The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1867-01-04

10 the territory OF Nebraska upon the |
10Th day of April of the same year,
about one month afterward. Now, sir,
what were the leading and material pro-
visions of those acts? l may state, in
the first place, that those acts were all
very much alike. They were, believe,
identical in all their provisions except
i'll the particular of the name of the
Territory, and also in the particular de-
signation of boundaries; otherwise the
three acts were precisely alike, and the
examination Of one gives us complete
knowledge of the provisions of the 9TH
ers, | will take the act relating to the
Territory of Nebraska, which appears
on the iiity-llrst page of the pamphlet
of laws of the session of 1SG3-64. BY the
third section of that act the Governor of
tho Territory was authorized TO issue Il
proclamation calling upon the people of
the Territory to elect delegates to con-
stitutional convention, The words are:
And the Governor of said Territory
shall by proclamation, on or before the
first Monday of May next, order an
election of the Representatives rs aforc-
said to be held on the first Monday in
Juno thereafter throughout the Terri
tory, and such election shall be conduc-
ted in the same manner as is prescribed
by the laws Of said Territory, regulating
elections therein for members of the
House of Representatives"
Then by the fourth section it was pro-
vided:
"rhat the members of the convention
thus elected shall meet at the capital of
said Territory on the first Monday in
July next, and after organization shall
declare, on behalf of the people Of said
Territory, that they adopt the Constitu-
ton of the United States; whCrCupon
the sald convention shall be, and it is
hereby, authorized to form cunstitu-
tion and State government for said Ter
ritory."
Then follows in the fifth section pro-
vision with regard to the adoption Of
the constitution;
"That, in case Il constitution and state
government shall be formed for the pco-
pie of said Territory of Nebraska, in
compliance with the provisions of this
act, that said convention forming the
! same shall provide by ordinance for sub
mitting said constitution to the people
of said State for their ratification or re.
lection at an election to be held on the
second Tuesday of October. 1864, at such
places and under such regulations aS
may be prescribed therein"
There is only one other provision of
those cnoblinr acts to which proposc
to call attention and that is found i,
The concluding part of the fifth section
After uroviding for the returns of th,
oIonti,n ,,,on thn question of odnntia,
or rnicctinp thc ronstitutiou-thc re
turns are to he made to the acting Gov
crnor-jt proceeds;
"The said acting Governor shall Ger
tify the same to the President of The
tni.eu Nlatr6, togethrr WIN Cory oi
S"'u W.? Iitu'",' it m inv
Jeut nf rho initial StntG, to is.I,l hi,
proclamation declaring the States ad
mitt"d into the Union on an equal ioot
hlb Mitm tllc oii5 ilEi ',,",eo, Mit',o'' ,'''.
"f f'yi I ,onTrnu.
, Tho senate will ncrce;vn flat this On
ohlinr oct with rnrarnucn to thc Tcrritor,
of Nebraska was thot thr I;ovcrnol
sbouIl h,. urocI,,n,tiou call 81 cnuvcn
tiou +o moot i'm thn month of .Iulv fol
, llowin". that if the convention formc,
q constitution if shnulJ hr voted upvt
and accented or rcicctcd in October FOL
Iowiro. ond tbot in ease of the accent
oucc nf tbc constitution and return OF
such occcptancc made to the presiden
! or tha Tnited States ho should issue ;
, proclomotion declarjno the State admit
icd into the Union. If will be seen tina
, If was coutonnl,tcd that those Territo
=, rios if thc,, chose to assume to thrnl
solves the diruitv and character OF
states. should be- nrcpared for rcprcsen
p tation il, Congress- ot the second session
- ar fine Thirty Einhth CONGRESS. To wit
:. when II assembled in the month Of DE
- ccu,hrr 1861. These hills containe,
nrovi.ions hv which thc peoplc of carI
a nr those three Territories would he ON
- allied to fake thcir places in tho copfcd
- ar,cv of STATE. and obtain full rrprescn
t,tinn in hnth IIouses of Conrcss uno,
i thcosscmblin- of Compress in December
i 1861. The remarkable provision tina
/. thrv should he declared admitted I'M,
r. the Union by presidential proclamation
"wilhout any further action vhateyc
- ON fine mart of Coupress.u was a dero,
:, turc from, thr nrevious nroctice Of fin
. lovcrumcnt in speh cases. and exhibit
rhuonvietv G,It I'm. thrir spordv cntrouc