Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-30

ern part to be called Nebraska. the
southern Kansas. Kansas boundaries
were the same as now except that on
the west the limit was the Rocky
mountains. The new bin distinctly re-
pudinted the Missouri compromise, de-
claung that the slavery restriction
clause Of that measure was superced-
ed by the principles Of the legislation
Of 1850. commonly called the compro-
mise measures ana Is hereby declared
imperative
The debate IN the bin was opened by
Douglas on the morning Of January
go lie was wrought up almost to the
pitch Of anger owing largely to the
action Of Chase and Sumner 70 them
and their course he devoted the nrst
rart OF his speech Then he took up
his bill lie gave a history Of the Ms-
souri, compromise and also an exposi-
ton Of it's meaning The gIst Of his
argument so far as the legal effect Of
his bin was concerned was summed up
IN these words, 1.-THE legal effect Of
this bin Is neither to legislate slavery
into those territories nor out OF thom
but 10 leave them 70 do as they
please II they wish slavery, they
have a right to IT, II they do not want
1t. thy win not have IT, and you should
not force It ugon them"
AZ soon as he had finished chase
arose and made reply but Chases
great speech was made February g.,
when be spoke az length and against
the Kunsas-Nebraska bin, lie spoke
for the sacrcdness Of the principles OF
the compromise and denounced the
perhdy Of the assault on that measure,
wade. Seward, and sumner also spoke
against the lin and along the same
| lines, as did Everett The debate was
closed by Douglas who made a MASTER
| IS speech from his point OF View he
finished Just Az the day was breaking.
After an explanation by senator llous-
ton why he could not consent to @ Vio-
ation of the Missouri compromise, The
vote was taken. Thirty-seven voted In
favor Of the bin and fourteen against
IT, ten senators being absent
Tho bill then went TO the House,
where on March q 1t came up In order.
The first action on It there was really
defeat a motion 20 refer 1t TO the
committee Of the whole on the state
OF the Union was cnrried by a vote Of
| 40 TO %. Douglas bestirred himself ana
enlisted the influence Of the admits
uJton, and It had its effect. ON May
Richardson, who was Douglass right
hand man IN the House got tho
aoor as. soon as the Journal had
been read, and moved that the
House 60 into committee Of the whole
on the state Of the Union. He was
frank in the ayowal Of his purpose, lie
carried his point. Again on the 18th he
got the floor after the journal had been
read and moved that debate be closed
on the following day. This raised a
storm Of protest The session was con,
tlnuous all that day and night, and all
the next day. There were stirring
lliUih III lllt llNh0N hllNAl AhNe 80 NAA'i
the bin was finally passed by a vote o.
ll3 yeas to 100 nays, 1t then went bach
to the Senate because a certain amend
ment had been left out. There II wa
debated for two days, II was ordered
to a third reading by vote Of IS 10 10
and passed the Senate May Is, FivO
days later It received the President
signature,
From the time Of the Introduction o
the Nebraska bin tin the enactment in
to law Of the Kansas-Nebraska bill tn,
whole country was In a ferment Of ex
element AT various times meetng
for the purpose Of protesting agaIns
the measure were held In different part
Of the country but they had no effec
In staying the progress Of this revolu
tionary legislation legislation that re
pealed the compromise Of 1890 and un
settled conditions that had preyalle,
for more than third Of a century TIL
repeal NJ the Missouri comproms
ftartlcd and shocked the north as moth
Ing ever had startled and shocked /
and was not to again until Fort Sum
ter was fred upon
1t has been argued that there woul
have been no Civil war had there bee
no Kansas Nebraska act, IT IL a moot
ed question that can never be decided
There was such an act and there wa
such war As that war and rs cause
are looked back upon II seems to hav
been inevitable And II ever there wa
righteous war, that was one Associ
) ated with it as one Of its causes vii
always be this act that repealed Tn
Missouri compromise, for It made pial
that the irrepressble conflict was In
: evitable
, on this Memorial day II IS well {
: look back into our history and pass d
, review some Of the causes that create
IT, Among them stands clear and Dol
, the Kansas-Nebraska act, with its claus
repeating the Missouri compromise,
! measure that was once thought to be
wall Of adamant agans, the spread o
. slavery, but which proved to be but a
, a rope Of sand,
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