Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-01-30


'ws regulate thair doaasIie instisutions In Ii
OF o~n way, subject only 10 the 0onssitutss
tor 20 far 10 che Missouri not, on any osI
in ssstase, mihgt be sapposaa to eonGiet "
% ahis right OF ssaf -goEssnmsnt in tho r,
n0 gttorlss IL was, BIZ infarazce, rsnsasx
as- null aad reid 10 thai extent. and for
n other paEposes sesexalweaks aftsrwzft
Ier when q deabt Nas suggested wkaEhsv. u
Of Ger the hia - IL stood, the psogsie of .
n Territory wsald be aafhnwixesi 20 exassi
'ss this right af self-gevsraaaans ,apon 4
10 alagary question: dssrsag asa eEssss@es
fAs territorial gopernsaeaI, an ameudme,
Or waa adopted, on my motion, for the Sol
10 and aEowsd purpose Of renorin9 III.
u aonos aad seearing thas right, in aceors
n ance with the compromise measures 3
70 iso0, al stated by me and reported in th
= debates at the time. The anendment vii
d De found In the foarseenlh sse&ion of sh
If act and is az follows
y "Thas the Constitution ana all laws 0
d tha uaited States whieh sra NOS localE
inappsioable, shall have the same fore
4 and effect within the said Territory of Ne
q 1ra2ka as elsewhere within che Uustes
States, exesps the eighth session Of III.
G act prepaEetoEy 10 the admission of Mia.
souri iato the Union, approved Marsh 6,
: 1870 tchsch, being ssaconsssssat sgifh sss
praacfpis u sonia1sruesEson by Cemoyess
j icah saGusyy 80 I've States aad 1ssysgoylgs,
oa recognised By TIE Iegislatsoa If 1850,
conmonly eslled tbs compromise meas
ARE. is hereby declared inoperatiye and
void; IL being the true intent aad meaning
OF this act NOS 10 legislata slavery into any
Territory oE Stats, nor TO exaluzaea It
therefEom, but 10 lsGus the psosls thereof
IPe1sctSs free ~ form aud regulate sAeir
dosassstc fastifsllioBs ia thesg OscgR soQu.
subjscs enly TO the Constellation of lie
United Ssates.n
In mF opinion shis amendment did not
change the legal effect of tbs bill as re-
ported By the committees, LIS obiees was
TO render its meaning certain, by reanoy-
ing all doubts in regard TO the right OF the
Peopls to exercise tbs privileges Of aelf-
government GA the slavery question, as
well as all otherse consistent with the Con
sntntaoD, during shair territorial eonai-
siens al well - when they sh0ald beeome
Q ssass- From that day 70 this, there has
been iierce aud desperate struggle be-
tween the supporters and opponents Of the
tzTitoEiai policy iAaaaguraxsd under the
auspices Of Mr. Clay, in 1850, aaaafhrna-
sd in tlzs kaRsas- Nahgaska aes In lsS4--
the ons to saalasain Aad the esher to over
throw the principie OF nom intervention
and popular sovereignty, as tbs settled poa- |
scy or the government In Eefereace 90 the |
organisation OF Territories, axsd the ad- |
mission of new Ststes. This sketch OF /
ths origin and progress Of thasiasery az
itation as an element Of political power I
and partisan warfare covers the entire
period from the organization OF the Fed
sral GeFernment, in I18s, to the present.
and Is naturally divided into three parts |,
kiEsts From 1859, whan the Canssitn-
ton vent into operation. to lSla-2O.
when the Missouri controversy arose. the I,
Territories were all organized upon the
basis Of non-inteETention by Congress
with the domestic Affairs of the peOple,
and especially upon the question Of Afri.
can slavery. During the whole of this !
period, domestic traaqaillity and frakern-
al feeling prevailed, ..#..s h
Seoona. From 1920, when the Missouri J
was adopted, 90 I648 and
1850, when IL was repudiated and finally
all the Territories were organ
lAed With reference 10 the policy al al
equitable partition between tha fwo SEQ
ions upoa the line Df 36 deg. 80 nain..-- a
During this period there was no serious i
siihealty upon the territorial question, 30 I
ang 40 the Missouri compromise was nd. d
lered to, and carried out In good faith. LII
Third. From 1850, When the original .
doctrine Of -inseryantion, as it pre- v
allied daring the Grst thirty yesrs, was il
e-ast&bIlshed az the policy Of the Gov a
irnment in the. organisation of Terrific
les, and the admission of new States, to d
he present time, there has been con- a
tant struggle, except for q short inter- q
al, to overthrow and repudiass the pol Ii
cy aud principles OF the eomprouaise q
of 1850, for ths purpose ofre-
arning to the old doctrine OF congress a
ionaI Intervention for the prohibition Of ii
lasexy "A all the Territories, soash as q
fall as north of the Missouri line, regard b
ess of the Hishes and condition Of the q
eople iahahiling the country. "lal
In view of these facts, feel authorized 3,
0 reafaEm thepTopoaitian with which I e
nay remarks, that whenever Il
be Federal GoyeFumeat haa attempted 10 pI
ontrol the slavery question In our newly ID
equisea Territories, alienation of fealing. il
iseoFd, and sectional strife. have ensued; "a
nd whenever Congress has refrainad from m
aeh Interference, .peaos, harmony and in
ood viii, hare returned. Tha eoaclusion o,
draw from these premises Ia, that tbs Ii
avery question shoald be haniAhsd for "a
yer from the Halls Of Congress and the /
rens Of Federal politics by an irrepeal- "a
BILE constitutional provisioR. hare n
semed this exposition Of the origin and si
sogresa Of the slavery agitation essential cs
, ful eoRprekaension Of sAs siilsealtiss q
5th which ws are surrounded, aud shsl si
smsdies for the esils which shreaten the l,s
Of the Rapahlies The iamea gs
late causes which hare prseipisased the It
,nthern country into reyola&isHs although sl
connected withs and Gowing p<
'oas the slavery agita&ioa, whose histo- 90
I have portrayed, are TO be foaad In sheI d
salt OF sha recent presidankisl elersioa. sh
holda thai the election of any man, no sh
sitter who, By the Americas paopls. ac- Ii
riding TO shs Canssssasians fusalshea no Eh
suses no jassifieasioHas Tor ths ds@olmsina In
the puiQn. Bal we nsan0s CLOSE our su
Ges to The fact thai the soathera pe@paed On
ays raeaiyed tbs result sf tiaaE eiectinn 40 III
eoaelnaiss asSdaasca thas 4heI m
1miEant party at the Noxths which 10 60
,en 10 saka possssaica of the Federal ii.
aveznmeak aas3sr khAx cieesinn, are del of
xmineki 10 invaae Aad aessgos sksir cun- es
itusional rights. HAlisTing shms ahsss nd
1aaasssa tasff tuttp1e 4hesx sfNnrsfk u