Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1860-01-26

IL Is matter OF regret that the EXecu-
tive has felt il to be his duty TO withhold
his signature from this bill, thus interpos-
ing to prevent the passage Of a law, de-
manded by a large majority Of the peo-
pie His views, as i understand them,
are -notin accordanee with the views Of
those who framed and passed the Kan
as-Nebraslzaa Act by which we are gov
erued as may be shown by reference to
the debates 10 Congress during the ses-
sion of 1858 A In the House Of Repre-
sentatives, Feb.al7th,lS54 Hon. A. s..
Stephens of Georgia said
"The whole question of slavery or no
slavery was to be left to the people oftte
Territories whether North or South Of
36 80 min., or any other line"
The question was TO be taken out of
Congress where IL had been improperly
thrust from the beginning, and to be left
to the people concerned IN the matter to
decide for themselves. He continues:
"We now call upon this House and the
country to carry out in good faith, and
give effect to the spirit and intent of those
important measures Of Territorial legis-
tion.n -l y8li taeia3s adi aog9
Again on the 18th Of Jan. 1856, Mr..
Stephens said al lo
II shall never negative any law they
may pass, if it is the result of fair legis-
lation expressive of the popular will. /
am willing that the Territorial LsgjsId-
ture may act upon the subject when and
how they may think proper"
Hon. George E. Badger Of North
Carolina, in agspeech delivered ia the
United States Senate on the 10Th day Of
Feb. 1854, said K 10 g1oH119A n2- iho
stThe clause as IL stands is ample. It
submits the whole apthorityto the Terri
tory. .sisi* o. *g2sq e. a'* #'ae
If the peOple Of the Territories choose TO
exclude slavery so far from considering
il a wrong done to me or my constituents
l shall not complain of it. Il is their busi-
ness.'' I $40 @
Again, onthe I'd of March, 1854, Mr..
Badger said:
''But with regard to that ques ton we
have agreed some Of US because we
thought it the only right mode, and some
because we think it right mode, and
under existing circumstances the prefera-
bic mode--to confer this power upon the
people Of the Territories.
Mr. Boiler, Of South Carolina. ia the
y. S. Senate on the I'd of March, 1854,
said: - 4r.r s4sa so a5s5L aI mg
"Now l believe that under the prpYisi
ions of this (Kansas-Nebraska } bill, and
Of the Utah and New Mexico bills; there
will be a perfect carte blanche given to
the Territorial Legislatures to legislate
as they may think proper"
Mr.. Toombs of Georgia said in the
Senate Feb. %, 1856:
ave intend that the actual bona fide
settlers of Kansas shall be protected in
the full exercise of all their rights of
freemen; that unaided and uncontrollev
they shall freely and Of their own viii,
legislate for themselves 10 every extent
allowed by the Constitution while they
have Territorial Government"
Hon. George w. Jones Of Tennessee,
in the House of Representatives, Dec. |
%, 1855 referring 10 this subject said:
s'Then, Sir, you may call il by what
name you please Sd B. *alm* 20
1t is, sir, the power of the people to
govern themselves, and they, and they
alone, shall exercise it, in my opinion, as
well while in Territorial condition as in
the position of a State.
l believe that the great principle-the
right of the people in the Territories as
well as in the States, 10 form and regu-
late their domestic institutions in their |
own way, is clearly and unequiyoeally |
embodied in the Kansas Nebraska Act,
and if it is not, it should have BEEN
Believing that it was the HUiag UitaI prin-
cipal of the Act, / voted for it"
Hon. Howell Cobb, Secretary of the
Treasury, in a speech at West Chester, I
Pennsylvania, on the 18th day of Sep
tember, 1856, used the following Ian
guage:
81 would not plant slavery on any pOr-
tion Of Gods earth, against the viii Of |
the people. The Government Of the /
United States should not force Slavery on
the people Of either the Territries or the
States, against the will Of the people,
TIE majority Of the people BY the action /
of hesTerritorial Legislature viii decide /
the question andiall must abide Iheade4
cision when made, D. sau sssdi .sso.9
Such, Mr.. President, we're the views
entertained at, and subsequent to the pas
sage Of the Act, even By southern mem
bers Of Congress; and I might continue
to read extracts frem the debates in, Con
gress during the lst session of the thirty !
third Congress, till the hour fixed for the
final adjournment, showing conclusiyely |
that the right of the Territorial Legisla-
ture to enact laws on the subject Of sla-
very was almost universally conceded by
the friends of the Kansas Nebraska |
Act.
The views Of the Executive appear to
be at varience, too, with the unmistaka- /
BE sentiment Of the Democratic party Of 1
the Northern and Western portions ofthe
Union, and are incompatible with the prin- !
ciples of the Democratic party Of this
Territory, as enunciated in the Platform
adopted at PlatismOath during the past
summer odsff rT e'E
Neither does his views coincide with
those held by President Buchanon at the
time Of his nomination. His opinion, as