The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-10-19

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Democratic "POpuIarS sovereign
~ q HumbIdg, as shown bl.
lhc Course Pursued by soma
tor DOuglas and his Friends
On tiic Ncbraska Bill, .....
By n careful examination of tho record
il will be found that Senator Douglas
and his friends never intended to give the
people of tie territories the right to gov.
ern themselves, especially as il relutct
to the subject of slavery. While the Ne.
hraska bill was pending, SenOtor Doug.
las presented the following amendment
which was udoptod Na 5t,r
l"Which being inconsistent with tl,
principle Of non-intervontion by Con.
gresswith slavery in the statcsund terri
tories ,'us rccogI lied by the legislation o
1860, Commonly called the Compromise
measurc) is hereby declared imperative
and void, il being the true intent ana
mcanlng of this act, not TO lcgislate slu.
very into any territory or state, nor to ex.
cludc il thcrcifom; but to leave the pco.
pie. thorcof perfectly free 20 form unt
regulate their domestic institutions il
their own way, subject TO the Constitu.
ton OF ihc United StOtos.n l.Hr.u
THIS being adopted as substitute
seR0tF Chase, QCQhiQ, submitted tht
following additional paragraph Rs al
amendment, .unftar.- ~.
'Under whiolftho people OF the terri
tory, through their appropriate ropresen.
tatives, may, if they see ft, prohibit the
tSlstlnce.ul slavery thcroln3' amH
In discussing that amendment, Mr.
Chase made The following remarks in re,
gard to the amendment, presented BY
Dnuglusi 5sH.au 900 l..f fU.H.t.H.
81 object to che amendment which hai
just been adopted, that II will have oppo.
site interpretations in different sections
Of the country. I'm one section Il will
be construed Rs leaving the whole sub.
ject Of slavery completely at the disposl,
ton Of the people ofthe territories; and
in another section, as so binding up The
people, by It's reference to the Limitation,
Of the Constitution, that they Gun in n,
case, and by no means, however dispos
cd 70 do 80, protect themselves agains
the introduction Of slavery.p q S-sal
These remarks show the iar-sightod
Pess Of Governor Chase, as tic state o
things predicted, have come to pass to In,
letter The amendments given above
and the remarks OF Mr., Chase, will bt
found in the Congressional Globe, vol
umc 2s, part first, page 42l. ...r
Aitor much discussion, the amendment
Offered BY Mr.. Chdse ,wos rejected by IN,
followins vote: .t...
Ye0s.v+Messrs. Chase, Dodge Of Wis
oonsin, Fessenden, Fish, Foot, HAM
LIN, Seward, Smith, Sumner and Wade
10. .m.. .rr. r.I ......
NOys.--Mossrs, Adams, Atchlson
Badger, BELL, BENJAMIN. Broadhead
Brown, Butler, Clay Clayton, Dawson
Dixon, Dodge Of Iowa, DOUGLAS
Evans, Fitzpatrick Gwin, Houston, Hun.
ter, Johnson, Jones Of Iowa, Jones oi
Tennessee, Mason, Morton, Norris, Pet.
iii, Pratt, Rusk, Shields, Sebastian, Sli
deli, Steward, Toucy, Walker, Weller
aud Williamsr--3G.-(C (CongTcssiona
Globe, volume 2S, part lst, page $40,
SO the amendment was rejected, fol
which, il will be observed, liamlin, Tho
Republican candidate for the vice prcsi,
dency, voted, and against which, Douglat
the Democratic candidate for the Presi'
d6noy, and Bel, the Kuow-Notbing can.
didate for che Presidency, voted. Every
Republican member then ia the Senate
voted 70 give the people ofhe territorie'
plainly aud explicitly tho right 70 pro
hiblt slwery; and every Demoerat ex-
ccpt one, including Douglas lIimself,vot
ed against the amendmentgiy the peo.
Ple.ef lAeterrilories the rjght y eNelpdc
slaVeTysl r aHaa - aa4 slide
'i'hs biIspreseutedby Douglas him
self contained "A prgiioh prohibitinp
tho people Of the territories from eIeetiHg
their Governor, Judges, aid Secretary 0
State, and prov.ding Cor the appointment
Of these important officers by the Presi-
dent tortho United st,tea. During thu
progress of this bill, Douglas,0felSA't tht
.filio'Siht amsndmcHta giving the CieY-
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