Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-01-25


passed the following bill:
Sec. l. Be it enacted by the Council and |
House OF Representatives Of the Territory
81 Nebraska, That slavery or involuntary
except for the punishment of
crime, be and the same is forever prohibit
ed in this Territory.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be
10 force from and after the first day of Ju-
ly. A. d., 1860.
The bill was sent to Gov. Black for his
approval, and was returned with long
veto message, in which he says that the
people of a Territory have not the right to
regulate their domestic institutions in their
own way. He says they have 10 power to
say that Nebraska shall be free Territory
that
LIT. The existence Of slavery in the Lou.
isiana Territory csJed TO the Urited States,
is recognized by the treaty of cession -
heuce, until the formation of State out Of
the Territory so conveyed or any portion
thereof, the abolition of Slavery is impos-
sible without violation of the treaty slip
ulations.
I'd. The equality of the States demands
that the people of the Slave, as we'll as the
people Of the Free States, may take their
property" to the Territory belonging to
ali the States in common; hence the aboli-
ton Of Slavery by Territorial Legislature
becomes impossible, because, by denying
the citIzeus of slave States The right IF MI
grating with their negroes, the equality OF
The States would be destroyed.
In other words. the bred Scott decision
that Gov. Black recognizes as 10 force-the
bred Scott decision inciuding the ebiterdietd
Of the Court--iorbids the Legislature to do
what was proposed.
Thus the eiap-trap doctrines of Demo
cratic speakers throughout the entire cam
paign of 1856. are ignored by this Demo
cratic representative of = Democratic AID
ministration. The country was told every
where - wherever q Democratic stump
SPEECH was made, the speaker invariably
commenced by saying, that the great and
fundamental doctrine Of the Democratic
party as was clearly set forth in the Kan
sas-N Nebraska bill. was not TO "iegislat'
slavery into any Territory or State, nor t.
exclude 1t thsrefrom; but to leave the PEG
pie thereof perfectly free to form and regu
late their domestic institutions in thei
own way, subject only to the Constitution
Of the United States" Is not This fre,h II
the recollection of every one: Now. OF
the very 6rst opportunity. In this yer,
Territory of Nebra-ka. the people are tolt
by a Governor appointed TO rule over them
that they are not perfectly Jieeto form an
regulate their dom. site institafioas in th.i
s,ea ray" How often dill We hear thos
Democratic orators ask the people, I'D oe
a man emigra,ing from Indiana lose an,
os his rntrlligencef Is he not as cspatl
of Judging for himself in Territory for o
against slavery as he was, or a. you are
in lndiaua3" These were regarded a
pointed questions, and always rrce've'
the loud applause Of the humbugged Dem
ocratic h.arer In 1866 it is evident III
Democratic party thinks man loses al
his intelligence as soon as he domicil
himself in Territory. for Gov. Black say
, further in this veto message:
"The right oil the people to form an
regulate their domestic institutions In thei
own way, subject only to the Constiiutio
: of the United Statee. Surely you cannC
think that this meant the Territorial Legis
!. lature created in the same law and by tn
same Congress. IL that Popular Sover
2 eigptyS Let US look. "And be it furthe
enacted, that the Legislative power an
authority Of said Territory shall be veste
in the Governor and Legislative Assem-
I BLY," Aud the Governor or Executive ha
, voice equal to more than q majority G
each House. need hardly say he ia sp
pointed by The President, aud may neve
be seen Of "tbe people" before his appoint
ment. However agreeable 1t might be
YOU and me to suppose that We are IRA
PEoPLE" in the sense of the organic act.
fear that we must surrender the soft deiu
! sion. Il istrue you are elected by the pee
: DIE: but they did not form the system IN
der which you are elected. Congress an
the President did all that; nay more. the
. shaped the system in all It's details, eve
q TO the number of each House. aud the yer
4 days that the Legislature may Consume
each session.
intend the utmost respect, bat l mus
say 1.-The people," mentioped In the lat
!, section of the organic act, never did inca
u aud never was intended tn mean ''the lie
e rltorial Assembly
Il lie, US look at the history Vi this matte
e when the Legislature Of Nebraska asseu
bled near a month ago, bill for the abb
n ll,.on of slavery in the Territory va
J II 49, he ma ~
= In the House ard in the Council it M
with unexpected opposition from the d.
mociacy IL was once tabled and beate
e by Democratic votes; but, again resuscitI
I, ted, il passed at lsst-evsry Republics
s voting for it. Every vote Cast against
e was Democratic vote. Here was the e.
ercise Of Squatter Sovereignty-the san
:. Squstter Severe; gnty upon the triumph
o which Gen. Cass congratulated the Sena
u of The United States when the Ksnsss n
bra.ka bill became law" The Govern
vetoed the bill. and Slavery, that curse
e the Al glo- American, exists in Nsbrasl
to-day IN spits Of all the Efforts of the pc
pie OF that Territory to abolish it-in spi
n of The Federal Constitution, which Ia
= Constitution for frssmen-in spite Of Il
IT RICH, of the sovereign power Of the Peep
II 10 regulate their domestic institutions
i, their own way" II is q hxed fact 10 q
e Territory. and according to ihis mo
}. modern Democratic creed, above and b
:. You'd the control cf Congress or the peopl
}. democrats Of Indiana--Oouglss Der
, oera.s--Buehsns DsmocraIs--is this d
]. entertainment to which you have invite
n usf Is this the up-shot Of yonr FL
II speeches ip regard 10 the sacred right
,. elf government in the TerrItorie.f Is III
e The way in which you propose to allow u
people to regulate their domestic instit
i ,ions in their own wayf Il tbi. the sr'
d intent and mesnipg Of the Ksnas Nebrs
r IA biilf IL this the purpose for which u
assisted 10 and justified the repeal Of VII