Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1860-08-08
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sfThe Constitution and all laws Of the
United States, which are not locally in-
applieable, shall have the same force
within the said Territory of Kansas a.
elsewhere within the United States, ex-
eept the eighth section 81 the act prepaF+
story 90 the admission of Missouri into
the Union, approved March 8, 1890, ashieA
bssao sasoaszaeas geffa TIE prtaespEe of
asa -s,atervealion by Congress scith aag-
evzt ID. the States and Territories, as re
cognixed by the legislation Of 1880, COM
Haoaly called the Compromise Measures,
il hereby declared imperative and voia !;
| is 5ssssq tAe faWe iatssst aaad ssae0aaing Of
tAEs act net to EsgiSAa4s sksUeEy ilte asag
Territory os State, nor to excisias IL Ehsye-
frogs, hus TO LEAVE THE PEOPLE
THEREOF PERFECTLY FREE To
FORM AND REGULATE THEIR Do
MESTTC INSTITUTIONS IN THEIR
OWN WAY, SUBJECT ONLY TO THE
| CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES +: Prorided, that aothiag here
tn contained sllaa BE- construed 10 Terfus
| or.psll Ia force any lag OF regulation
which NAV have existed prior TO ahe act
! of 9th March, 1880, EITHER PROTECT
/ ING, ESTABLISHING, PROHIBITING
OR ABOLISHTEG SLAVERY.'' .* 'e
EXTRACT IRON FHE CINCINNATI PLATFORM.
al. ResoIued, That, claiming fellow
ship with and desiring the eo-operation
of all who regard the preservation Of the
Onion, under the Constitution, Is the par
/ amount issue, and repadiating adj SEC
tionA parties and platforms concerning
| domestic slavery, which seek to enhroil
the States and excite to treason and arm
ed resistance 70 Law IN the Territories,
aad whose avowed purposes, If eonsrm-
mated, mns& end In civil wxr and disun-
J ion he Aassrican Democracy recognize
| and adopt the principles contained in
| Lhs organic ssalEs ss4ablishiag The Terri
| tories Of Kansds and Nebraska as eaabod-
gimg the osaIg s0usd and safe &oltaioH Of
the Fsl4sery qHssls0s,' upon which the
great national idea Of the people of this
whole country can repose In It's deterrn-
ined conservatism Of the Union--N0N-
| INTERVENTION BI CONGRESS
| WITH SLAVERY IN STATE AND
TERRITORY AND IN THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA.
80. That this was the basis of the COM
promises Of 1880, confirmed By both the
! Democratic and Whg parties IN Nation
al Convention, ratified by the people in
the election Of 1852, aud rightly applied
TO the organisation Of 7srritoriSs in
/ 1854"
EXTRACT FRoa M. HECHAEAx's LITTER OF
ACCEPTANCE, DATED 5ULT IL, 1885,
1.-The recent legislation Of Congress re
specting domestic slavery, derived, as it
has been, from the original any pure
fountain of promises ere long to alIay
| the dangerous excitement. This legisla-
tion Ia founded upon principles as ancient
as free government itself, and, IN aceor-
nance with them, has simply declared
that THE PEOPLE OF l. TERRIFIC
RY, LIKE THOSE OF i STATE,
SHALL DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES
WHETHER SLAVERY SHALL OR
SHALL NOT EXIST WITHIN THEIR
LIMITS The Kansas Nebraska Act
does no more than give the force Of law
to this elementary principle OF self-gov-
ernment. This principle viii surely not
be eontroveted by any individual Of any
party protesting devotion to popular
Eovernmsns- Besides, how vain aud IL
fasory would any other principle prove,
In practice, In regard to the TERRITORIES
This is apparent from the faes, admitted
by all, that after Territory shall have
entered the Union and become State, no
constitutional power would then exist
which could prevent it from sitbeF abol
ishing or establishing slavery, as the case
may be, according 70 it's sovereign will
and pleasure"
EXTRACT EKuX MAJOR BREcKISRIDGE's
SPEECH AT LExLSGToS, AFTFR HIS SoMTS-
ALTON TO THE VICE PRESIDENCY.
'Upon the distraeting question Of do
mestic slavery their position il clear
The whole power Of the Democratic or
ganization is pledged to the following
propositions That CONGRESS SHALL
NOT INTERVENE UPON THIS SUB
JECT In THE STATES, IN THE TER
RITORIES Or IN THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA; THAT THE PEOPLE OF
EACH TERRITORY SHALL DETER
MINE THE QUESTION FOR THEM
SELVES, and be admitted into the Union
upon footing Of perfect equality with
the original States, without discrimina-
ton on account of the allowance or pro-
hibition Of slavery"
KxTRAcT FRoH Az ADDRESS OF THE NATIONAL
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE TO THE PEOPLE
OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1856.
sSFinaliy, in 1850, after a period of
great agitation throughout the country,
the leading patriots and wise men Of both
parties, CLAY, Webster, Cass and others,
decided upon leaving this question where
ii always ought to have been left, and
where the true spirit of our institutions
places I'm THE HANDS AND IN
DER CONTROL OF THE PEOPLE OF
THE TERRITORIES THEMSELVES,
restrained only by the Constitution"
''Tke whole nation rsjoieed in this wise
adjussmena, and allparties slaimsd it as a
fnality as to this principle OF Territorial
OTgdnixaiioa. For once the question Of
slavery in the Territories was settled
upon the principles of our Revolutionary
| fathers, who demanded voice and vote
/ in regulating their own institutions; the
same great fundamental principles of hEl-
man government which underlie and up
hold our whole republican system--prirl-
ciples suited to all Territories and 70 ali
times, and ~ broad and enduring as eterIi-
al truth. This fora of salnstment was
denominated ON-TNTERVENTI0N BY
CONGRESS, SELF GOVERNMENT Be
THE PEOPLE OF THE TERRI
| TORIES" -.. a
WAsaINsros, July 81.