The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-08-24
Dpnocrstic s.Popular Sovereignty" n
mdhStg, as shown by the Course Pur-
.SlkA " senstor Douglas aud his
prriauAs On the Nebraska Bill.

Democratic s.Ropular Sovereignty" q
Mdhbtg, as shown by the Course Pur'
.S1ka W senstor Douglas aud hi'
frienAs % the fcbraska Bill.
By d careful examination Of the
record, II will be found that Senator
Douglas aud his friends never in
tended TO give the people Of the ter
ritories the right to govern them.
sosyos, especially as It related to the
subject Of slavery. While the Nc
braska bill was pending, Senator
Douglas presented the following
amendment which was adopted.
(Which being inconsistent with the prln-
ciple OF non. intervention ny Congress with
slavery in the states and territories, as re-
eoguised by the legislation OF 1850, tcom'
monty called The Compromise measure,) u
hereby declared imperative and void, Il
being the tue intent and mennlng OF tins
act, not to legislate slavery into any terrific
W or state, nor 20 txclude it therefrom; but tc
leave the people thereof perfectly free u
form and regu late their domestic institutions
in their own way, snbieet to the Constitu
ton OF Tile United Statee
This being adopted as substitute
Senator Chase, OF Ohio, submitted
the following additional paragraph
rs an amendment
"unaet which the people Of the territory
asy, syuKn, 4 ,hey es' see HI. pfc6bi, the existence
slavety thetein.'
In discussing that amendment, Mr.
Chase made the following remarks
in regard to the amendment, pre-
scented by Douglas.
IL object 10 the anne ndmen, which hn
lust been adopted, that it will have opposite
interpretations in different sections Of tn
country. In one section it will be construe,
as leaving the whole subject Of slavery com
pleteIy at the disposition of the people o
the territories; aud in another section, al
so binding IN the people, by its relerence Il
the limitations OF the Constitution, that the!
can IN no case, and by no means, howeve
disposed TO do so. protect themselves agains
h"S VI
These remarks show the far.sight
edbess Of Governor Chase. as tn,
state Of things predicted, have come
to pass to the letter. Tho amend
nents given above, and the remark'
of Mr.. Chase, will be found In tn,
Congressional Globe, volume 2s
part Let, page 42l.
After much discussion, the amend
ment offered by Mr.. Chase, wa
rejected by the following vote:
Yk.s.-Messts. Chase. Dodge, or Wiscon
sim Fessenden, Fish, Foot. HAMLlN, Sew
ward, Smith, Sumner, and WaJe.-lO.
NArs.-Messrs. Adams, Atchisoh, Badger
BELL, BENJAMIN. Broadhead. Brown. But
Ter, Clay, Clayton, Dawson, Dixon, Dodge
OF Iowa. DOUGLAS, Evans, Fitzpatrick
Uwtn, Houston, Hunter, Johnson, Jones, o
Iowa, Jones, OF Tennessee, Mason. Morton
Norris, Petit, Pratt, Rusk, Shields, Sebas'
tian, Slidell, Steward, Toucy, Walker, We'll
Ter, and Williams, - Sc. - Congressional
Globe, volume 2S, part lst, page $50.
So the amendment was rejected,
fer which, 1t will be observed, Ham
lin, the Republican candidate for the
Vice Presidency, voted, and agains
which, Douglas, the Democratic can
didate for tho Presidency, and Bell,
the Know Nothing candidate for the
Presidency, voted. Every Repub-
licAn member then In the Senate,
voted to give the people Of the terri
tories, plainly and explicitly, the
right to prohibit slavery; and every
Democrat, except one, including
Douglas himself, voted against the
amendment giving the people Of the
territories the right to exclude slave
rs.
This bill, presented by Douglas
himseih contained a provision pro-
hibiting the people Of the territories
from eiecting their Governor, Judges,
and Secretary OF State, and pro
Viding for the appointment of these
Important officers by tho President
of the United States. During the
progress OF this bill, Douglas offered
the following amendment, giving
the Governor, thus appointed, tht
veto power, which amendment was
adopted:
"Eyery bill which shall have passed The
Council and House Of Representatives oI
the said territory, shall, before it becomz q
Law. be presented TO the Governor of the ter.
titory. II he approve, he shall sign il; bu
Il not, he shall reiuIn ii, with his objections
10 the House in which il shall have origin
sted; wbo shalt enter the objections at larV,
On tisett journal, and proceed TO recons,de,
u. ", attef srch reconsideration, two
thilds ol thAt House shall agree 10 pass the
bill, snail be sent, together with the OBJ.
5eetloAe. 10 the other Rouse, by which il
shsll litsvise be reconsideredj and, il an.
proved oy two thirds or that House, it shall
tscAuq aslagi but IN all such cases, the
votes " botn Hotses shall be determined by
yeas 1o4)dtys, aAdthe names OF the persons
voting fcr a1d against the bill shall be en- .
tered on the journal OF each House respect.
lively. 81 feny bill shall not be returned by
The QoSgynW ~ithih, three days (Sundays
exceptef) tftsf II shall have been presented
70 IN ~ gsps lhAll be Q lew 10 like man
hsr tgafhs hSe sigsed II; unless the Assem-.
plys ~ eo5euMment, prevent its return, I'M
Sstss hh ~ 9 thsn = q. not BE- a law"