, and the other, to use the an.
W
signed "to mysiify. bambooxle. obfusticate
and befog the "slualier sovereigns" by
making them believe that they were equal
to States, and might bay, black slaves or
not, a. they pleased, while in reality they
themselves were to be made into white
slaves, under that head clause in the Bill
which spreads the Constitution Of the
United States over them. carrying mig
gordon along with 1t, and fastening il on
their sovereign backs beyond their power
10 kick II off, or the power of Congress TO
lift IL off, or Of any law TO keep II of -
Afterwards the Democratic leaders met in
national convention AZ Cincinnati Ia SO,
endorsed this double dealing deception,
and Janus faced provision, and went to
the people for endorsement, and how was
1t procured2 Was it by fair, honest and
uniform expression OF principler Did the
: Democrat Of Alabama cOncede the same
power To the people under the Nebraska
Kansas Bill that was claimed for them by
the Democrat Of Ohioy No, never While
T the leaders of the Democracy Of the North
, were attempting 10 defend this provision
and Justify the action Of Congress before
the people on the ground that il was a bet.
ter Wilmot proviso than the Missouri
compromise. while they were blistering
their shrosts and wearing out their lungs
10 preaching 10 the people, you ATE now
for the first time since Adam perfectly
free 10 form and regulate your domestic
institutions in your own way. those other
ominous words pregnsnt with fearful
meaning, occasionally came quietly float
ing upon the Southern breeze, subject
only to the Constitution Of the United
States"
While the Democrat Of the North was
defendinf "squaiter sovereignty" - a
great measure for the extrn ion OF freedom
telling how II would withdraw the exeit-
ing question Of slavery from the halls of
Congress aud the States. how "pe.fectly
free" the territorial legislature ~ouid b..
after having invited the master TO enter
with his slaves. TO kick BIN out az IN Ia
irud@r. and were thus seeking 10 palliate
; excuse and Justify before the people their
departure from the ialth. the Democrat
down South was defending that same plat
form, but for widel, different purpose
He told the people that the legal effect
of the Nebraska Kansas bill was TO practi.
cally cut OF all legislation whatever in ref
erenco To slavery except TO protect for the
reoson, that b. the terms OF the bill every
thing 10 be done was subject TO The C.
stituiion Of the United States" and a. that
instrument was IN full force over The tern
tory II guaranteed 10 HIM rights Inch no
human power could impair 30 long a. u
remained territory And 10 confirmation
Of This. referred 10 the fact that " hen Mr.
Chase Of Ohio proposed bis amendment to
the bill empowering the territorial lcgisla-
ture 10 exclude slavery. u ~ss voted down
When the Republicans IN So charged upon
the Democratic leaders that they preached
one doctrine South and aaoiher North IN
consistent with each ether that their plat
form was Janus faced aud sutj,e To vsri
Gus constructions. that hey we're practi.
cling fraud upon the people. csrrying the
flag Of Free Kansas and Protective Ia.
mfr 10 P.nnsy lvanin ana Free Trade and
Kansas slave State ~ Alabama, that the
Nebraska ksosss Bill was a cheat and a
swindie. they felt the crushing truth Of the
charge and could only evsde q by the
clsptrap CIR Of Black Republican"
"Ksnsss iie, Abolition wheb Ne told
you in sc that the object Of tearing ovn
the Missouri Compromise va extend
slavery into free territory. that such var
ten violation Of the long settled policy Of
the government would be attended Nth