Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-11-03
For the Standard.

For the Standard.
Mr. HOLDEN: would thank you to publish the
following extract from the proceedings in the House
of Representatives of May the goth, and found re-
ported in the Washington Union, May 2ist 1894,
pendng the passage of the Kansas Nebraska bill:
"Mr Mace moved an amendment the effect oil
which would he to give the Territorial Government
power to admit or exclude slavery at any time
Mr. English asked the gentleman whether he
would vote for the bill if that amendment was
adopted
Sir. Mace / will.
Mr.. English Then will vote for il.
The amendment was rejected-Ayes e. Noes o.
Mr. Parker proposed to amend the list section so
as to alter the boundary Of Kansas, with view OF
encouraging large emigration there, so as to pre-
vent the admission of slavery.
Mr.. Breckenridge opposed the amendment; which
was rriected-AyeS Gf, Noes 50.
NJ. Fiagcr moved to amend, by adding pro-
viSo that the act should take effect until the IT,
ties of Indians shall have been cXtinguiShed.
Mr.. Hamilton offered the amendment; which was
rejccted-AycS Is, Noes 81.
Mr. Fuller moved 20 amend the bill, so as to allow
the Territorial Legislature the power to establish or
exclude slavery, as to them Shoald seem proper.
As Nationa! Democrat he said lie should Ike to
vote for the hill, and if this amendment were adopt
Cd lie shoald do 50; if it were not he should not,
rs at present advised. In the spirit OF kindness hc
asked his friends who stood by him in the thirty
first Congress to yield little to Northern feeling
on this question.
Mr.. Riddle Was opposed TO the amendment; which
was -cjccic,l-.AycS -, Noes 81.
You will perceive that two efforts were made to
incorporate in the bill the right Of the Legislature
Of the lerIi;orial Government to establish uT cX-
clude slavery, and both voted down. The bill was
not amended in any way after the proceedings re-
ported above. No friend Of S,Watter or Territorial
Sovereignty intimaied, pending the discussions on
the BILL that the doctrine was already there; and
the two individuals who proposed it voted against
the bill It's final passage and alleged they would
vote for it If it was inserted What now becomes
Of Mr. Douglas assertion that the bill contains the
principle or doctrine contendcd for by him
Refer to the Congressional Globe, where you will
find all the proceedings on the kansaS-NebraSka
bill
IL Mr.. Douglas. and those gentlemen in Congress
from the North who voted for the bill organizing
the territories of Kansas and Nebraska by which
the Missouri restriction repealed did so, AZ is
now alleged, that south Of So deg. 80 min. would
thereby Gc opened TO emf graOn, which could in
It's first territorial legislature exclude slavery from
the country, they have practlcrd iraud upon the
South more infamous than the WilmOt Provl>O.
The men who were for the Wilmot ProyiSO at the
North are now aGolitIOniStS, and these who recog-
niZc the doctrine of Squatter or Territorial sOver-
eighty will be rgStricioniStS, through the common
agent, the Federal Government, To- morrow. The
security of the SoGth, and might say the only Sc
curity Of the South, is in strict construction Of
the Constitution; and with 10 political orsanlZa-
ton Should he hold fellowship that do rot recog-
riZe in lis fullest an! most comprehensive sense the
obligations cf that doctrine. ID.
Warren Co., Oct %, 1860.